Stock index futures dip ahead of payrolls The Himalayan | Added At: 2010-09-03 2:19 PM | Last Updated At: 2010-09-03 2:19 PM | The Himalayan Times - Saved Articles(s) | The headlines has been added to your saved article(s) | To View your saved article(s)please | Close --> | Reuters | Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 31, 20...
Funk band War suing Pepsi over song in ad Tulsa World NEW YORK - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. | They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a new commercial. | Even if PepsiCo and its agencies got right...
Europe Takes a Big Step to Avert Economic Crises The New York Times | BRUSSELS Boris Roessler/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images | Jean-Claude Trichet will head a new board on systemic risk. | WITH the creation of a clutch of new financial watchdog agencies, the European Union this week took its biggest s...
TSX closes up amid encouraging jobs data, major deal making in gold sector Insurance Newsnet | TORONTO _ The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Friday with the TSX failing to get much traction from an American jobs report which blew past expectations. | The S&P/TSX composite index closed 33.83 points higher at 12,144.92 as buyin...
BP spill costs hit 8 bln dlrs as crews unearth clues Breitbart | A scientist documents recently washed ashore oil on a beach near Venice, Lo... | Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship ... | Pelicans sit on an oil boom protecting Queen Bess Island in Grand Isle, Lou... | Briti...
Latest gulf oil-rig fire spurs calls to extend ban on deepwater drilling Denver Post | Related ArticlesSep 3:Oil platform explodes in gulf; crew rescuedSep 2:Mariner Energy shares fall after platform blastOil platform catches fire in Gulf; workers OK | WASHINGTON — What now for the gulf? News of another oil-rig fire this week i...
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Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain The New York Times | TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. | With the ye...
Wall Street Wanders as Traders Sort Through Data The New York Times | Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. | There was some hesitancy about extending the ma...
Unemployment Filings Decline for a Second Week The New York Times | WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of new requests for unemployment benefits declined for a second week, suggesting that the slowing economy has not prompted widespread job cuts ...
Of Janitors and Kings The New York Times | Martha Escobar is staring into the cold, dark, unforgiving eyes of destitution. | Bob Herbert Go to Columnist Page » | Ms. Escobar is one of 16 janitors who were laid off from their jobs at a luxury complex in Los Angeles that houses some of the w...
What to expect at Lincoln Center for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week The Examiner | IMG announced plans for its first season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park at a fashion industry briefing supported by The City of New York, Lincoln Center and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). The ...
U.S. Govt says no leaking oil at Mariner platform The Star | HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. government inspectors found no leaking oil at Mariner Energy Inc's burned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said late on Friday, allaying fears about more environmental damage after BP's massive spill. Boats spray w...
Food Safety Tips for the Budget-Conscious The New York Times | EGGS, lettuce, peanuts, spinach. It seems as if every time we turn around there is another outbreak of a scary foodborne illness. Well | Share your thoughts on this column at the Well blog. | Go to Well » Related | More Articles in This Series | This summer’s huge egg recall was the latest reminder that we do battle against dangerous patho...
