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Trading was winding down Wednesday ahead of Thanksgiving which kept a cap on gains.
ig News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:44:51 -0500
The pay of AIG Chief Executive Robert Benmosche has been increased to $7 million.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:40:43 -0500
The International Monetary Fund has increased aid to countries hit hard by the latest financial crisis to US$600 billion.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:47:21 -0500
The advertising partnership between Yahoo and Microsoft has been approved by both the Australian and Canadian competition authorities.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:49:48 -0500
The sale of the Swedish marque Saab by General Motors in the US has been called off.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:21:04 -0500
Cathay Pacific has revealed a spate of mysterious toilet blockages on its Airbus flights out of Hong Kong.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:06:30 -0500
Chinese share prices fell this week after fears arose that Chinaese banks would need to raise capital.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:45 -0500
The American Italian Pasta, the largest maker of dry pasta in the US, has declared high fourth-quarter earnings.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:06:05 -0500
The World Bank has warned that raising interest rates too quickly might result in another downturn in the barely recovering economies of the United States and Europe.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:52:15 -0500
The Washington Post has decided to close its remaining US bureaus in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago at the end of the year.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:44:34 -0500
The chairman of Starbucks in China has said the country will become the next major market for coffee drinkers.
Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:39:05 -0500
New York, Nov 26 (DPA) US stocks rose Wednesday after three separate reports offered signs that the US recovery is gaining steam.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:02 -0500
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A Dallas bank that was once allied with Donald Trump in a bid to buy the three Atlantic City Trump casinos out of bankruptcy protection now wants to buy them on its own. Beal B...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:49 -0500
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is accusing two collection agencies and a title insurance firm of identity theft. The collection agencies, HS and Associates of South St. Paul and First Financial...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:46 -0500
Turkey prices rose this year, but shoppers looking for the Thanksgiving bird would probably never have guessed it. Supermarkets this week were offering up deals so good, even a turkey farmer was temp...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:18:44 -0500
At a Target store, the visual sizzle usually comes from the photos of all the fabulous-looking people wearing fabulous clothes and doing fabulous things. Of late, though, there's an entirely new vibe&...
BusinessWeek Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:15 -0500
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong shares declined early Thursday with Chinese banking shares weighed down as a weak debut for China Minsheng Bank Corp. Ltd. hurt sentiment. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.6% to 22,4...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:48:01 -0500
BLT.L ), the world's second and third largest iron ore producers respectively, plan to combine their Australian iron ore operations, aiming to save around $10 billion a year on capital and production ...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:47:09 -0500
Economic good news could not have come at a better time for retailers, ahead of Black Friday, a shopping day so big it often marks the day retailers move out of the red and into the black with ...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:51 -0500
Bidding wars and higher interest costs have lead to the inevitable - a drop in housing affordability for the first time in five quarters, according to a new index produced by the Royal Bank of Canada....
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:48 -0500
Electric cars may be coming, but they will come much more slowly than you might expect from all the publicity. The price is one problem. It's the batteries. To get an e-car with more range, you need m...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:45 -0500
OTTAWA -- Don't look now, but Canadian governments are returning in increasing fashion to foreign markets to help finance their day-to-day operations - something they last did with great regularity in...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:37 -0500
Onex Corp said Wednesday it had sold another part of its interest in Emergency Medical Services Corp in a secondary offering, for proceeds of about US$151-million. The Canadian private-equity firm sai...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:32 -0500
NEW YORK -- AIG and former chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg have reached an agreement to bury a long-standing, bitter legal battle and the insurer will turn over materials the former boss can ...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:46:28 -0500
The Paranoid Style in American Politics ," Richard Hofstadter marveled at the extent to which paranoia had become an accepted part of the political dialogue. So it seems natural that paranoia has crep...
MSN Money Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:41:02 -0500
From comedy to sci-fi, 2009 dosed us with a healthy mix of the cerebral and the surreal. There’s much to give thanks for over the Thanksgiving holiday, so let’s reminisce about the people,...
