Dec 25, 2012

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VimpelCom Rallies on Altimo Share Conversion: Russia Overnight
Bloomberg
VimpelCom Ltd. (VIP) gained the most in three weeks in New York on prospects Russia's third-biggest mobile provider will use the $1.4 billion received from its largest shareholder to reduce debt and pay dividends. American depositary receipts of VimpelCom ...
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The Shale Revolution's Shifting Geopolitics
New York Times
The shale energy revolution is likely to shift the tectonic plates of global power in ways that are largely beneficial to the West and reinforce U.S. power and influence during the first half of this century. Yet most public discussion of shale's potential either ...
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Report: Women at Iran nuclear plant violate code
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian lawmaker is saying Russian women working in the country's sole nuclear power plant do not observe the strict Islamic dress code, though they are paid extra to comply. Under Iranian law, all women must cover themselves ...
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Health Care Tax Hikes for 2013 May Be Just a Start
ABC News
New taxes are coming Jan. 1 to help finance President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Most people may not notice. But they will pay attention if Congress decides to start taxing employer-sponsored health insurance, one of the options in play if ...
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How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared ...
Washington Post
Stocks fell in light trading Monday during a shortened holiday trading session with lawmakers running out of time to reach a budget deal that would prevent the U.S. from going over the so-called fiscal cliff. Stocks closed early Monday before the Christmas.
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Airport's new parking center drawing controversy
Houston Chronicle
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A new ground transportation center at Memphis International Airport is causing mixed emotions. The seven-level structure combines 7,300 public parking spaces with rental car pickup and return, all within walking distance of the ...
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Hedge funds are big winners in buyback of Greek debt
Economic Times
LONDON: Last month, the European Commission's top economic official in Brussels, Olli Rehn, received an intriguing email. Greece, under pressure from its European creditors, wanted to retire some of its debt by buying back its bonds at a deep discount to ...
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Navigating Retail Holiday Return Policies
New York Times (blog)
Now that the holiday shopping frenzy is over, it's time for the traditional Returning of the Gifts. Edgar Dworsky, founder of the Consumer World Web site, advises that shoppers check a store's return policy carefully before trying to return an item. Many stores ...
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Around the World, 2012 Holiday Shopping Is Subdued
Voice of America
Holiday shoppers were out in force hoping to get last minute bargains for Christmas but early indications suggest they didn't spend as much as in previous years. Despite a slew of deep discounts - some retailers say 2012 has not been a great year. Around ...
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Empty Stocking Fund: Campaign nears goal of $100000
Amarillo.com
In the spirit of Christmas, an outpouring of generosity has brought hope and joy to thousands of area residents in need this season. The annual Amarillo Globe-News' annual Empty Stocking Fund campaign has nearly reached its 2012 goal of $100,000.
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Iraqi telecom Asiacell hopes to raise $1.3 billion
Helena Independent Record
Asiacell, one of Iraq's three mobile service providers, said Tuesday it is looking to raise $1.3 billion through what would be the country's biggest stock offering yet. A successful floatation on Baghdad's low-volume stock exchange could reassure international ...
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Unemployment costs drop again for Neb. businesses
San Antonio Express
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska employers will pay less in unemployment insurance next year as the state economy has improved and fewer people are out of work, the state labor department said. Nebraska has paid out less in unemployment benefits this ...
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PATH Will Run 24/7 on New Year's Eve, Day
Patch.com
The PATH is running 24/7 on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced on Monday. This will be the first time the PATH is running around the clock since Hurricane Sandy. Until then, service runs between 5 a.m. and 10 ...
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Environmental hazards of pot farms
Cal Coast News
Marijuana growers are siphoning water, spraying pesticides, chopping down trees and leaving California's wilderness areas strew with litter, scientist said. [LATimes]. State scientists recently studied aerial imagery of a small tributary of the Eel River, the ...
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Video: Shoppers Flock Bayfair For Last-Minute Gifts
Patch.com
With one goal in mind — getting gifts wrapped and under the tree — many busy shoppers bustled about at the malls on Dec. 24 for some last-minute Christmas Shopping. At Bayfair Center in San Leandro, the parking lots were filled as folks made their way to ...
