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ANALYSIS: INDIA RULING TO TRIGGER TELECOMS INDUSTRY SHAKEOUTMUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Vodafone , for one, is wasting little time in capitalising on a blockbuster Indian court verdict that's likely to shake up the world's second-largest mobile phone market....Date: 05 Feb 2012 18:02:03 ESTOLYMPUS EX-CEO WOODFORD SEES MORE REVELATIONSTOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) - Official investigations into a massive fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp are highly likely to lead to further revelations on the scandal soon, according to the firm's former chief executive, Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on the affair....Date: 05 Feb 2012 18:02:02 ESTMERGER FAILS, BUT D.BOERSE CEO SAYS ALLIES A MUSTFRANKFURT (Reuters) - D.Boerse CEO eyes new allies as NYSE deal crumbles Deutsche Boerse does not believe it can survive in the long term without a new partner despite the collapse of its proposed $7.4 billion merger with NYSE Euronext , its chief executive told a German newspaper....Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:16 ESTLOCAL FIRMS VIE FOR YUM'S SLICE OF CHINA MARKETBEIJING (Reuters) - Four floors up overlooking the bustle of the cavernous Joy City Mall in Beijing, diners take a break from shopping to slurp noodles and nibble on dumplings at an Ajisen restaurant....Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:16 ESTGREEK PARTIES HANDED MONDAY EU BAILOUT DEADLINEATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's coalition parties must tell the European Union by Monday whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms....Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:11:21 ESTBOEING TO CORRECT 787 DREAMLINER FUSELAGE ISSUE(Reuters) - Boeing has discovered a problem related to the aft fuselage of its 787 Dreamliner planes and is making repairs that will not affect production of the aircraft, the company said in an emailed statement on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:08 ESTEUROPE'S SHADOW DARKENS OUTLOOKWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A renewed focus on Europe's banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January employment report....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:03:06 ESTTIVO SHARES APPEAR TO BE DISCOUNTED: REPORT(Reuters) - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 15:46:17 ESTWITH SPARSE DATA, FOCUS RETURNS TO EUROPENEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:39:01 ESTGREECE ON "KNIFE EDGE" IN PUSH TO AGREE BAILOUTATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister scrambled on Sunday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remained to clinch a deal to avoid a messy default....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:39:01 ESTET, THE NEW ALIEN SCARING GLOBAL MARKETS(Reuters) - The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international markets in one swoop....Date: 05 Feb 2012 10:57:05 ESTGLENCORE, XSTRATA HAMMERING OUT FINAL DEAL DETAILSCAPE TOWN/LONDON (Reuters) - Top executives at trader Glencore and miner Xstrata are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry's largest ever takeover, which could be announced as early as Tuesday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 10:40:00 ESTEURO ZONE INSISTS NO GREEK RESCUE WITHOUT REFORMSBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second financing package from the euro zone and the IMF....Date: 05 Feb 2012 09:49:00 ESTEU/IMF TO LET IRELAND INVEST PRIVATISATION CASH - PMDUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's EU/IMF lenders have agreed to let it invest much of the cash it gets from privatisation rather than use it to pay down debts, if the proceeds are substantial, the Irish prime minister said on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 09:15:05 ESTSLOWING GROWTH WEIGHS ON MIDEAST M&A VALUES - REPORTABU DHABI (Reuters) - Mergers and acquisitions in the Middle East and North Africa rose slightly in 2011, but the combined value of deals fell by more than a quarter as slower economic growth weighed on prices, Ernst & Young said on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 07:50:03 ESTGREECE ON "KNIFE EDGE" IN LAST HOURS TO AGREE BAILOUTATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister scrambled on Sunday to convince lenders and politicians to sign off on a 130 billion euro ($171 billion) rescue, after his finance minister said just hours remain before the euro zone abandons the country to its fate....Date: 05 Feb 2012 07:33:02 ESTMOST GERMANS WANT GREECE TO QUIT EURO - POLLBERLIN (Reuters) - The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 07:16:01 ESTPETROPLUS CORYTON PLANT TO RECEIVE CRUDE TANKERGENEVA (Reuters) - Petroplus's UK administrator said on Sunday that it had bought a cargo of crude oil for processing at its Coryton plant as it seeks to conclude negotiations with interested parties to save the plant....Date: 05 Feb 2012 07:16:01 ESTMOST GERMANS WANT GREECE TO QUIT EURO: POLLBERLIN (Reuters) - The majority of Germans feel the euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed on Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 07:16:00 ESTFRANCE SAYS GREEK PSI TALKS GOING "RELATIVELY WELL"PARIS (Reuters) - France's finance minister said on Sunday talks were moving "relatively well" on the private sector portion of a Greek bailout, but discussions designed to bring its debt down to 120 pct of GDP level by 2020 were difficult....Date: 05 Feb 2012 06:25:00 EST