Wired News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:39:35 -0500
Thanksgiving is about eating, and though local, organic food might be what the cool kids are eating, most people are still eating products of the industrial food system. Whether you’re talking ...
Wired News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:39:33 -0500
India's and Russia's central banks helped push gold to nearly $1,200 an ounce, although their buys amount to minor diversification. Is this a gold bubble?...
Business Week Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:23:49 -0500
Tiffany & Co. reported a decline in its third quarter sales and profit on Wednesday. But the result still topped the company's own expectations and Tiffany decided to raise full-year outlook. Tiff...
People's Daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:16:04 -0500
Click carefully You don’t need to give out your credit card number or account information to be charged. Don’t want to learn the hard way? Here are some tips to avoid mystery charges: Don’t ru...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:45 -0500
HILLSIDE, N.J. - Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid — a congressional matchup tha...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:44 -0500
REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and eBay Inc. today announced they are partnering to offer eBay Daily Deals through a new Internet Explorer 8 Web Slice for the holida...
RedOrbit Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:47:54 -0500
Tesco is turning the screw on rival mobile phone shops by offering the Apple iPhone in its stores and online over the coming weeks. The supermarket's telecoms division, Tesco Mobile, said yesterday th...
The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:41:05 -0500
New laws created in the wake of Sir David Walker's report will compel banks to say how many of their staff earn more than £1m, but 'high end' earners' names will not be revealed...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:45 -0500
Sir David Walker on how banks should be governed. They are both inside jobs, momentous affairs of huge public importance yet where the shots are called by a select few. But there is one massive differ...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:42 -0500
Germany , she is known only as the Robin Hood Banker, a 62-year-old woman who has been convicted of stealing €7.6m (£6.9m) from the accounts of rich customers to hide the unreliable loans that she ...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:40 -0500
Supermarkets could be doing more to help the environment and boost Britain's dwindling fish stocks by offering consumers a wider variety of fish and seafood, according to a report published today.The ...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:38 -0500
Royal Bank of Scotland was hitting the rocks last year, the bank's then chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, angrily insisted there were "no patsies" on the board. Certainly, high-profile names such as Peter S...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:39:36 -0500
But Sir David Walker's review of banking governance and pay stopped short of demanding high-earning individuals be named. Chancellor Alistair Darling welcomed the final report and promised the Govern...
Sky News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:23:52 -0500
TOKYO -- Minutes of the Bank of Japan's Oct. 30 policy board meeting released Thursday showed members suggested that central bank could extend a low-interest loan program which is now due to expire a...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:16:57 -0500
But now the head of the charitable trust that controls the Hershey Company must contemplate a risk-everything deal that would tie its fate to the much larger British chocolatier Cadbury Plc (...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:16:00 -0500
Chef Tim Hammack could be working at premiere restaurants in New York City or San Francisco. But instead he's finding that he'd rather be in a soup kitchen in Richmond, Calif. John Blackstone reports.
CBS News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:31 -0500
CBS News business correspondent Anthony Mason reports on the emergence of 'pop-up' stores, an unusual trend as retailers aim to stay resourceful during a recession holiday shopping season.
CBS News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:30 -0500
President Obama has declared war on "earmarks," funds for special projects that cost taxpayers billions of dollars. But the new defense budget is full of them. Sharyl Attkisson reports.
CBS News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:29 -0500
Automaker heavyweight Toyota has announced the largest manufacturer recall in that corporation's history, as over 4 million cars may feature a defective accelerator pedal. Jim Axelrod reports.
CBS News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:28 -0500
Luscombe reconfirmed its guidance for fiscal 2010 sales to grow in the upper single digits, excluding petrol sales.It expects earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to continue to grow faster than sa...