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NCDOT Amends Ferry Schedule For Christmas Holiday
WFMY News 2
Manns Harbor, NC-- The N.C. Department of Transportation is amending its ferry schedule during the Christmas holiday to save money. A statement from the ferry division is running an amended schedule at its Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke ...
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Yen on defensive on US fiscal worry, helps Nikkei
Reuters
By Chikako Mogi. TOKYO | Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:52am EST. TOKYO (Reuters) - Uncertainty over whether U.S. lawmakers will strike a deal by an end-of-year deadline to avert a severe fiscal retrenchment undermined the yen and bolstered Japanese shares ...
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Wheat, corn, oat and soybean futures rise of the CBOT; beef prices fall
Washington Post
CHICAGO — Grains futures rose Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery rose 1.75 cent to $7.9375 a bushel; March corn rose 2.25 cents to $7.0425 a bushel; March oats rose 0.25 cent to $3.65 a bushel; while January soybeans ...
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Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb sue bank; Counties say loans made to minorities that likely ...
Atlanta Business Chronicle (blog)
Three Atlanta-area counties are suing British bank HSBC (NYSE: HBC), claiming the financial institution cost them hundreds of millions of dollars in extra expenses and damage to their tax bases by aggressively signing minorities to housing loans that were ...
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Herbalife stock tumbles for a 4th day on 'pyramid scheme' claims
Los Angeles Times
Shares of Herbalife Ltd. got pounded for a fourth straight trading day on Wall Street, as investors sent the stock diving an additional 5% on Monday. The Los Angeles-based marketer of nutrition powders, bars and vitamins has seen its stock price plummet ...
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Israel Bond Yield Drops to Record After Central Bank Rate Cut
Bloomberg
Israel's benchmark government bonds rose, pushing the yield to a record low, and the shekel weakened after the central bank unexpectedly cut its base lending rate to counter slowing economic growth. The yield on the 5.5 percent government notes due ...
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The Grinch visits Governor Heineman
KHAS-TV
Opponents of the Keystone XL Pipeline recruited two fictional characters to deliver presents to Governor Dave Heineman Monday afternoon. The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, two Doctor Seuss characters, brought gifts that symbolize landowners rights.
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Chevron makes deals with Encana, EOG Resources, Apache for half of Kitimat ...
Calgary Herald
Chevron Canada and a unit of Apache Corp will hold 50% stakes in both the Kitimat LNG project and PTP as part of the deal. Chevron Canada will operate the LNG plant. Photograph by: Handout/Apache Canada Ltd. , Financial Post. CALGARY - Chevron ...
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Crude Oil Options Volatility Unchanged as Futures Drop
Businessweek
Crude oil options volatility was unchanged as the underlying futures declined amid concern the American economy will weaken if U.S. lawmakers miss a year-end budget deadline. Implied volatility for at-the-money options expiring in February, a measure of ...
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Today's Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA Index DJX:DJI, Nasdaq, S&P 500 ...
Learning and Finance
The marketplace is closed today as Americans across the nation celebrate the Christmas holiday. Many on Wall Street had hoped to receive a nice new policy package by now, but congressional policy leaders have been unable to agree on year-end policy ...
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Online holiday shoppers spent $1 billion on 'Free Shipping Day'
Los Angeles Times
Shoppers scrambling to buy last-minute presents but avoid the malls spent $1.01 billion on this year's Free Shipping Day. The annual event is scheduled to take place on the last day that orders delivered by ground can be guaranteed to arrive by Christmas.
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Vanguard Fires 1 More Shot in 2012 ETF Fee War
Benzinga
Not surprisingly, Vanguard, the third-largest U.S. ETF sponsor, has something to say about the ongoing 2012 ETF fee battle. Pennsylvania-based, known for being one of the ETF industry's low-cost leaders, announced fee reductions for 11 of its ETFs. The fee ...
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Weather spells hard times for UK dairy farmers
BBC News
Downpours and a dismal summer have pushed up costs and pushed down milk production on UK dairy farms. The time is 06:00 GMT and Devon dairy farmer Will Jones and his two staff, Chris Worrall and John Crotty, have been milking, mucking out and ...