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUPER BOWL ADS BATTLE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPNEW YORK (AP) -- Forget the battle between the Giants and the Pats. The real Super Bowl showdown is between advertisers.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:20 ESTJUST A BLUFF? FEARS GROW OF ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRANJERUSALEM (AP) -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent - an action that many fear might trigger a wider war, terrorism and globa...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:20 ESTALBA COUNTRIES TO POOL FUNDS IN JOINT BANKCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- An eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed on Sunday to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank as they seek to deepen economic cooperation.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:19 ESTGREEK CRISIS TALKS FOR DEBT DEAL PUSHED TO MONDAYATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Leaders of parties supporting Greece's coalition government say crisis talks for huge new debt deals will continue Monday.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:21:09 ESTBIGGER US ROLE AGAINST COMPANIES' CYBERTHREATS?WASHINGTON (AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teet...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:13:03 EST'CHRONICLE' EDGES RADCLIFFE'S 'WOMAN' WITH $22MLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:09 ESTFROM RELIEF TO DESPAIR: VARYING VIEWS OF JOBS DATAWASHINGTON (AP) -- Month by month, the U.S. job market is regaining its health.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:08 ESTWHY SMALL COMPANIES' STOCKS DESERVE A CLOSER LOOKWASHINGTON (AP) -- Underperforming money managers are losing their most reliable scapegoat.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:02 ESTISRAELI PROSPECTOR SAYS NATURAL GAS FOUND OFFSHOREJERUSALEM (AP) -- American and Israeli gas prospectors say they have discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 10:23:31 ESTAIR FRANCE KEEPS LONG-HAUL FLIGHTS DURING STRIKEPARIS (AP) -- Air France says it expects to maintain more than 85 percent of its long-haul flights and 80 percent of European flights when pilots, cabin crew and other personnel begin a four-day walkout Monday to protest a government labor reform.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 10:23:30 ESTNIGERIA OIL LINE ON FIRE; MILITANTS CLAIM ATTACKLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An oil pipeline run by a subsidiary of Italian oil firm Eni SpA has ruptured and caught fire in Nigeria as a militant group claimed responsibility for an attack.......Date: 05 Feb 2012 05:34:01 ESTSHOCKED? NOT! NOT MANY SURPRISES IN SUPER BOWL ADSNEW YORK (AP) -- If you're expecting to be shocked by all the Super Bowl ads, don't hold your breath: There won't be many surprises.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 12:05:09 ESTFOR FACEBOOK 'HACKER WAY' IS WAY OF LIFENEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a "hacker".......Date: 04 Feb 2012 10:23:05 ESTPALESTINIANS CALL FOR PM'S FALL OVER TAXESHEBRON, West Bank (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have called for their prime minister's resignation over recent tax and price increases.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 09:32:16 ESTHACKERS APPARENTLY HIT SWEDISH GOVERNMENT SITESTOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 09:32:16 ESTRUSSIA ADMITS BRIEF CUT OF GAS SUPPLIES TO EUROPEMOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 09:32:15 ESTOBAMA PRESSURES CONGRESS ON HOUSINGWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped homeowners.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 06:25:02 ESTREPORT: MONTI SAYS ITALY A "SAFE PLACE"MUNICH (AP) -- Italy is now a "safe place" amid market turbulence, Premier Mario Monti said in an interview published Saturday, pressing for Europe to turn its political energy to generating growth rather than further plans to strengthen budget discipline.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 04:26:05 ESTREPORT: MONTI SAYS ITALY A 'SAFE PLACE'BERLIN (AP) -- Premier Mario Monti says he considers Italy a "safe place" amid market turbulence after his government embarked on a reform drive.......Date: 04 Feb 2012 03:18:01 ESTGREEK DEBT TALKS TO STRETCH INTO WEEKENDATHENS, Greece (AP) -- "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend, the country's Finance Minister said early Saturday.......Date: 03 Feb 2012 19:44:13 EST -
WALL STREET JOURNAL
