Settlements stall Mideast peace talks

03.09.2010 - 20:11 (GMT+01:00)
After two days of meetings and talks led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.

7.0 quake strikes New Zealand

03.09.2010 - 20:06 (GMT+01:00)
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near New Zealand's second largest city. Residents report substantial damage from the quake, which hit at 4:35 a.m. local time.

Feds bust huge human-trafficking ring

03.09.2010 - 20:09 (GMT+01:00)
Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.

Caution urged for coastal visitors

03.09.2010 - 19:26 (GMT+01:00)
Travelers with Labor Day weekend plans along beaches in Hurricane Earl's path should proceed with caution, check road conditions and confirm lodging plans before starting out, safety and tourism officials say.

Silver lining in jobs report

03.09.2010 - 18:08 (GMT+01:00)
Business hiring is picking up, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs.

Obama promises new jobs initiatives

03.09.2010 - 18:36 (GMT+01:00)
President Obama promised to lay out a broad package of ideas for job creation next week and slamming Senate Republicans for blocking his small business aid legislation.

Beer chills 200 years under the sea

03.09.2010 - 12:33 (GMT+01:00)
First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world's oldest beer, taking advertisers' notion of 'drinkability' to another level.

Scientists:UV rays make water in space

03.09.2010 - 17:41 (GMT+01:00)
European scientists say they've figured out the recipe for water in space: Just add starlight.

Opinion:Peace talks test Netanyahu

03.09.2010 - 15:24 (GMT+01:00)
Watching the Israeli and Palestinian leaders trudge to Washington for one more peace summit, one might wonder why President Obama invited them. Why should the president invest his prestige in an effort that looks so unpromising'

Toshiba recalls about 41,000 computers

03.09.2010 - 08:56 (GMT+01:00)
Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.

Kia models under fire recall

03.09.2010 - 13:25 (GMT+01:00)
Hyundai-Kia Motors is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

43 killed in Pakistan blast

03.09.2010 - 14:29 (GMT+01:00)
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ahmadi worship place in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing a pedestrian, police said.

A quicker job recovery

02.09.2010 - 12:26 (GMT+01:00)
A jobless recovery' Hardly.

25 drug suspects die in shootout

03.09.2010 - 05:17 (GMT+01:00)
A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday.

Hostage taker smuggled immigrant

03.09.2010 - 10:19 (GMT+01:00)
The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

Salmonella outbreak spurs push against industrial farms

03.09.2010 - 21:09 (GMT+01:00)
Are eggs from caged or cage-free hens more at risk for food-borne illnesses' Depends on if you ask industrial agriculture representatives or ...

'DASH' diet can lower heart attack risk almost 20%

03.09.2010 - 19:29 (GMT+01:00)
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats can significantly lower the risk of heart attack for people with mildly ...

Bone drugs may raise throat cancer risk

03.09.2010 - 19:06 (GMT+01:00)
People who take bone-strengthening osteoporosis drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study su ...

Paris mosque won't bite burger chain's Muslim outreach

03.09.2010 - 18:19 (GMT+01:00)
Note to big companies hoping to tap into France's lucrative but long-neglected Muslim consumer market: Pitfalls may await, and not only in the ...

Small gains made in Mideast peace talks

03.09.2010 - 06:52 (GMT+01:00)
Israelis and Palestinians have embarked on another round of peace talks an outcome that Middle East experts said is about as good as it gets ...

For families of Muslim 9/11 victims,a new pain

03.09.2010 - 03:41 (GMT+01:00)
Some relatives of Muslim 9/11 victims worry the flap over a mosque near Ground Zero is feeding a revival of Islamophobia they felt in 2001.

Study:Friends help college females avoid risky sex after drinking

03.09.2010 - 01:10 (GMT+01:00)
College students use a number of strategies to prevent their female friends from engaging in risky sexual behavior after a night of heavy drinking, ...

Dems in power could be in peril,poll says

03.09.2010 - 01:51 (GMT+01:00)
Democratic congressional candidates face a political landscape even rockier than those in 1994 and 2006 that ended with election upheavals ...

Corporate alliances help keep state parks afloat

02.09.2010 - 23:32 (GMT+01:00)
A visitor has to look closely to find it, but here, in a remote mountain forest of Southern California, is a sign of what's to come for state ...

Creation came 'from nothing,' not God:Stephen Hawking

02.09.2010 - 23:29 (GMT+01:00)
Did creation need a creator' British physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking says no, arguing in his new book that there need not be a God ...

U.S. government sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe

02.09.2010 - 22:00 (GMT+01:00)
The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records ...

Local students benefit from private colleges' financial aid

02.09.2010 - 21:14 (GMT+01:00)
Hoping to portray themselves as better neighbors, private colleges nationwide are sweetening financial aid packages for students in their own ...

Hurricane Earl to batter North Carolina tonight

02.09.2010 - 20:45 (GMT+01:00)
Hurricane Earl is a powerful Category 3 storm packing 125-mph winds, and coastal residents in its path need to take action now, FEMA Administrator ...

Food safety groups slam USDA egg graders at farms in recall

02.09.2010 - 20:35 (GMT+01:00)
Staff at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to enforce rules, federal regulations show.

1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection,worse than restaurants

02.09.2010 - 20:12 (GMT+01:00)
A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants ...

Westside subway won't relieve much traffic,according to MTA's draft environmental impact report

03.09.2010 - 20:35 (GMT+01:00)
While the proposed Westside subway extension is expected to provide substantial benefits to transit riders, the multibillion-dollar project -- contrary to one of its selling points -- will do little to relieve traffic congestion in West Los Angeles, a new environmental review shows.

