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Wall Street Faces Key Economic Reports
Business Report
March 13, 2010 By Germain Moyon New York - Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary po...
Us Stocks Mixed At Week's End
Business Report
March 13, 2010 New York - US stocks were mixed on Wall Street on Friday, with an unexpected increase in retail sales as shoppers defied heavy snow in February, boosting some results. Retail sales r...
Germany Says Unaware Of Greek Bailout Deal
Reuters
(Reuters) - Germany's Finance Ministry said on Saturday it was not aware of any agreement by euro zone members to provide a multi-billion euro bailout package for heavily indebted Greece.
New Wave Of Foreclosures Threatens Market
MSNBC
While banks repossessed fewer homes in February than a month earlier, borrowers continued to fall behind on their payments, adding to the inventory of properties headed toward foreclosure that have ye...
California Sues Toyota For Faults
BBC
Prosecutors in California are suing Toyota, claiming the Japanese carmaker sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles that it knew had defects.The world's largest carmaker has recalled millions of vehicle...
Six Imperatives For Financial Regulation: Summers
Reuters
(Reuters) - The United States should rethink domestic and global financial regulation, Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, said on Friday, outlining six "imperat...
Fdic Shuts 30th Bank For 2010
CBS News
People are seen inside the LibertyPointe Bank branch at 120 Broadway Friday in New York. Regulators on Friday shut down banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, raising to 30 the number of failures t...
Wall Street Faces Fed Meeting With Momentum
Breitbart
Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. "We are in the process of tes...
Eu 'nearing' Greece Bail-out Deal
BBC
The EU is poised to reach agreement on a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials have told the BBC.The rescue package would provide loans and guarantees for Gree...
Brian Pitman, Former Lloyds Chief, Dies At 78
International Herald Tribune
Go to your Portfolio » His death was announced by the British Bankers’ Association, which said he had a heart attack earlier in the week. Mr. Pitman joined Lloyds Bank in 1952 and was chi...
Fdic Shuts 30th Bank For 2010
CBS News
People are seen inside the LibertyPointe Bank branch at 120 Broadway Friday in New York. Regulators on Friday shut down banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, raising to 30 the number of failures t...
Video: Text Messages That Self-destruct
CBS News
Shira Lazar talks to Jeffrey Evans who began Tiger Text, a texting application that allows the sender to control the lifespan of their text messages.
China Gov't Advisers Urge Steady Economy
ABCNews
Delegates queue up to leave the main hall at the Great Hall of the People after the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China's top political advisory body, in B...
Wal-mart Will Pay Millions In Bias Case
Lexington Herald-Leader
The country's largest private employer, retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will pay $11.7 million to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit that contended the company didn't hire women at its London ...
Stocks To Watch: Stocks In Focus For Monday
MarketWatch
This is the right time for stocks Historically, there have been two particularly auspicious times to buy stock each year. Right now is one of them, writes Kevin Marder.
Royal Mail Quality Tests 'rigged'
BBC
The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding quality tests had been rigged.Postcomm, acting on an insider tip-off, found that addresses involved in test deliveries...
Subscribers: Us Switches To Daylight-saving Time
Fox Business
The U.S. and much of Canada will move to daylight-saving time from standard time on Sunday, when clocks will be moved forward by one hour. Regular items transmitted from these countries will appear o...
Canwest Lp Proceeds With Sale
Financial Post
Canwest Global Communications Corp. said yesterday it is moving on to the second phase of the bidding process for its newspaper division with several non-binding offers in hand. The country's largest...
Video: Text Messages That Self-destruct
CBS News
Shira Lazar talks to Jeffrey Evans who began Tiger Text, a texting application that allows the sender to control the lifespan of their text messages.
Video: Baby Sling Safety Warning
CBS News
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating at least 14 deaths involving baby slings. Safety officials warned parents of the potential danger of carrying infants in them. Elaine Quijano re...
Exxon Mobil To Proceed With Lng Project
Yahoo!7 News
Papua New Guinea .Sales and purchase agreements with LNG buyers, and financing arrangements with lenders, have been completed, the company said on Saturday.Its affiliate, Esso Highlands Limited, is no...
Wall Street Faces Fed Meeting With Momentum
Yahoo!7 News
Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting."We are in the process of te...
From Three Local Authors Who Know Volumes
Star Tribune
Three folks with deep business roots in the Twin Cities have recently published interesting books. Robert MacGregor was a Presbyterian minister in southeast Minneapolis 50 years ago, who went from co...
New Owner Plans To Finish Sexton Lofts
Star Tribune
The Sexton Lofts condominium development in downtown Minneapolis has a new owner that plans to complete units left unfinished when the project was hit with financial and legal problems. Minneapolis L...
Blue Cross Is Sued Over Disclosing Woman's Records
Star Tribune
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the state's largest health insurer, accidentally published a customer's personal medical information in a handbook prepared for 95,000 members of a popular hea...
Buyout Rumors Push Supervalu Stock Up 6%
Star Tribune
Supervalu Inc. shares rose the most in almost a year and trading of bullish options surged to a record Friday on speculation that the Eden Prairie-based grocery chain will be acquired. The shares cli...
Cavuto: Hold On To Your Wallets
Fox Business
Missed Friday's Cavuto? Catch "The Deal" right here on FOXBusiness.com Around the clock to get the votes for a package whose price is out of this world. Here's the deal: Get the deal done. Now. So...
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