Despite the revision ecnomic growth is now at its best level in two years.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:42 -0500

The Lloyds Banking Group in Buckinghamshire in the UK has informed 570 staff they will have to go.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:23 -0500

The Borders bookshop chain in the UK wants to find a buyer for the business.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:12:38 -0500

Work is due to start on the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway in the first quarter of next year.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:07:20 -0500

Homes that sit near the best performing primary schools in England can cost more than similar properties elsewhere.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:01:02 -0500

The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the state conglomerate that owns Emirates airlines, has been re-arranged by the state's ruler.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:54:57 -0500

Carl Icahn, the well-known US financier, has offered $157 million for the partially built Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:49:17 -0500

The Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp has taken a agreed to transfer a 14 percent stake in its Indonesian joint venture mine to a private company and to a consortium of regional and local Indonesian governments.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:08 -0500

A US judge has ordered a former Ford Motor Co product engineer await trial on charges of industrial espionage.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:36:45 -0500

A US federal judge has described a Detroit Internet spammer as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail.
Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:29:34 -0500

RICHMOND, Calif. - An Indian tribe wants to build a grand, $1.5 billion, Las Vegas-style casino resort on a swath of land overlooking San Francisco Bay — a spot more than 100 miles from its tri...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:45:52 -0500

NEW YORK - Facebook has created a dual-class stock structure designed to give founder Mark Zuckerberg and other existing shareholders control over the company. The move could be seen as laying the gr...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:45:50 -0500

Microsoft Corp. says its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year.Chris Liddell joined Microsoft as CFO in 2005. He led a major effort to cut $3 billion in costs in the past year af...
eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:41:06 -0500

Lloyds Banking Group PLC launched Britain's biggest ever rights issue on Tuesday, calling on long-suffering shareholders to answer a 13.5 billion pound ($22.3 billion) cash call.Lloyds is offering sha...
eTaiwan News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:38:55 -0500

HONG KONG -- Asian markets fell Tuesday as dealers shrugged off a strong lead from Wall Street, with deflation fears pushing Japan lower while Shanghai and Hong Kong dropped on liquidity fears in Chin...
The China Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:33:13 -0500

TOKYO — Stock markets in Asia were mixed Wednesday morning as investors here largely ignored data showing Japan’s exports grew in October thanks to robust shipments to Asia. An unspectacu...
International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:19:06 -0500

Karen Marie Fernets is a serial embezzler who bilked thousands of dollars from several employers in Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Yukon. Last month, Fernets was sentenced for theft and fraud charges d...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:23 -0500

OTTAWA -- Saskatchewan will surpass Ontario this year as Canada's second-wealthiest province as measured by living standards, the result of a recession that has shown no mercy on the country's industr...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:22 -0500

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Swift interest rate hikes aimed at containing inflation in product and asset prices could cause another downturn in the slowly recovering economies of the United States and Europ...
Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:20 -0500

TORONTO -- A potential labour disruption could be looming at Canadian National Railway Co. after the country's largest railway decided to unilaterally impose contract changes on 1,700 of its engineers...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:20 -0500

Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz said earlier this month he saw the potential for thousands of stores in China. Starbucks, whose current 2010 forecast calls for 100 net new stores in the Unite...
Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:19 -0500

A surge in office construction in Toronto's downtown may push the city's vacancy rate higher than New York and Boston after developers added space during the first recession in 17 years. The prop...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:18 -0500

The Toronto Stock Exchange, along with most other market benchmarks around the globe, lost ground Tuesday in the face of evidence the U.S. economic recovery hasn’t been going as smoothly as once ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:16 -0500

Platinum and palladium miners in North America form an exclusive club, to say the least. Right now, there is exactly one pure-play producer of the two metals operating in North America: Stillwater Mi...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:15 -0500

MONTREAL -- Despite posting losses in net earnings and revenues because of lower fuel margins in the United States and a weaker Canadian dollar, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., North America's largest ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:14 -0500

In court documents, a judge said: "The technological advantage that allowed Rogers to represent that it has Canada's most reliable network has disappeared."...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:13 -0500

TORONTO - Telus Corp. brought a fresh idea to an old and contentious debate Tuesday that the telecommunications giant says will open up tens of millions of dollars to assist Canada's ailing broadcast ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:12 -0500