Winner at Hawaiian Gardens casino robbed,killed

03.09.2010 - 20:12 (GMT+01:00)
Dozens of $20 bills lay like confetti on a Santa Ana street Friday after a 55-year-old man was killed during a robbery just hours after winning several thousand dollars at a casino in Hawaiian Gardens.

Bell assessed illegal sewer fees

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
Property owners overpaid $621,737 in levies that were raised in 2007, California controller says. The finding comes several weeks after auditors found taxpayers were overcharged $2.9 million for a 'retirement tax.'The city of Bell assessed property owners for sewer fees without getting required vote [...]

L.A. firm at center of huge human-smuggling case

03.09.2010 - 19:25 (GMT+01:00)
A Westwood company is at the center of a federal indictment alleging a massive human-smuggling ring involving Thai workers.

Powerful 7.4 quake hits New Zealand's South Island

03.09.2010 - 19:48 (GMT+01:00)
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked much of New Zealand's South Island. No immediate tsunami alert has been issued and no injuries have been reported.

2.5 million Southern Californians expected to travel for Labor Day weekend

03.09.2010 - 19:39 (GMT+01:00)
Some 2.5 million Southern Californians will travel over Labor Day weekend, according to estimates from the Automobile Club of Southern California.

Unemployment rises slightly in August to 9.6%

03.09.2010 - 15:48 (GMT+01:00)
The nation lost 54,000 net positions last month, the U.S. reports. Once-growing manufacturers shed jobs last month, as did budget-strapped state governments and the Census Bureau.The nation's jobless rate worsened slightly last month, edging up to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, the government said Friday i [...]

The man behind the Sherrod affair

03.09.2010 - 02:26 (GMT+01:00)
Andrew Breitbart, whose posting of video clips got a Department of Agriculture official fired, was a liberal Westside child of privilege whose political epiphany transformed him into a conservative.The command center of Andrew Breitbart's growing media empire is a suite of offices on Sawtelle Boulev [...]

Suicide bomb blast kills 42 in Pakistan

03.09.2010 - 16:16 (GMT+01:00)
The attack on a Shiite procession in Quetta comes two days after a trio of similar assaults on Shiites in Lahore.A suicide bomb blast targeting a Shiite procession in the southern city of Quetta on Friday killed at least 42 people and injured more than 80 others, police said. The explosion came two [...]

U.S. jobless rate rises to 9.6% in August

03.09.2010 - 14:34 (GMT+01:00)
Companies add 67,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate ticks up as more than a half-million Americans resume their job searches.The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number [...]

Miami airport reopens after evacuation

03.09.2010 - 12:57 (GMT+01:00)
Four of the six concourses were emptied and roadways closed after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag.A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses along with an onsite hotel were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a ch [...]

Value of California's properties falls 1.8% to $4.4 trillion

03.09.2010 - 06:27 (GMT+01:00)
Forty-eight of California's 58 counties saw totals fall this year — nine by more than 5%, the state Board of Equalization reported. The total value fell 2.4% in 2009.More of the shine of the Golden State's real estate market lost a bit more of its luster as the total value of California's prop [...]

U.S. employers push increase in cost of healthcare onto workers

03.09.2010 - 02:46 (GMT+01:00)
A new survey shows an average worker with a family plan pays nearly $4,000 a year, up 14% from 2009. Meanwhile, the average employer contribution to a family plan hasn't increased at all.As employers struggle with rising healthcare costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at leas [...]

It's a masterpiece,whatever that means

03.09.2010 - 00:59 (GMT+01:00)
The inaugural exhibition at the new Centre Pompidou-Metz revives a long-standing debate about what, if anything, deserves the lofty label."Chefs-d'Oeuvre'"

California to use new type of nationwide school tests

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
Through a federal grant, California will join 43 other states in replacing oft-maligned standardized exams.With a federal award of $330 million, California and 43 other states joined Thursday to replace the much-maligned year-end English and math standardized tests with new nationwide tests that cou [...]

Atlanta family rattled by poisonous snake that escaped from zoo

03.09.2010 - 20:34 (GMT+01:00)
A Georgia family didn't need to pay admission for a close-up look at one of the Atlanta Zoo's most poisonous snakes - it surfaced on their porch just a few feet away from their toddler son.

Taliban kill dozens in Pakistan suicide attack,say the US and Europe will be attacked soon

03.09.2010 - 20:27 (GMT+01:00)
The Taliban bragged about their gruesome suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed more than 40 people Friday and threatened a similar attack soon in the U.S.

Powerful 7.4 earthquake rattles New Zealand's South Island

03.09.2010 - 19:45 (GMT+01:00)
Powerful 7.4 quake hits New Zealand's South Island

Convicted disease doctor center of Miami airport scare

03.09.2010 - 19:19 (GMT+01:00)
A world-famous Texas scientist, who was once jailed for illegally smuggling plague bacteria into the U.S., is being questioned by authorities after a suspicious metal canister was found in his luggage at Miami International Airport on Thursday, Reuters reported.

American plane crashes on Dubai highway,several cars on fire:report

03.09.2010 - 18:50 (GMT+01:00)
An American cargo plane attempting to land at Dubai's airport instead crashed nearby Friday, setting some cars on fire and killing several people, Al Arabiya television reported.

Really' President Obama:'There are better days ahead'

03.09.2010 - 17:00 (GMT+01:00)
President Obama is mulling a new package of small business tax breaks in hopes of resurrecting the ever-sluggish economy.

I could hear my skin burning,acid attack vic says

03.09.2010 - 16:46 (GMT+01:00)
Bethany Storro was celebrating her new job when a stranger approached her and asked, "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this'"

US unemployment rate rises to 9.6%

03.09.2010 - 14:37 (GMT+01:00)
Americans received a xxxx Labor Day weekend present as the unemployment rate xxxx, the government reported Friday.

