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GREECE SAYS SPECULATION WILL BE ON G20 AGENDAWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece, pressing for curbs on financial speculation it blames for worsening the country's debt crisis, said on Tuesday the idea would be examined by the G20 leading powers at their next meeting....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:54:55 ESTU.S. TO DELAY BAE EXPORT LICENSES AFTER PLEA DEALWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it would delay action on any new export license requests by BAE Systems Plc after the British military contractor pleaded guilty to violating several U.S. laws....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:54:24 ESTTELECOMS LEAD WALL ST RISE A YEAR AFTER MARKET BOTTOMNEW YORK (Reuters) - One year to the day after stocks fell to their worst close in more than 12 years, the U.S. market spent most of Tuesday spinning its wheels....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:54:01 ESTW.HOUSE'S ROMER: TOO SOON FOR SPENDING CLAMP-DOWNARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Clamping down on spending now to cut the gaping U.S. budget deficit would be "pound-foolish" and derail the economic recovery, a top White House economic adviser said on Tuesday....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:23:37 ESTMARKET ENDS UP SLIGHTLY; TELECOMS HELPNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in the telecom and industrial sectors, though the advance was limited by falling commodity prices that pressured materials shares. The market's mild finish came on the first anniversary of its drop to 12-year closing...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:22:51 ESTTOYOTA SEEKS TO BLOCK EXECUTIVE TESTIMONY IN SUITDETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp has asked a Michigan appeals court to intervene to keep its top two U.S. executives from being grilled by lawyers for the family of a woman killed while driving a Camry in 2008....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:21:20 ESTCABLE GROUP ASK U.S. FCC TO END FEE DISPUTESNEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable, satellite and telephone companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:46:28 ESTCISCO SAYS NEW ROUTER 12 TIMES FASTER THAN RIVALS'NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a new router that it says will handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, as it looks to compete with rivals such as Juniper Networks Inc....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:46:04 ESTTREASURIES, SOVEREIGN DEBT "DANGEROUS": FUSSNEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors should avoid government securities, including U.S. Treasuries and the debt of other nations, because of the risks associated with excessive borrowing, a leading U.S. fund manager said on Tuesday....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:30:01 ESTTOYOTA, U.S. OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE RUNAWAY PRIUSLOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp dispatched investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:29:01 ESTGREECE WANTS SPECULATIVE CURBS, U.S. HAS OWN PLANWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Greek officials pressed their case on Tuesday for curbs on speculative trading they blame for pushing the country into crisis, but the Obama administration reacted coolly, saying it was working on its own plans to make trading more transparent....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:12:05 ESTBARCLAYS LOOKING FOR U.S. RETAIL BANK TO BUY-REPORTNEW YORK (Reuters) - Barclays Plc is looking to buy a retail bank in the United States to extend its presence after buying Lehman Brothers North American operations in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people close to the matter....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:39:17 ESTPENTAGON MAY SPEED UP AIR TANKER AWARDWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it might award a multibillion-dollar aerial tanker contract sooner than planned after Northrop Grumman Corp and Europe's EADS pulled out of the competition, leaving Boeing Co as the sole bidder....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:38:42 ESTBARCLAYS LOOKING FOR U.S. RETAIL BANK TO BUY: REPORTNEW YORK (Reuters) - British bank Barclays Plc is looking to buy a retail bank in the United States to extend its presence after buying Lehman Brothers North American operations in 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people close to the matter....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:38:05 ESTCHEVRON PUTS PEMBROKE REFINERY UP FOR SALENEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, put several of its downstream operations up for sale, including its Pembroke refinery in the UK, and said it would eliminate 2,000 jobs this year....