Business and Finance News U.S. stocks creep higher
Iraq News.Net
U.S. stocks made narrow advances Tuesday, as traders remained cautious on the economy.
 Food prices in 2050 will be shocking
Iraq News.Net
The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned another food price crisis might happen if record high energy prices, growing demand for bio-fuels and low grain reserves force up price benchmarks.
US rate rise inevitable
Iraq News.Net
Economists in Washington have suggested the Federal Reserve will soon raise benchmark interest rates.
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Sign on San Diego
REDMOND, Wash. Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. I...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks o...
Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, a Continental Airlines jet lands at George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stif...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Miami Herald
REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S.The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, st...
Best and worst stocks since market hit bottom
MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. stock market has gained 68% since the 17-month bear market hit its bottom one year ago, making winners out of a group of onetime basement-dwelling stocks and losers ...
Brussels targets derivatives to help euro
Guardian
Greece by considering a ban on complex derivatives allegedly being used to undermine the single currency.The draconian move suggested by José Manuel Barroso, commission president, follows a joint cam...
FTSE 100 ends day in negative territory
Guardian
Weir Group, whose shares rose to a nineteen month high after the engineering company raised its outlook for the year on better than expected trading in the first weeks of 2010. "We're starting to see ...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Examiner
Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S.The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the...
Bull Market Leaves Exxon Mobil Lagging Behind
CNBC
] up about 40 percent. The commodity Exxon peddles has surged more than 70 percent in 12 months. “Money managers want a high beta energy play when oil starts to take off,” said Joe Terranova,...
Boeing Exec: Tanker ‘Soap Opera’ May Not Be Over
Business Week
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Northrop Grumman Corp.’s decision to forgo bidding on the U.S. Air Force’s $35 billion refueling tanker program, leaving Boeing Co. without a competitor, may not mar...
Cadillac Distances Itself From GM
Business Week
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Cadillac, the luxury brand General Motors Co. acquired in 1909, is distancing itself from the Detroit-based automaker to avoid the stigma of the parent company’s $50 billi...
‘Cinderella’ Valley Vintners May Go Broke After Quake
Business Week
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chile’s strongest earthquake in 50 years may bankrupt smaller winemakers after vines collapsed, casks broke apart and millions of liters were spilled, a former Goldman Sac...
General Growth Investors Add $3.93 Billion to Plan
Business Week
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- General Growth Properties Inc. said its biggest debt and equity holders offered to jointly invest $3.93 billion in the company, bolstering a plan with Brookfield Asset Managemen...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
The Seattle Times
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Inste...
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks o...
Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs this year
MSNBC
Chevron 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.
Job openings rise; hiring may start to pick up
MSNBC
The number of openings in January rose about 7.6 percent, to 2.7 million, compared with December, the Labor Department said. And the job openings rate climbed to 2.1 percent, the highest in nearly a y...
Microsoft ditches MSN's signature blue background
C News
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft is rolling out the new design for its MSN Web portal in the U.S. The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead...
Payment protection rules delayed
BBC
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is delaying its plans combat the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI).Criticism from the financial industry has forced the FSA to extend its consult...
Chevron Sale Puts 1,400 Oil Jobs At Risk
Sky News
Up to 1,400 oil refinery jobs have been placed at risk after Chevron announced plans to sell off a UK plant - with closure an option if it fails to find a buyer.
Microsoft rolls out new MSN site design
Associated Press
The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com's blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the site is sporting more white space and fewer categories.
DirecTV Issuing $2.98 Billion In New Debt
Fox Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- DirecTV Holdings LLC, a unit of DirecTV , said Tuesday that it priced about $2.98 billion in new debt for general corporate purposes. DirecTV is issuing $1.2 billion of 3.55% senior ...
EIA Projects Oil At $85 a Barrel By End Of 2011
Fox Business
NEW YORK -- The price of crude oil is expected to average above $80 a barrel this spring, then rise to about $82 a barrel by the end of the year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected ...
J.P. Morgan Issues Cloudly Outlook For Solar
Fox Business
NEW YORK -- J.P. Morgan on Tuesday said the solar power business faces a risk of oversupply in the second half of 2010 and that other segments such as LED lighting and wind may offer better short-ter...
Cisco Introduces Faster Router
Fox Business
NEW YORK--Cisco Systems Inc (CSC), the world's top maker of network equipment, introduced a router that it says can handle 12 times the Internet traffic of the nearest competing product. Cisco share...
Cisco Unveils New Routing System
Fox Business
Cisco Systems (CSCO) on Tuesday introduced a new routing system that it says is geared "to serve as the foundation of the next generation Internet." The company's CRS-3 Carrier Routing System is bi...
Millionaire Ranks up 16% Last Year
Fox Business
households with a net worth of at least $1 million jumped 16% last year after dipping sharply during the financial crisis, an industry consulting group said on Tuesday. Households with a net worth ...
Cisco introduces faster router
Reuters
(Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc, the world's top maker of network equipment, introduced a router that it says can handle 12 times the Internet traffic of the nearest competing product.
Canada looks at asset sales to curb deficit
Financial Post
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said the country is studying the sale of government assets in a bid to fill a budget shortfall. "Governments end up owning some things that they don't need ...
Cisco unveils high-capacity routing system
Financial Post
John Chambers, chairman and president of Cisco Systems Inc., laughs after dropping a presentation remote control during the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, ...
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