Dollar near five-year high vs. yen, eyes on US data Reuters SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a five-year high versus the yen on Thursday, with the focus on whether forthcoming U.S. data will support the case for the Federal Reserve to gradually scale back its bond-buying stimulus over the course of ... | |
Doctors, hospitals expect some confusion as Obamacare plans start Reuters (Reuters) - Hospitals and medical practices across the United States are bracing for confusion and administrative hassles as new insurance plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare law take effect on Wednesday. More than 2 million people enrolled ... | |
Fiat to Get Full Control of Chrysler Wall Street Journal Fiat SpA said it would get full control of Chrysler Group LLC in a $4.35 billion deal, ending a standoff that clouded the future of both companies. The deal, which helps clear the way for consolidation of the two auto makers, values Chrysler at just over $10 ... | |
Hyundai-Kia Forecast Vehicle Sales of 7.86 Million Units in 2014 Businessweek Hyundai Motor Co. (005380) and affiliate Kia Motors Corp. (000270) projected vehicle sales this year that trailed analysts' estimates as a strengthening won made South Korea's exports less competitive. Hyundai and Kia are targeting to deliver a combined ... | |
UPDATE 1-Cost overrun clash endangers huge Panama Canal extension project Reuters MADRID Jan 1 (Reuters) - Work on the massive Panama Canal extension project may be suspended after a clash between the builders and the Panamanian authorities about $1.6 billion in cost overruns, according to a statement from the building consortium ... | |
Police: Man stole brains, sold them on eBay USA TODAY INDIANAPOLIS -- The details sound like the plot of a bad horror movie: Desperate for cash, a young man breaks into a warehouse to steal the brains of dead mental patients, and the body parts are later sold on eBay. This story line, however, is real. | |
WSJ overhauls its website's tech news page USA TODAY The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday it has overhauled the technology news page on its website, WSJ.com, a move to expand coverage of the popular topic and replace another company-owned tech news site that is now defunct. The site, dubbed "WSJD" ... | |
Con Ed Agrees Not to Raise Its Residential Electricity Rate for 2 Years New York Times Consolidated Edison has agreed to spend about $650 million to prepare for another storm like Hurricane Sandy without raising its rates for residential electricity for two years, the company and state officials announced on Tuesday. | |
Online poker: When will California have part of the deal? San Francisco Chronicle The past year has seen the re-emergence of online poker in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, and some legal experts say California won't be far behind. "I don't have any doubt we'll have legal online poker in California," says Whittier Law School ... | |
Prince George's to begin new bag law Washington Post LARGO, Md. — Plastic bags are no longer allowed to be used for yard waste collection in Prince George's County. The new law takes effect on Wednesday. EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 30: Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight ... | |
Stocks soar in 2013 as fear bubble pops Los Angeles Times When Wall Street finally stopped living in fear of another bust, the opposite happened: a market boom that propelled U.S. stocks to their biggest rally in at least 16 years. Share prices ended Tuesday with more gains, capping a stunning advance that drove the ... | |
More donations top $100 million CNN Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made the single biggest donation of the year. NEW YORK (CNNMoney). Big donors were feeling particularly generous last year. A total of 15 individual donations exceeded $100 million in 2013, ... | |
CEO predictions for the next 100 years of flying Washington Post NEW YORK — Millions of people step aboard airplanes each day, complaining about the lack of legroom and overhead space but almost taking for granted that they can travel thousands of miles in just a few hours. Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of ... | |
Average U.S. Pump Prices Poised to Decline in 2014, AAA Says Bloomberg A driver prepares to refuel his vehicle at a Hess Corp. gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. A driver prepares to refuel his vehicle at a Hess Corp. gas station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Close. Close. Open. Photographer: Craig Warga/ ... | |
Campbell Soup Recalls Some Prego Italian Sauce Wall Street Journal Campbell Soup Co. has recalled about 300 cases of Prego Italian sauce due to risk of spoilage, a move that affects products shipped earlier this month to distribution centers that serve several states. The potential spoilage, which was discovered during ... | |
Five Challenges for the Federal Reserve in 2014 Wall Street Journal Smooth Transition. Janet Yellen, the presumptive successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, will face the usual initial vulnerability of anyone taking on a highly visible role. While she might normally be forced to prove her anti-inflation chops to the ... | |
Experts say stocks won't do as well in 2014; offer tips The Detroit News 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn't going to work as well as it has, ... | |
Confusion expected as Obamacare plans start Blouin News Blogs Jan 1 (Reuters) - Hospitals and medical practices across the United States are bracing for confusion and administrative hassles as new insurance plans under President Barack Obama's healthcare law take effect on Wednesday. More than 2 million people ... | |
Boeing Soars Despite A Turbulent 2013 ideastream The airplane manufacturer was one of the stock market's best performers this year, despite battery problems that grounded its entire fleet of new 787s for more than three months. But a labor dispute involving its largest union could have some Boeing ... | |
Tonight's Uber Surge Pricing Nightmare Doesn't Have to Happen Next New ... The Atlantic Cities You'll hear wailing and gnashing of teeth on social media during New Year's Eve celebrations tonight: People will be going out, and those in cities where Uber offers its smartphone-based car service can expect its dreaded "surge pricing" to go into effect. | |
US Business Owners' Sentiment Turns Mixed for 2014 Rapaport RAPAPORT... Small business owners in the U.S. are slightly more pessimistic today than one year ago as the calendar shifts to 2014, according to a recent fourth-quarter update by the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. Of 605 small business owners ... | |
Five Star cuts deal with ATM company Business First of Buffalo Customers of Five Star Bank will soon have no-fee access to hundreds of automated teller machines in New York state as part of a new agreement between the Wyoming County bank and Welch ATM. Starting Jan. 1, customers will be able to withdraw cash ... | |
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