TORONTO -- Canadian officials have approved a landmark search advertising deal between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., but the deal still faces potential antitrust hurdles in both the United States an...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:11 -0500

NEW YORK -- The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news in the nation's capital. "At a...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:07 -0500

Torstar Corp.'s Toronto Star, Canada's biggest newspaper, which plans to cut 78 editing jobs, or about a fifth of its editorial staff, to reduce expenses by $4-million annually, will contract out the ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:05 -0500

Federal Reserve officials are increasingly confident in a durable recovery for the U.S. economy, even though they do not see employment picking up soon, according to minutes from their November ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:13:03 -0500

The Sri Lankan-born billionaire is the most prominent of 20 people who face criminal or civil charges in the largest U.S. hedge fund insider trading case on record and Wall Street’s first insider .....
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:58 -0500

STOCKHOLM -- Sweden effectively ruled out a state bailout of GM's loss-making Saab unit on Tuesday after tiny luxury car firm Koenigsegg pulled out of a bid for one of the Nordic country's best-known ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:57 -0500

OTTAWA -- The robust retail data for September suggest domestic consumption was strong enough to help Canada post positive growth for the third quarter and, technically, pull the country out of a rece...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:55 -0500

Apartments on Isabella Street in Toronto, Ont. Apartment buildings generally held their value through the recession. Brett Gundlock/National Post Ugo Bizzarri's Timbercreek Asset Management Inc. ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:53 -0500

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG -- Chinese banks, under government pressure to shore up their finances, are set to unleash a wave of billions of dollars in capital raising that could strain equity markets but also...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:50 -0500

DUBLIN -- Irish teachers shut schools, nurses left wards and civil servants abandoned offices on Tuesday in a protest against government plans to cut pay and prevent the national debt from spiralling ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:46 -0500

MOSCOW -- Russia's central bank on Tuesday unveiled a widely-expected interest rate cut, its ninth since April, in a bid to slow down the appreciation of the rouble and support the economy's still fra...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:45 -0500

Investors have already endured a stock market bubble. Now they're in the middle of a bond market bubble. So many have stampeded to the supposed safety of bonds - especially government bonds - they ha...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:43 -0500

In move to establish an investment management beach head in the fast growing Chinese market, Manulife Financial Corp. said it plans to acquire a 49% stake in a Chinese wealth management company, broad...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:40 -0500

Hewlett-Packard Co said a strong performance in China and improved profit margins in its services business helped drive quarterly earnings 14% higher.
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:36 -0500

The sentencing of Stan Grmovsek, a former Canadian stock trader who pleaded guilty in a U.S. insider-trading case, was delayed because immigration officials wouldn't let him into the country. A T...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:32 -0500

TORONTO -- Magna International Inc. will supply major structural components for General Motor Co.'s next generation of full-size pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, securing the renewal of a key...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:29 -0500

VANCOUVER -- Canadian companies that want to voluntarily reduce their environmental impact will now be able to buy offset credits from a fund that will invest in green projects across the country. Th...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:27 -0500

Husky Energy Inc., the oil producer controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, said it found as much as 85 million barrels of crude after drilling a new well in the White Rose field off the coas...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:12:25 -0500

37% of U.S. Saab Dealerships to Close (AP) A Swedish specialty automaker has backed out of a deal to buy Saab from General Motors Co., casting serious doubt on the future of the troubled brand. GM ...
CBS News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:39 -0500

New Jersey Nets Win Big Court Case (AP) The official uniforms for NBA players could soon be made in Asia. Sports apparel maker Adidas plans to end its contract with American suppliers and move prod...
CBS News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:38 -0500

Home Resales up 10.1 Percent (AP) Home prices rose slightly in September, the fourth straight monthly increase and a clear sign the U.S. housing market recovery is continuing. The Standard & Poor's...
CBS News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:37 -0500

1 Comment (AP) Americans' confidence in the economy improved slightly in November from October, but shoppers remain gloomy heading into the traditional start of the holiday shopping season amid a weak...
CBS News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:37 -0500

Obama: Economy has "Core Strengths" (AP) The economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about spending to invigorate the recovery. That was the picture that emerged Tuesday from reports o...
CBS News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:36 -0500

Wall Street edged lower Tuesday, after the U.S. government reported that the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than first anticipated. The Commerce Department says the economy grew at...
People's Daily Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:43:10 -0500