BUSTED! Bosnia cops find 'puppy drowning' girl

03.09.2010 - 13:51 (GMT+01:00)
Police in Bosnia said that they have located the girl who caused global outrage this week after an online video of her surfaced, showing the blonde hurling six crying puppies into a river one by one.

Bandit bicyclist rattles victims in Queens neighborhood

03.09.2010 - 10:00 (GMT+01:00)
A bandit on two wheels has been terrorizing a Queens neighborhood for more than a month, smoothly riding up to his victims from behind and snatching their belongings, cops said.

Four Jewish patrol members shot trying to corral suspected perv

03.09.2010 - 10:00 (GMT+01:00)
A deranged pervert shot and wounded four Shomrim members who tried to nab him Thursday night after he exposed himself in front of children on a Brooklyn street, police and witnesses said.

Soldiers kill 25 suspected cartel members in raid near U.S. border

03.09.2010 - 08:04 (GMT+01:00)
Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence, the military said.

Authorities move closer to solving mystery of mummified remains of babies

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
Investigators have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of two babies were found, bringing them a step closer to solving the intriguing international mystery.

Clueless cop,who didn't help girl,shaved head after tragedy

03.09.2010 - 04:25 (GMT+01:00)
A cop accused of being unhelpful to a Brooklyn girl dying of an asthma attack shaved his head in an apparent attempt to throw off witnesses, the child's family charged Thursday.

Pick either Rangel or Powell for Congress' Yuck!

03.09.2010 - 03:55 (GMT+01:00)
Charles Rangel faces a House trial on 13 ethics charges, including tax evasion, and, as the Daily News reported Thursday, Adam Clayton Powell took thousands in campaign cash - which he is returning - from an ex-con strip-club king.

Bombing kills 55,spurs fears of outbreak

03.09.2010 - 20:49 (GMT+01:00)
Attack at Shiite rally in Pakistan triggers fears of rising sectarian violence as nation reels from floods that killed 1,600 and displaced millions. Pakistan - Shia Islam - Lahore - Asia - Sectarian violence

Possible life on Mars reexamined

03.09.2010 - 18:06 (GMT+01:00)
NASA's 1976 Viking mission found "no organics," but new research suggests another explanation. NASA - Mars - Solar System - Astronomy - Planets

Joe Miller's real test yet to come

03.09.2010 - 19:43 (GMT+01:00)
Can likely senator who has decried government spending fight for federal resources for Alaska' Alaska - joemiller - United States - lisamurkowski - Politics

Colleges navigate a tangled Web

03.09.2010 - 15:54 (GMT+01:00)
After UNC probe of a football player's Twitter posts, other ACC schools consider policies on social media use. » Steve Yanda Twitter - American football - Atlantic Coast Conference - Online Communities - Social Networking

Rig fire raises wider questions

04.09.2010 - 05:48 (GMT+01:00)
Why the recent fire in the gulf may cause the safety debate over deepwater oil drilling to shift. Oil well - Gulf of Mexico - Business - Energy - Oil and Gas

Unemployment rate rises as economy treads water

03.09.2010 - 15:54 (GMT+01:00)
Private employers created 67,000 net new jobs, which is better than expected, but the jobless rate rose slightly to 9.6 percent. Unemployment - Employment - Recreation - Picture Ratings - United States Department of Labor

Albert Haynesworth goes the distance

03.09.2010 - 08:41 (GMT+01:00)
Redskins end preseason with a loss, but Albert Haynesworth plays entire game against Cardinals. Washington Redskins - Albert Haynesworth - NFL - Sports - Football

Abstinence education in China

04.09.2010 - 03:00 (GMT+01:00)
U.S. evangelicals partner with Chinese officials on sex education curriculum in country. Sex education - Education - Abstinence-Only - Sexuality - Opposing Views

Obama considers more tax cuts

03.09.2010 - 00:23 (GMT+01:00)
White House advisors are mulling another dose of business tax breaks ahead of November elections. White House - Business - President - United States - Government

Re-employed but less satisfied

02.09.2010 - 22:02 (GMT+01:00)
Those who were unemployed during recession are more likely to see selves as overqualified for jobs. Employment - Recession - Business - Job Search - Business and Economy

Hurricane Earl swirls toward N.C.

02.09.2010 - 20:35 (GMT+01:00)
Treacherous winds, driving rain force thousands of vacationers to evacuate parts of Outer Banks. Outer Banks - Hurricane Earl - North Carolina - United States - Coastal

Oil rig blast injures 1 in gulf

02.09.2010 - 17:56 (GMT+01:00)
U.S. Coast Guard says an offshore oil rig exploded west of Deepwater Horizon blast. Deepwater Horizon - United States Coast Guard - United States - Transocean - BP

Discovery incident baffles author

02.09.2010 - 18:15 (GMT+01:00)
Author of novel mentioned in James J. Lee's list of demands says gunman warped his words. Author - Arts - james j lee - Discovery Channel - Television program

Earl spinning 145-mph winds

02.09.2010 - 13:30 (GMT+01:00)
Thousands evacuating parts of the Outer Banks as hurricane watches and warnings extend up the East Coast. » Associated Press | 7:30 a.m. Outer Banks - North Carolina - East Coast of the United States - United States - Coastal

Nats have a brawl in Florida

02.09.2010 - 18:00 (GMT+01:00)
Nyjer Morgan charged a Marlins pitcher on the mound, an action that clear both benches and led to ejections. Florida Marlins - Pitcher - sport - Morgan - Chris Volstad

A boost for Basil

03.09.2010 - 13:32 (GMT+01:00)
A pro-charter Democratic group yesterday endorsed challenger Basil Smikle over incumbent Bill Perkins for the state Senate seat from Harlem. "We need state elected leaders who will continue to drive reform," said Joe Williams, director of Democrats for Education Reform. Perkins, a charter-school foe [...]

