China factories stuck in cruise control CNNMoney After a long period of steady progress and faster growth, China's factories have lost some momentum in the final months of the year. HSBC said on Monday that its "flash" measure of sentiment among manufacturing purchasing managers fell to 50.5 in ... | |
Asia shares slip, Japan data outshines China Reuters SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mostly lower on Monday with investors just a few short days away from finding out the fate of U.S. monetary stimulus, in what looks set to be a very close call indeed. The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday and ... | |
Japan Tankan Signals Limited Spending as Headwind for Abe Bloomberg People look out at the skyline from an observation deck at dusk in Tokyo. Across all... Read More. People look out at the skyline from an observation deck at dusk in Tokyo. Across all industries, including services, big companies plan to boost spending by 4.6 ... | |
Asmussen Quits ECB to Join Merkel's Government Wall Street Journal FRANKFURT—European Central Bank executive-board member Jörg Asmussen is resigning his post at the central bank just two years into his eight-year term, leaving the ECB without one of its top German officials and skilled communicators as it weighs ... | |
Emerging nations overtake West in dumping electronic trash Reuters ... Print. * Electronic waste set to surge by 33 percent from 2012-17. * Waste in 2017 weight of 200 Empire State Buildings - StEP. * Better recycling, disposal needed to limit waste. By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle. OSLO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China ... | |
ObamaCare's Troubles Are Only Beginning Wall Street Journal The White House is claiming that the Healthcare.gov website is mostly fixed, that the millions of Americans whose health plans were canceled thanks to government rules may be able to keep them for another year, and that in any event these people will get ... | |
How Much Does that Burger Cost in Bitcoins? Wall Street Journal In the 1930s, when the Federal Reserve let the money supply contract, there was a true shortage of currency. At least 150 communities experimented with scrip—printing their own money to grease the wheels of commerce. None worked, and all have ... | |
Japan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima nuke crisis, with none at ... Fox News TOKYO – Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking, experts say, but has made only halting progress in that direction. Unlike the ... | |
Australia shares mired at 3-1/2 month lows, Fed meeting awaited Reuters (Adds analysis, quotes, stocks on the move). SYDNEY Dec 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.2 percent on Monday, languishing at 3-1/2 month lows, as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting this week to see if decides to begin ... | |
Chinese Man Seen on Knees in Crops Accused of DuPont Seed Theft Businessweek Monsanto Co. DeKalb brand seed corn sits on a palate at a farm in Princeton, Illinois. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg. A Chinese national investigated by the U.S. after he was seen visiting cornfields in Iowa was charged with plotting to steal ... | |
Promise of 'Obamacare' raises question of how fair system will be Financial Times The great promise of the Affordable Care Act was that it would bring fairness to a system that denied healthcare to 47m uninsured Americans without harming those who were happy with their existing plans. But in recent weeks, that promise has appeared to ... | |
NC gov says Bonner Bridge is reopening Houston Chronicle HATTERAS ISLAND, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials say the Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks is reopening. Gov. Pat McCrory and state Transportation Secretary Tony Tata said in a news release the bridge would reopen as of 4 p.m. Sunday. The bridge ... | |
US Steel Plant Explosion Near Detroit Kills Worker, Injures 2 Businessweek An explosion early this morning at a United States Steel Corp. (X:US) plant near Detroit killed one worker and injured two others. Steelmaking operations have stopped, and the company said it's investigating the overnight incident along with the United ... | |
Health coverage deadline may be hard to meet in Valley Fresno Bee Yer Lee, center, waits for the next step after learning she qualifies for Covered California during a special health-care educational and enrollment event at the Center For New Americans on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 in Fresno. Jennifer Kelly, a media guide ... | |
Blumenthal: Rail administrators need more The Advocate On the eve of a redoubled federal probe into Metro-North Railroad's safety protocols, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Sunday that a funding crunch leaves the nation's rail-safety watchdog unable to adequately regulate railroads. Blumenthal, D-Conn., said ... | |
Postal Service to deliver packages on Sundays WISH INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Due to the increased volume of mailing, the Postal Service says they plan to deliver packages on Sundays to make sure it reaches its destination in time for the holidays. Bacon Station, Castleton Branch, Circle City Station, Eagle ... | |
Federal Reserve Tapering to UK Inflation: Global Economy (1) Businessweek The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building stands in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. The data docket in the U.S. this week will be eclipsed by the Federal Reserve meeting as prospects mount that policy makers will trim ... | |
Metro reaches a 'milestone' in project to return trains to automated operation Washington Post Four and half years after a deadly rail crash forced Metro to let humans instead of computers drive its subway trains, the transit agency has reached "a milestone" in its effort to return to an automated system in which train operators do little more than make ... | |
FHA lowering loan limits in Chicago area Chicago Tribune The Federal Housing Administration is ending the year in much the same way it started, announcing steps to lessen consumers' use of FHA-backed mortgages. This month, the agency announced new, lower single-family loan limits for 650 counties across the ... | |
Dow loses 265 points for the week Los Angeles Times The stock market closed out its worst week since August, but selling pressure was light and many on Wall Street think share prices could be readying for another advance. Despite a modest gain Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average slid 265 points, ... | |
Taper' again on table at US Federal Reserve's final 2013 meeting Economic Times Steady economic gains, including a sharp fall in the unemployment rate, should stir the US Federal Reserve to begin trimming its stimulus program at its policy meeting on Tuesday. Editor's Pick. 5 blue-chip firms lose Rs 22,582 cr, led by ONGC · FIIs pump in ... | |
What You Should Know About the 2014 Light Bulb Ban PC Magazine The light bulbs you grew up with are going extinct next year. 2014 will be the next step in the phasing out of incandescent light fixtures, and 40W and 60W bulbs will no longer be brought into the U.S. Don't panic, this doesn't necessarily mean what you think it ... | |
Coast Guard mulls whether to permit wastewater to be moved on the rivers Pittsburgh Post Gazette The towboat Lee Synnott and it's barges loaded with coal approach the Point on the Ohio River after passing under the West End Bridge. The U.S. Coast Guard is mulling over hundreds of comments on whether to permit water from fractured wells to be moved ... | |
15000 bundle up for Holiday Train concert In-Forum COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. – Roughly 15,000 people bundled in parkas and plenty of layers Saturday to soak up hit songs by Sheryl Crow as she headlined the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train anniversary concert here. By: Scott Wente, Forum News Service. | |
Supplies low on suddenly popular Sriracha sauce UPI.com IRWINDALE, Calif., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A court order halting the production of hot Sriracha, a Thai chili paste, has sent customers scurrying for the bright, red condiment, grocers say. In November, a judge halted production of Sriracha at a plant in Irwindale, Calif., ... | |
Technology Analyst Jeff Kagan on Adobe Creative Cloud Success Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release) What this means for the Cloud going forward. Technology Industry Analyst Jeff Kagan is available to speak with reporters, or may be quoted through this release. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 14, 2013. Adobe Systems Inc, makes both Acrobat software and ... | |
Libya PM hopes oil ports will reopen on Sunday Business Recorder image TRIPOLI: Prime Minister Ali Zeidan expects Libyan oil ports seized by a group demanding autonomy for the country's east would reopen on Sunday, state news agency Lana said on Saturday, although it was unclear if the government had concluded a ... | |
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