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| Analysis: Boehner has few options in fiscal cliff mess Reuters By Richard Cowan. WASHINGTON | Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:49pm EST. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" for addressing the "fiscal cliff" has crashed and burned, the top U.S. Republican appears to have two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Herbalife Bulls Take On Short Ackman After Pyramid Claim: Retail Bloomberg Were this a movie script, the working title could be "The Short Versus the Herbalife Bulls." Yesterday, in a blistering 210-minute presentation in New York, activist investor Bill Ackman called the maker of nutritional and weight-loss supplements a pyramid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| RIM Service Fee Changes Cast 'Cloud of Doubt' Bloomberg Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM)'s decision to scrap service fees for some users is threatening its most profitable source of revenue and bringing its three-month stock rally to a halt. Subscribers who want enhanced services, including advanced security, will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Asia Stocks Erase Gains After Republicans Scrap Budget Vote Businessweek Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index heading for the first two-day loss in five weeks, after U.S. House Republican leaders canceled a planned vote that would permit higher taxes amid stalled budget talks. Techtronic Industries Co. (669) ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AEP utility starts first US ultra-supercritical coal unit Reuters HOUSTON | Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:22pm EST. HOUSTON Dec 20 (Reuters) - American Electric Power Co's Louisiana-based utility said its $1.8 billion Turk power plant in Hempstead County, Arkansas, has begun commercial operation, the nation's first ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ConAgra Raises Forecast as Earnings Exceed Expectations New York Times ConAgra Foods, the maker of Chef Boyardee pasta and Hunt's ketchup, raised its full-year earnings forecast after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results in the wake of acquisitions and strong sales in its consumer foods business. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| KB Home stock drops on disappointing growth data Los Angeles Times KB Home's stock fell the most in six months after the home builder reported order growth that analysts said was less than that of the company's competitors. The stock fell $1.06, or 6.4%, to close at $15.60 on Thursday. During the day it fell as much as 7.3%, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US economic growth in third quarter is revised upward Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew faster in the third quarter than previously thought, but the last three months of the year are looking much weaker. And many analysts see a sharper pullback early next year if the government's fiscal problems aren't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold Prices Tumble on GDP Data Wall Street Journal Gold prices fell to their lowest level in nearly four months as investors, buoyed by an improving U.S. economy, shifted out of haven assets. The precious metal lost $21.60, or 1.3%, during Thursday's trading to settle at $1,644.90 a troy ounce at CME Group's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abbott Labs spinoff AbbVie to join S&P indexes Businessweek NEW YORK (AP) — AbbVie Inc., a drugmaker being spun off from Abbott Laboratories, will join the S&P 100 and S&P 500 indexes, Standard and Poor's said Thursday. AbbVie will replace computer maker Dell Inc. in the S&P 100 and asset manager ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Healthcare Backlash Causes Heartburn at Red Lobster Wall Street Journal (blog) What turned out to be a brief experiment by Darden Restaurants Inc. with a strategy to reduce the cost of health coverage mandated under the Affordable Care Act is causing red faces at the parent company of Red Lobster restaurants. It's no secret that many ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lilly Settles With SEC for $29.4 Million New York Times INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The drug maker Eli Lilly & Company said Thursday that it had agreed to pay $29.4 million to resolve federal allegations of possible corrupt business practices by the company's overseas partners. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Regulators postpone drastic fishing cuts until Jan. Boston Globe Rip Cunningham of the New England Fishery Manage-ment Council listened during a meeting with fisherman on Wednesday. WAKEFIELD – Commercial fishing regulators postponed making devastating catch cuts to the New England fleet Thursday, hoping ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mass. jobless rate unchanged at 6.6 percent Boston Globe The Massachusetts unemployment rate held steady at 6.6 percent in November, putting an end to a four-month streak of increases, and keeping jobless numbers well below the national average of 7.7 percent. About 1,100 jobs were lost last month, the state ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China Eases Rules on Overseas Listings as IPO Requests Swell Bloomberg China relaxed rules for overseas listings, scrapping decade-old financial requirements on companies seeking to sell stock abroad as regulators study ways to clear a backlog of applications for domestic offerings. New guidelines for first-time share sales on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Initial Claims Increase; GDP Higher Forbes The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance payments rose for the first time in five weeks. According to the Labor Department, applications for jobless benefits increased by 17,000 to 361,000 for the week ended December 15. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NYSE to be bought by upstart rival for $8.2 billion Los Angeles Times NEW YORK — For more than two centuries, New York Stock Exchange traders barking buy and sell orders symbolized American capitalism at work. But the last decade has witnessed the rise of the machines — electronic exchanges offering cheaper and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| BOJ Member Deposit Plan Would Unleash $373 Billion: Japan Credit Bloomberg The proposal by a Bank of Japan (8301) board member to scrap interest paid on lenders' deposits raises the prospect of a flood of cash into a bond market where yields are near a nine-year low. While Koji Ishida's plan to abolish the 0.1 percent payment was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Icahn Target Greenbrier Falls as Investors Doubt Deal Bloomberg Greenbrier Cos. (GBX) called for more negotiations after rejecting a sweetened takeover offer from Carl Icahn's American Railcar Industries Inc. (ARII), saying a combination could be "beneficial" to both companies. American Railcar, which is 56 percent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Red Hat Rises on ManageIQ Deal as Sales Beat Analysts' Estimates Bloomberg Red Hat Inc. (RHT), the largest seller of Linux operating system software, rose in late trading after reporting third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts' estimates and saying it plans to buy cloud software company ManageIQ Inc. Red Hat rose 7.2 percent in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TREASURIES-Bond prices nudge higher on US fiscal muddle Reuters Thu Dec 20, 2012 4:43pm EST. * Lack of U.S. budget progress stokes bids for bonds. * Five-year TIPS sale fetches record negative yield. * Traders shrug off better-than-expected U.S. data. By Richard Leong. NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Clean Energy Fuels: Tomorrow's Monster Stock Motley Fool Stocks climbing to 10 times their original price are rare breeds -- but they're not impossible to find. Especially when you have Fools for friends. The market's best stocks include companies that have risen dozens of times in value by taking advantage of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Discover Notches Loan Gains as Card Industry Struggles for Growth NASDAQ Discover Financial Services ( DFS ) Chairman and Chief Executive David Nelms says his firm is winning the war for consumer-loan balances. While the credit-card industry's largest players are struggling for loan growth, Discover's receivables grew by 6.4% in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Twitter's Rowghani Becomes Operating Chief Ahead of Possible IPO Businessweek Twitter Inc. named its first chief operating officer since Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo vacated the role two years ago, as the social site bolsters its leadership team ahead of a possible initial public offering. Ali Rowghani, who had served as chief financial ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Peoples seeks to buy Equitable Gas Pittsburgh Post Gazette Peoples Natural Gas wants to buy Equitable Gas for $720 million in a deal that would make Peoples the region's largest gas utility firm -- gaining some 275,000 Equitable Gas customers -- if the market-shifting deal is approved by state and federal officials. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oracle acquires software maker Eloqua to enhance its cloud-computing services The Droid Guy oracle_logo Oracle announced that it is buying marketing automation software developer Eloqua Inc for about $810 million to boost its cloud-computing capability. Eloqua Inc develops software that aids its customers in predicting and growing revenue by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Carnival Drops After Forecast Misses Analysts' Estimates Bloomberg Carnival Corp. (CCL), the world's biggest cruise line operator, fell the most in 11 months after the company's 2013 profit forecast missed analysts' estimates. The shares slid 5.3 percent to $36.99 at the close in New York after the Miami-based company said ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Why an Atlanta Upstart Is Buying NYSE (It's Not Stocks) Patti Domm By: Patti Domm. CNBC Executive News Editor. Dario Cantatore | Getty Images. The iconic and once fiercely independent New York Stock Exchange is being sold not because of stocks but for the promise of its derivatives business. Top News and Analysis (pro) | ||