It's déjà 'boom' in the Gulf

03.09.2010 - 08:44 (GMT+01:00)
Not again! Another Gulf oil rig exploded into an inferno yesterday, sparking fears of a massive BP-like spill in the waters near the Louisiana coast. Planes, helicopters and boats were sent racing to the burning platform, where 13 workers had to be plucked from the water. But the platform's...

City school officials slam turkey subs

03.09.2010 - 08:38 (GMT+01:00)
Teachers who have been shed from schools but continue to get full pay to work as substitutes have been lax about seeking permanent positions, school officials charged yesterday. New city Department of Education data show nearly 60 percent of the 1,779 teachers who have been cut from schools haven...

Big Madoff lawyer haul

03.09.2010 - 08:37 (GMT+01:00)
Hundreds of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's victims yesterday challenged the latest mega-bill from his bankruptcy trustee -- which seeks $34 million for 120 days of work. The Aug. 20 bill, for services between Feb. 1 and May 31, comes to more than $5,000 a day for court-appointed trustee...

Lazio leading Paladino:poll

03.09.2010 - 08:36 (GMT+01:00)
ALBANY -- Rick Lazio holds a 47 to 35 percent lead over multimillionaire Buffalo builder Carl Paladino among likely voters in the GOP primary for governor, a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday found. But Paladino seemed to have more solid support among his backers, with 62 percent saying [...]

DiNapoli issues 'red' alert on pension fund

03.09.2010 - 08:22 (GMT+01:00)
ALBANY -- Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warned yesterday that the state's massive pension fund could soon slip into the red for the first time in seven years, despite a $1.3 billion hike in fees to local governments. DiNapoli revealed that the $125 billion fund may have on hand only...

Gov:Indian tax war ain't over

03.09.2010 - 08:19 (GMT+01:00)
ALBANY -- A "frustrated" Gov. Paterson said yesterday that he was determined to push ahead with a plan to tax cigarettes sold on Indian reservations despite a freeze ordered by a state judge. "We always obey our courts' decisions," Paterson said on WOR 710-AM. "This is just a delay to...

Four of six concourses at Miami airport evacuated as suspicious item investigated

03.09.2010 - 08:13 (GMT+01:00)
MIAMI — A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. Airport spokesman Greg Chin told The Associated Press early Friday that a bomb squad went to one of the concourses about 9...

Could this be the new green heart of Downtown'

03.09.2010 - 07:05 (GMT+01:00)
The city has just added a little California dreaming to its plans to give Downtown a sparkling new park.The Economic Development Corporation just named San Francisco-based open space firm Hargreaves Associates to design Willoughby Square Park, which will replace a dour strip of tenement buildings on [...]

AOL & Google reset ad pact

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
Aol renewed a deal with Google for paid search advertising, passing over rival Microsoft in the process. The new, five-year pact also includes searching on mobile devices and on AOL's video content that will appear on Google's YouTube site. The accord expands a partnership the companies forged in...

Moinian's Broadway flop

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
A unit of Deutsche Bank AG sued to foreclose on the Manhattan office tower that formerly housed Newsweek magazine, claiming that developer Joseph Moinian failed to repay a $250 million mortgage. Moinian Group stopped making payments on the mortgage on 1775 Broadway in January, according to the lawsu [...]

Flash crash probe

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is examining whether high- speed traders helped destabilize equity markets during the May 6 crash by repeatedly placing and canceling orders in an attempt to manipulate share prices, a person with direct knowledge of the inquiry said. The strategy is among s [...]

Slow Food ideal + fashion = Brooklyn

03.09.2010 - 06:35 (GMT+01:00)
A team of Brooklyn designers wants to change the way you shop.Textile Arts Center on Carroll Street in Park Slope is teaming up with nearly a dozen eco-friendly apparel and jewelry designers to host a Fashion’s Night Out event on Sept. 10. The event is dubbed "Celebrating ‘Slow...

Lehman 'myth' regretted

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he regretted not saying in congressional testimony shortly after the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008 that the central bank had no authority to save the firm. The testimony at the time "has supported this myth that we did have a way of saving...

Disney,TWC $ign new carriage deal

03.09.2010 - 06:44 (GMT+01:00)
After a tense summer of negotiations, Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable struck a deal that will keep channels such as ABC and ESPN on the air. The two have been negotiating the fees that Time Warner Cable pays to carry Disney's programming outlets. Their previous contract expired at...

Powerful 7.4 quake rocks New Zealand's South Island; no injuries immediately reported

03.09.2010 - 20:33 (GMT+01:00)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries.

Wash. state woman who had acid splashed on face recounts agonizing pain during random attack

03.09.2010 - 01:26 (GMT+01:00)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this'"

UPS cargo plane with 2 crew members on board crashes near Dubai airport; no word on casualties

03.09.2010 - 07:38 (GMT+01:00)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Bomb targeting police vehicle kills 1 officer,wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan

03.09.2010 - 09:17 (GMT+01:00)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a roadside bomb has killed a police officer and wounded three others in northwest Pakistan.

Unemployment rises slightly in August to 9.6%

03.09.2010 - 15:48 (GMT+01:00)
The nation lost 54,000 net positions last month, the U.S. reports. Once-growing manufacturers shed jobs last month, as did budget-strapped state governments and the Census Bureau.The nation's jobless rate worsened slightly last month, edging up to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, the government said Friday i [...]

Gulf coast oil platform out,no injuries,no sheen,investigation underway

02.09.2010 - 07:00 (GMT+01:00)
A blaze, billows of smoke, workers forced into the water.An eerily familiar scene in the Gulf today as a fire broke out on an oil platform.Tonight the flames are out and the workers are safe.

TSA:1 in custody after suspicious item found in luggage at Miami airport prompts evacuation

03.09.2010 - 11:09 (GMT+01:00)
MIAMI (AP) — A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.

