Roundup: Blackhawks rout Oilers for NHL's best record USA TODAY EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Andrew Shaw scored a pair of goals, and Patrick Kane added a power-play tally to extend his point streak to 11 games in the Chicago Blackhawks' 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. Jonathan Toews and Johnny ... | |
Home Permits and Prices Rise, Despite Mortgage Rates New York Times WASHINGTON — Permits for future home construction rose to their highest point in nearly five and a half years in October and prices for single-family homes posted big gains in September, suggesting that the run-up in mortgage interest rates since May has ... | |
Bayer in Talks to Buy Partner Algeta for $2.4 Billion Bloomberg Bayer AG (BAYN), Germany's largest drugmaker, is in "early stage" talks to acquire Norwegian partner Algeta ASA (ALGETA), whose prostate cancer medicine was approved for sale in the U.S. in May, for about $2.42 billion. Algeta received "a preliminary ... | |
Bosnians panic as sinkhole swallows village pond Houston Chronicle SANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Just outside the rustic village, children fished in a tranquil pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees, as cattle grazed nearby. Now, Rezak Motanic gazes in disbelief down a gigantic moonlike crater ... | |
Insight: A new wave of US mortgage trouble threatens Reuters (Reuters) - U.S. borrowers are increasingly missing payments on home equity lines of credit they took out during the housing bubble, a trend that could deal another blow to the country's biggest banks. The loans are a problem now because an increasing ... | |
Towboat sinks in river in Iowa, releasing oil Seattle Post Intelligencer LECLAIRE, Iowa (AP) — The Coast Guard says a towboat sank in the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities-area community of LeClaire, releasing oil into the water. The 144-foot Stephen L. Colby struck a submerged object Monday afternoon, which caused ... | |
Dow ends at record high; Nasdaq loses grip on 4000 Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials eked out a slim gain on Monday to end at another record high, after the Nasdaq topped 4,000 for the first time in 13 years and then slipped to close below that level. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) shares rose 0.8 ... | |
Experts warn holiday shoppers of dangerous toys abc7.com LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The California Public Interest Research Group and Children's Hospital Los Angeles are reminding holiday shoppers that many toys still on store shelves can be deadly for children. "At Children's Hospital, we see about 72,000 visits ... | |
Remy Cointreau profit falls 20% on China slowdown MarketWatch PARIS--Remy Cointreau SA (RCO.FR) Tuesday said that slowing sales of spirits in China will hit profits considerably this year after the group reported a 20% drop in net profit in the first six months of its financial year. Remy Cointreau has suffered along with ... | |
Obamacare Deadline May Not Offer Expected Answers: Q&A Bloomberg Will the federal health exchange website be working smoothly for the "vast majority" of users on Nov. 30, as promised by the Obama administration? Calling repairs to the site an evolving effort that won't end when the month does, administration officials said ... | |
Ex-SAC analyst takes stand in Steinberg's insider trading trial WHTC Michael Steinberg arrives at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York, November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. By Nate Raymond. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government's main witness in the insider trading case against Michael ... | |
Cyber Monday Every Day as IPhone Users Shun Retail Stores Bloomberg David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. An employee loads a truck with boxes to be shipped at the Amazon.com Inc. distribution center in Phoenix, Arizona. Cyber Monday, billed as one of the busiest online-commerce days of the year, is spilling into the rest of the ... | |
Render Unto Caesar, but Who Backs the Bitcoin? New York Times Richard Branson accepts bitcoin as payment on flights on Virgin Galactic, which offers commercial spaceflights Reed Saxon/Associated Press Richard Branson accepts bitcoin as payment on flights on Virgin Galactic, which offers commercial spaceflights. | |
Analysis: Men's Wearhouse alterations could backfire on retailer Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Men's Wearhouse Inc (MW.N) was hoping that activist shareholder Eminence Capital LLC was going to go away quietly after the retailer boosted its anti-takeover defenses, it's likely to be sorely disappointed. Although Jos. A. Bank ... | |
Delta wins Business Travel News Survey for third consecutive year Wall Street Journal ATLANTA, Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporate travel managers rated Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) No. 1 in this year's Business Travel News Annual Airline Survey for the third year in a row. The airline ranked first among all carriers in nine of 10 ... | |
Rogers says Canadian TV industry must offer viewers more choice Reuters TORONTO (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc, one of Canada's biggest cable companies, said on Monday the entire industry must be willing to offer viewers more choice when selling television packages even if that means some channels ultimately fail. | |
Earnings for Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) Expected to Fall Forbes Analysts expect decreased profit for Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard when the company reports its fourth quarter results on Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Although Hewlett-Packard reported profit of $1.16 a year ago, the consensus estimate calls for ... | |
Bain Capital looks to sell Applied Systems: sources Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Bain Capital LLC is in talks with other private equity firms to sell its insurance software provider Applied Systems Inc for more than $1 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Negotiations over the ... | |