DENVER - Xcel Energy Inc. has abandoned plans to have Colorado ratepayers pay for expensive dinners and luxury hotel stays for its employees. The Minneapolis-based utility agreed to remove $280,000 i...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:24 -0500

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Low oxygen levels likely caused the death of a coal miner in a west Alabama mine where several others were overcome during a rescue attempt, federal mine safety officials said Tues...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:16:21 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government-run fund that safeguards U.S. bank deposits tumbled to a negative balance of $8.2 billion in the third quarter, as the number of problem banks surged by a third t...
Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:44:05 -0500

The statements of a Belgian man believed to be in a coma for 23 years, but recently discovered to be conscious, are poignant, but experts say they may not be his words at all. Rom Houben’s acco...
Wired News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:06 -0500

— took a deep breath and screened a rough cut of the movie for his literary hero. “The day of reckoning came when we went to New Mexico to show the film to Cormac, who lives in Santa Fe,̶...
Wired News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:04 -0500

The Twilight Saga: New Moon raked in $147 million at the box office, setting several records. (A side benefit: The films provide good grist for RiffTrax’s movie-mocking mill — see video embed...
Wired News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:02 -0500

How can you not love Cassini? The latest treat NASA’s spacecraft has provided us is the first ever movie of Saturn’s incredible aruroras.
Wired News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:37:00 -0500

After being hammered by loan defaults for more than a year, Minnesota banks finally appear to be recovering from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. On Tuesday, the Federal Deposi...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:43:31 -0500

NEW YORK - Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation's two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Tuesday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying com...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:43:30 -0500

JOHOR earned RM1,149 million from foreign tourists in the first six months of this year. State tourism and domestic trade committee chairman Hoo Seong Chang said Johor's tourism revenue for the whole...
New Straits Times Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:42:08 -0500

DULUTH, Ga., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation (Nasdaq: WGNR), a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that ...
RedOrbit Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:42:05 -0500

Andy Burnham told charities at risk in policy shift , 23 November). It shows he has listened to the professionals that the NHS, not the private or not-for-profit sector, is best placed to provide heal...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:05 -0500

Peter Mandelson 's attempts to shock and scare internet users into obeying copyright laws will backfire, and meanwhile undermine rights we all hold dear – including the right to be presumed innocent...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:33:04 -0500

Comment , 24 November), we must use this as an opportunity to put right our regressive tax system and create a tax system which is fairer. We reject calls for across-the-board pay cuts in public servi...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:32:59 -0500

But during Alan Greenspan's era in charge of the US Federal Reserve, lax monetary policy, deregulation and financial innovation shocked the economy out of its stable configuration, placing it on a "bu...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:32:57 -0500

Professional Developers' Conference (PDC) . Although Microsoft has yet to officially discuss plans for Windows 8, a 2012 release would be consistent with previous Microsoft pledges to release a new d...
Techworld Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:40 -0500

Lloyds Banking Group has revealed the details of the UK record share sale through which it hopes to raise £13.5 billion. The part-nationalised group is offering its army of 2.8 million private ...
ITN Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:13:37 -0500

TOKYO -- Japanese shares edged out of a negative open to trade modestly higher early Wednesday morning, with the Nikkei 225 Average up 0.3% at 9,433.48 and the Topix at 832.17, up 0.4% in Tokyo. Shar...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:36 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO -- Japan's merchandise trade balance rose sharply to 807.1 billion yen ($9.1 billion) in October, up from 75.2 billion yen in the same month last year, according to reported Ministry of...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:35 -0500

AIG ) announced Tuesday that its Chief Executive Robert Benmosche's compensation agreement has been approved by the company and will go forward. The Wall Street Journal reported online, Tuesday, th...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:33 -0500

LOS ANGELES -- Australian stocks moved slightly higher out of the open Wednesday, ignoring a soft negative lead from Wall Street, with energy shares on the rise despite an almost 2% drop in benchmark...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:32 -0500

TM ) will recall 110,000 Toyota Tundra trucks to remove the spare tires that are mounted underneath the vehicle, according to a release from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [NHTSA...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:31 -0500

MCO ) adjusted its outlook for CVS Caremark on Tuesday, changing the pharmacy company’s rating from “positive” to “stable.” Moody’s said that Caremark must show evidence it is retaining ...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:29 -0500