Former egg farm workers say complaints ignored by USDA employees working at the site

03.09.2010 - 09:22 (GMT+01:00)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive recall, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.

US Justice Department sues Ariz. sheriff in civil rights probe; Arpaio calls lawsuit 'a ruse'

03.09.2010 - 01:50 (GMT+01:00)
PHOENIX (AP) — The Justice Department sued the nation's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" on Thursday, calling Joe Arpaio's defiance of an investigation into his office's alleged discrimination against Hispanics "unprecedented."

As Mideast leaders talk,a key dispute looms

03.09.2010 - 00:23 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON — Israeli and Palestinian leaders formally reopened peace talks on Thursday by setting a work plan for the next year, but adjourned without progress on the key issue of Israeli housing construction, which threatens to quickly undermine the negotiations.

U.S. sues controversial Arizona sheriff in civil-rights investigation

02.09.2010 - 07:23 (GMT+01:00)
Justice Department officials say Maricopa County's Joe Arpaio failed to turn over documents in a probe of his agency's immigration enforcement operations. Among his tactics are 'sweeps' of immigrant-heavy neighborhoods.The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced it had sued Joe Arpaio, the [...]

Coast Guard:Offshore oil rig in Gulf of Mexico explodes; west of site of BP rig

02.09.2010 - 17:53 (GMT+01:00)
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

Hurricane warning issued for Mass. as East Coast braces for weekend pounding by Earl

02.09.2010 - 17:46 (GMT+01:00)
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain.

Ex-CBS producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman released after 4 months in NYC jail

02.09.2010 - 15:35 (GMT+01:00)
NEW YORK (AP) — The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show.

3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $24 per share,or $3.26 billion

02.09.2010 - 15:57 (GMT+01:00)
CHICAGO (AP) — Burger King Holdings Inc. said Thursday that it is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion.

Pessimism Permeates Mideast Media on Peace Talks

03.09.2010 - 20:10 (GMT+01:00)
Many Palestinian and Israeli commentators described this week’s talks in Washington as mere political theater.

Beliefs:Web Site Mixes Satire,Religion and the Weather

03.09.2010 - 20:13 (GMT+01:00)
The "Is My Husband Gay'” column brought new popularity to Christwire. Yes, it’s all one big joke.

Quake of 7.0 Hits New Zealand

03.09.2010 - 20:56 (GMT+01:00)
A major earthquake hit 20 miles west of the city early Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said.

Complaint Box - The Expanding Workday

03.09.2010 - 16:29 (GMT+01:00)
Nowadays, the day is done when your work is done. And the work is never really done. How did that happen'

Is This Venus Williams’s Last Call'

03.09.2010 - 18:04 (GMT+01:00)
Venus Williams, 30, said her career has been so untraditional that there is no need for people to consider her age a liability.

A Symphony of Steel

03.09.2010 - 17:35 (GMT+01:00)
In lots throughout New York City, drums are being pounded in preparation for the Steel Band Panorama Competition.

U.S. Lost Jobs in August,but Fewer Than Expected

03.09.2010 - 16:07 (GMT+01:00)
Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August, the Labor Department reported, as the jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent.

Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan

03.09.2010 - 16:09 (GMT+01:00)
The explosion, two days after an other attack, led to further protests as grieving mourners went on rampage, clashing with the police and setting fire to vehicles and motorcycles parked nearby.

The Irrational Reasons for Liking Certain Players

03.09.2010 - 15:38 (GMT+01:00)
Fans tend to assign players personalities based on their behavior on court, which may or may not be fair.

North Korea Takes Steps to Extend Dynastic Rule

03.09.2010 - 08:20 (GMT+01:00)
North Korea’s leader is to convene a ruling party meeting where it is expected that his son will be given an official post, a step on the road to leadership.

Justice Dept. Sues Sheriff Over Bias Investigation

03.09.2010 - 09:18 (GMT+01:00)
Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County has refused to turn over documents concerning the treatment of Hispanics.

Miami Airport Reopens After Evacuation

03.09.2010 - 11:19 (GMT+01:00)
A passenger was detained after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag.

Hurricane Earl Bears Down on Carolina Coast

03.09.2010 - 06:35 (GMT+01:00)
The storm closed in on North Carolina early Friday morning, pelting the state with rain and wind as towns braced for Earl’s devastating force.

Art Review:Antics Aside,a Dalí of Constant Ambition

03.09.2010 - 06:20 (GMT+01:00)
An exhibition counters the notion that late work by Dalí is bad, and that most Dalí is late work.

Mideast Experts Fear Peace Talks Are Too Ambitious

03.09.2010 - 04:01 (GMT+01:00)
Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.

HPD officer kills man involved in domestic dispute

03.09.2010 - 19:49 (GMT+01:00)
A Houston police officer shot and killed a man involved in a domestic dispute at an apartment complex in west Houston late this morning.

Conroe ISD teacher charged with enticing a child

03.09.2010 - 17:40 (GMT+01:00)
A Conroe school teacher was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges after he was snared in an on-line sting earlier this year.

Texans keep kicker Rackers,cut last original team member

03.09.2010 - 16:20 (GMT+01:00)
The Texans are keeping kicker Neil Rackers over Kris Brown, who was the last original Texan.

Report expected to show more jobs have been lost

03.09.2010 - 14:49 (GMT+01:00)
The private sector is forecast to add a net total of only 41,000 jobs, the fewest since January, which isn't enough to keep up with population growth.

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

03.09.2010 - 13:59 (GMT+01:00)
A scientist has been detained at the Miami International Airport after screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.

Scattered showers today,then a sunny,dry weekend

03.09.2010 - 13:40 (GMT+01:00)
Scattered showers are likely today, but the weekend dries out as a frontal system from the north pushes through the Houston region, helping to lower recent high humidity levels.

