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| Milk-Cow Drought Culling Accelerates as Prices Jump: Commodities Bloomberg US milk production is headed for the biggest contraction in 12 years as a drought-fueled surge in feed costs drives more cows to slaughter. Output will drop 0.5 percent to 198.9 billion pounds (90.2 million metric tons) in 2013 as the herd shrinks to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Markets Fall on Expectation Of Weak Earnings Reports New York Times The stock market slipped in light Columbus Day trading on Monday, pulling back from its highest levels in close to five years as investors braced for an earnings season that is expected to be weak. Stocks also came under some pressure after the World ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hong Kong, China shares make robust gains on market reform hopes Reuters (Updates to midday) * HSI up 1.1 pct at 5-mth high, H-share index up 2.1 pct * CSI300 up 2.4 pct, Shanghai Comp up 2.1 pct * Sinopec shares near 5-month high, lead energy sector rally * ZTE shares slump 4.9 percent, extend drop on US Congress report ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| American Airlines CEO acknowledges turbulent few weeks Chicago Tribune American Airlines' CEO acknowledges that passengers have had a rough few weeks on the airline but says the carrier is working through its issues. "The operational performance is improving," CEO Tom Horton said in an interview with The Associated Press ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Japan Current-Account Surplus Rises First Time in 18 Months Bloomberg Japan's current-account surplus widened from a year earlier for the first time in 18 months, as lower prices of imported energy helped to offset gains in the yen and a global slowdown that has capped exports. The excess in the broadest measure of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UPDATE 1-Machinists go on strike at Bombardier Learjet in Kansas Reuters Oct 8 (Reuters) - Members of the machinists union went on strike at the Bombardier Inc Learjet facility in Wichita, Kansas, on Monday after rejecting a contract offer that would raise healthcare costs. Bob Wood, a spokesman for the International ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wheat Climbs on Speculation US to Cut Global Supply Estimates Bloomberg Wheat advanced for a second day on speculation that the US may lower its forecasts for global supplies. Corn and soybeans gained. Wheat for December delivery rose as much as 0.7 percent to $8.6675 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade and was at ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Insight - Frugal Amazon opens checkbook for streaming video Reuters By Alistair Barr | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's deal to purchase streaming movies from cable network Epix could transform the way such deals are done, thanks to a pay-for-performance sweetener that had not been previously disclosed. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Walmart, American Express to offer new low-cost bank card Detroit Free Press A low-cost, plastic version of a checking account is hitting Walmart stores next week. Walmart and American Express joined forces to create a prepaid card called Bluebird that will be available in more than 4000 Walmart stores and online. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WSJ(10/9)Heard On The St:Marathon Investors Applaud BP's Party Trick Businessweek It is disheartening when you strike a deal and the other side throws a bigger party, especially when it happens twice in less than two months. Marathon Petroleum 's stock jumped as much as 9% Monday after agreeing to buy BP's Texas City refinery for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| BHP prices 5-yr A$1 bln bond at 90bps/ASW - IFR Reuters | SYDNEY Oct 9 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton Finance Ltd, the finance arm of BHP Billiton Ltd , has priced its A$1 billion ($1.02 billion) five-year note at 90 basis points above the asset swap rate, IFR reported on Tuesday. The bond issue is BHP's first ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GM competing for 1500 new IT recruits Detroit Free Press You don't have to be a car junkie to get a job at General Motors' new software innovation center in Warren, but you might have to be a coding guru -- and software experts are in short supply. GM announced Monday that it plans to add 1500 software ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 33 Detroit water workers who launched strike face suspensions The Detroit News By Steve Pardo Detroit — Thirty-three waste water treatment plant workers who started a strike against the department on Sept. 30 each will face a five-day suspension, Detroit Water and Sewerage Department officials announced Monday. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| American Airlines says seats secured on 40 of 48 planes Chicago Tribune American Airlines says efforts to repair seats that may come loose in flight could force some temporary delays and cancellations Friday. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star Telegram) American Airlines on Friday said it has repaired seat locks on 40 Boeing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IMF offers bleak assessment of stalled recovery Houston Chronicle TOKYO (AP) — Plagued by uncertainty and fresh setbacks, the world economy has weakened further and will grow more slowly over the next year, the International Monetary Fund says in its latest forecast. Advanced economies are risking recession, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Embargo Iran Chicago Tribune Iran's currency took such a breathtaking nose dive against the dollar last week that even the country's denier-in-chief, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had to admit that economic sanctions were cutting deep. Tens of thousands of Iranian merchants, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Emanuel teams with soft-drink giants to combat obesity Chicago Tribune New York City barred convenience stores and restaurants from selling outsize sodas. Boston's mayor halted pop sales and soft-drink advertising in city buildings to fight obesity and rising health care costs. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to take ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold Up After Two-Day Slide; Growth Woes Weigh CNBC.com Gold inched up on Tuesday after two days of decline, but persistent worries about the euro zone debt crisis and global growth could weigh on bullion, as these concerns keep the dollar strong. Speculative interest in gold remained strong, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Zynga takes a bet with Cityville 2; beta just launched VatorNews Is it a good move for Zynga to go back to the well, or should they start looking elsewhere? Just like the movies, sequels or prequels are often a less-risky endeavor for movie producers over launching an entirely new movie altogether. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US GAS: Futures Inch Up on Hopes of Winter Demand Wall Street Journal By David Bird November gas was weaker in the morning, sliding to a one-week intraday low on a government forecast showing above-normal temperatures in much of the nation on Oct. 15-21. But after midday, some private forecasts contradicted that view, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pepco, union reach tentative agreement; strike likely averted Washington Post Pepco and its union have struck a preliminary agreement, probably averting a strike, the utility and union officials said Monday. Pepco spokeswoman Myra Oppel said the agreement still needs to be approved by the members of the union, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Qatar Airways Is Latest in Middle East to Join Alliance New York Times The global airline alliances are moving into the Middle East. American Airlines and British Airways said Monday that Qatar Airways would join their Oneworld alliance, giving them access to one of the world's fastest-growing airlines and a modern hub in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oil Rises First Time in Three Days as Discount to Brent Widens Bloomberg Oil rose in New York for the first time in three days, rebounding from a decline that sent the US benchmark grade to the biggest discount versus European futures in almost a year. West Texas Intermediate crude gained as much as 1.1 percent after ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Navistar adds 2 with Icahn ties to its board CNBC.com LISLE, Ill. - Heading off a proxy war, heavy truck and engine company Navistar is adding a colleague of activist investor Carl Icahn and a former protege of his to its board. Shares of Navistar added $1.60, or 7.5 percent, to close at $22.81 Monday. See all stories on this topic » |
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| iPad Mini Photos - Business Insider By Steve Kovach We're about a week away from the announcement. Business Insider | ||
| ESA Portal - Sea and space meet for business in Ireland A new ESA project led by Irish industry is putting satellite data to use for monitoring the quality of coastal water. The Irish minister for Research and Innovation is supporting this initiative, in line with the country's job creation priorities. ESA Top News | ||
| Jack Welch and anti-business sentiment : CJR Take for example the latest Fortune column by him and his wife Suzy about "Why you shouldn't hate business." They lede with the bogus "You didn't build that" meme and base the whole column on the straw man that Democrats and liberals ... CJR | ||
| New York Times Staffers Have Walked Out In Protest - Business ... By Michael Kelley About 300 New York Times staffers have staged a walkout to protest management's position on contract negotiations. The staffers, members of the Newspaper Guild of New York, are collectively walking out of the New York Times building in ... Business Insider | ||
| Japan Car Production Slashed In China - Business Insider By Yoko Kubota, Kentaro Sugiyama Nissan to suspend night shifts in China car plants-Nikkei. * Toyota, Honda to cut working hours, slow line speed-Nikkei. * Report does not say how long production cuts will last. * Japan carmakers' plants operating again after China holiday ... Clusterstock | ||
| 5 things business can teach Washington - Postcards By Patricia Sellers At the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit last week, I was standing in the green room with Karen Hughes, once a top adviser to President George W. Bush and now vice-chair at PR giant Burson-Marsteller. "So many of the lessons that the ... Postcards | ||
| Jennifer Aniston: Boston Business Meeting | Jennifer Aniston : Just ... By Just Jared Jennifer Aniston: Boston Business Meeting. ... Jennifer Aniston rocks a pair of eyeglasses as she heads into a business meeting on Monday (October 8) in Boston, Mass. The 43-year-old actress left the meeting later in the day and kept her left ... Just Jared | ||
| Bank of Google — Open for Business - 24/7 Wall St. By Paul Ausick Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the second most valuable tech company in the world, today launches a program in the United Kingdom that will help its customers finance online advertising purchases. The service is expected to launch in the ... 24/7 Wall St. | ||
| The Nature of Business - The Ecologist "Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it": with this quote Giles Hutchins penetrates to the heart of the paradox he confronts in his book and shows that our apparent prosperity built on machine innovation conceals the deeper genius in ... The Ecologist | ||
| What is the Business Model of Popular Technology Companies? By Amit What is the business model of your favorite Internet and technology companies? A chart reveals it all. Digital Inspiration Technology Blog | ||
| This Week in Small Business: They're Talking About Us! - NYTimes ... By By GENE MARKS Obama and Romney focus on small business. Unemployment falls. And how to generate word of mouth. Did the debate alter your thinking? You're the Boss | ||
| Mario Draghi ECB Live Microphone - Business Insider By Matthew Boesler and Robert Libetti At the conclusion of the Q&A following last week's ECB press conference, ECB president Mario Draghi and vice president Vítor Constâncio forgot to mute their mics before sharing the following exchange: Draghi: "Well, I don't think, there ... Money Game | ||
| Cisco Announces Four World-record Oracle E-Business ... - Cisco Blog By Girish Kulkarni Cisco continues a tradition of enterprise application performance leadership with four new world records on Oracle E-Business Suite benchmarks, demonstrating. Cisco Blog | ||
| Sheryl Sandberg Can't Shake Doubts About Her ... - Business Insider By Nicholas Carlson Skeptics think she won't be with the company for the long haul. Business Insider |
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| Genting Family Plans to Tap Aussie Investors after ... - Fox Business Members of the controlling familly behind Southeast Asian gambling company Genting Bhd. www.foxbusiness.com/.../genting-family-plans-to-tap-aussie-in... |
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