Why Gas Prices Are Falling in Time for Labor Day Travel
September 2, 2010
DailyFinance / Charles Wallace
The price per gallon for gasoline is at the second-lowest level in five years, and some economists predict it could drop much further soon.
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Dell Pulls Out of 3PAR Bidding War With H-P
September 2, 2010
WSJ.com: Markets
Dell said it will pull out of the bidding war for 3PAR after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data-storage company yet again to $33 a share, or roughly $2.1 billion.
Special Salon: Steven Hill, Don’t Cut Social Security, DOUBLE It
September 2, 2010
Firedoglake / masaccio
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, a debate over Social Security, is heating up. This debate raises fundamental questions about what kind of society Americans wish to live in.
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Bernanke on the Housing Bubble
September 2, 2010
The Washington Independent / Annie Lowrey
Today, Ben Bernanke, the head of the Federal Reserve, testified before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Too Big to Fail banks and the general financial collapse.
U.S. Broadband Starts To Speed Ahead
September 2, 2010
/ Sanjiv Ahuja
New technologies are helping the nation catch up to Asia and Europe.
Europe agrees finance watchdogs
September 2, 2010
BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencies to oversee banks, insurers and financial markets.
Verint Systems Announces Conference Call To Review its Second Quarter Results To Be Held on September 8, 2010 at 8:30 AM ET
September 2, 2010
Corporate Earnings Headlines
[Business Wire] - MELVILLE, N.Y.----Verint® Systems Inc.
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Fire forces evacuation of Mariner oil platform in Gulf of Mexico
September 2, 2010
washingtonpost.com - / William Branigin, Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold
An offshore oil production platform caught fire Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico, forcing 13 workers into the water and triggering an emergency response to rescue them, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The Inflation Cure
September 2, 2010
The Conscience of a Liberal / By PAUL KRUGMAN
But it probably needs fiscal policy to make it work.
Low interest rates squeeze pension funds
September 2, 2010
MSNBC.com
The plunge in interest rates has put the nation’s public and private pension funds badly underfunded, leaving pension fund managers with a giant hole to fill.
Another Rig Explodes off La. Coast; Oil Spreading
September 2, 2010
ABC News
Another oil rig explodes off La. coast; long oil sheen spreading from site of burning platform Gulf of Mexico - BP - Coast guard - Transocean - United States
When the stock market doesn't matter
September 2, 2010
Salon / Robert Reich
This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog
Oil prices head higher on improved manufacturing
September 2, 2010
Malaysia News latest RSS headlines - Malaysia Sun.com
NEW YORK: Oil prices sailed higher Wednesday as improvement in the U.S. manufacturing industry eased some fears about the strength of the global recovery. Benchmark oil for October delivery rose $1.99.
Deutsche Bank Seeks to Foreclose on Moinian NYC Tower
September 2, 2010
BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News
A unit of Deutsche Bank AG sued to foreclose on the Manhattan office tower that formerly housed Newsweek magazine, claiming that developer Joseph Moinian failed to repay a $250 million mortgage.
Inflation, Deflation, Debt
September 2, 2010
The Conscience of a Liberal / By PAUL KRUGMAN
Debtors and creditors are not the same.
IMF Agrees to $450 Million in Emergency Financing for Pakistan
September 2, 2010
BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News
The International Monetary Fund announced $450 million in emergency financing for Pakistan to help an economy ravaged by record flooding, said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the fund’s managing director.
Kurzarbeit
September 2, 2010
The Conscience of a Liberal / By PAUL KRUGMAN
Three cheers for Eurosclerosis?
Malaria Drug Candidate Holds Promise
September 2, 2010
WSJ.com: Markets
An international team of scientists has identified a promising drug candidate that represents an entirely new class of medicines to treat malaria, one of the biggest killers in the developing world.
Chinese Investors Approached Alberta Pension Fund Over Potash
September 2, 2010
BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News
Chinese investors approached the Alberta Investment Management Corp., a Canadian pension fund, to consider a possible joint bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.
Bair Says Dodd-Frank May Prevent Financial Crisis
September 2, 2010
BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News
U.S. regulators can prevent a repeat of the financial crisis that toppled Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. if they fully apply new authority granted by lawmakers, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
U.S. employers push rising cost of healthcare onto workers
September 2, 2010
L.A. Times - Business
A new survey shows a family health plan in 2010 averages $4,000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn't increased at all.