Montrose author 'baffled' by Md. gunman inspired by book

03.09.2010 - 07:44 (GMT+01:00)
Topping an 11-item Internet manifesto posted by James Lee was a demand that the Discovery Channel air programs based on a six-page passage in Daniel Quinn's 1997 novel, My Ishmael.

Houston getting taste of fall' Well,almost

03.09.2010 - 07:30 (GMT+01:00)
Thanks to a cold front, highs for Labor Day weekend should reach the low 90s, bringing dry air and cool mornings.

Texas 'pill mill' law puts just 217 pain clinics on radar

03.09.2010 - 07:30 (GMT+01:00)
Authorities suspect the newly-documented clinics represent only a fraction of a massive network of suppliers of potentially dangerous prescription pills.

QB competition emerges as Texans fall to Bucs

03.09.2010 - 05:14 (GMT+01:00)
Coach Gary Kubiak elected not to suit up 26 players, including 21 starters, in Tampa Bay’s 24-17 victory at Reliant Stadium.

Houston judge keeps India man behind bars

03.09.2010 - 03:50 (GMT+01:00)
A federal immigration judge refused to set bail for filmmaker Vijay Kumar, who's accused of illegally carrying brass knuckles in luggage.

New business tax cuts may be option

03.09.2010 - 01:58 (GMT+01:00)
A temporary payroll tax holiday is one of the ideas President Obama's economic team is reportedly considering to boost the economy.

Authorities boost reward for Dallas sex offender's capture

03.09.2010 - 01:37 (GMT+01:00)
Texas authorities are now offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of Billy Twayne Gibson, who they say left a halfway house after cutting off a monitoring device he is required to wear on his ankle.

Crews remove temporary cap on BP well

02.09.2010 - 23:39 (GMT+01:00)
Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July.

Democrats again sue tax office over voter registrations

02.09.2010 - 22:22 (GMT+01:00)
For the second time in as many years, the Texas Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit against the Harris County tax assessor-collector, accusing the Republican-led voter registration office with illegally rejecting voter applications and with sharing information with political allies that it did not [...]

Best in DFW:Southern and Texan dining spots

Police want to upgrade charges against boy,girl in Garland slayings after man's death 9:59 AM CT

3-D equipment gives school lessons an added dimension

Cooler weather ushers in pleasant Labor Day weekend for Dallas-Fort Worth 10:31 AM CT

Plano police say suspicious packages found at Shops at Willow Bend were harmless

U.S. jobless rate rises as labor force expands

03.09.2010 - 15:32 (GMT+01:00)
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NTTA considers changes to rules on speed limits,billboards,sound barriers

Moore:Cowboys appear ready to give up on Crayton or Hurd

FBI nixed agent's firing after involvement in '92 standoff

Wounded Rowlett man alleges Garland gun range responsible

Map:See Dallas-area foreclosures by ZIP code

Early season woes at Carroll show a glittering tradition can weigh heavily on the present

Todd Archer:Cowboys QB Stephen McGee looks to secure roster spot in preseason finale

Jury deliberating punishment for Dallas woman convicted of intoxication manslaughter for fatal wrong-way crash on Dallas North Tollway 4:24 PM CT

Man found slain in burning truck was killed by multiple gunshots 3:44 PM CT

Suspect in cop shooting returned to East Bay

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
The suspect in the shooting of a Fremont police officer in East Oakland has been returned to Alameda County after his arrest near the Mexican border over the weekend, records show. Andrew Barrientos, 20, an alleged gang member from Union City, is scheduled... Alameda County California - Police offic [...]

Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention'

03.09.2010 - 17:59 (GMT+01:00)
North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country. The... North Korea - Kim Jong-il - Workers Part [...]

Israeli,Palestinian leaders face critics of talks

03.09.2010 - 18:12 (GMT+01:00)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all.... Israel - Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime M [...]

Montana teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot

03.09.2010 - 19:34 (GMT+01:00)
General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent a message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton, saying "Hey Dawg, do you have a $20 I can buy right... Cannabis - Sheriff - Illegal drug trad [...]

Crop-dusting copter crashes on 101 in Salinas

03.09.2010 - 18:25 (GMT+01:00)
A helicopter used to fumigate crops crashed on Highway 101 early today in Salinas, but the pilot escaped major injury, authorities said. The Bell 47 copter crashed in heavy fog on southbound Highway 101 just south of Salinas Airport at about 6:10 a.m. The... Helicopter - Salinas California - Busines [...]

Two men sought in pot-grow slaying

03.09.2010 - 18:08 (GMT+01:00)
Alameda County sheriff's investigators are asking for the public's help in locating two of four men charged with murder in connection with the slaying of a man who they thought was trying to break into their marijuana grow-house near Hayward in February.... Sheriff - Murder - Alameda County Californ [...]

Watch those gas pumps; prices expected to fall

03.09.2010 - 18:35 (GMT+01:00)
Gasoline prices have been falling for weeks, and they could go even lower as autumn's leaves begin to drop. The national average for a gallon of unleaded regular was $2.681 on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. That's... Gasoline - Business - Gas and Oil - Ga [...]

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'Birth tourism' a tiny portion of immigrant babies

03.09.2010 - 18:16 (GMT+01:00)
When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president. Garcia is an illegal immigrant who crossed... United States - Illegal immigration - [...]

Pacheco Pass high-speed rail route wins again

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
For the third time in as many years, the High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday chose the Pacheco Pass to speed trains between the Bay Area and Central Valley. Despite pleas from those who favor an alignment over the Altamont Pass, and Peninsula critics of... High-speed rail - Altamont Pass - Pacheco [...]