GREEK PARTY LEADERS STRUGGLE TO RESOLVE OVERHAUL DIFFERENCESGreece's political party leaders will resume talks Monday after Major differences on draconian reforms as part of an international aid package remained unresolved following a marathon meeting Sunday....Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:11:24 ESTSHAKY PROFITS THREATEN U.S. STOCK RALLYU.S. corporate profits are showing signs of flagging, even as share prices reach multiyear highs. Margins are slipping as already-lean firms find it harder to continue cutting costs....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:09 ESTUSED-CAR PRICES ARE ON THE RISEThe average prices of used cars are on track to rise 1.8% in 2012, with much of that increase expected in the second half of the year. It will mark the third-consecutive year that prices—already running at or near record highs—have risen....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:20:08 EST'CHRONICLE' TOPS BOX OFFICEAction film "Chronicle," about three teenagers who gain superpowers, grossed $22 million at the weekend box office, putting it in the top position....Date: 05 Feb 2012 15:46:20 ESTAIRLINE TEAMS ENDURE HICCUPSIndia's Kingfisher Airlines shelved plans to join Oneworld, the second loss to the global marketing alliance in a week. The move capped a tough period for the alliances that have come to dominate the industry....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:09 ESTMICRON ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEFMicron Technology announced Mark Durcan had been appointed chief executive replacing Steven Appleton, who was killed Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:09 ESTAIRLINE ALLIANCES ENDURE GROWING PAINSIndia's Kingfisher Airlines shelved plans to join Oneworld, the second loss to the global marketing alliance in a week. The move caps a tough period for the airline alliances that have come to dominate the industry....Date: 05 Feb 2012 11:48:13 ESTGREEK LEADERS MEET TO WORK OUT REFORMSGreece's political party leaders began meeting Sunday in hopes of making tough decisions on spending severe reforms as a precondition for further international aid the country needs to avoid default....Date: 05 Feb 2012 10:40:03 ESTMICRON TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEFMicron Technology Inc. announced Mark Durcan, 51, had been appointed chief executive replacing Steven Appleton, who was killed Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed at an airport near the company headquarters in Boise, Idaho....Date: 04 Feb 2012 18:02:12 ESTH-P TO PUT PROXY-ACCESS PROPOSAL TO VOTEHewlett-Packard agreed to give its stockholders the chance to approve so-called proxy access through a bylaw vote at its 2013 annual meeting....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:54:02 ESTGREECE WEIGHS CUTS AMID BAILOUT TALKSGreece edged toward a deal on a second billion bailout package, as political leaders were set to meet Sunday to weigh critical spending cuts....Date: 04 Feb 2012 14:55:18 ESTGREECE WEIGHS CUTS FOR BAILOUT DEALGreece edged toward a deal on a second billion bailout package, as political leaders were set to meet Sunday to weigh critical spending cuts....Date: 04 Feb 2012 13:47:04 ESTGREECE NEARS DEAL WITH CREDITORSGreece is moving closer toward a deal with international creditors on a second €130 billion package, the country's finance minister said Saturday, but added that key differences holding up negotiations remain, leaving the tough decisions to the country's political leaders....Date: 04 Feb 2012 13:30:07 ESTGREEK LEADERS HOLD OFF TALKS UNTIL SUNDAYA meeting of Greek political leaders has been postponed for Sunday as there is still no agreement with the country's creditors over painful new austerity measures, a Greek cabinet minister said Saturday....Date: 04 Feb 2012 10:23:07 ESTDOW AT HIGHEST SINCE MAY 2008The blue-chip stock index rose 156.82 points to its highest level since May 2008, several months before the financial crisis, as better economic news encouraged investors to set aside their fears and focus on fundamentals....Date: 04 Feb 2012 09:49:03 ESTCHINA TAMPS DOWN EUROPE AID FEARSChinese Premier Wen Jiabao sought to assuage concerns over Chinese investment in Europe, saying China has no intention to "buy" the continent....Date: 04 Feb 2012 01:19:24 ESTWEN REJECTS FEARS CHINA IS OUT TO 'BUY' EUROPEChinese Premier Wen Jiabao sought to assuage concerns over Chinese investment in Europe, saying China has no intention to "buy" the continent....Date: 03 Feb 2012 23:25:02 ESTCITI HIT IN BRAZILIAN HACKER ATTACKA computer hacker group continued a wave of attacks against Brazilian financial websites, hampering the sites of Citigroup and other prominent institutions....Date: 03 Feb 2012 22:00:10 ESTFDA: NO BAN ON ORANGE-JUICE IMPORTSOrange-juice futures settled lower as traders discounted the prospects for a ban on juice imports into the U.S. It appears they weren't off the mark....Date: 03 Feb 2012 21:09:02 ESTDESPITE INTERVENTION, BRAZIL'S CURRENCY GAINSBrazil's real climbed against the dollar after strong U.S. jobs figures outweighed the central bank's intervention in an attempt to weaken the currency....Date: 03 Feb 2012 21:09:02 EST
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FINANCIAL TIMES