Tiffany's Holiday Season Expected to Sparkle TheStreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Tiffany (TIF) reports it earnings on Tuesday and it looks as if investors have decided the numbers will sparkle. Analysts have raised estimates for the quarter by a penny a share and the short interest for the stock has plunged. | |
Tips for stress-free family holiday travel Detroit Free Press Along with seeing friends and family, the holidays mean crowded airports and packed roads. The American Automobile Association predicts that 43.4 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their homes to celebrate this Thanksgiving. Millions more ... | |
Thanksgiving Shopping? Not In States That Ban It NewsChannel5.com PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Shoppers won't be lining up for Thanksgiving Day deals at stores in Rhode Island. They can't. While in other parts of the country retailers will offer holiday deals starting Thursday, most big stores in Rhode Island, Maine and ... | |
Loss Expected to Widen for Barnes & Noble (BKS) Forbes Barnes & Noble is expected to book a wider loss than a year ago when it reports second quarter earnings on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 with analysts expecting a loss of five cents per share, down from a loss of four cents per share a year ago. Analysts are ... | |
Warren Buffett, Goldman Sachs CEO in Detroit on Tuesday for small business ... Detroit Free Press The Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein will be at Ford Field on Tuesday to announce a partnership that will add Detroit to a national funding program designed to spur small business growth. Goldman Sachs started the ... | |
Mass. single-family home sales rose 19 percent in Oct., the Warren Group says Boston.com October sales for Massachusetts single-family homes rose nearly 19 percent on a year-to-year comparison basis as 4,326 single-family homes were sold in the state last month, the Warren Group reported Tuesday. Timothy M. Warren Jr. Photo courtesy of the ... | |
Stock Market News for November 25, 2013 - Market News NASDAQ Encouraging economic reports through last week helped indices post a number of records on Friday. The S&P 500 closed above 1,800 for the first time and the blue-chip index recorded its longest stretch of weekly gains in three years. The tech-laden Nasdaq ... | |
Japan's lower house set to pass secrecy bill GlobalPost Japan's lower house of parliament is set to pass a controversial new state secrets bill Tuesday, which critics say is draconian and will impinge on press freedom and the public's right to know. After a morning of debate, a special house committee gave the ... | |
Looming Deadline To Push More Traffic To Insurance Website WUNC The race is on to get the federal insurance website HealthCare.gov working smoothly by the end of November. And it's not just because that's what federal officials have promised. December could see a surge in demand for health insurance. "There is an ... | |
Affordable Care Act Checkup: How are the unemployed affected? Rochester Democrat and Chronicle The Affordable Care Act will provide a safety net for unemployed workers, but problems with the rollout are discouraging potential beneficiaries from signing up. Loading… Post to Facebook. Affordable Care Act Checkup: How are the unemployed affected? on ... | |
IRS Urged by TIGTA to Fix Weaknesses in Its Systems Security Accountingweb.com The US Treasury Department implemented the Joint Audit Management Enterprise System (JAMES) for use by all bureaus, including the IRS, to track, monitor, and report the status of internal control audit results. The JAMES tracks specific information on ... | |
Take-Two Interactive Software Downgraded by Cowen and Company to "Market ... WKRB News Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. logo Cowen and Company cut shares of Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ:TTWO) from an outperform rating to a market perform rating in a research report sent to investors on Friday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com ... | |
Solar Stocks In News - Yingli Green Energy (YGE), LDK Solar (LDK), First Solar ... eFinance Hub Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE) got a SELL rating by TheStreet Quant Ratings. Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE)'s stock traded at beginning with a price of $5.70 and throughout the trading session climbed at a ... | |
FDIC to Consolidate Northern Virginia Offices GovExec.com The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced plans to bring 600 of its employees closer to its Arlington, Va., headquarters, taking advantage of a building steps away left vacant when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency moved to a new ... | |
President not leaving a great legacy Yuma Sun Let's take a look at a few of the "Myths" as posted on President Obama's official website www.whitehouse.com. Myth #1 Health insurance reform will NOT use your tax dollars to fund abortions. Myth #2: Businesses will NOT suffer under health reform. Myth #3: ... | |
Gold price rises to $1254.40 Elko Daily Free Press In other Wall Street news, the stock market paused Monday, ending on a mixed note, after a string of records in recent weeks. The slow day represented a pause in the market's strong run-up, capped by another milestone on Friday, when the Standard ... | |
Spotlight on economy; Rising home prices, less homebuilding MarketWatch (blog) The housing market has clearly slowed over the past few months because of higher mortgage rates and home prices, and Tuesday could offer further confirmation of the trend. Two indexes that track home prices, Case-Shiller and FHFA, are expected to show ... | |
Tuesday preview: BoE's Carney provides evidence on Inflation Report IFA Magazine Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney will on Tuesday give evidence to MPs on the central bank's latest quarterly Inflation Report. In the Inflation Report, released earlier this month, the BoE said that higher borrowing costs would depend on various ... | |
3 Numbers to Watch: Italy sentiment, US house permits, home index TradingFloor.com Tuesday's another light day for Eurozone news other than the consumer confidence update for Italy. For the US, several reports are scheduled, including new data on housing permits and the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. In addition, keep in mind that ... | |
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