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:04:05 ESTEU EXECUTIVE MULLS BAN ON NAKED CDS SELLINGSTRASBOURG, France/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Tuesday it will consider banning the naked selling of derivatives contracts some EU politicians say were used by speculators to bet on a Greek bond default....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:49:05 ESTCISCO SAYS NEW ROUTER 12 TIMES FASTER THAN RIVALSNEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc, introduced a router that it says can handle Internet traffic 12 times faster than rival products, the first upgrade in several years of its product line that directs data traffic over the Internet....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:48:12 ESTWALL ST GAINS WITH TRANSPORTS, TELECOMSNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, the anniversary of the market lows reached in the recession, as gains in transportation and telecommunications shares signaled the recovery remained intact....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:47:04 ESTAER LINGUS TO FIRE A QUARTER OF CABIN CREWDUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish airline Aer Lingus will fire a quarter of its cabin crew as part of wider job cuts to reverse losses that quadrupled in 2009, the group said on Tuesday....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:13:06 ESTFTSE 100 ENDS LOWERLONDON (Reuters) - The top share index closed a touch lower on Tuesday, as a weakening in banks after a cautious research note from Credit Suisse slightly outpaced buoyant oil issues and drugmakers....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:56:57 EST
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
DOZEN CENTURIES-OLD SHIPWRECKS FOUND IN BALTIC SEASTOCKHOLM (AP) -- A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 17:11:58 ESTISRAEL, SYRIA PURSUE NUCLEAR-POWERED MIDEASTPARIS (AP) -- Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?......Date: 09 Mar 2010 17:11:06 ESTSTOCKS RISE AFTER FINANCIAL STOCKS JUMP ON RUMORSNEW YORK (AP) -- Financial companies have led stocks higher on the one-year anniversary of the market's hitting a 12-year low.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:25:07 ESTNAVY SAYS 3 DOGS DIED AFTER CONTRACTOR NEGLECTWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Navy says that three dogs died and dozens more were in poor health after being neglected by a private security contractor in Chicago that had been hired to train the dogs to detect explosives.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:24:26 ESTRECONCILIATION BILL WILL BE HARD FOR GOP TO DERAILWASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are tying the fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul to a fast-track process that will make the bill tough for Republicans to derail in the Senate. But GOP lawmakers will still be able to force votes and make arguments that could give them ammunition f...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:03:07 ESTOIL SETTLES LOWER, ENDING BRIEF RALLYNEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices trimmed some early losses, but still ended lower Tuesday, after rising steadily since the end of last week.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:48:37 ESTFEDS TO PROBE CAUSE OF RUNAWAY PRIUS IN CALIFORNIAEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:47:32 ESTPRODUCER ADMITS TO ATTEMPTED LETTERMAN SHAKEDOWNNEW YORK (AP) -- A television producer admitted Tuesday to trying to shake down David Letterman in a case that bared the late-night icon's affairs with staffers, avoiding a long prison sentence by pleading guilty in exchange for six months in jail and community service.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:33:10 ESTBUSINESS GROUPS LAUNCH AD AGAINST HEALTH CARE BILLWASHINGTON (AP) -- Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:31:31 EST12 CENTURIES-OLD SHIPWRECKS FOUND IN BALTIC SEASTOCKHOLM (AP) -- A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:55:11 ESTAIRLINE IMPROVE ON-TIME PERFORMANCEDALLAS (AP) -- U.S. airlines had their best January in four years when it comes to arriving on time.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:22:09 ESTBROAD BUSINESS COALITION OPPOSING HEALTH CARE BILLWASHINGTON (AP) -- Major business groups say President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is a job killer, and they're launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to take that message to voters.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:21:13 ESTOIL RECOVERS SOME EARLY LOSSESNEW YORK (AP) -- Oil prices trimmed some early losses Tuesday as a two-day rally came to an end.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:50:56 ESTFEDS TO PROBE CAUSE OF RUNAWAY PRIUS IN CALIF.EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) -- Federal officials are sending an investigator to determine what caused a Toyota Prius to race out of control on a California freeway.