Court won't force state to defend Prop. 8

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
The outlook for the legal defense of Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, grew cloudier Thursday as a state appellate court refused to order Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to appeal a federal judge's ruling... Jerry Brown - California Proposition 8 - Cal [...]

Wary of tea party,GOP attacks Senate candidate

03.09.2010 - 04:00 (GMT+01:00)
Delaware Republicans call Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell a liar who "could not be elected dog catcher" in a fierce attack that underscores GOP fears of the tea party-backed candidate knocking off top recruit Rep. Mike Castle and winning the nomination.... Christine O'Donnell - Delaware - Republi [...]

Former Democratic lawmaker signs on with Whitman

02.09.2010 - 22:34 (GMT+01:00)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is getting an assist from a former Central Valley lawmaker to court Democratic and independent voters. Former state Assemblywoman Nicole Parra was once a Democrat who contemplated defecting to the GOP but is now... Meg Whitman - Republican - California [...]

S.F. tourism picks up,but spending stays flat

03.09.2010 - 09:00 (GMT+01:00)
San Francisco's $7.8 billion-a-year tourism industry, the city's largest private-sector employer, is recovering along with the economy. The trouble is, tourists aren't spending the way they used to. "We're seeing some slow growth," said Joe D'Alessandro,... San Francisco - United States - Tourism - [...]

Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool

03.09.2010 - 15:44 (GMT+01:00)
Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smart phone maker. The UAE says it will block... United Arab Emirates - Dubai - Israel - Unite [...]

Apartment torchers given lengthy sentences for burning girls

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
A man and a woman convicted of torching an apartment building in a lovers’ spat — badly burning two young girls — apologized in court today, but still received long prison sentences.

Court revives Chicago's disorderly conduct law

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Appellate judges say Chicago police can again enforce a disorderly conduct law that a lower court had ruled violated rights of free speech.

7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks New Zealand

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand--A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has rocked much of New Zealand's South Island. No immediate tsunami alert has been issued and no injuries have been reported.

Companies add 67K workers,but jobless rate rises

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON -- Private employers hired more workers over the past three month than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy. But the unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the market looking for work.

Small signal,big meaning' Castro in military duds

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
HAVANA -- Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.

Police question scientist in Miami airport scare

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON -- A government official says a scientist has been detained in Miami after screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb.

Madison pharmacist accused of selling fake drugs

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
MADISON, Wis. -- A Madison pharmacist who has served on the University of Wisconsin Foundation is accused, along with a Middleton man, of importing and selling millions of counterfeit Viagra pills and other fake drugs.

Suspected arms dealer's extradition to US delayed

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
BANGKOK -- A suspected Russian arms dealer's extradition to the United States will be delayed at least until Oct. 4 to allow a Thai court to review new charges filed as a precaution by Washington, a judge said Friday.

Some flooding on NC Outer Banks as Earl passes

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
BUXTON, N.C. -- Hurricane Earl roared past the North Carolina Outer Banks early Friday, flooding some parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocking out electricity before driving north at the start of at least 24 hours of stormy, windy weather along the East Coast.

911 tape in Pagano suicide released

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
McHenry County Republican power broker Al Jourdan told a 911 dispatcher she could check his "qualifications" and "credentials" with the county's sheriff and undersheriff when he called to report his conversation with Metra Executive Director Philip Pagano on the morning Pagano killed himself, a copy [...]

4 killed in shooting in Southwest Side garage

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Four males died after being shot Thursday night in a garage on the Southwest Side, officials said. Noel Casares, 25; Roberto Riviera, 30, and Alonzo Pena, no age available, were found dead about 8:30 p.m. in the 6100 block of South Kildare. Another victim, who had duct tape on his body, died at a lo [...]

Gang member tells others:'Put the guns down'

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Christopher Barbee was among a handful of reputed gang members summoned last month to a meeting with Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis and other local and federal law enforcement officials. "They said, 'Stop the violence or we'll lock you all up,' " Barbee said.

Woman undergoes surgery after 'Transformers' accident

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
A Little Village woman seriously injured while participating as an extra in the movie "Transformers 3" remained hospitalized Thursday.

Four charged in bird thefts

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Viviana Rossi initially denied helping steal a pricey exotic bird from a Naperville pet store. Then police searched her purse and found several feathers, along with bird seed, DuPage County prosecutors said Thursday.

Arrest in hospital patient attack

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Grabbing a metal butter knife from a food tray, an Aurora man repeatedly stabbed an elderly woman sharing a room with his mother at Provena-Mercy Hospital in an apparently unprovoked attack, authorities said Thursday.

MSG to host mega-concerts

23.07.2009 - 02:25 (GMT+01:00)
U2, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and more will help the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrate 25 years.

As weather warms,LIers decry state parks cutbacks

23.07.2009 - 01:43 (GMT+01:00)
Since he was a baby, Ed Kelley has spent most summer weekends at the West End 2 area of Jones Beach. Until this year.

Obama:Health care debate 'not a game'

23.07.2009 - 01:50 (GMT+01:00)
President Barack Obama sought Wednesday tocast the intensifying health care debate in terms that matter toordinary people, promising to offer more savings, security andtreatment to millions. Assailing his critics, he declared, "Thisdebate is not a game."

LIer charged with aiding al-Qaida

22.07.2009 - 22:24 (GMT+01:00)
Bryant Neal Vinas, who grew up in Patchogue, helped attack a U.S. base and funneled information on the LIRR, reports said.

Cops:Ex-con charged in slay of LI motivational speaker

22.07.2009 - 16:43 (GMT+01:00)
Police have arrested a 36-year-old ex-con for his alleged role in the slaying of Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker last week in East Harlem.

Cops:LI woman caught in Neb. with 116 pounds of marijuana

22.07.2009 - 19:33 (GMT+01:00)
A Bay Shore woman stopped for speeding on a Nebraska interstate was arrested and charged with intent to distribute drugs after a canine unit found "three bales of marijuana" weighing 116 pounds in her car trunk, police said Wednesday.