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Google Grabs Office Users From Microsoft - Business Insider
By Julie Bort
Google's finally getting serious about selling Google Apps to big companies.
SAI
The Kickstarter Project Apple Tried To Kill Is Back On - Business ...
By Steve Kovach
Kickstarter project Pop, a charging station that let you charge iPhones, iPads, and other gadgets using a variety of different plugs, is back on after a brief cancelation. Pop said Apple wouldn't license its new tiny Lightning charger for use in the ...
Business Insider
HP Could Lay Off At Least 70 Autonomy Employees - Business Insider
By Julie Bort
Autonomy employees are bracing themselves for bad news.
Business Insider
Craig Mundie To Retire From Microsoft - Business Insider
By Steve Kovach
Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, will retire in 2014, the company announced today. He will serve as CEO Steve Ballmer's senior advisor until then, according to his updated executive biography page. AllThingsD ...
Business Insider
Oil Rig Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - Business Insider
By Rob Wile
Join the discussion with Business Insider Login With Facebook Login With Twitter. Name (Required). Email Address (Required but never displayed). Comments. Submit the comment for Featured Commenter Status ...
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TED Blog | Favorites of 2012: On being wrong about business talks
By Ben Lillie
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading -- through TED.com, our annual conferences, the annual TED Prize and local TEDx events.
TED Blog
Most Relaxing Song On Earth - Business Insider
By Jennifer Welsh
Bubble bath and shower gel firm Radox Spa has paid for a study to find the most relaxing song on Earth: "Weightless" by Manchester band Marconi Union.
Business Insider
My green business heroes of 2012 | GreenBiz.com
By Marc Gunther
Our veteran columnist's homage to the year just ending.
GreenBiz.com Green and Sustainable...
Business Matters: Windows 8 Can't Be Helping Xbox Music ...
By Glenn Peoples (@billboardglenn), Nashville
Reports of a slow start for Windows 8 suggest a bumpy start for Xbox Music, Microsoft's new ad-supported subscription service that was supposed to get a big boost from its...
DOPNEWS: Billboard
Starting A Small Business: 7 Deadly Sins
By Nellie Akalp
If you're starting a small business, don't commit these seven deadly sins that could destroy your efforts before you even begin.
Small Business Trends
Highest-Grossing Christmas Movie Openings - Business Insider
By Christina Austin
In the past month, we've seen the highly anticipated Hobbit film, "Skyfall," the final "Twilight" movie, and "Silver Linings Playbook" hit theaters, and the year isn't over yet. We still have the Christmas Day releases of suspected Oscar front runner ...
Business Insider
Better Business Bureau cautions parents on Santa-tracking websites ...
The Better Business Bureau has a few warnings for parents this Christmas Eve. The organization said if a child is tracking Santa Clause online, they need to use caution. According to the BBB, there are many websites fishing for information.
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Web5 new results for Business
 
10 top business trends of 2012- MSN Money
The housing recovery? In my area we have a company called 'D.R.Horton' They call themselves 'America's builder' and are buying up abandoned infrastructure ...
money.msn.com/investing/10-top-business-trends-of-2012
Adobe Business Catalyst - Pricing - US Yearly
Adobe Business Catalyst offers flexible site plans that cater to any client' s needs. From simple content management in our webBasics plan, through to a fully ...
www.businesscatalyst.com/pricing
Washington's Parking Garages Get Into The App Business - Big Think
What's the Latest Development? Parking garage owners in the Washington, DC area are turning to technology to attract the growing number of evening and ...
bigthink.com/.../washingtons-parking-garages-get-into-the-ap...
senior business development manager, Branded Solutions - Seattle ...
Starbucks is hiring! View and apply for the senior business development manager, Branded Solutions - Seattle, WA Job at Starbucks in US-WA-Seattle.
www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=4467064...2
BBC News - Why kindness can help businesses grow
Global Business presenter Peter Day finds out how random acts of kindness can help businesses in surprising ways.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20761886


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