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:50:22 ESTSTOCK INVESTORS ASK: WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG THING?NEW YORK (AP) -- A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:57:32 ESTENERGY DEPT. STILL SEES $3-PLUS GASOLINE COMINGNEW YORK (AP) -- The Energy Department still expects pump prices to climb past $3 per gallon as more motorists hit the road in the spring and summer seasons.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:42:05 ESTCHEVRON TO SHED 2,000 JOBS, SELL SOME ASSETSChevron Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it revamps its struggling refinery, marketing and transportation operations.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:25:33 ESTMURDOCH TO ARABS: CENSORSHIP IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVEABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday challenged tight controls on media in the Middle East, calling censorship counterproductive and urging Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:24:00 ESTBOEING SAYS 787 TESTING GOING WELLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Boeing is putting its new 787 through an aggressive flight-testing schedule, with the fourth plane set to begin test flights on Sunday.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:06:02 ESTCONTINENTAL CEO WILL CANCEL FLIGHTS BEFORE FINESDALLAS (AP) -- Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers.......Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:05:06 EST -
WALL STREET JOURNAL
BOFA LAWYERS REBUKED IN CABI CASEBofA lawyers have agreed to reimburse lawyers for a Miami developer after a judge's rebuke for trying "to score a litigation point" in an ongoing foreclosure dispute....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:37:03 ESTJOB MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF GAINSTwo new reports show that the job market continues to make small gains, though employers will have to do a lot more hiring before a dent is made in the nation's 9.7% unemployment rate....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:26:29 ESTSHARES OF BAILED-OUT FIRMS RALLYHeavy trading sent shares of AIG, Citigroup, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac soaring amid no specific news from the companies....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:25:50 ESTPAPANDREOU: NO REQUEST FOR U.S. HELPGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou said he discussed a European proposal to crack down on financial-market speculation with President Barack Obama Tuesday, adding that Mr. Obama's response was "very positive."...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:49:15 ESTCHEVRON CRUDE ARM TO CUT STAFFChevron plans to eliminate about 2,000 positions this year from the company's crude-oil refining and marketing business....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:38:45 ESTJOB MARKET SHOWS SIGNS OF SMALL GAINSTwo new reports show that the job market continues to make small gains, though employers will have to do a lot more hiring before a dent is made in the nation's 9.7% unemployment rate....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:38:01 ESTINGERSOLL-RAND PROHIBITS SALES IN IRANThe industrial-equipment maker prohibits non-U.S. subsidiaries from selling products to customers in Iran, following similar moves by Caterpillar, GE and Siemens....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:37:12 ESTWHITE HOUSE: GREEK CRISIS IS EU ISSUEGreece's fiscal problems "can and should" be resolved by the European Union, the White House said, dismissing the notion that the U.S. could be involved in a bailout....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:36:36 ESTINDIA'S EQUALITY LAW PASSES HURDLEIndia's upper house of Parliament passed a bill that would reserve one third of the national and state legislatures for women....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:35:59 ESTTOYOTA WORKING ON PRIUS RECALL FIXToyota said the Prius involved in a highly publicized acceleration incident on a California freeway along with hundreds of thousands of others will be recalled to prevent floor mats from pinning down the gas pedal. But it said it hasn't yet devised a fix....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:34:53 ESTINGERSOLL-RAND BANS IRAN SALESThe Dublin-based industrial-equipment maker prohibits non-U.S. subsidiaries from selling products to customers in Iran, following a similar announcement by Caterpillar earlier this month....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:39:50 ESTKROGER: RISING COSTS HURT PROFITSecond-largest U.S. grocery chain said fourth-quarter earnings fell 27% on higher costs as it offered a cautious outlook for the year....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:23:23 ESTTOYOTA TO RECALL PRIUS MODELSToyota said the Prius involved in a highly publicized acceleration incident on a California freeway along with many others will be the subject of a future recall to prevent floor mats from pinning down the gas pedal....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:22:46 ESTBIDEN REASSERTS U.S.