Feb 4, 2013

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US Accuses S.&P. of Fraud in Suit on Loan Bundles
New York Times
The Justice Department late Monday filed civil fraud charges against the nation's largest credit-ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, accusing the firm of inflating the ratings of mortgage investments and setting them up for a crash when the financial crisis struck.
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New York Times
Australia Holds Benchmark Rate at 3% as Commodity Prices Rebound
Bloomberg
Australia's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at the half-century low reached in 2009 and said it has room to cut to a record as a weak labor market contains inflation. Bond yields and the local currency fell. "The inflation outlook, as assessed at ...
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Washington rated the worst for traffic congestion — again
Washington Post
When it comes to traffic congestion around Washington, even the good news is bad, and it goes downhill from there. The city that so hungers to be No. 1 at something — usually on a gridiron or diamond-shaped field — has again risen to the top as the most ...
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Gannett revenue rises, profit beats forecast
USA TODAY
Gannett, the media and marketing company that owns USA TODAY, said Monday that. greater broadcasting and digital ad sales drove its revenue higher, and reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations. The company, based in ...
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Buffett's Berkshire Returns to Once-Shunned Muni Market
Bloomberg
Warren Buffett's municipal-bond insurer, which has shunned the market since 2009, returns this week backing part of a debt deal for a development around one of his company's Nebraska Furniture Marts planned near Dallas. Berkshire Hathaway Assurance ...
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Baidu's Profit Rises, but Concerns Remain
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING—Baidu Inc.'s fourth-quarter net profit rose 36% on double-digit revenue growth, but the Chinese search giant's earnings failed to impress analysts worried about rising costs and how quickly the company can make money from increasingly popular ...
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Sinopec Drops on Surprise $3.1 Billion Share Sale
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Shares in China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. , or Sinopec Corp., took a hit Tuesday, tumbling 7% in Hong Kong after the company announced a surprise private share placement to raise $3.1 billion. The share placement came after The Wall Street Journal ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
FAA outsourced 787 certification — to Boeing
The Seattle Times
The battery woes that have grounded the global fleet of Boeing 787s have raised a persistent question about how the Federal Aviation Administration certified the Dreamliner's cutting-edge design. The answer: Boeing, not the FAA, largely vouched for the ...
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Oracle Corp. set to buy Acme Packet for $2.1b
Boston Globe
Database giant Oracle Corp. said Monday that it will pay $2.1 billion to acquire Acme Packet Inc . of Bedford, which makes devices that connect Internet-based communication networks to one another and to traditional phone systems. Oracle will pay $29.25 a ...
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Fla. firm to pay $665m for Clinton plastics maker
Boston Globe
After 15 years as an employee-owned company, Clinton plastics maker Nypro Inc. said Monday that it is being acquired by a Florida company for $665 million. Under the deal, Nypro's employee shareholders will cash out and Nypro will become part of Jabil ...
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Asian shares drop on euro zone worry, soft US data
Reuters
By Chikako Mogi. TOKYO | Mon Feb 4, 2013 10:47pm EST. TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares slid on Tuesday as investors saw opportunities to cash in from recent strong rallies in the face of weak U.S. data and worries that a potential political shake-up could ...
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NJ prepares to remove 3 lights from Garden State Parkway
Philadelphia Inquirer
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - Saying traffic lights "have no place" on the Garden State Parkway - a lament of Cape May County residents and visitors for decades - state officials ceremoniously broke ground Monday on a $110 million project to remove the ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
State calls BP, Arco careless with tanks
San Francisco Chronicle
Attorney General Kamala Harris has accused a second major oil company of failing to properly maintain or inspect hundreds of underground gasoline tanks and of tampering with devices that are supposed to detect dangerous leaks. Harris and district ...
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Dell board said to be voting on leveraged buyout
Los Angeles Times
Dell Inc.'s board was expected to vote late Monday night on an offer, led by founder Michael Dell, to take the company private for about $24 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The deal may be announced early Tuesday, said the people, who ...
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Herbalife stock leaves investors feeling queasy
Los Angeles Times
Shares of Los Angeles nutritional products company Herbalife Ltd. went on a wild ride Monday, falling 12% on news of a law enforcement investigation, only to close with a gain for the day after a regulatory agency cast doubt on such a probe. At least one ...
