Chat Service Aims to Challenge Bloomberg New York Times The largest banks on Wall Street are teaming up to join a network that could challenge an important part of Bloomberg's terminal business. The banks have all signed up for a messaging service that will be introduced on Monday and will allow finance industry ... See all stories on this topic » | |
U.S. to Default If Debt Ceiling Not Raised, Lew Says Bloomberg Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said Congress needs to pass a debt-ceiling increase by Oct. 17 or the U.S. will be "dangerously low" on cash and risk defaulting on its payments. "On the 17th, we run out of our ability to borrow, and Congress is playing with ... See all stories on this topic » | |
World Bank cuts China, East Asia growth forecasts Reuters By Kevin Lim. SINGAPORE | Sun Oct 6, 2013 11:02pm EDT. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The World Bank lowered its 2013 and 2014 economic growth forecasts for China and most of developing East Asia on Monday, citing slower growth in the world's most ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Kumar of India struggles to get ahead Businessweek NEW DELHI (AP) — To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is what one person said: Name: Pradeep Kumar. Home: Varanasi, in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Cities face obstacles to capping, reforming pensions amid surging debt Fox News FILE - In this July 19, 2013, file photo, state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, right, and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, address reporters during a news conference in Detroit after Orr asked a federal judge for bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo). See all stories on this topic » | |
Annual Madrid Visitors Turn Heads New York Times MADRID — Shepherds led a flock of 2,000 sheep through the streets of Spain's capital and largest city on Sunday, in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights that have been increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural ... See all stories on this topic » | |
AP PHOTOS: In Remote Peruvian Valley, Coca Is King ABC News Every Sunday, counterinsurgency troops in combat gear march out of the army base in Pichari, a remote town with an incongruously wide avenue at the center of the world's No. 1 coca-growing valley. It's a show of force in a region with a vibrant trade in the ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Kawabatas in Japan rarely eat out, worry about layoffs: "Jobs for life are a ... Fox News KOUNOSU, Japan – To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is a profile of one couple: Names: Teruyuki and Haruna Kawabata. See all stories on this topic » | |
Flight to China turns back to Chicago after bird strike USA TODAY CHICAGO (AP) - An American Airlines flight heading to China returned to O'Hare International Airport when the pilot declared an emergency because the plane hit a bird. American spokesman Matt Miller said 237 passengers and 15 crew members were on ... See all stories on this topic » | |
House passes retroactive pay as shutdown enters first weekend Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON—. The fifth day of the partial shutdown of the U.S. government brought no signs of a breakthrough as House lawmakers passed a bill that would eventually reimburse furloughed federal workers for lost pay. The measure, which passed 407-0 ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Japan stocks cling to small gain, but JAL jumps MarketWatch LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in Japan posted slight gains in early trade Monday, but advances were limited by strengthening in the yen after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Financial Times there will be a delay in reforms aimed at relaxing strict ... See all stories on this topic » | |
BP trial to focus on scientists' spill estimates Washington Post NEW ORLEANS — When BP used a capping stack to seal its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, the device didn't just shut the source of the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Its pressure gauge also provided scientists with crucial data about the rate that crude ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Wang of China Hit Hard by Inflation ABC News To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is a profile of one person: Name: Wang Yonghui. Home: Shijiazhuang, China. Age: 51. See all stories on this topic » | |
Japan PM says open to overseas expertise to help contain Fukushima ... Washington Post TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost daily. Abe made the comments in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Shopping spree, old $100 bills leads to SC arrest Dayton Daily News This Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 photo shows a house owned by Lois Brown in Gaffney, S.C. Brown's husband died in 2003, hiding $100,000 in the home's basement. Police said two air conditioning workers found the money in 2010 and kept it for themselves, ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Metro contractor killed in Red Line explosion Washington Post Work on Metro's busy Red Line turned deadly this weekend after a contractor was critically injured in a Metro tunnel explosion. The contractor was transported to Howard University Hospital where he later died , Metro officials said. Two Metro employees were ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Almost all local DOD civilians to return to work The Northwest Florida Daily News After almost a week of being sent home without pay, most of the civilian employees who were furloughed at Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field will return to work on Monday. On Saturday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the end of furloughs for ... See all stories on this topic » | |
AP PHOTOS: People playing it safe with their money Businessweek Five years after the financial crisis, people in the world's 10 biggest economies are still too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money. Families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks. They've ... See all stories on this topic » | |
How Obamacare Benefits Older Workers Wall Street Journal The Affordable Care Act—aka Obamacare—won't mean big changes for most older Americans, but where it does have an impact, the result will be a stronger safety net. For those 65 years or older and on Medicare, the health-care reform law doesn't require ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Ormet will close, put 700 out of work Columbus Dispatch You may want to think twice about filing a small claim on your homeowner policy. A new report commissioned by InsuranceQuotes.com found that filing ev... Other Business Features. Ormet will close, put 700 out of work · Plenty of pumpkins to be had in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Fog and pollution disrupt travel in north China as millions head home after ... Fox News BEIJING – Fog and pollution in northern China have led to flight cancellations and road closures during a peak travel period as a weeklong national holiday nears its end. China's National Meteorological Center said the haze would hang over a large area of ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Sikorsky Aircraft Cancels Plan for Furloughs Wall Street Journal Sikorsky Aircraft on Saturday said it would drop plans to furlough almost 2,000 staff on Monday in the wake of the Pentagon's decision to call back most of its own idled civilian workforce. The maker of Black Hawk helicopters was the first major defense ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Treasury Secretary Says Size of Debt-Ceiling Rise Is Up to Congress New York Times WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has declined to tell senior Senate Republicans how large an increase the Obama administration wants in the nation's soon-to-be-breached $16.7 trillion debt limit, saying that is Congress's job to decide ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Pentagon recalls most workers, easing impact of US shutdown The Globe and Mail The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall most of the roughly 400,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. See all stories on this topic » | |
IPO spotlights Twitter co-founders Evan Williams Economic Times "It showcases the difference between perceived power and real power," said independent Silicon Valley analyst Rob Enderle. ET SPECIAL: Get latest Dollar price updates on your mobile. Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, who sold blogging platform startup ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Consortium boosts production at Iraq oil field Bayoubuzz BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says a consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell has boosted production at a prized oil field in the country's south to 175,000 barrels a day, speaking at a ceremony formally inaugurating commercial production. The head of the ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Hilcorp Energy first in Pa. to test law allowing access to gas without property ... Tribune-Review Bob Svetlak has lived on his family's Lawrence County homestead since 1949, and none of it's for sale — not his house, not his trees and certainly not his gas rights. But he may not have a choice about the gas. Hilcorp Energy Co. has taken legal steps to ... See all stories on this topic » | |
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