FACEBOOK TO TAP MOBILE ADS FOR REVENUELaunch of ‘sponsored stories’ ads likely in March after investors warned filing for IPO showed a lack of ‘meaningful revenue’ from mobile devices...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:28:04 ESTDOUBT CAST ON ANY FUTURE SCOTTISH SOVEREIGN RATINGStandard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch have privately indicated that an independent nation could not expect to automatically inherit triple A status...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:28:04 ESTWARNING ON OLYMPIC TRANSPORT PROBLEMSSir David Higgins’ assessment contrasts with more upbeat messages from Lord Coe, other Olympic bosses, business figures and TfL...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:11:27 ESTGREECE TAKES STEP CLOSER TO DEFAULTOfficials say government and troika are ‘quite far apart’ on wage and pension reductions...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:11:27 ESTRATING AGENCIES CAST DOUBT ON SCOTLANDStandard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch have privately indicated that an independent nation could not expect to automatically inherit triple A status...Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:11 ESTGLENCORE PAYS A PRICE FOR XSTRATA DEALInvestors in Xstrata would receive 2.8 Glencore shares for every share in the mining group they hold...Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:37:09 ESTVODAFONE SET TO HALT GREEK UNIT MERGERThe UK telecoms business looks as if it will abandon attempts to amalgamate with rival Wind Hellas in the face of regulatory concerns...Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:20:15 ESTRAIL CHIEF WARNS OF OLYMPIC TRANSPORT PROBLEMSSir David Higgins’ assessment contrasts with more upbeat messages from Lord Coe, other Olympic bosses, business figures and TfL...Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:20:14 ESTEUROPE’S BANKS FACE CHALLENGE ON CAPITALAccording to one person close to the process, as much as half of the measures outlined in those plans do not look credible...Date: 05 Feb 2012 15:46:22 ESTA MERGER FIT FOR WORLD DOMINATIONConsolidating mining and trading bodes ill for consumers. The analogy in the oil market would be a Saudi Arabia producing three times more crude than it already does...Date: 05 Feb 2012 15:29:08 ESTUS PUTS PRESSURE ON ASSAD TO QUITThe US vowed to put ‘immense pressure’ on Syria’s president to step down after Russia and China vetoed a resolution aimed at ending the fighting...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:38:05 ESTDEADLOCK FOR GREEK AUSTERITY TALKSOfficials say government and troika are ‘quite far apart’ on wage and pension reductions...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:21:14 ESTAPPLE UNDER PRESSURE OVER BOARD ELECTIONSTech group ‘needs a governance upgrade’ says pension fund and activist shareholder...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:21:14 ESTODDS STACKING UP AGAINST GINGRICHWith little money, a relatively weak on-the-ground campaign organisation and facing ever-rising attacks from fellow conservatives, the former House Speaker has little chance to stage a comeback...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:47:23 ESTUK ONLINE ECONOMY VALUED AT £82BNThe internet is estimated to generate 6 per cent of gross domestic product, as the government prepares a green paper on regulation of the sector...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:13:09 ESTUK LOOKS TO BRIDGE REGULATORY DIVIDE WITH USEnforcement actions have reinforced the view that the UK is lighter on markets policing but that could be about to change with aggressive US-style tactics...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:13:08 ESTBIG FREEZE BRINGS SNOW TO EUROPEBitter weather grounds flights at London Heathrow and leaves Rome in chaos after mayor misreads forecast...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:13:08 ESTROYAL SURVIVOR FROM WORLD OF CHURCHILL, TRUMAN AND STALINOn February 6, 1952, Princess Elizabeth learned she was Queen, years earlier than expected. On Monday, she reaches the 60th anniversary of her accession...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:39:07 ESTCHINA’S POLICE ILL-EQUIPPED TO COMBAT UNRESTLow officer numbers and institutional weaknesses have left the authorities struggling to deal with rise in protests and crime rates...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:07 ESTMINING MAGNATES EYE AUSTRALIA’S MEDIAAs natural resources have become the engine of the economy, there is a new force with the potential to shape the press landscape...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:07 EST -
BUSINESS WEEK
‘CHRONICLE’ TOPS BOX OFFICE WITH $22 MILLION IN RECEIPTS“Chronicle,” the film about three teens who acquire psychic powers, opened as the top movie in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $22 million for News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:28 ESTGREECE’S PAPADEMOS, LEADERS AGREE ON FRAMEWORK FOR TALKSGreek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and the three political party leaders supporting him agreed to take spending cuts this year equal to 1.5 percent of GDP, according to an e-mailed statement from the premier’s office in Athens....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:28 ESTMUBARAK ORDERED MOVED TO PRISON HOSPITAL, AL-JAZEERA REPORTSEgypt’s interior minister, General Mohamed Ibrahim, ordered that former President Hosni Mubarak be transferred from Sharm El Sheikh Hospital to the hospital of a Cairo prison, Al-Jazeera television reported....Date: 05 Feb 2012 15:46:40 ESTNIINISTOE WINS FINNISH PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, HAAVISTO CONCEDESSauli Niinistoe, the candidate of the ruling National Coalition Party, won today’s Finnish presidential run-off election as the Nordic nation showed its support for his group’s pro-Europe policies....