Google launches prepaid card CNN The tech giant announced the launch of a physical prepaid card on Wednesday. The new Google Wallet Card will be tied to a customer's Google Wallet account and can be used to make purchases and withdraw money from ATMs. Google Wallet, which has ... | |
Debt Limit Rise May Not Be Needed Until June, CBO Says Bloomberg The U.S. may be able to delay a debt-limit increase until as late as June 2014, the Congressional Budget Office said today. Under an agreement reached last month, Congress suspended the debt limit through Feb. 7, 2014. After that, the Treasury Department ... | |
Carl's Jr. parent CKE to be sold to Cinnabon owner Roark Capital Los Angeles Times Carpinteria-based CKE Inc., known for the raunchy commercials and juicy burgers from its Carl's Jr. chain, will be sold to the owner of decidedly G-rated brands Cinnabon and Auntie Anne's. CKE, currently controlled by affiliates of New York private equity firm ... | |
China manufacturing activity cools in November CNBC.com China's manufacturing activity expanded in November but at a slower pace than October, a survey from HSBC showed on Thursday. The HSBC flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 50.4 from a seven-month high of 50.9 in October, staying above the ... | |
Shareholders pushing back against government spying Washington Post COMMUNICATIONS. Shareholders push back against spying. Shareholders of AT&T and Verizon Communications are seeking more details related to the telecom giants' sharing of customer information with governments, showing that investors are starting to ... | |
Title Insurance Calculation Dropped From U.S. Mortgage-Form Rule Bloomberg A U.S. rule that would have wrapped title insurance into the total costs listed on a simplified mortgage-disclosure form was dropped by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after industry complaints. The rule first proposed by the consumer bureau in July ... | |
Solid Retail Sales Ease Holiday Fog Wall Street Journal Americans spent a bit more freely in October, offering hope that the holiday shopping season won't be as gloomy as many retailers fear. The government's main gauge of retail sales, encompassing spending on everything from cars to drinks at bars, rose a ... | |
Tribune to cut 700 jobs as part of restructuring USA TODAY Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and seven other daily newspapers, said Wednesday it's cutting 700 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, and reorganizing operational functions to save money. The non-editorial departments at its ... | |
Travel-related news NBCNews.com With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Nightly News has a roundup of gas prices, pending weather patterns and the annual AAA travel projections. NBC's Brian Williams reports. Share This: facebook · twitter · googleplus. Related Videos; Transcript of this ... | |
Snapshot: Stocks slip a bit amid 2013's big run-up Boston.com Disappointing earnings news helped push stocks lower. Best Buy plunged after it said extended store hours and price-cutting could squeeze quarterly profit. Campbell Soup fell sharply after reporting that its profit slumped. The two stocks were the S&P 500's ... | |
Verrückt, the world's tallest and fastest water slide, is taking shape at Schlitterbahn Kansas City Star It could take a while to climb the 264 steps to the top of the new water slide at Schlitterbahn. Schlitterbahn Here's a view from the top of the Verrückt water slide. You'll have to climb 264 stairs to see this in real life. Schlitterbahn The 17-story drop from the tower. | |
Rieder: Charging for digital news a good thing USA TODAY Well, that was quick. It's not much more than 2½ years since The New York Times took the then-radical step of charging for digital content. Many newspapers followed its lead. Today, 41% of the nation's dailies are doing so or are about to, according to media ... | |
A Municipal Bankruptcy May Create a Template New York Times A sewage treatment plant in Jefferson County, Ala., which is trying to exit Marvin Gentry/Reuters A sewage treatment plant in Jefferson County, Ala., which is trying to exit bankruptcy. Jefferson County, Ala., which just became the first municipality to tap the ... | |
Four Things We Learn From Wal-Mart's Bangladesh Factory Audit Businessweek After the Rana Plaza fire in Bangladesh killed more than 1,100 garment workers in April, all of the big European apparel retailers (and some American ones, too) signed on to a binding agreement to work with labor organizations and other groups to improve ... | |
Tsunami-Blocking Mangroves Lure Carbon Investors: Southeast Asia Bloomberg Replanted mangrove trees in Southeast Asia are getting credit for protecting against deadly tsunamis and typhoons such as Haiyan in the Philippines and cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Mangrove regeneration in Northern Samar, about 100 miles (160 ... | |
Tokyo Shares End Down on Wavering Dollar, GPIF Panel Wait Wall Street Journal TOKYO--Tokyo stocks ended down amid lackluster trading Wednesday as a wavering dollar and a dearth of trading incentives kept players from making large bets ahead of an announcement by a government-appointed advisory panel regarding risk asset ... | |
US STOCKS-Dow, S&P retreat for second day; Best Buy weighs Reuters ... Stocks. * Best Buy, Campbell Soup shares plunge after cautious outlook. * Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke set to speak at 7 p.m. EST. * Dow down 0.1 pct, S&P 500 off 0.2 pct, Nasdaq down 0.4 pct. By Angela Moon. NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ... | |
U.K. Disinflation No Risk as Swap Gap Widens to Record Bloomberg The widest gap between U.K. and euro-region price expectations in almost 10 years suggests investors are betting Britain will avoid the inflation slump that led the European Central Bank to cut interest rates. The five-year inflation swap rate, a market gauge of ... | |
J.C. Penney's Fight for a Turnaround TheStreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors want to know one thing when J.C. Penney (JCP) reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday: Was this the quarter when the company finally had some real turnaround? The Plano, Texas-based retailer is expected to post ... | |
US Labor Costs Remain Subdued Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—A moderate pickup in employers' labor costs in the third quarter underscored a slow-moving economy that has kept inflation subdued. The employment-cost index, a measure of labor expenses that includes pay and benefits, rose 0.4% from ... | |
Sharp may supply copiers to H-P: report MarketWatch TOKYO--Sharp Corp. (6753.TO) is considering supplying photocopiers for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) on an original equipment manufacturing basis, as it seeks to ramp up production of one of its profitable mainline businesses, the Nikkei reported ... | |
European Stocks Seen Subdued; US Data And Fed Minutes Eyed NASDAQ (RTTNews.com) - European stocks are seen opening lower on Wednesday despite Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's dovish remarks that short-term interest rates will probably stay low "well after" the jobless rate falls below the Fed's 6.5 percent ... | |
Asia stocks falter after OECD cuts growth forecast San Francisco Chronicle AMSTERDAM (AP) — Markets got a modest lift Wednesday after tame U.S. inflation figures eased investor fears that the U.S. Federal Reserve will feel pressure to reduce its monetary stimulus soon. U.S. consumer prices fell slightly in October, due to lower ... | |
USAF Official: Air Shows Are Efficient Way to Reach Allies DefenseNews.com Heidi Grant is the deputy undersecretary of the US Air Force for international affairs. (US Air Force). Filed Under. World News · Middle East & Africa. Q. What are your goals and priorities for the upcoming show? A. The main goal for this show is my opportunity ... | |
Million-dollar gold stash found in aircraft toilet The Express Tribune Cleaners working on commercial plane in India found 24 gold bars worth more than $1 million in toilet compartment. By AFP. Published: November 20, 2013. Tweet · Share this article Print this page Email. Cleaners working on commercial plane in India found ... | |
Don't fear the big, bad tapering Business Times (subscription) Not such a big deal: The effect of the US Federal Reserve's quantitative easing on bond yields is less impressive than people think and the reversal of the QE programme may equally have little impact. - PHOTO: AFP. THE ECB chose to surprise markets with a ... | |
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