Yahoo!7 News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:12 -0500
Water industry regulator Ofwat will announce later how much water companies in England and Wales can charge their customers over the next five years.If Ofwat sticks to its preliminary findings announc...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:44:45 -0500
Travellers who book holidays on the internet could receive more financial protection if things go wrong, under plans in a European review.Consumers who make up their own packages of flights, hotels an...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:44:44 -0500
Wall Street traded modestly higher on Wednesday after a series of data showed rosy economic outlook. The U.S. Labor Department said the number of people filing first-time claims for jobless benefits f...
People's Daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:43:20 -0500
SAN FRANCISCO - Insurer American International Group Inc. said it has cut the salaries of three top executives to comply with pay restrictions for companies that took federal bailout money, according...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:11 -0500
DOWNEY, Calif. - This blue-collar suburb on the edge of Los Angeles once helped send men to space. After the collapse of its aerospace industry, its ambitions are now more down-to-earth but still loo...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:10 -0500
(AP) - Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Nov. 25, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK — Strong overseas sales and cost-cutting kept a decline in Tiffany & Co.'s third-quarter profi...
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:58 -0500
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2009 file photo, hhoppers check out Black Friday early bird specials at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. The traditional holiday shopping season is about to start as s...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:50:08 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:46:45 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Leader-Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:45:54 -0500
Dutch company Sensata Technologies, owned by private equity investor Bain Capital, filed Wednesday for an initial public offering of up to $500 million. The company hopes to list on either the New Y...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:58 -0500
ORCL ), Reuters reported. The European Commission has objected to the deal, saying the combination of the two firms database products could thwart competition in the database market, a regulatory fi...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:53 -0500
INCY ) under which Novartis will pay $150 million for exclusive access to drugs that treat blood disorders and cancers. On the news, shares of Incyte rose nearly 12% to reach the highest levels in o...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:50 -0500
DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dubai said on Wednesday two of its flagship firms planned to delay repayment on billions of dollars of debt as a first step toward restructuring Dubai World, the conglomerat...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:07 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AIG and former chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg have reached an agreement to bury a long-standing, bitter legal battle and the insurer will turn over materials the former ...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:36:06 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:35 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Windsor Star Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:57 -0500
Key barometers in the Treasury market late Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000 invested:...
Gadsden Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:18:46 -0500
A leading Bank of England policy maker has told Sky News that the UK is out of recession. Monetary Policy Committee member Andrew Sentance said he believed the economy is expanding again. Speaking...
Ananova Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:59 -0500
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A federal probe of tainted Chinese drywall has broadened because a small number of homeowners are reporting that American-made drywall is causing some of the same problems: a ...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:33:47 -0500
LAS VEGAS - The nation's largest funeral services company has resolved antitrust issues with the Nevada state attorney general and plans to proceed with the purchase of a large Las Vegas-area mortuar...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:33:46 -0500
Sebastien Mortreux , starts: "Our daughters have a beautiful first name that must not be associated with a car, so let us unite to bring pressure on a multinational which is going to destroy this pret...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:24:42 -0500
It was an impressive demonstration, once they got it working: H.264 video streaming wirelessly (and slowly, at least during the caching sequence) using Microsoft's Silverlight video streaming, to an A...
Beta News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:18:46 -0500
Wednesday's big economic news in Canada came out of EnCana, whose shares rose by 2.45 per cent to $57.32 after shareholders voted 99 per cent in favour of splitting the company into two parts: EnCana,...
Vancouver Sun Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:42 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Leader-Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:10:38 -0500
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks saw mild gains Wednesday heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, though sector leader Microsoft Corp. lost ground following news that its chief financia...
Market Watch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:03:25 -0500
NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks finished higher on Wednesday, with materials and consumer discretionary shares fronting the gains, after a drop in weekly unemployment claims to the lowest level in more than ...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:19 -0500
TORONTO -- Russia gave Canada's dollar new lustre on Wednesday with a plan to add the currency to its foreign exchange reserves, a move that could spur similar buying by other major U.S. dollar holder...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:01:01 -0500
CANBERRA -- Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found recession-hit Britain was one of the worst locations to live for expatriat...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:59 -0500
Canadian National, the country’s biggest railway, said it is urging the Teamsters union, which represents the engineers, to resume negotiations immediately.