-ISRAELI TIESThe U.S. vice president sought to soothe Israeli fears of a nuclear Iran, while Israel threatened to cloud his visit by announcing the construction of 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:51:49 ESTNEIMAN EKES OUT PROFITUpscale retailer swings to a $4 million second-quarter profit on steep write-downs a year ago as the luxury-goods seller posted higher revenue and lower expenses....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:15:09 ESTINTEL FOSTERS APPS FOR NETBOOKSApple's app store dominates the smart-phone space, but Intel and PC makers like Dell and Acer see a chance to use a similar software store to defend an important new market—netbooks....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:14:17 ESTBARCLAYS ON THE HUNT IN THE U.S.The U.K. bank is seeking a retail lender that would give it more deposits and extend the presence of Barclays Capital in the U.S....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:42:37 ESTGMAC FINANCE CHIEF TO LEAVEGMAC's finance chief Robert Hull is stepping down to become the chief financial officer of Providence Equity Partners....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:28:38 ESTFAKE SITE TARGETS MADOFF VICTIMSThe Securities Investor Protection Corp warned of an imposter Web site mimicking its own page to target Madoff victims....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:28:00 ESTCFTC WARNS AGAINST EXEMPTING ENERGY CONTRACTSThe head of the CFTC warned lawmakers against excluding some energy contracts from pending legislation, fueling an ongoing turf war between federal regulators....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:27:26 EST
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FINANCIAL TIMES
BARCLAYS LOOKS TO BUY LARGE US RETAIL BANKThe UK banking group is looking at buying a large US retail bank as it tries to rebalance its business away from a booming investment banking franchise...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:37:39 ESTEUROPE CRIES FOUL OVER US DEFENCE TENDEREuropean countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent’s largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair competition...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:04:16 ESTEUROPE CRIES FOUL OVER US DEFENCE CONTRACTEuropean countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent’s largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair competition...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:49:49 ESTJUSTICE POWERS SHIFT TO NORTHERN IRELANDResponsibility for policing and justice will be handed to the Northern Ireland assembly after an overwhelming vote, which left the Ulster Unionists isolated in their opposition...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:41:25 ESTBEIJING STILL KEEN TO BUY US BONDSChina’s investments in US Treasury bonds are continuing ‘every day’ and should not be politicised, according to the head of China’s foreign exchange administration, which manages $2,400bn in forex reserves...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:40:34 ESTEUROPE CRIES FOUL OVER US CONTRACTEuropean countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent’s largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair competition...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:39:53 ESTTECHS REFLECT ON DECADE SINCE DOTCOM BOOMIn January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:39:21 ESTUUP PACT REBOUNDS ON TORIESThe Conservatives’ electoral pact with the Ulster Unionists was on Tuesday night looking like a liability rather than an asset...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:13:09 ESTEADS AND NORTHROP PULL OUT OF US BIDA row between the US and Europe over protectionism is brewing after the US’s Northrop Grumman and EADS, the Franco-German aerospace and defence group, pulls out of a $50bn military tender amid accusations of unfair competition...Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:41:54 ESTLORD PAUL IN NEW EXPENSES INQUIRYLabour was on the back foot after it emerged that donor Lord Paul would be investigated by the House of Lords authorities over claims he took thousands of pounds in inappropriate expenses...Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:41:07 ESTMERKEL CALLS FOR URGENT CDS CLAMPDOWNGermany and France are stepping up pressure for urgent EU action to tighten regulation in sovereign debt markets – in particular of credit default swaps – in the wake of the Greek crisis Eurogroup backs Merkel initiative...Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:40:26 ESTEQUITIES RALLY ON HOLD AS CAUTION SETS INGlobal Markets Overview: It is a year ago that stocks began to bounce from their cyclical nadir – a closing low of 673 for the S&P 500 – and it looks like the anniversary has left Mr Rally searching for direction....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:24:03 ESTNEW DELHI BOOST FOR WOMEN MPSIndia has taken a big step towards the introduction of legislation to boost female representation in parliament, with the upper house passing a bill that would reserve a third of lower house seats for women...Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:05:22 ESTWIDE TRADE GAP HITS RECOVERY HOPESThe UK’s trade deficit with the rest of the world reached its widest since August 2008 in January as exports dropped sharply, hitting hopes that the weak pound can deliver an export-driven recovery...Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:30:22 ESTNORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY PASSES POLICING LAWThe Northern Ireland Assembly has voted to transfer policing and justice powers from London to Belfast as early as April...Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:29:19 ESTSONY TO START SELLING 3D TELEVISIONS IN JUNESony will launch 3D televisions in June, entering an increasingly crowded market that is betting the revolutionary TV will become the next hot product in the electronics industry...Date: 09 Mar 2010 11:37:32 ESTLORD PAUL TO RELINQUISH HIS ‘NON-DOM’ STATUSLord Paul, the Labour peer and donor whose ‘non-dom’ status was highlighted in the political row over Lord Ashcroft, has said he will pay full UK taxes from next year...Date: 09 Mar 2010 11:16:31 ESTMURDOCH URGES MIDEAST TO OPEN UP MEDIANews Corp chairman has warned Middle Eastern authorities to liberalise their media markets if they want to attract further investment and ride a ‘powerful wind’ of creativity blowing through the Arab world...Date: 09 Mar 2010 09:50:05 ESTWEBER DUBS EMF IDEA A ‘SIDESHOW’Germany’s proposal for a European Monetary Fund to bail-out crisis hit countries has hit stiff opposition from the country’s Bundesbank, which warned the initiative could prove a damaging distraction...Date: 09 Mar 2010 09:36:06 ESTULSTER UNIONISTS RESIST PRESSURE ON DEVOLUTION VOTENorthern Ireland’s second-largest 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TIMES OF LONDON
MURDOCH SAYS MIDDLE EAST MUST REJECT CENSORSHIPThe Middle East must open up its markets to foreigners and renounce media censorship if it wants to harness a “powerful wind” of creative energy blowing through the region, Rupert Murdoch said yesterday....Date: 09 Mar 2010 14:24:35 ESTEUROTUNNEL PROFITS WIPED OUT BY TUNNEL FIREEurotunnel profits over the last 12 months were almost wiped out by the impact of the fire that occurred in September 2008 according to new figures released today....Date: 09 Mar 2010 11:17:41 ESTEX-BA CHIEF NAMED AS WELSH WATER CHAIRMANBob Ayling, ousted as British Airways chief executive a decade ago, has been made chairman of Welsh Water, the “not-for-profit” company that provides water and waste water services for three million people....Date: 09 Mar 2010 10:49:54 ESTSHANKS WALKS AWAY FROM TALKS WITH CARLYLEShanks, the waste management company, walked away from talks with Carlyle, the private equity firm, this morning over a possible takeover....Date: 09 Mar 2010 09:18:14 ESTNPOWER FOLLOWS RIVALS TO CUT GAS BILLS BY 7%Npower has become the latest UK energy company to reduce gas bill by reducing prices by 7 per cent for two million British households....Date: 09 Mar 2010 08:07:11 ESTTOYOTA DRIVER IN 90MPH RUNAWAY TERROR RIDEA terrified Toyota driver was forced to use a police vehicle to help stop his own runaway car after the accelerator pedal in his Prius became stuck at speeds of more than 90mph on a California highway....Date: 09 Mar 2010 07:36:07 ESTBRITAIN TO LOSE £4.6BN IN EXPORTS ON EADS EXITBritain has lost a potential £4.6 billion in export orders after Northrop Grumman and EADS, which owns Airbus, pulled out of a bid to supply air-refuelling tankers to the United States Air Force....Date: 09 Mar 2010 07:35:36 ESTRUNAWAY TOYOTA DRIVER FORCED TO CALL POLICEA terrified Toyota driver was forced to use a police vehicle to help stop his own runaway car after the accelerator pedal in his Prius became stuck at speeds of more than 90mph on a California highway....Date: 09 Mar 2010 06:27:30 ESTAER LINGUS LOSSES BALLOON AS FARES NOSEDIVEAer Lingus, Ireland’s former flag-carrier airline, warned this morning that operating losses had quadrupled during 2009....Date: 09 Mar 2010 06:26:59 ESTDRIVER IN RUNAWAY TOYOTA FORCED TO CALL POLICEA terrified Toyota driver was forced to use a police vehicle to help stop his own runaway car after the accelerator pedal in his Prius became stuck at speeds of more than 90mph on a California highway....Date: 09 Mar 2010 06:09:16 ESTPOUND TAKES NEW BEATING ON GROWING TRADE GAPFresh concerns were raised over the strength of Britain’s economic recovery this morning after it was revealed that Britain’s trade deficit with the rest of the world unexpectedly widened during January....Date: 09 Mar 2010 05:52:28 ESTUK'S GROWING TRADE GAP SENDS STERLING BELOW $1.50$Sterling slumped on foreign exchanges again this morning after it was revealed that Britain’s trade deficit with the rest of the world unexpectedly widened during January....Date: 09 Mar 2010 05:18:01 ESTEADS FORCED OUT OF GIANT US TANKER BID BATTLEEADS, the Franco-German defence company, has pulled out of