Top Stories: UK banks will be ordered to disclose this week the pay and bonuses of their high-paid employees. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:33:26 -0500Belarus is seeking to open up to Western investors. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:35:39 -0500The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce has developed a new economic strategy for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:37:55 -0500Thousands of Spanish farmers marched through the streets of Madrid on the weekend to protest the low prices they have been receiving for their produce. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:30:57 -0500Major investment and rising consumption could spur China’s economy to grow by 10 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:29:18 -0500Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis has said he will consider postponing his retirement. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:20:12 -0500Spanish airline Iberia is no longer under threat of strike after unions called off planned action after an agreement with management. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:55 -0500A federal grand jury in Eugene, Oregon has indicted 13 people on mortgage and loan fraud charges. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:18:04 -0500The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:20 -0500Valero Energy has announced it will permanently shut down its oil refining plant in Delaware City. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:14:34 -0500New homes built in the UK have risen to their highest level in sixteen months. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:46:29 -0500JAL has been hedging currencies, interest rates, and fuel prices and is believed to have incurred losses of 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion). Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:34:17 -0500Ford and its Volvo unit received the most with six awards, followed by Subaru and Volkswagen with five safety awards each. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:59:29 -0500Cuban officials have used the specter of rolling blackouts in the past to spur conservation efforts. Nick Miroff - Global Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:08:59 -0500The bank said loans for the manufacturing sector in the 12 months to the end of September had fallen by nearly 18%. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:44 -0500Only 23% of merchants believe the worst of the recession is behind us. Chris Crum - smallbusinessnewz Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:18:45 -0500WASHINGTON — His shirt sleeves rolled up, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter was in a fighting mood as he worked fellow members of the Financial Services Committee last week, but by then the cause was alre... Denver Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:45:48 -0500FORT LAUDERDALE | When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath. The Ledger Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:12 -0500PRWEB ) November 22, 2009 -- American Express card holders are encouraged to take out their Amex cards when they book their next room at the Renaissance Agoura Hills Hotel. For a limited time, cardhol... PR Web Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:17:25 -0500During the last month, five anti-piracy raids took place in Dubai and Sharjah and resulted in the confiscating of software CDs and personal computers and laptops loaded with pirated copies of Microsof... Arabian Business Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:03:06 -0500Itqan Al-Bawardi Computers has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in Microsoft Dynamics GP. Itqan Al-Bawardi Computers is the only company in the region rec... AME Info Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:01:57 -0500The record price of gold is flashing a giant warning that inflation is directly ahead. But which is the better hedge: bullion or inflation-linked bonds?... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:25 -0500It has been referred to as an American birthright, the most sacred tax break, something so sacrosanct that the mere thought of tampering with it was unpatriotic. And Canadian taxpayers have long ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:23 -0500New home sales in Toronto spiked last month, an early indication that construction may soon pick up for a housing market that is short on supply, not only in Canada's largest market, but most of the c... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:22 -0500Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday there will be no room for “major new” spending programs in next year’s budget outside of what is to be spent as part of the two-year, $46.6-billion stim... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:21 -0500Agrium Inc. has hit a major roadblock in its bid to buy a U.S. rival and create a dominant nitrogen fertilizer company. But sources said the battle is far from over and could last for several months .... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:19 -0500TORONTO -- Cossette Inc. announced Friday that Cosmos Capital Inc. made a private overture to the company to increase its recently sweetened offer to an even higher price of $8.10 per share. Cosmos, ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:18 -0500A recovery in U.S. housing will have to wait at least until next year. The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquenci... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:16 -0500The Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday lost ground for a second straight day for the first time in almost three weeks, but managed to get in its third consecutive weekly gain. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:13 -0500TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. filed a preliminary prospectus on Friday that would allow the Toronto-based media and cable company to raise as much as $4-billion in debt securities. The new sh... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:09 -0500Microsoft Corp. has responded to a possible class-action lawsuit over banning up to one million Xbox 360 consoles from accessing its online gaming service, arguing the company is well within its right... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:07 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table. Two years after the Web search leader announced its plan to barge into the market, a dozen phones are using Google's Android mobile... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:06 -0500Nouriel Roubini said investors are "chasing commodities" and there is a risk of new asset bubbles emerging as stock markets and commodity prices surge amid record-low lending rates. "There is a begin... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:47:01 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will meet with the union and management of AbitibiBowater, a forestry company in bankruptcy protection, to deal with a pension shortfall. "The federal fin... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:59 -0500Protestors in front of the DC office of Goldman Sachs last Monday. Some of Goldman's largest shareholders have asked the company to cut the size of its bonus pool. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:53 -0500Adidas AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, will start selling a new range of 400-euro (US$595) mountaineering jackets next year as it aims to capture a larger share of the growing out... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:51 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday threatened Canada's big banks and credit card companies with regulations if they don't get on board a proposed voluntary code of conduct designed to... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:50 -0500OTTAWA -- Emerging markets, led by China, must move to allow freer movements in their exchange rates or otherwise the global economy is at risk of a "sub-optimal" recovery and increased trade protecti... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:48 -0500Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack says he likes the attention his bank gets from regulators. “We have probably 15 to 20 Fed regulators in our building 24 hours a day,” Mack said. “Someone said to me,... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:47 -0500OTTAWA -- The boss of Ericsson's new advanced wireless research operations in Ottawa said Thursday she is counting on former Nortel Networks Corp. engineers to help fight low-cost Asian competitors. ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:46 -0500OTTAWA -- A third consecutive month of increases in online job postings suggests the Canadian labour market has hit bottom and is set to recover in the months ahead, says a report Thursday from the Co... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:44 -0500TORONTO -- In normal circumstances, when one company receives more than 60% of a rival's shares in two separate tender offers, a takeover quickly follows. But the battle between fertilizer makers Agr... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:42 -0500TORONTO -- Canadian miner New Gold Inc. has suffered a major setback after anti-mining activists succeeded in forcing the company to suspend one of its most important projects. New Gold said Thursday... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:41 -0500Sun Life, the fifth-largest insurer in North America by market capitalization, is making a push into the United States, aiming to take advantage of market consolidation after the financial crisis that... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:39 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Dell Inc posted quarterly revenue that fell a steeper-than-expected 15%, sending shares of the No. 3 maker of personal computers down more than 7% after hours. Dell on Thursday repor... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:36 -0500WASHINGTON -- A U.S. energy regulator is investigating whether a natural gas pipeline company controlled and operated by TransCanada Corp. is overcharging customers. Two other U.S. pipeline companies ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:35 -0500CALGARY -- Employees of stalled wireless service provider Globalive Wireless Management Corp. are being kept on the payroll while they do volunteer "acts of kindness," the company says. Startup wirel... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:33 -0500WINNIPEG -- The World Trade Organization set up a dispute settlement panel on Thursday to hear a complaint from Canada and Mexico that a recent U.S. food labelling law is unfair. The law requires U.S... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:31 -0500OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada is studying whether some of the extraordinary liquidity supplied during the credit crisis should be made permanent to ensure the smooth functioning of financial markets. ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:30 -0500TORONTO -- Shares of Manulife Financial Corp. fell more than 6% on Thursday after the insurer unveiled a $2.5-billion stock offering that raised capital concerns and speculation regarding potential ac... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:29 -0500With a handful of new cellphone providers expected to enter the Canadian marketplace early next year, speed is of the essence for existing carriers, and now it's at the centre of a legal dispute betwe... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:22 -0500Canadian industrial giant Bombardier is in "exclusive talks" with the French railway agency SNCF for a US$12-billion contract to build 860 trains, SNCF said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:19 -0500It is estimated that companies in Ontario and B.C. stand to save nearly $7-billion a year in the cost of doing business once the HST is introduced in July 2010. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:17 -0500Top finance officials from the G7 countries will meet in the remote Arctic town of Iqaluit on Feb. 5-6 but may not issue a communique, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:16 -0500The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits held at a 10-month low last week, a sign firings are letting up as the economy recovers. Initial jobless claims were unchanged at 505,0... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:14 -0500Brazil’s latest attempt to curb foreign inflows into its soaring currency fanned fears on Thursday more Asian nations may slap controls on capital flows. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:11 -0500NEW YORK -- About 62% of CF Industries' shares have been tendered in favor of Agrium Inc's hostile acquisition bid, according to a source familiar with the matter, but a different vote later in the we... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:06 -0500TORONTO -- Canwest Global Communications Corp. is imploring the regulator to order the country's cable and satellite firms to come to the table to negotiate a compensation plan for the TV signals they... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:46:04 -0500Canada’s economy has not yet recovered from recession so the government will follow through on the second phase of stimulus spending next year, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:59 -0500Hackers could one day turn ordinary smartphones into “rogue” devices to attack major wireless networks, Research In Motion’s security chief warned. Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:54 -0500Statistics Canada said the swing from negative to positive inflation last month was mainly due to gas prices, which were down 13.1% in October from a year earlier compared to a 23% annual drop in ... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:51 -0500NEW YORK -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , the U.S. investment bank whose September 2008 collapse sharply accelerated a world financial meltdown, said Wednesday it expects to have a reorganization pla... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:50 -0500WASHINGTON -- New U.S. housing starts in October unexpectedly fell to their lowest level in six months, weighed down by a sharp decline in construction activity for both single-family and multi-family... Financial Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:45:46 -0500(CBS) This post first appeared at CNET.com Retailers aren't the only ones gearing up for the holiday season. Criminals are also out in force. To highlight the increased crime during the holidays, ... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:44:17 -0500One of our 50-something clients e-mailed me after having a frustrating day on the road. He wanted to know when he could retire. I responded that I don't want him to quit work, because he will spend hi... Star Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:26 -0500The long release of ranked-choice voting results in Minneapolis ended Saturday with the election of David Wheeler to the Board of Estimate and Taxation. Preliminary results had already made it clear ... Star Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:23 -0500It's Thanksgiving week and that means it's time to roast the biggest turkeys in business from the year just past -- and 2009 certainly had its share of bird-brained characters. * Tim Geithner: The... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:57:10 -0500One idea, many variations Gift-giving applications, daily deals and shopping sweepstakes using Facebook are the most common way retailers are aiming to connect with shoppers. But there are plenty of... Star Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:38:11 -0500A former Wyoming police officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping a motorist in a plot to extort money from Wal-Mart, officials said. Highway Patrol trooper Franklin Ryle Jr. pleaded... Officer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:35:17 -0500Yes. Like all good cartoons, Planet 51 has something for everyone. The cultural references are non-stop, the characters are fun and entertaining, and there are a couple very cool sub plots that keep y... Wired News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:33:05 -0500Thousands of the highest-paid bankers in the City look likely to cling on to their anonymity as the government prepares to back down from its suggestion that banks should name their top 20 earners.Had... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:35:53 -0500If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least that’s the message from ... Wired News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:07:23 -0500WASHINGTON - The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their chairs and rising to vote. Such for... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:53 -0500YERINGTON, Nev. - Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time. But she can look through th... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:16:52 -0500Kraft , which has launched a hostile £9.8bn bid for the British chocolate maker.The state-controlled bank has already been criticised for lending its support to an overseas takeover attempt that coul... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:17 -0500President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier during a 1975 press conference in Haiti. Photograph: Corbis It is 23 years since "Baby Doc" Duvalier was forced out of power in... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:14 -0500David Cameron could see his inner circle split should media giants Google and News Corp lock horns Photograph: Sarah Lee/Guardian Photograph: Sarah Lee It's the war for Cameron's ear. Greeting... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:10 -0500Bolland's forte has been food, but further challenges await him in his new role. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA You would think that the soundtrack to the Sir Stuart Rose years at... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:07 -0500Customers of Harlequin Property express anxiety about delayed holiday home developments on Barbados, St Vincent, St Lucia and Dominican Republic, says Graham Norwood... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:04 -0500Do you want your money to work for you and for your favourite charities this Christmas? There are a number of ways to do this, from buying presents through specialist... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:00 -0500Despite growing optimism that the downturn is over, there are concerns that £100bn of property bank loans requiring refinancing within three years could trigger another crisis... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:56 -0500More than one million banking customers will come a step closer this week to learning whether they will be able to claim back charges they paid for unauthorised overdrafts.On Wednesday, the supreme co... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:53 -0500Sir David Walker 's review of governance at banks is a key plank in the government's strategy to reform the City. For that reason, I hope there is some last-minute stiffening of the spine. On bankers'... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:45 -0500Marc Bolland moves from Wm Morrison to take up the reins as new chief executive of M&S in February, he'd better be prepared for a level of exposure that he won't have experienced in Bradford. No d... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:43 -0500Sir Stuart Rose 's turn today as a Desert Island Discs castaway provides some insight into his soul as well as the steel required to lead the UK's highest-profile retailer.He reveals his personal M&am... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:41 -0500Marks & Spencer . But as she approached her 60th birthday, she noticed a worrying trend: M&S no longer stocked anything she wanted to buy. In 2000, she wrote a letter to every single board mem... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:37 -0500Asda more than 10 years ago (and then, for a brief period, failed to revive the Conservative party) he's hailed as an ideal, obvious appointment – though it's taken a blank-faced six months to arriv... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:35 -0500Nurseries are imposing fines of up to £300 an hour on people who don't pick up their children on time, says Sam Dunn, but many parents think that's a good idea... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:32 -0500LIKE MANY people in his business, the technology publisher Tim O'Reilly is a heavy user of the Twitter microblogging service. He also has a Facebook account. To save effort, he has arranged things so ... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:29 -0500Sarah Palin on the cover of Newsweek, wearing short shorts because she thought she was posing for Runner's World – and here's a slew of furious controversy. Sexist, exploitative spin (either by Sara... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:28 -0500Obama Criticizes Wall Street "Complacency" (AP) Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling ec... CBS News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:40:53 -0500Peter Kafka first reported that news, and he said he was trying to convince Condé to share a video demonstrating the tablet app. Well, here you go. The video above was shot at the Wired Store promoti... Wired News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:51:17 -0500Industry experts expect a strong turnout on Black Friday, which falls on November 27 this year, as deep discounts lure shoppers after more than a year of subdued spending. But they caution it will not... Reuters Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:17 -0500The record price of gold is flashing a giant warning that inflation is directly ahead. But which is the better hedge: bullion or inflation-linked bonds?... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:33 -0500It has been referred to as an American birthright, the most sacred tax break, something so sacrosanct that the mere thought of tampering with it was unpatriotic. And Canadian taxpayers have long ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:31 -0500 | 
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