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McDonald's new Fish McBites Happy Meal targets finicky kids
Newsday
How do you win over a picky kid who won't eat fish? McDonald's has come up with an answer -- at least for the next month. The hottest new thing at the Golden Arches is Fish McBites Happy Meals, the first Happy Meal launch in a decade. Fish McBites are ...
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Newsday
New Factory Orders up 1.8% for December
Motley Fool
New factory orders for manufactured goods bumped up 1.8% to $484 billion for December, according to a Commerce Department report [link opens in PDF] released today. Although the latest data come as good news after November's revised 0.3% decline, ...
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Service sector expands at fastest pace in a year in Jan
Reuters India
BANGALORE | Tue Feb 5, 2013 10:35am IST. BANGALORE (Reuters) - Activity in India's service sector expanded at the fastest pace in a year last month, driven by rising foreign orders, but businesses were a little less optimistic about the future, a survey ...
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Hundreds of Napans miss out on common tax credit
Napa Valley Register
Napans eligible to receive a tax credit of up to $5,891 may be missing out on that money, according to the Internal Revenue Service. The Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, is a tax refund for low- to moderate-income working individuals and families.
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Pike County receives $9 million in ATRIP funds
Troy Messenger
Of the 302 road and bridge projects approved by the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, nine projects were in Pike County. "Everyone benefits from ATRIP," Governor Robert Bentley said. "We're improving public safety by ...
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Tracking device helps police capture bank robbery suspect
Las Vegas Review - Journal
Las Vegas police officers investigate near a scene where officers shot at an armed robbery suspect who fled to a residential neighborhood near Buffalo Road and Sahara Avenue on Saturday. » Buy this photo. Previous image Enlarge Close Next image ...
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Las Vegas Review - Journal
Giant Eagle Ending Foodperks, Expanding Fuelperks
Patch.com
Giant Eagle is ending foodperks! and adding extra incentive to use its fuelperks! program, according a press release from the Pennsylvannia-based company. And yes, that means our locations at The Strip and at Washington Square in North Canton. The last ...
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Simon Property results easily beat Wall Street views again
Reuters
By Ilaina Jonas. Mon Feb 4, 2013 2:00pm EST. (Reuters) - Simon Property Group Inc (SPG.N) reported a 21.9 percent increase in a key earnings measure for the fourth quarter, easily beating analysts' estimates, as rents and sales rose at its malls and outlet ...
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Oil Companies Have Eye on Untapped Reserves in Monterey Shale
KSEE
Thanks to new technology, a large untouched oil reserve, known as the Monterey Shale, might soon be within reach. If it happens, California could become the country's top-oil producing state. One oil company here in the Valley is rushing to be a part of this ...
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Florida residents travel to Williston, North Dakota in search of jobs - and ...
First Coast News
Barbara Hylick was working as a waitress at an Orlando truck stop when a customer gave her a tip of a different kind. "A gentleman that worked up here -- a truck driver that worked up here -- told me, 'Barb, you need to come and check out what's going on in ...
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First Coast News
Earnings: Scandal in China hits Yum Brands
Columbus Dispatch
Giant Eagle is replacing its Foodperks program with a simpler 3-cent-a-gallon discount on fuel purchases, come Feb. 13. There is no change to the groc... Other Business Features. Earnings: Scandal in China hits Yum Brands · Stocks can't sustain gains of last ...
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California high court backs online retailers in privacy battle
Los Angeles Times
Internet retailers of music and other downloadable products may seek personal identifying information from consumers that ordinary stores in California are barred from asking for, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. By a 4-3 vote, the state high court ...
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Blogs12 new results for Business
 
Twitter Makes Big Acquisition, Buys Social TV ... - Business Insider
By Alyson Shontell
Twitter has acquired Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics company that was founded in 2008, sources say. Although we don't know the exact acquisition price, we were told this is Twitter's biggest acquisition to date. (Presumably these sources ...
Advertising
FCC's Free Public Wi-Fi Networks Could Be Everywhere - Business ...
