Wind energy firm pleads guilty to eagle deaths USA TODAY WASHINGTON (AP) — The government for the first time has enforced environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities, winning a $1 million settlement from a power company that pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at two ... | |
Foxconn to build plant in Pennsylvania CNN A Foxconn factory in China. The contract manufacturer for Apple and other leading U.S. tech companies announced plans to build a plant in Pennsylvania. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics contract manufacturer to many U.S. ... | |
Credit Suisse banker sentenced to 30 months in prison CNN Kareem Serageldin, the former head of structured credit at Credit Suisse, was sentenced to 30 months in prison in connection with a scheme to hide trading losses on mortgage-backed securities. Serageldin, who had been extradited from the UK in April, had ... | |
Fisker sells its assets to Hong Kong tycoon, files for bankruptcy Los Angeles Times An investor group headed by Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li purchased the federal loan made to Karma plug-in hybrid sports car maker Fisker Automotive and acquired the assets of the nearly defunct automaker. Fisker has voluntarily filed petitions to liquidate ... | |
6 Cool Things I Learned At Dreamforce13: New Tools To Accelerate Your Sales ... Forbes As a sales and marketing professional, I consider it mandatory to attend the annual Salesforce.com show, Dreamforce each year in San Francisco. Salesforce.com Salesforce.com has long been on the leading edge of sales, marketing, and service ... | |
Extra Time to Sign Up for Health Coverage New York Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Friday that it would give people eight more days, until Dec. 23, to sign up for health insurance coverage that takes effect on Jan. 1 under the new health care law. | |
Split Over Health-Law Change Wall Street Journal California officials rebuffed President Barack Obama Thursday and voted against letting insurers in the state reinstate canceled health policies, in a move that highlighted internal tensions among Democrats about the health law's direction. Mr. Obama ... | |
TGI Fridays may be sold by owner Carlson Los Angeles Times TGI Fridays' owner, Minneapolis hospitality and travel company Carlson, said -- yes, on Friday -- that it has authorized a review of strategic alternatives that may include selling the casual sit-down chain. "Capitalizing on Fridays' strong marketplace momentum, ... | |
Report: Vehicle crashes into terminal at LAX USA TODAY A car has crashed into a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, or LAX, an ABC news station in the Los Angeles area has tweeted. Police are on the scene, according to the Twitter feed of 7 News. One Twitter user has posted a photo of police with their ... | |
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac attract investor groups Washington Post Investor groups are scooping up shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and even offering to buy core pieces of their businesses, complicating legislative efforts to shut down the two mortgage giants. Some Capitol Hill lawmakers have been clamoring to ... | |
White House says 2015 enrollment for Obamacare pushed back one month Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will push back the open enrollment season for Obamacare health insurance in 2015 by a month to give insurance companies more time to determine their rates, the White House said on Friday. (Reporting ... | |
Pixar undergoes layoffs due to 'The Good Dinosaur' delay Los Angeles Times Pixar Animation Studios has laid off an undisclosed number of people at its Emeryville, Calif., headquarters due to the delay of its forthcoming film "The Good Dinosaur." The layoffs affect less than 5% of the company's 1,200-person workforce, according to a ... | |
Illinois with Obama on insurance cancellation fix Seattle Post Intelligencer CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn's administration has announced Illinois will allow the one-year extension of existing health insurance plans proposed by President Barack Obama. Friday's announcement sets Illinois apart from some other states led by ... | |
California health exchange votes to not enact Obama health plan 'fix' Fox News Nov. 21, 2013: Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, which runs the state's health insurance exchange, discusses enrollment during the first month of operation, during a meeting of the California Health Benefit Exchange Board of Directors, ... | |
Caterpillar Probed for Dumping Wall Street Journal Federal investigators are probing a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc. CAT -0.68% Caterpillar Inc. U.S.: NYSE $82.12 -0.56 -0.68% Nov. 21, 2013 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.12M AFTER HOURS $82.25 +0.13 +0.16% Nov. 21, 2013 7:45 pm Volume ... | |
Time Warner Cable's Suitors Lining Up Funds for Bid Wall Street Journal It isn't clear which banks ultimately might participate in any debt package or how much Charter would get from lenders. There also is no guarantee a Charter bid for Time Warner Cable will ultimately materialize, and the timing of any such move is unclear. | |
Insurers to Get Extra Month to Set 2015 Obamacare Rates Bloomberg The Obama administration plans to push back by a month the second-year start of enrollment in its health program to give insurers more time to adjust to growing pains in the U.S. law, a move that may stave off higher premiums before the 2014 congressional ... | |
Job openings climb to 5-year high in September Buffalo News Ford Motor Co. gave its stamping plant in the Town of Hamburg a $150 million vote of confidence, an investment that will also add 350 jobs to the faci... Read more » · Opinion · Editorials · Viewpoints · Another Voice · My View · Letters to the Editor ... | |
Germany's Economy Loses Steam NASDAQ FRANKFURT--Germany's economic recovery lost steam in the third quarter, official data show Friday, but business surveys signal a pickup in economic activity toward the end of the year and broadening growth in 2014. The federal statistics office said ... | |
Ackman to renew attack on Herbalife at Robin Hood conference Reuters BOSTON (Reuters) - Activist investor William Ackman will renew his attack on Herbalife at a conference on Friday, almost a year since he shocked Wall Street with a $1 billion short bet against the weight-loss company, a person familiar with his plan said. | |
California won't extend health plans Los Angeles Times Spurning President Obama's call to let insurers extend canceled health policies, California won't allow 1 million policyholders to keep their health plan for another year. The board of the Covered California health exchange voted unanimously to break with the ... | |