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:58 -0500
CHICAGO -- Wall Street's main barometer of investor sentiment did not show much fear on Wednesday, as it sank to its lowest level in 15 months. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, kn...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:55 -0500
Dan Fortin, part 2 FP Executive's John Turley-Ewart speaks with Dan Fortin, President IBM Canada, about what differentiates Canadian managers.
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:41 -0500
Microsoft has delayed re-releasing a Windows 7 installation tool that it has admitted included open-source code, saying that it's still testing the revamped utility.
CIO Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:30 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Canada.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:52 -0500
Markets opened higher in Canada Wednesday as data showed overall earnings by Canadian companies turned positive for the first time in nine months and a weak U.S. dollar continued to send gold prices h...
Windsor Star Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:58:48 -0500
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. — Victoria Rogers had originally planned to make an early stop the day after Thanksgiving last year at the Walmart store in Valley Stream on Long Island. Her last-minute deci...
Deseret News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:56:56 -0500
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - A division of Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that federal regulators granted full approval to an HIV drug designed to treat patients who have stopped responding to other treatme...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:38 -0500
ST. LOUIS - Eight men have pleaded guilty to federal charges for selling stolen goods at five St. Louis area convenience stores and funneling part of their profits to the Palestinian territories. Ac...
Star Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:37 -0500
43437 Volume during the past four weeks, going back to the start of the month, has been below the 2009 average, with volume last week nearly 25% below average, the analyst said. And "we have eve...
MarketWatch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:02:53 -0500
The supreme court yesterday threw out a case fought by the Office of Fair Trading over whether to investigate punitive overdraft charges. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters 'I don't see why the bank...
Guardian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:13 -0500
10 Things Microsoft Can Do to Beat Chrome OS ( Page 1 of 2 ) News Analysis: Chrome OS might be the latest "big thing" in cloud computing, but that doesn't mean it can't be thwarted before it is relea...
eWeek Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:49:46 -0500
Interest rates on new credit card offers rose slightly this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report, as Bank of America increased rates on two of its cards. The nat...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:36:32 -0500
General Motors Co.’s plans told the Associated Press. The source requested not to be identified because the board has not yet made a decision on what to do with the brand. A group led by Swedish ...
Fox Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:36:29 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are increasingly looking beyond stocks in their insider trading investigations to examine derivatives and credit default swaps, a top Securities and Exchange Com...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:35:28 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Wednesday it will no longer allow directors at regional Fed banks to own shares in financial firms, following controversy over a former Goldman Sachs...
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:35:27 -0500
CHICAGO -- Wall Street's main barometer of investor sentiment did not show much fear on Wednesday, as it sank to its lowest level in 15 months. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, kn...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:44 -0500
Canadian home resale prices rose for a fifth straight month in September on gains in five of six major metropolitan markets surveyed, according to a report on Wednesday.
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:43 -0500
Canadian National, the country’s biggest railway, said it is urging the Teamsters union, which represents the engineers, to resume negotiations immediately.
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:41 -0500
General Motors Co. confirmed Wednesday it will build the Buick Regal sedan at its Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant just east of Toronto, one of five vehicles the automaker commited to producing in Canada u...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:40 -0500
OTTAWA -- Earnings by Canadian companies rose in the third quarter of 2009 after three straight quarterly declines, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. Operating profits were up 7.9% to $54.1-billion d...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:39 -0500
WASHINGTON -- The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless insurance tumbled last week to the lowest level in more than a year and consumer spending rose, adding to evidence the worl...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:37 -0500
The board of Cossette Inc. urged its shareholders Wednesday to reject an amended offer from Cosmos Capital Inc. made last week in favour of an identical deal from a U.S. firm, as a tug-of-war over the...
Financial Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:34:35 -0500
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