bidding for a $35 billion ($£23 billion) contract to build air tankers for the US Air Force as it plunged into a loss after being forced to write off billions of dollars in cost overruns....Date: 09 Mar 2010 05:17:05 ESTLIBERTY TO DEMERGE AS ANNUAL LOSSES NARROWLiberty International will go ahead with plans to split the business by demerging its British shopping centres from its London-based property portfolio which includes Covent Garden and Earls Court & Olympia exhibition halls....Date: 09 Mar 2010 04:11:33 ESTMERLIN 'ON TRACK' DESPITE SHELVED FLOTATION PLANMerlin Entertainments, the world’s second largest visitor attraction operator, insisted this morning it was on track for another year of growth despite the recent disappointment of its shelved stock market flotation....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:54:22 ESTMERLIN 'ON TRACK' DESPITE ABORTED FLOTATION PLANMerlin Entertainments, the world’s second largest visitor attraction operator, insisted this morning it was on track for another year of growth despite the recent disappointment of its aborted stock market flotation....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:36:23 ESTROYAL SOCIETY SAYS RESEARCH FUNDING CUTS WILL LEAD TO ECONOMIC DECLINEBritain will suffer decades of economic decline if the next government cuts science spending to help to contain the £178 billion national debt, an influential panel of researchers, business leaders and former ministers warns today....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:09:29 ESTGET OFF OUR BACKS AND JUST LET US DO OUR JOBSThere is a gaping hole in the pre-election debate, a conspiracy of silence about how we return to a size of government we can afford. The State borrows one in every four pounds that it spends, racking up additional debt of about £178 billion a year — that’s 27p for every £1 of all British wages and...Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:08:56 ESTSAFE SEATS FOR UNION BACKERS PROMPT FEARS THAT LABOUR WILL TURN LEFT AFTER ELECTIONLabour’s big trade union backers have secured a series of prize seats for senior officials and favoured candidates in the coming general election....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:08:23 ESTLABOUR AND TORIES NECK AND NECK IN MARGINALSLabour and the Conservatives are neck and neck in the marginal seats that will determine the outcome of the general election, raising doubts over David Cameron’s ability to win a clear overall majority, according to a special poll for The Times....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:07:50 EST -
SKY NEWS
'UK'S STORMY FINANCES HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE'A top Bank of England policy maker has told Sky News he is confident that enough will be done to turn around Britain's economy....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:27:17 ESTCHEVRON INVITES BIDS FOR WELSH REFINERYUS oil giant Chevron has confirmed it is looking for a buyer for a Welsh refinery which employs 1,400 people....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:52:38 ESTBA GETS EXTENSION TO CRUNCH STRIKE TALKSUnions have agreed to extend a deadline for talks aimed at averting a British Airways cabin crew strike....Date: 09 Mar 2010 13:16:21 ESTBA ASKS FOR EXTENSION TO CRUNCH STRIKE TALKSBritish Airways has requested that talks aimed at averting a cabin crew strike be extended past tonight's 5pm deadline and into Wednesday....Date: 09 Mar 2010 12:30:02 ESTNPOWER FOLLOWS RIVALS WITH GAS PRICE CUTEnergy firm npower has followed three of its rivals by announcing a gas price cut of up to 7% in standard bills....Date: 09 Mar 2010 10:28:15 ESTCHEVRON SALE PUTS 1,400 OIL JOBS AT RISKUp to 1,400 oil refinery jobs have been placed at risk after Chevron put a UK plant up for sale - with closure an option if it fails to find a buyer....Date: 09 Mar 2010 10:27:41 ESTNEW YORKERS FACE 'SODA TAX' ON SOFT DRINKSPoliticians in New York are pushing for a 'soda tax' that could see 8p added to the cost of a can of fizzy drink....Date: 09 Mar 2010 09:01:13 ESTPOUND SINKS ON TRADE GAP AND CREDIT WARNINGBritain's trade gap grew unexpectedly in January, new figures show, killing off hope that the recent weakness in the pound would have boosted exports....Date: 09 Mar 2010 08:44:07 ESTNETWORK RAIL BOSS: STRIKE WOULDN'T DERAIL USThe man in charge of Britain's rail system has told Sky News that Network Rail would be able to cope with a walkout by maintenance staff....Date: 09 Mar 2010 07:19:24 ESTMOBILE GIANT VODAFONE TO CUT 375 JOBSMobile phone giant Vodafone is to cut 375 jobs across its business from this month....Date: 09 Mar 2010 04:48:31 ESTEUROTUNNEL'S INFERNO: FIRE AND ICE TAKE TOLLCross-channel transport firm Eurotunnel has seen its profits collapse as a result of fire and extreme winter weather....Date: 09 Mar 2010 04:28:14 ESTSHOPPERS RETURN AFTER DEEP FREEZE THAWSShoppers returned to the high street last month after the deep freeze of January kept customers away, figures show....Date: 09 Mar 2010 03:54:59 ESTDARK