Bernanke says Fed had to let Lehman fail
September 2, 2010
L.A. Times - Business
Loaning money to the financial-services giant would have meant 'billions of dollars in losses' for taxpayers, the Federal Reserve chairman tells a panel investigating the financial crisis.
Mixed-Asset Mutual Funds Offer the Best of Both Stocks and Bonds
September 2, 2010
DailyFinance / Matthew Scott
Stocks are underperforming so far in 2010, and Treasury bond yields are low, too. So how can you get good returns without excessive volatility?
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany’s Export Boom
September 2, 2010
New York Times: Home Page / By JACK EWING
An employee works on an industrial robot in a Kuka factory in Augsburg, Germany.
Burger King to Sell Itself to 3G for $4 Billion
September 2, 2010
New York Times / By DEALBOOK
The deal marks the second time in eight years that the fast-food giant has taken itself private.
3Par Update: Bids Raised, HP Still Leads
September 2, 2010
Forbes.com: News / Steve Schaefer
The tech bidding war continues as computer giants battle it out for data storage firm.
Stanton is O.C.'s weakest housing market
September 2, 2010
The Orange County Register: Homepage / By JONATHAN LANSNER
Stanton 90680 had Orange County’s weakest housing market in the second quarter.
New jobless claims drop for 2nd week in row
September 2, 2010
MSNBC.com
The beleaguered American worker got two pieces of upbeat news Thursday that may point to a slow, but steady, improvement in the labor market.
Avis car rental raises cash bid for Dollar Thrifty
September 2, 2010
USATODAY.com Money - Top Stories
Car rental company Avis Budget Group says it is raising the cash portion of its bid for Dollar Thrifty as it battles Hertz for the potential ...
WSJ’s digital ops will eventually be larger than print
September 2, 2010
Talking Biz News / Chris Roush
TALKING BIZ NEWS EXCLUSIVE Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of interviews with major players in business journalism to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Talking Biz News.
Catherine Zeta-Jones 'Furious' Doctor Didn't Find Michael Douglas' Cancer Sooner
September 2, 2010
RadarOnline.com / Lupe
WENN Catherine Zeta-Jones said she’s "furious" over how long it took for doctors to detect the stage-four cancer that has developed in her husband Michael Douglas' throat.
Hurricane Alerts Are Raised for U.S. Eastern Seaboard
September 2, 2010
BusinessWeek: Daily & Breaking News, Top Stories from BusinessWeek News
Hurricane Earl churned closer to the U.S.
French Railway Criticized in U.S. for WWII Role
September 2, 2010
CBSNews.com
Holocaust Survivors Lead Charge Against French Railway's Hope to Bid on High-Speed Tracks in Florida
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[$$] H-P Deal Is Windfall for 3PAR Insiders
September 2, 2010
Yahoo! Finance: Venture Capital News
[at The Wall Street Journal] - H-P Deal Is Windfall for 3PAR Insiders Three venture-capital firms stand to get about $800 million from H-P s purchase of 3PAR, while the storage firm s CEO could ...
452 stocks closed at all-time highs
September 2, 2010
uglychart.com: a blog about stocks / Sparky
“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.
Brazil's central bank keeps interest rate unchanged after three straight hikes
September 2, 2010
IBTimes.com RSS Feed - Technology
Brazil’s central bank took a pause from monetary tightening and kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 10.75 percent, citing below-target inflation and signs of a global economic slowdown.
Robert E. Scott: The Times gets it wrong: Ending currency manipulation would reduce U.S. trade deficits and create jobs
September 2, 2010
The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed / Robert E. Scott
An op-ed published in The New York Times last week (August 23) claimed that revaluation of the Chinese yuan would "make barely a dent in...
Summary Box: Google, AOL reach new search deal
September 2, 2010
SFGate: Business & Technology / By The Associated Press
THE DEAL: Under a new five-year agreement, Google Inc. will continue to provide the search results on AOL Inc.'s websites. The companies signed the deal this week.
WA court closes book on Betcha.com, saying optional payment by losers not enough to skirt law
September 2, 2010
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Boeing may dial up Renton production
September 2, 2010
The News Tribune - Business
Boeing is studying whether it makes sense to dial up the production rate for 737 airliners at its Renton plant to 40 a month.
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