Philippine Growth Slows in Third Quarter Wall Street Journal MANILA—The Philippine economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter, and damage from Typhoon Haiyan looks set to further crimp expansion for the remainder of the year. The economy expanded at its slowest pace in more than a year, growing 7% on ... | |
Shop small this Saturday Valley morning Star HARLINGEN — We all know about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But what have you heard about Small Business Saturday — two days after Thanksgiving? Did you know a national campaign to "shop small" this coming weekend started in 2010 to help ... | |
North Jersey shoppers eat Thanksgiving dinner early to stoke retail fever NorthJersey.com North Jersey shoppers showed they're willing to reschedule Thanksgiving dinner. That they'll free up a little extra cash for an early bargain. And that they're wily customers looking to avoid the coming mobs at the store. Shoppers lining up outside the Toy "R" ... | |
Japan sees gains in prices, industrial output MiamiHerald.com TOKYO -- Japan's economy is gaining momentum, date for October showed, with consumer prices excluding food and energy rising 0.3 percent from a year earlier, the biggest gain since 1998. However, household spending remained flat. The slew of ... | |
UBS Investment Bank Bans Multibank, Social Chat Rooms Bloomberg UBS AG (UBSN), Switzerland's biggest bank, is banning the use of multibank and social chat rooms at its investment-banking division as global regulators probe the alleged manipulation of foreign exchange rates. "All social related chat rooms are prohibited ... | |
European Factors to Watch-Shares seen steady in thin trading Reuters LONDON Nov 28 (Reuters) - European shares headed for a broadly steady open on Thursday, with a likely fall in volumes due to a U.S. holiday seen prompting investors to avoid strong bets, although Germany's DAX could inch up to another record high. | |
Black Friday: Here's what you need to know [Orlando Sentinel] Businessweek People will jam stores and shop for online bargains across Central Florida and beyond, with the mayhem starting earlier on Thursday than ever before. With so many deals out there, it helps to have a plan. Here are answers to some commonly asked ... | |
European Stocks Climb on German Confidence; Bond Risk Declines Businessweek Financial traders monitor data on computer screens beneath a display of the DAX Index curve at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt. Photographer: Ralph Orlowski/Bloomberg. European stocks rose as a measure of German consumer confidence beat ... | |
Orange to Sell Dominican Unit to Altice for $1.4 Billion (2) Businessweek Customers pass a logo as it sits on display inside the Orange SA store in Toulouse, France. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg. Orange SA (ORA), France's biggest phone company, agreed to sell its Dominican Republic unit to Altice, a cable and ... | |
Battle for Holiday Shoppers Heats Up ABC News This holiday shopping season, it's Amazon vs. everyone else. The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Wal-Mart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest ... | |
U.S., European Stocks Rise on Confidence Data as Treasuries Slip San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and European stocks rose as reports on American and German consumer confidence beat estimates while jobless claims unexpectedly fell. Treasuries and oil declined while the yen weakened. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index ... | |
Treasure hunt for £4m worth of Bitcoins buried on hard drive at landfill site Telegraph.co.uk A hard drive which holds more than £4 million worth of Bitcoins, the virtual currency, is buried beneath several feet of mud at a recycling plant in south Wales, it has been claimed. The computer hard drive was reportedly thrown away by its owner several ... | |
European Stock ETF Attractively Valued Barron's U.S. equity investors have feasted on large gains this year. However, Europe is no turkey. Why Vanguard's FTSE Europe ETF could take flight. Article; Comments. Email; Print; Reprints. smaller; Larger. U.S. stocks have delivered heady gains this year. | |
Christmas tree grower Ivor Dungey gets award BBC News A man who has grown Christmas trees for more than 60 years has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award. Ivor Dungey, 77, grows more than 30,000 festive trees in fields near Liskeard in Cornwall. The British Christmas Tree Growers Association ... | |
Alitalia says on course to raise money requested Kansas City Star MILAN — Struggling airline Alitalia says it is well on the way to raising the 300 million euros ($408 million) it has asked from shareholders as part of a broader rescue plan. More News. Read more National, International Business news. It says Thursday that it ... | |
Employees plan protests at 1500 Walmart stores on Black Friday MiamiHerald.com As part of their effort to win a $10-an-hour minimum wage, Walmart employees plan to disrupt operations at 1,500 of the company's stores on Black Friday, hitting the retail giant in the pocketbook on the biggest shopping day of the year. Union officials backing ... | |
Fracking-led energy boom is turning U.S. into 'Saudi America' Kansas City Star MIDLAND, Texas — All along the highway that leads into this city in West Texas, the rows of black pump jacks seem endless, bobbing up and down as they pull crude oil from beneath the parched scrub desert. JAMES DURBIN | MCT Midland, Texas, sits at ... | |
ADM sweetens GrainCorp bid with commitments to farmers Reuters India SYDNEY (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM.N) will invest A$200 million in agricultural infrastructure should it win approval for its A$2.8 billion ($2.56 billion) takeover of Australia's GrainCorp (GNC.AX), the U.S. agribusiness said, in a move seen as ... | |
Surge in value for bitcoin and similar crypto currencies Economic Times Last week Bitcoin took a major step toward the mainstream as federal authorities signalled their willingness to accept it as a legitimate payment alternative. ET SPECIAL: Save precious time tracking your investments. By Nick Bilton This has been quite the ... | |
North Korea harvests up, but malnutrition persists: UN Grainews North Korean food production has increased for a third straight year, but a United Nations report warned Thursday that cases of stunting in children due to malnutrition remained high. A mission by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World ... | |
Hilton Worldwide Signs Agreement with Goverdhandham Estate Pvt. Ltd. for a ... Hospitality Net Hilton Worldwide Signs Agreement with Goverdhandham Estate Pvt. Ltd. for a Hilton Garden Inn Brand Hotel in Jaipur. Hilton garden Inn. Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a management agreement with Goverdhandham Estate Private ... | |
Bank of England unexpectedly reins in plan to boost mortgage lending KFGO LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England moved to head off the risk of a bubble in house prices on Thursday, making a surprise announcement that it would heavily scale back a scheme launched last year to boost mortgage lending. Britain's economy and ... | |
German Unemployment Rate Holds Steady At 5.2% RTT News Unemployment rate in Germany remained unchanged in October from that in the previous month, data from the Federal Statistical Office showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate stood at 5.2 percent in October, the same as that in September. | |
Shahristani: CNPC close to West Qurna 1 stake Iraq Oil Report The China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) is poised to take as much as a 25 percent stake in the West Qurna 1 oil field development project on Thursday, part of ExxonMobil's de-risking of its Iraq assets while likely maintaining operatorship. According to a ... | |
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