SIDE OF THE TUNE: PINK FLOYD IN COURTRock giants Pink Floyd are starting a legal battle in the High Court later today over claims they have not been paid enough royalties....Date: 09 Mar 2010 02:51:55 ESTEYE AM 10: LONDON WHEEL IS DECADE OLDThe London Eye - one of the UK's most iconic and popular tourist attractions - is celebrating its 10th birthday today....Date: 09 Mar 2010 02:51:24 ESTTIME RUNNING OUT ON CRUNCH BA STRIKE TALKSCrucial talks aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew are set to end today with time running out before industrial action is called....Date: 09 Mar 2010 02:10:55 ESTPOSTIES GET PAY RISE IN DEAL TO END DISPUTEA deal to end the long-running postal workers dispute has been agreed following talks between union bosses and the Royal Mail....Date: 08 Mar 2010 15:53:08 ESTEUROZONE SET TO GET ECONOMIC CRISIS FUNDA rescue fund that could support eurozone countries if they suffer an economic meltdown is set to be proposed by the EU....Date: 08 Mar 2010 10:58:44 ESTBOVIS HOMES BUILDS PROFIT AFTER COST CUTTINGTough cost cutting measures and an increase in the demand for housing have helped builders Bovis Homes back into the black....Date: 08 Mar 2010 08:25:58 ESTBOARDROOM PUSH FOR WOMEN'S TALENTSGordon Brown has said it is "completely unacceptable" that some top British firms have all-male boards....Date: 08 Mar 2010 07:35:00 ESTFOXTONS REVEALS NOT-SO-MINI LOSS OF £218MEstate agents Foxtons, famous for its fleet of green minis, has revealed a £218m loss in its latest accounts filing....Date: 08 Mar 2010 06:43:44 EST
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NEW YORK TIMES
CORNER OFFICE: MERIDEE MOORE: I’LL SKIP THE PRIVATE OFFICEMeridee A. Moore is the founder of Watershed Asset Management, a $2 billion hedge fund in San Francisco. “We sit in one big room,” she says. “It’s the ultimate flat organization.”...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:47:33 ESTTEXAS INSTRUMENTS PREDICTS A STRONG PROFITIncreasing demand for phone systems and industrial machinery allowed the chip maker to forecast a profit at the high end of estimates....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:46:41 ESTSHELL AND PETROCHINA BID $3 BILLION FOR ARROW ENERGYThe joint venture offered $4.04 a share for the Australian energy company, which produces natural gas from coal beds....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:45:21 ESTSENATORS ARE SAID TO SUPPORT DEAL TO CURB FED’S REACHSeveral members of the Senate Banking Committee are said to support a deal to strip the Fed of its regulatory powers over all but the 23 largest banks....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:44:34 ESTVARIETY LAYS OFF THE CRITICS TODD MCCARTHY AND DAVID ROONEYThe show business trade paper said “economic reality” dictated jobs cuts, eight in total....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:43:54 ESTON THE ROAD: AIRPLANE EXIT-ROW SEATS, ONCE A PERK, NOW FOR SALE...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:43:17 ESTFREQUENT FLIER: ANDRE BERTO, A CHAMPION, IS FREQUENTLY MISTAKEN FOR A SAINTAndre Berto, the World Boxing Council welterweight champion, in Haiti after an earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:42:41 ESTITINERARIES: CROSS-CULTURAL TRAINING, EVEN FOR THOSE WHO STAY STATESIDEMarshall Hewitt, a consultant with Dean Foster Associates, gives employees of Hollister Inc. lessons in Japanese dining etiquette....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:42:08 ESTNEW PLAN FOR GENERAL GROWTH TO EXIT BANKRUPTCYThe company, which operates shopping malls, has been fighting off an unsolicited $10 billion takeover bid from a rival....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:41:28 ESTSENATE PANEL TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS IN LONG-TERM CAREThe investigation will focus on Select Medical, which runs more long-term care facilities than any other company....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:40:43 ESTPFIZER, TEVA AND ACTAVIS VIE TO BUY RATIOPHARMPfizer and two competitors with their eyes on global growth pursue a big maker of generics....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:39:58 ESTAFTER BOOM AND BUST, SOLAR POWER HAS A PLACE IN THE SPANISH SUNEusebio Sáez Mozos, a farmer from El Villar, Spain, near Puertollano, sold a piece of land that was used for a solar installation during Spain’s solar industry boom....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:39:23 ESTUSING COMPUTING MIGHT, GOOGLE IMPROVES TRANSLATION TOOLThe company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:38:50 ESTPUBLIC PENSIONS ARE ADDING RISK TO RAISE RETURNSEven as big companies are moving their pension funds out of stocks, state governments are chasing higher returns by making riskier investments....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:38:17 ESTMERCK AND SANOFI-AVENTIS COMBINE ANIMAL HEALTH UNITSThe combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:32:32 ESTU.K. PLAN FOR FREE ELDERLY HOME CARE IS A HARD SELLPrime Minister Gordon Brown asserts that the programs would be fairer and reduce some costs at hospitals and nursing homes. But some critics see an election ploy....