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:55:34 ESTGINGRICH PLEDGES TO PRESS ON AS ROMNEY WINS NEVADA CAUCUSESNewt Gingrich vowed to continue his fight for the Republican presidential nomination a day after Nevada handed him his second consecutive defeat, saying contests in the South next month will put him in a “very competitive” position....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:38:22 EST‘CHRONICLE’ TOPS BOX-OFFICE SALES WITH $22 MILLION IN SALES“Chronicle,” about three teens who acquire psychic powers, opened as the top movie in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $22 million for News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:38:22 ESTCHINA’S LOWEST LUNAR SALES SINCE 2009 RIPPLE ACROSS ASIA: RETAILChinese shoppers on their Lunar New Year holiday were less lavish than expected at Hong Kong jewelers, curbed spending on beauty brands and slowed spending at South Korean stores. They may keep that pace in the coming year of the dragon....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:38:22 ESTSAULI NIINISTOE TAKES LEAD IN FINNISH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONSauli Niinistoe, the candidate of the ruling National Coalition Party, leads today’s Finnish presidential run-off election as the Nordic nation shows its support for his group’s pro-Europe policies....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:04:55 ESTHYUNDAI-KIA GROWTH PARED IN COLLISION AT SAME PRICE POINTS: CARSWhen General Motors Co., Volkswagen AG and Toyota Motor Corp. look into their rear-view mirrors, they see Hyundai Motor Co. When Hyundai looks behind, it sees its own smaller affiliate, Kia Motors Corp....Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:04:55 ESTPEPSICO SAID IN TALKS TO RECRUIT EX-WAL-MART EXECUTIVE CORNELLPepsiCo Inc., set to announce a turnaround plan next week, is trying to recruit former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive Brian Cornell for a key job with the soda and snacks company, according to two people familiar with the discussions....Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:48:19 ESTSUMMERS SAYS U.S. ECONOMY ON ‘RIGHT ROAD’ WITH EMPLOYMENTFormer U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the latest jobs report shows the economy is “on the right road” while Glenn Hubbard, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said he’s skeptical about the meaning of the January numbers....Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:48:19 ESTSAUDI ARAMCO SAID TO RAISE MARCH OIL DIFFERENTIALS TO EUROPESaudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, raised the differentials used in determining its official selling prices for all grades to customers in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean for March shipments, a person familiar with the pricing decision said....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:24 ESTU.S. TO ‘REDOUBLE EFFORTS’ TO END SYRIAN BLOODSHED, CLINTON SAYSThe U.S. will “redouble efforts” and work with “partners outside the United Nations” to put “immense pressure” on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end bloodshed and step down, after the U.N. Security Council failed to deliver global condemnation of Syria giving...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:24 ESTGREEK BAILOUT HANGS ON RAZOR’S EDGE AS REFORMS, CUTS SOUGHTGreece’s efforts to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an agreement....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:24 ESTERA OF FOOD PRICES ALWAYS FALLING SEEN AT END ON POPULATIONThe era of food prices always falling has come to an end with the world population set to add another 2 billion people, according to Cargill Inc., the U.S. farm commodities trader....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:27 ESTCLINTON CALLS FOR ‘IMMENSE PRESSURE’ ON ASSAD AFTER UN VETOThe U.S. will work with its allies to put “immense pressure” on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down after Russia vetoed a resolution aimed at ending fighting, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:27 ESTSAUDI ARAMCO RAISES MARCH OIL-PRICE DIFFERENTIALS TO EUROPESaudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, raised differentials used in determining its official selling prices for all grades to customers in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean for shipments in March....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:27 ESTTORONTO, UNION REACH PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT AVERTING STRIKEThe city of Toronto and its municipal workers reached a preliminary agreement on job security and benefits, avoiding a strike that would have disrupted garbage pickup and snow plowing....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:27 ESTWEIBO PLATFORM BOOSTS TUDOU AS WEB GAMERS CLIMB: CHINA OVERNIGHTTudou Holdings Ltd. surged the most ever in New York, driving an index of U.S.-traded Chinese stocks to a seventh weekly gain, after the company announced an improved video platform with Weibo, a Twitter-like service with 250 million users....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:27 ESTSONY, PANASONIC FORECAST WORSENING LOSSES AS SAMSUNG DOMINATESJapan’s biggest makers of TVs, phones and chips say they’ll lose about $17 billion this year, about three-quarters of what Samsung Electronics Co. will spend on research to lengthen the lead over its competitors....Date: 05 Feb 2012 11:31:48 EST -
