Business and Finance News
- U.S. stocks make solid gains
Hong Kong News.Net
Wall Street was in positive territory at the close Tuesday, boosted by lower oil and commodity prices.
- G8 discussion centers on biofuel
Hong Kong News.Net
The biofuel policies of wealthy countries have been on the agenda at the G8 conference in Japan.
- Scottish gold ready to be scooped
Hong Kong News.Net
The only remaining gold mine in Scotland is expected to reopen in the next few weeks.
- Health insurers likely to receive fines
Hong Kong News.Net
Health insurance regulators are hoping to impose further fines on Anthem Blue Cross, which cancelled 1,770 patient policies last year.
- Germany to attract skilled foreign labour
Hong Kong News.Net
Germany is about to begin a campaign to attract foreign labour.
- Millionaires sprout up by the millions
Hong Kong News.Net
The world millionaires club has grown to ten million for the first time.
- Coke chairman says he will carry torch
Hong Kong News.Net
Coca-Cola’s chairman has defended the firm's Olympic sponsorship in Beijing.
- Singapore buys in to new Lockheed plane
Hong Kong News.Net
Singapore is the latest country to show interest in buying one hundred of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.
- Dubai in push to attract medical tourists
Hong Kong News.Net
Medical tourism is receiving a boost in the UAE which is expected to attract 11.2 million healthcare tourists by the year 2010.
- US stocks jump as oil price falls
Hong Kong News.Net
US stock indices recorded their biggest jump in a month as oil prices fell sharply Tuesday and the Federal Reserve opened the door to extending emergency lending into 2009.
- Ex-WSJ editor Brauchli now heads The Washington Post
Hong Kong News.Net
Washington, : Marcus Brauchli, who was shunted out by Rupert Murdoch three months ago as the editor of Wall Street Journal, has been appointed as the Executive Editor of The Washington Post.
- Topless DJ at party leads Unilever to apologize; Haredim still offended
Haaretz
A recent marketing campaign for Unilever's Axe deodorant for men raised the hackles of the ultra-Orthodox community when the corporation sponsored a poolside party for teens, DJed by a topless...
- Stocks rise on decline in oil, Bernanke talk
San Diego Union-Tribune
Speeches by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon gave the market some reassurance about the financial...
- Court keeps cell tower backup rules on hold
San Diego Union-Tribune
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo. A federal appeals court...
- SEC, Fed Agree to Collaborate on Supervising Wall Street
TechWeb
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday that will...
- Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
San Diego Union-Tribune
To prevent a repeat of the current mortgage mess, Bernanke said the Fed will adopt rules cracking down on a range of shady lending practices that have burned many of the nation's riskiest...
- Chase Corporation Announces Third Quarter Results
CNBC
Chase Specialized Manufacturing Revenues from this segment were $28.6 million in the current quarter compared to $29.6 million in the prior year period. Revenues were $82.3 million for the...
- DreamWorks Animation goes from AMD to Intel chips
San Diego Union-Tribune
LOS ANGELES – DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the “Shrek” movies and “Kung Fu Panda,” announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer...
- SL Green Realty Corp. To Release Second Quarter 2008 Financial...
CNBC
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- Online privacy fight begins in US Senate - Google, Microsoft, Facebook face grilling
New Zealand Herald
Executives from major internet players - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get...
- FAA orders new MD-80 series safety inspections
San Diego Union-Tribune
ATLANTA – The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering U.S. airlines to conduct safety inspections to look for cracking on overwing frames on certain MD-80 series aircraft, a directive that...
- VMware shares plunge on CEO change, slowing growth
San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO – VMware Inc. abruptly replaced co-founder Diane Greene as chief executive Tuesday and lowered its sales outlook, triggering alarms that pounded the business software maker's...
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