S. Korea to Buy 40 Fighter Jets With Stealth Capabilities Bloomberg South Korean military leaders recommended purchasing 40 fighter jets with stealth capabilities and indicated Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT)'s F-35 provided the best defense against North Korea's growing nuclear threat. The Joint Chiefs of Staff didn't ... | |
European Factors to Watch - Shares seen edging higher at the open Reuters By Francesco Canepa. LONDON Nov 22 (Reuters) - European stocks were seen following U.S. and Japanese shares higher on Friday, with investors looking to the German Ifo business sentiment index for reassurance about the strength of the euro zone ... | |
Hotel searching for homeless man who returned woman's stolen wallet WSB Atlanta Omni hotel management gave Channel 2 Action News a surveillance picture that shows the man they say came to the hotel on Nov. 7 trying to return the wallet he found inside a trash can on Marietta Street. | |
Hand over tax audit information, clock is running: IRS WHTC A woman walks out of the Internal Revenue Service building in New York in this May 13, 2013 photo. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton. By Patrick Temple-West. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service audit, already a feared ordeal, will get ... | |
Acer Founder Returns to Computer Maker After Record Loss Businessweek Stan Shih, founder of Acer Group, returns as chairman and president while Jim Wong, president since 2011, resigned his post and will not take up the role of chief executive officer vacated by J.T. Wang, Acer said in a statement yesterday. Photographer: ... | |
Report: Spotify Is Now a $4 Billion Company Mashable The music streaming company has reportedly secured $250 million in new financing, valuing it at more than $4 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Spotify previously raised $100 million almost exactly a year ago at a $3 billion valuation. | |
Brazil to Hand Over Top Airports to Private Operators Wall Street Journal SÃO PAULO—Brazil plans to hand over two of the country's biggest airports to private operators Friday in a crucial test of President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to attract tens of billions of dollars of investment and restore confidence amid sluggish economic ... | |
Yen Weakens Beyond 101 as Yield Difference Widens Bloomberg The yen weakened past 101 per dollar for the first time since July as yields on U.S. securities rose to the highest relative to Japan's since September amid the nations' diverging monetary policies. The euro rose to a four-year high versus Japan's currency as ... | |
GOP Maps Out Waves of Attacks Over Health Law New York Times WASHINGTON — The memo distributed to House Republicans this week was concise and blunt, listing talking points and marching orders: "Because of Obamacare, I Lost My Insurance." "Obamacare Increases Health Care Costs." "The Exchanges May Not ... | |
S&P 500 index is close to 'Perfect 10' Washington Post NEW YORK — The stock market is poised for a "Perfect 10." As stocks surge this year, putting them on course for their best annual performance in a decade, all ten industry groups in the Standard & Poor's 500 index are closing in on gains of 10 percent or ... | |
FEC: Donors can't use bitcoins for contributions Businessweek WASHINGTON (AP) — Political organizations can't accept contributions in the form of bitcoins, at least for now, The Federal Election Commission said Thursday. The commission passed on a request by the Conservative Action Fund, a political action ... | |
State: Job growth stalled in Sept., Oct. in Conn. Businessweek WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Job creation stalled in Connecticut in September and October as employers nervously watched the federal government shutdown and budget impasse in Washington, the state Labor Department said Thursday. Still, the state's ... | |
Oil pipe blast in the wake of leak kills 6, severely injures 7 in eastern China port Fox News BEIJING – Local authorities say an oil pipe explosion in an eastern Chinese city has killed six and severely injured seven others. The district government of Huangdao in the seaside port of Qingdao said an oil pipe near a shopping mall broke Friday morning ... | |
Minn. unemployment rate drops below 5 percent Businessweek ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate has dropped below 5 percent for the first time in nearly six years as the state climbs further out of the deep hole caused by the Great Recession. The Department of Employment and Economic ... | |
Novartis sweetens investors with $5 billion share buyback Reuters ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.VX) offered a sweetener to investors on Friday by starting a $5 billion share buyback program, but shied away from announcing any radical surgery to its structure. The Basel-based pharmaceutical firm is ... | |
Stock Indexes Show Little Interest In Slowing Down Forbes (Kitco News) - The major stock indexes are firmer on Thursday, making up some ground lost earlier this week, and market watchers say further gains aren't out of the question. In the short term, say between now and the end of the year, if equities see a ... | |
No grand announcement for health site fix, agency says USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Don't expect an Earth-shaking announcement Nov. 30, the day the government has promised the HealthCare.gov website will be "working smoothly for the majority of Americans." "All of the fixes and improvements we've been making, ... | |
Protect The RFS Domestic Fuel There are events springing up around the Midwest to rally consumers into helping support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Some of the leaders of this movement are state legislators including Iowa Governor Terry Branstad along with Iowa Lt. Gov. | |
Asia stocks pushed higher by new Dow high Ct Post Money traders work under a screen showing Japan's Nikkei index, center bottom, and the U.S. dollar rate against the Japanese yen, center top, at a foreign exchange company in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. The Dow's first close above 16,000 pushed most ... | |
Bank intern death inquest ITV News An inquest into the death of investment bank intern Moritz Erhardt opens today. The 21-year-old German died of epilepsy while on a seven-week pre-graduate programme in London with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in August. Share. Share on Facebook. | |
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