By Walter Hickey
The $178 billion telecom industry is scrambling to kill a government plan to provide free "super Wi-Fi" across the country, The Washington Post's Cecilia Kang reports. Although the Federal Communications Commission's plan has been talked ...
Business Insider
These 13 Brands Totally Dominated The Super ... - Business Insider
By Laura Stampler
Read the hilarious responses advertisers put up in mere minutes.
SAI
Obama Signs Debt Ceiling Bill - Business Insider
By Brett LoGiurato
President Barack Obama signed the "No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013" into law Monday night, the White House said, officially suspending the nation's debt limit through May 18. The bill also suspends pay for members of Congress if their ...
Money Game
Lynsi Torres, Heiress To In-N-Out Fortune - Business Insider
By Kim Bhasin
Lynsi Torres, the 30-year-old owner and president of In-N-Out Burger, is one of the youngest female billionaires on the planet, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index. How did that happen? She inherited the fast food chain after a series ...
Business Insider
Obama Gun Control Speech In Minnesota - Business Insider
By Brett LoGiurato
"There's no legislation to eliminate all guns ... these are things that Americans support."
Business Insider
'NYU' business school and 'Think Progress' endorse businesses that ...
By Philip Weiss
Ahava is breaking boundaries, according to a laudatory conference on women at NYU; while Think Progress applauds SodaStream's environmental record.
Mondoweiss
Brand New: Brazil Foods Means Business
By Armin
A rising sun with some kind of metaphor for business? Or, simply, a cookie with a bite taken out of it? I like the latter. Now, call me crazy, but I really like the new logo. There is something very appealing about the texture created inside the circle.
Brand New
Prison Planet.com » GMO Giant Monsanto Joins Big Business ...
By admin
Corporate giant Monsanto, known for its controversial business model, lobbying, and its widely criticized genetically modified organisms (GMOs), has officially joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a group of ...
Prison Planet.com
Infographic: The right CMS for your business needs | TechRepublic
By Toni Bowers
Here's a pretty cool infographic that breaks down CMSs by the platform used, the latest version, the number of themes each CMS has, average setu.
on TechRepublic
Mossad: Israel's Best Nuclear Deterrent - Business Insider
By Geoffrey Ingersoll
Israel's Mossad is a world renowned secret intelligence and special operations agency most famous for hunting down hidden Nazis and systematically locating and killing the terrorists responsible for the brutal slayings at the Munich Olympics.
Military & Defense
Dell Latitude 6430u Ultrabook, All Business - HotHardware
We review the Dell Latitude 6430u, a slim, Intel powered ultrabook for business.
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Web6 new results for Business
 
Bank of Mexico Head Fears Capital-Flow Risks | Fox Business
A perfect storm could be brewing with strong capital flows raising the risk of asset -price bubbles in emerging markets and some strong advanced economies, ...
www.foxbusiness.com/.../bank-mexico-head-fears-capital-flow...
MARKET COMMENT: Sensex Down 0.3%; 19,600 ... - Fox Business
0420 GMT [Dow Jones] The Sensex is down 0.3% at 19690.23, with banking stocks leading the market's decline.
www.foxbusiness.com/.../market-comment-sensex-down-03-1...
Eugene Robinson: On guns, unfinished business : Stltoday
The moment that most deserves to be remembered from Sunday's thrilling Super Bowl came before the game, when Jennifer Hudson joined students from the ...
www.stltoday.com/.../article_5f9e1226-c4d4-5645-ab2e-c63b...
Longer school year proposed for Arizona children - The Business ...
A proposal is being consideration at the Arizona State Legislature that looks at...
www.bizjournals.com/.../longer-school-year-proposed-for.htm...
Business Briefs - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The average U.S. household spent $2,912 on gasoline last year, or just under 4 percent of annual income, according to estimates from the U.S. Energy ...
www.post-gazette.com/.../business-briefs-average-us-househol...
Linklaters, Gibson Dunn, Clifford Chance: Business of Law ...
Competition lawyer Simon Pritchard joined Linklaters LLP in London as a partner . Pritchard is a former senior director of mergers at the U.K.'s Office of Fair ...
www.bloomberg.com/.../linklaters-gibson-dunn-clifford-chanc...


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