| Brazilian Delegation Visits Iraq | Iraq Business News By Editor By John Lee. A Brazilian delegation headed by Undersecretary of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry Mr. Paulo Cordeiro de Andrade Pinto visited Iraq from 15th to. Iraq Business News | ||
| Nigerian Stock Exchange: ASI (+0.58%) Closes Positive, GTBank (+ ... By Jason Iredia The All Share Index closed in positive territory, up 58 points to rest at 27508.09. Today's performance was led by GTBank (+6.59%) which closed on top. Nigeria Business News | ||
| Smartphone Reaches 55% Mobile Users Penetration in EU5 By Ludovic Privat The latest MobiLens research from Comscore indicates that during the three month average period ending October 2012 smartphone average penetration in EU5 was 54.6 percent, up 13% year-on-year. Th... GPS BUSINESS NEWS | ||
| Ghana Business News » Commonwealth adopts "historic" Charter By ekow Search Ghana Business News ... General News · ICT · Tourism · Insurance · Investment · Oil And Gas · Politics · Sports · Feature Articles · Editorials/Opinion · Entertainment · Africa/International. You Are Here: Home » Africa/International ... Ghana Business News | ||
| Business news in brief By The Associated Press Business news in brief. By The Associated Press. QUOTE OF THE DAY "Growth in housing starts was extremely strong in the prior three months... so some giveback is not a concern at this point." Robert Kavcic, an economist at BMO Capital ... Arkansas Online stories: Business* | ||
| Disabled disability system? - BakersfieldNow.com After saying they suffer with no benefits and no answers, there may be help for local residents trying to get their disability and unemployment benefits. Eyewitness News is investigating a number of complaints about the Employment ... BakersfieldNow.com - KBAK and... | ||
| Today's Business Headlines | WA Business News By dan.wilkie Labor to go to election in the red - The Fin; China firm quits on iron ore project - The Aus; BHP pulls pin on NW resort bid - The West; Excuses as states wallow in deficits until 2015 - The Fin; Dockers to Cockburn in 2016 - The West. WA Business News - Latest News | ||
| Region added 4,000 jobs over year, but will it cut jobless rate? - The ... By Eric Anderson The Buzz: Business news. Business, media, technology and more in the Capital Region and beyond. Business section | Follow @tubusiness on Twitter · Region added 4,000 jobs over year, but will it cut jobless rate? December 20, 2012 at ... The Buzz: Business news | ||
| Strategic Alliances: How to Win in Business with Powerful Partnerships By Nina Kaufman Do you have a business goal that is bigger than you and your company? A strategic alliance could be a ... About YFS Magazine. YFS Magazine is the definitive digital magazine for startup, small business news and entrepreneurial culture. YFS Magazine - Startup, Small... | ||
| New Target for Treating Prediabetes in Patients with Kidney Disease WASHINGTON—Insulin resistance, or prediabetes, in individuals with kidney disease may be caused by the progressive retention of certain compounds that are normally excreted by the kidneys in healthy individuals, according to a study ... Renal Business News Only Feed | ||
| Ceramics and glass business news of the week | Ceramic Tech Today By Peter Wray Here is what we are hearing: Blasch names DeCarlo manager of R&D department (The Business Review) Blasch Precision Ceramics Inc. has created a new. Ceramic Tech Today | ||
| Chatter of Doomsday Makes Beijing Nervous To protect themselves from near-constant persecution, congregants do not know one another's names and instead call one another by nicknames like "Doggy" and "Little White Rabbit," according to a report last week in China Business View. The church ... In 1999, as many as 10,000 members held a surprise vigil outside the leadership's residential compound in Beijing to demand an end to the defamation campaign that was being waged in the state news media. In response, the ... Asia Top News and Analysis | ||
| Business news | Turkey to privatize sports betting By Jamie Hinks Turkey will sell its sports betting business for $10billion. Online Gambling News |
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| US Futures Drop With Asian Shares on Budget Concern - Business ... "The vote delay news is hurting sentiment," Lee Jin Woo, a fund manager at ... go up on 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses in just a few ... washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376... | ||
| S.Korea holds back from introducing Basel 3 rules - Business News ... South Korea's financial regulator said Friday that it will delay the introduction of Basel 3 framework in a bid to observe further development in major advanced ... english.sina.com/business/2012/1220/540416.html |
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