SKY NEWS
US JOBS RISE BOOSTS HOPES FOR WORLD ECONOMYThe global economy received a boost after better-than-expected US jobs figures pushed the Dow Jones stock market index to its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis....Date: 04 Feb 2012 06:59:09 EST£1M PORTAS CONTEST TO BREATHE LIFE INTO TOWNSTowns are being offered a slice from a £1m pot to come up with ideas for reviving their high streets....Date: 04 Feb 2012 06:59:09 ESTSUSPENDED DOVER-CALAIS FERRY ROUTE TO RESTARTA Dover-Calais ferry route which was suspended in November, when SeaFrance collapsed, is due to be re-opened....Date: 03 Feb 2012 14:38:09 ESTDOVER-CALAIS FERRY ROUTE TO RESTARTA Dover-Calais ferry route which was suspended in November, when SeaFrance collapsed, is due to be re-opened....Date: 03 Feb 2012 11:48:20 ESTRBS CHAIR ATTACKS 'ANTI-BUSINESS MINISTERS'Ministers should abandon a growing tendency to indulge in anti-business rhetoric or risk damaging Britain's economic recovery, the head of the state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has warned....Date: 03 Feb 2012 09:32:09 EST'SALE AND RENT BACK' PROPERTY MARKET CLOSEDThe financial watchdog has temporarily shut down the 'sale and rent back' property market after discovering widespread poor practice....Date: 03 Feb 2012 09:32:09 ESTCOMMUTER CHAOS AFTER WEST COAST DERAILMENTPassengers on one of Britain's busiest railway lines are facing widespread disruption after a freight train derailment in the early hours of the morning....Date: 03 Feb 2012 08:58:07 ESTDOUBLE-DIP RECESSION 'TOO CLOSE TO CALL'The UK will return to recession in the first half of this year, one influential think-tank has warned, but other new data from the services industry suggests otherwise....Date: 03 Feb 2012 08:24:07 ESTBT PLEDGES 'ULTRA-FAST' BROADBAND SPEEDSBT has promised "ultra-fast" broadband speeds of up to 300 megabits by next spring after posting a strong business performance for the last quarter of 2011....Date: 03 Feb 2012 07:16:06 ESTMILIBAND SLAMS 'BONUS, BUST, BAILOUT' CULTURELabour leader Ed Miliband has urged "responsibility and restraint" in banking sector pay, saying the industry cannot continue along a path of "big bonuses, bust, and bailouts"....Date: 03 Feb 2012 06:08:08 ESTRECESSION WARNING: FORECAST OF GLOOMY 2012The UK will return to recession in the first half of this year as the Government's fiscal squeeze continues to take hold and households cut back on spending, a leading think-tank has warned....Date: 03 Feb 2012 05:51:07 ESTTHINK-TANK WARNS OF LOOMING RECESSIONThe UK will return to recession in the first half of this year as the Government's fiscal squeeze continues to take hold and households cut back on spending, a leading think-tank has warned....Date: 03 Feb 2012 04:26:08 ESTFACEBOOK FINANCES EXPOSED FOR FIRST TIMEThe launch of Facebook's initial public offering has provided the first glimpse of the financial and operational details behind the world's biggest social networking site....Date: 03 Feb 2012 04:26:08 ESTFACEBOOK GRAFFITI ARTIST 'SET FOR MILLIONS'A graffiti artist hired by Facebook to paint the company's first headquarters in 2005 could reportedly be worth millions when it floats on the stock exchange this year....Date: 03 Feb 2012 04:09:19 ESTBIGGEST-EVER MINING MERGER ON THE CARDSThe chance of the biggest-ever deal in the mining sector has shot the two companies involved to the top of the FTSE 100 risers....Date: 02 Feb 2012 16:20:45 ESTSTOCKS SURGE ON MINING MERGER TALKSGlencore and Xstrata shot to the top of the FTSE 100 risers, on the potential of the biggest-ever deal in the mining sector....Date: 02 Feb 2012 12:22:29 ESTBOE POLICYMAKER URGES ACTION OVER LENDINGBanks are still failing to lend to UK businesses, meaning they are not providing value for money to the Government, a leading policymaker has told Sky News....Date: 02 Feb 2012 10:40:42 ESTSONY REPLACES BOSS AS IT PREDICTS ANNUAL LOSSGlobal electronics brand Sony has announced it will replace its top boss as it prepares to post its fourth consecutive full-year loss....Date: 02 Feb 2012 07:50:24 ESTMI6 LEAVE 'RESTRICTED UNTIL AFTER OLYMPICS'The intelligence service MI6 has restricted all leave until after this summer's Olympic Games in London, according to Sky News sources....Date: 02 Feb 2012 07:50:24 ESTFACEBOOK FINANCES EXPOSED FOR THE FIRST TIMEThe launch of Facebook's initial public offering has provided the first glimpse of the financial and operational details behind the world's biggest social networking site....Date: 02 Feb 2012 07:33:10 EST