NFLX ) was downgraded to a sell rating by Wedbush Morgan. The downgrade, also known as an “underperform,” rating “reflects investor expectations for growth well above what can reasonable be e...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:28 -0500

AMZN ) announced on Tuesday that the battery life on its e-book reader Kindle has been extended by 85%. The extension of the battery life has been extended to the point that one charge will last sev...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:27 -0500

TIVO ) gave fourth-quarter guidance below analyst expectations, and reported third-quarter earnings per share that were in-line and revenue that missed forecasts. The company expects a fourth-quart...
Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:08:25 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc, the insurer that received billions of dollars in a U.S. bailout, has been authorized by its board to pay Chief Executive Robert Benmosche's $7 mi...
Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:39 -0500

Karen Marie Fernets is a serial embezzler who bilked thousands of dollars from several employers in Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Yukon. Last month, Fernets was sentenced for theft and fraud charges d...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:06 -0500

Platinum and palladium miners in North America form an exclusive club, to say the least. Right now, there is exactly one pure-play producer of the two metals operating in North America: Stillwater Mi...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:04 -0500

TORONTO - Telus Corp. brought a fresh idea to an old and contentious debate Tuesday that the telecommunications giant says will open up tens of millions of dollars to assist Canada's ailing broadcast ...
Financial Post Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:01 -0500

American Express, the global credit cards corporation, is bullish on its India plans. The company already counts the country as a major emerging market for growth.
Times of India Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:02:37 -0500

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said Tuesday that Australian and Canadian regulators have given a thumbs up to the Internet giant's proposed search pact with...
Morning Star Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:05 -0500

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said Tuesday that Australian and Canadian regulators have given a thumbs up to the Internet giant's proposed search pact with...
Morning Star Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:37:04 -0500

Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) said Tuesday that Australian and Canadian regulators have given a thumbs up to the Internet giant's proposed search pact with...
Morning Star Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:36:52 -0500

Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.Rich countries pledged $410m (£247m) a year in a 2001 declar...
BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:36:11 -0500

The majority of Liberians live close to the coast Liberia on Africa's west coast is in desperate need of help as it suffers from the effects of climate change.The country, which has been devastated b...
BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:36:09 -0500

The Supreme Court will hand down a judgement on Wednesday that could lead to billions of pounds being refunded to millions of bank customers.Lord Phillips will reveal the Court's decision on an appeal...
BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:36:08 -0500

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday on lackluster economic data in a session marked by low volume and choppy trading, but losses eased after the Federal Reserve raised its expectations for growth...
SINA Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:35:12 -0500

Federal regulators filed an "emergency law enforcement action" Tuesday afternoon charging a Minneapolis money manager and a Burnsville radio personality with running a Ponzi scheme that defr...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:24 -0500

PHOENIX - A top executive with the company set to take over Asarco LLC says the Tucson-based copper miner will emerge from a grueling four-year bankruptcy court battle modern, competitive, profitable...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:22 -0500

WASHINGTON - Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a ...
Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:51:21 -0500

The creator of HP ITT, Igor Belusov (l), and the CEO of HP Bulgaria, Iravan Hira (r), during the offical ceremony of the signing of the memorandum between the Technical University in Sofia and HP IIT....
Novinite Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:48:08 -0500

€7.6m from rich customers’ accounts was ‘loaned’ to needier clients at a rural bank branch in Germany. Photograph: Stephan Hoeck/Getty Images/Stock4B Creative In these financially troubled t...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:05 -0500

The new Sony Ericsson mobile phone reviewed. We speak to Phil McKinney - global CTO of HP and Charles hears from Tim Berners Lee following the announcement that government data is to become free...
Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:42:04 -0500

New York - US stocks fell slightly on Tuesday as government figures showed that last quarter's economic rebound was smaller than initially thought. The Commerce Department in an updated estimate said ...
Earth Times Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:39:40 -0500

Computerworld - Hackers are racing to build reliable exploits to use against a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), putting pressure on Microsoft to push out a patch before attacks go pub...
Computerworld Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:09 -0500

(AP) - Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Nov. 24, from AP Financial News: ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brown Shoe Co. reported a higher third-quarter profit, citing cost controls and rising sales at ...
Canadian Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:37:16 -0500