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:31:22 ESTSQUARE FEET: NEW AIRPORT, NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES INTERNATIONAL, TO OPENBackers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said environmental problems had already begun....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:30:04 ESTFACEBOOK WILL ALLOW USERS TO SHARE LOCATIONThe social networking site plans to roll out features next month that will give its 400 million users the option of sharing their location with friends as part of their news feeds....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:29:14 ESTLIFELOCK PAYS $12 MILLION TO SETTLE FALSE ADVERTISING CLAIMSAn Arizona company agreed to stop saying that it protected against all types of identity theft and constantly monitored credit reports....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:28:35 ESTTELECOMMUNICATIONS STOCKS GIVE WALL STREET A LIFTInvestors remained reluctant to make significant moves without a clear sense of the recovery’s strength....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:27:56 EST -
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WHY SPRING MEANS HIGHER GASOLINE PRICESThere is a reason gasoline prices go up each spring....Date: 09 Mar 2010 17:13:14 ESTJ. CREW BOUNCES BACKClothing chain beats expectations amid retail recovery, reversing year-ago loss....Date: 09 Mar 2010 17:12:39 ESTAIRLINES SOAR ON RECOVERY HOPESA pickup in business travel helps carriers fly....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:55:38 ESTFAA TAKES FLIGHT AS AIRLINERS HIT THE SWEET SPOTThe cleverly named FAA exchange traded fund is up 50% in four months and still catching flight....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:55:27 ESTCHEVRON'S CURE FOR BAD CRACK SPREADSLow refining margins inspire Chevron to trim down and cut 2,000 jobs in its refinery business....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:54:55 ESTNO, NOT THAT EMCEMC Insurance declares a quarterly dividend of 18 cents per share....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:54:24 ESTNBC RENEWS TRUMP'S DRAMA- AHEM, PAGEANTSNBC announced it would host Donald Trump's Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants for three additio...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:53:48 ESTTRADECOMET'S ANTITRUST COMPLAINT AGAINST GOOGLE IS DISMISSEDCross-Posted at Truth on the Market TradeComet's antitrust suit against Google has been dismis...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:53:12 ESTCONOCOPHILLIPS' MULVA TALKS UP GASIn CERAweek speech, Jim Mulva of ConocoPhillips touts natural gas as the energy prize of the next ce...Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:52:34 ESTAPPLE'S BIG YEARSince the market bottom, the iPhone-maker's share have nearly tripled. And analysts say the party isn't over yet....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:51:49 ESTFUTURE OF MICROFINANCELearn how Citibank has become the banker of this growing industry....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:51:05 ESTWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FISH OILAmericans spend billions on foods and supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids. Not all of it is money well spent....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:50:26 ESTCROWDSOURCING MOVIESHedge fund manager Jack Selby is trying to harness social networking to change the way films are made....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:49:10 ESTBURGER KING SALES SNOWED UNDERFast-food retailer says weather hurt North American sales in early 2010, but investors see silver lining....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:48:18 ESTDEFENDING MICROFINANCE RATESElisabeth Rhyne on why microfinance's interest rates are justified....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:33:25 EST'INVESTING IN EQUALITY IS PROFITABLE'Norway's first male Minister of Children and Equality talks about why women and men should have equal power in the boardroom and the nursery....Date: 09 Mar 2010 16:04:57 ESTSTAPLES' INDICATIONForbes editors on whether office supply companies' numbers suggest worsening unemployment....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:51:01 ESTDICK'S HITS A HOME RUNSporting goods retailer posts a profit, shares poised to break out or break down....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:50:31 ESTSOARING AIRLINES FLIP-ON AFTERBURNERSWhen they're cold they're deadly, but when they're hot you've got to hang on tight and ride....Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:46:28 ESTMARKET BREADTH STILL BULLISHMarket breadth is outperforming the major averages by a good margin and that that isn't normally how...Date: 09 Mar 2010 15:45:19 EST -
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