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THE MEDIA EQUATION: AT BUZZFEED, THE SIGNIFICANT AND THE SILLYJonah Peretti, left, creator of BuzzFeed, and Ben Smith, its new editor in chief. The site tries to offer material that will be passed along, pulling more visitors to the site....Date: 05 Feb 2012 18:02:11 ESTMAKING OVER THE MALL IN ROUGH ECONOMIC TIMESAfter decades of decline, malls across the country are being redeveloped by communities and planners trying to forge new gathering places out of vast lots with empty buildings....Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:45:25 ESTCANCER CENTER, IN LAWSUIT, SAYS A DOCTOR APPROPRIATED A DISCOVERYThe president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:12 ESTNBC SPENDS MILLIONS ON THE BUILDUP TO ‘SMASH’Katharine McPhee, left, and Megan Hilty play actresses who are competing for the role of Marilyn Monroe on "Smash."...Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:12 ESTDISRUPTIONS: DISRUPTIONS: FACEBOOK USERS ASK, 'WHERE'S OUR CUT?'Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook, spoke at a Facebook conference in September....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:20:18 ESTGREEK TALKS AT A DELICATE POINT, OFFICIAL SAYSThe Greek finance minister, Evangelos Venizelos, after a two-hour conference call with euro zone officials. He said critical issues remain unresolved....Date: 04 Feb 2012 18:36:05 ESTTHE BOSS: BERNER INTERNATIONAL’S CHIEF FOUND CONSOLATION VIA WORKGeorgia Berner is the president and C.E.O. of Berner International in New Castle, Pa....Date: 04 Feb 2012 18:19:06 ESTIT’S THE ECONOMY: IT IS SAFE TO RESUME IGNORING THE PROPHETS OF DOOM ... RIGHT?...Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:08 ESTEDITORIAL: AN EASIER PATH TO REFINANCINGPresident Obama’s new mortgage refinancing plan could provide considerable relief for millions of homeowners shackled to high interest rates, if Congress approves it....Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:08 ESTEDITORIAL | STATE OF PLAY: PERPETUAL WAR: DIGITAL PIRATES AND CREATORSStopping digital piracy, which is growing by leaps and bounds, is about protecting creativity — and jobs....Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:08 ESTSTRATEGIES: I.P.O. EUPHORIA, WITHOUT MUCH MEMORY — STRATEGIES...Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:05 ESTOFF THE SHELF: ‘STRINGS ATTACHED’ LOOKS AT INCENTIVES AND ETHICS — REVIEW...Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:05 ESTPREOCCUPATIONS: DISABILITIES CAN BE WORKPLACE ASSETS...Date: 04 Feb 2012 17:11:05 ESTLETTERS: LETTERS: THE BOOKSTORE’S PLACE IN AN ELECTRONIC FUTUREReaders respond to “The Bookstore’s Last Stand” (Jan. 29)....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:37:06 ESTLETTERS: LETTERS: SOMETHING LOST, AND GAINEDA reader responds to “Higher Taxes Help the Wealthy, Too” (Economic View, Jan. 29)....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:37:06 ESTFAIR GAME: AN INVESTMENT WIPEOUT THAT DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPENAn investor won an arbitration case over money lost in a complex security. But he’s still angry at financial institutions....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:20:22 ESTCORNER OFFICE | AMY ASTLEY: AMY ASTLEY OF TEEN VOGUE, ON VALUING A WORK ETHICAmy Astley, editor in chief of Teen Vogue, says that many job applicants today have never done work like scooping ice cream or waiting tables. But she says she respects such experience, seeing it as a possible sign of a strong work ethic....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:20:22 ESTECONOMIC VIEW: DO MANUFACTURERS NEED SPECIAL TREATMENT? - ECONOMIC VIEW...Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:20:22 ESTSLIPSTREAM: EMPLOYERS AND BRANDS USE GAMING TO GAUGE ENGAGEMENT...Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:20:21 ESTDIGITAL DOMAIN: ON HEALTHTAP, ADVICE FOR YOU AND POINTS FOR DOCTORSOn the HealthTap Web site, users can seek all kinds of free medical advice, and doctors can earn recognition and whimsical “awards” for providing the answers....Date: 04 Feb 2012 16:20:21 EST -
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MY DOG'S FAVORITE SUPER BOWL ADTessie, my golden retriever, who's mostly interested in food, tennis balls, and the couch, took a particular interest in this Volkswagen Super Bowl teaser ad. She stared at my computer the way she stared at the dry rub ribs I'm making. Unlike the rest of America, she'll be watching Animal Plan...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:28:10 ESTCONVERSATIONS ON CYBERSECURITY: THE TROUBLE WITH CHINA, PART 2Guest post by Alan Paller Alan Paller is director of research for the SANS Institute, a provider of security training and certification. You might also want to read Conversations On Cybersecurity: The Trouble With China, Part 1. When we left the attorneys, in the last installment, they were wonderin...Date: 05 Feb 2012 17:28:08 ESTAMERICAN AIRLINES: BANKRUPT VICTIM OF WEAK U.S. DOLLAR POLICIESAs is well known now, American Airlines filed for bankruptcy toward the end of last year. In one certain sense this shouldn?t surprise us given how its legacy competitors did much the same earlier in the new millennium....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:21 ESTPRESIDENT OBAMA'S GROWTH-CHOKING ANIMUS TOWARD SUCCESSWe haven't tried free markets for a century now. When we did, the economy soared....Date: 05 Feb 2012 16:54:15 ESTBE PREPARED TO PROVE THE TIME YOU SPEND ON LOSING SIDE ACTIVITIESIf you have a lucrative day job and lose money on a different business activity, be warned.?? The IRS will not believe what you say about how you spend your time and the Tax Court will be skeptical.?? That is the main lesson in these two cases. Guess Me Out of the Ballpark - Raymond ......Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:55:22 EST"GLOBAL WARMING HAS STOPPED"? HOW TO FOOL PEOPLE USING "CHERRY-PICKED" CLIMATE DATAThe current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn?t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a seriou...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:38:09 ESTCARNAGE IN JAPAN'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY: IS THE UNTHINKABLE NOW THINKABLE?A few posts ago I wrote that “winning” in global auto industry competition is a “must” for Japan’s auto makers. But can Japan afford for its legendary electronics companies to lose? Alarmingly, this unthinkable thought is becoming thinkable. The real question now is whether...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:04:43 ESTWHY WATCHING FOOTBALL MAY MAKE YOU SMARTERSuper Bowl Sunday is great for so many reasons?the excitement of an unexpected comeback, chicken wings and beer, air high fives with complete strangers. But there's one more advantage to this day: it may make you smarter. Research since the 1990s has suggested that sports fans enjoy a similar mental...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:04:41 ESTWHEN WHAT'S "GOOD" FOR GENERAL MOTORS IS NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA ??? OR BUILT TO LASTAn economy that is "built to last" will never be built by government. This might come as a surprise to President , but what is frightening is that it might come as surprise to a plurality of the American electorate. There is nothing like a sweet-sounding, and all but meaningless, phrase to persuade...Date: 05 Feb 2012 14:04:41 ESTWHEN WHAT'S "GOOD" FOR GENERAL MOTORS IS NOT GOOD FOR AMERICA -- OR BUILT TO LASTAn economy that is “built to last” will never be built by government. This might come as a surprise to President Barack Obama, but what is frightening is that it might come as surprise to a plurality of the American electorate. There is nothing like a sweet-sounding, and all but meaningless, phrase...Date: 05 Feb 2012 13:48:00 EST"GLOBAL WARMING HAS STOPPED:" HOW TO FOOL PEOPLE USING "CHERRY-PICKED" CLIMATE DATAThe current favorite argument of those who argue that climate changes isn’t happening, or a problem, or worth dealing with, is that global warming has stopped. Therefore (they conclude) scientists must be wrong when they say that climate change is caused by humans, worsening, and ultimately a seriou...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:56:14 ESTSHAZAM, YAHOO, VIGGLE: SUPER BOWL ADS' SIZZLE IS ON SECOND SCREENDuring last year's Super Bowl, the notion of social television was still new or unknown to most people. Today, social television is going to be in the starting line-up. In fact, the battle on your second screen could be as spirited as the one in Lucas Oil Stadium. And back to winners and losers -- b...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:39:11 ESTTHE BEST SUPER BOWL ADS OF ALL TIME...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:39:11 ESTHOW THE SUPERBOWL IS GOING HIGH-TECH IN 2012Football isn't a high-tech sport, though many great football video games have been made for those of us not built for the real thing....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:23 ESTWHAT HYUNDAI DIDN'T INCLUDE IN ITS SUPER BOWL AD -- UPDATED...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:19 ESTBILLIONAIRES WELCOME ON THINK TANK BOARDS"Is it expecting too much," a reader asks, "for you to point out that the guy that owns your publication is on the board of the Heritage Foundation?"...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:18 ESTTHE WASTE OF SOLAR FEED IN TARRIFSI have no idea whether these numbers are correct but if they are they?re a damning indictment of the waste that is the feed in tariff for solar power in the UK: As Lord Marland put it this week: "It is already going to cost the consumer ??7 billion for ??400 million of net present ......Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:13 ESTLATEST STADIUM TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE THE FAN'S EXPERIENCEIt costs an arm and a leg to see a professional sports game live. According to Marketing Report, the average cost for a family of four (4 adult average-price tickets, 2 small draft beers, 4 small soft drinks, 4 regular-size hot dogs, parking for 1 car, 2 game programs and 2 least-expensive, adult-si...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:22:13 ESTTEN SUPERBOWL ADS TO WATCH FOR DURING THE BIG GAMEWatch the best Superbowl ads of 2012 before the game. Advertisers go high-tech for the big game this year....Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:17 ESTMAKING ANTI-MALARIA DRUGS FROM THE WASTES OF PRODUCING ANTI-MALARIA DRUGSThis story interested me because it's actually quite close to my own work in my day job. No, I'm not a world-leading scientist nor do I work in drugs production but there is a similarity all the same. But Peter H Seeberger, the director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Pots...Date: 05 Feb 2012 12:05:15 EST -
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