Driver dies in Stony Brook crash

22.07.2009 - 21:41 (GMT+01:00)
Elderly man drove into a parked car, knocked it over, and then crashed again a short distance away, according to Suffolk police.

Cops considering manslaughter'

22.07.2009 - 21:06 (GMT+01:00)
As police raided the office of Michael Jackson's doctor, one of his lawyers said they were looking for "evidence... of manslaughter."

LI man charged with aiding al-Qaida

22.07.2009 - 21:43 (GMT+01:00)
A Long Island-born man participated in an attack on an American base in Afghanistan and funneled information on the Long Island Rail Road to al-Qaida after he was trained in a Pakistani terror camp, according to published reports.

Judge sentences drunken driver who hit cop to 7 years

22.07.2009 - 19:23 (GMT+01:00)
Saying that it cannot compare to the "life sentence" that Rahiem Griffin imposed on a police officer who he crashed into while driving drunk, a Nassau judge Wednesday sentenced Griffin to 7 years in prison.

Bloomberg rails against idling vehicles-except his own

22.07.2009 - 20:36 (GMT+01:00)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has an ambitiousenvironmental agenda, but it turns out he's running afoul of hisown anti-pollution policy.

Dave Matthews Band rocks LI

22.07.2009 - 18:38 (GMT+01:00)
Fans braved the rain to hear Dave Matthews Band perform "#40" and "Rye Whiskey" at Jones Beach. See photos.

Live Blog:Yanks vs. O's

22.07.2009 - 18:56 (GMT+01:00)
The Yankees -- going for their second straight sweep -- send A.J. Burnett to the bump this afternoon to face the Orioles in the Bronx.

Arrest in motivational speaker slay

22.07.2009 - 16:48 (GMT+01:00)
Police have arrested a 36-year-old ex-con for his alleged role in last week's slaying of Long Island motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker.

Odd reaction to Erin Andrews saga

22.07.2009 - 15:58 (GMT+01:00)
The sordid saga of the ESPN reporter being caught nude on camera by some creep is a long way from being over, Neil Best writes.

Pessimism Permeates Mideast Media on Peace Talks

03.09.2010 - 20:10 (GMT+01:00)
Many Palestinian and Israeli commentators described this week’s talks in Washington as mere political theater.

News Analysis:E.U.'s Big Step Toward Crisis Prevention

03.09.2010 - 21:05 (GMT+01:00)
The European Union has created new financial watchdogs to prevent future economic crises that have thrown the future of the euro into question.

Is This Venus Williams’s Last Call'

03.09.2010 - 18:45 (GMT+01:00)
At 30, she says her career has been so untraditional that there is no need for people to consider her age a liability.

From Hiding,Indonesian Defends Free Expression

03.09.2010 - 19:24 (GMT+01:00)
With a jail sentence looming and vigilantes after him, the editor of Indonesia’s now-defunct Playboy magazine says he was never in the pornography business.

Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan

03.09.2010 - 15:24 (GMT+01:00)
The explosion, two days after an other attack, led to further protests as grieving mourners went on rampage, clashing with the police and setting fire to vehicles and motorcycles parked nearby.

U.S. Lost 54,000 Jobs in August; Rate Rose to 9.6%

03.09.2010 - 15:25 (GMT+01:00)
Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August, the Labor Department reported.

Defendants Convicted in Portugal Sex Abuse Trial

03.09.2010 - 15:25 (GMT+01:00)
Six men and one woman were guilty of crimes relating to child sex abuse at a state-run children’s home in Lisbon during the 1990s.

Angry Players Are Seeing Holes in the Electronic Judging System

03.09.2010 - 13:40 (GMT+01:00)
Hawk-Eye, the judging system, covers the bouncing ball, but humans remain the arbiters of foot faults.

Attack on Pakistani Muslim Shiites Kill 23

03.09.2010 - 14:03 (GMT+01:00)
Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed at least 23 people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country’s religious minorities.

New Yorkers Want Islamic Center Moved,Poll Finds

03.09.2010 - 08:56 (GMT+01:00)
The poll indicated that support for a center planned near ground zero is tepid in its home town.

Turkish Action Film Depicts Israeli Raid

03.09.2010 - 06:25 (GMT+01:00)
"Valley of the Wolves: Palestine” is built around the unsuccessful attempt in May by a six-boat Turkish flotilla to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

Mideast Experts Fear Peace Talks Are Too Ambitious

03.09.2010 - 03:26 (GMT+01:00)
Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.

North Korea Appears Ready to Extend Dynastic Rule

03.09.2010 - 02:40 (GMT+01:00)
North Korea’s leader is to convene a ruling party meeting where it is expected that his son will be given an official post, a step on the road to leadership.

Rape Victims in Congo Raid Now More Than 240

03.09.2010 - 02:44 (GMT+01:00)
Aid officials expected that number to rise in the four-day attack by Congolese and Rwandan rebels.

Srinagar Journal:A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict

03.09.2010 - 02:44 (GMT+01:00)
Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.

Learning From John Lindsay

23.08.2010 - 03:58 (GMT+01:00)
The failed mayor who gave rise to Bloomberg’s success.

Muhammad Comes to Manhattan

23.08.2010 - 04:45 (GMT+01:00)
The imbroglio over the ground-zero mosque, like all New York stories, is about the clashing dreams of ordinary folks—and, of course, real estate.

Wishful Testing

21.08.2010 - 00:21 (GMT+01:00)
Downgrading the too-easy grading of city schools, and what that means for Bloomberg’s reform.

Sanctifying by Attacking

Propaganda Revisited

02.08.2010 - 03:18 (GMT+01:00)
The making of a Nazi film.

The Cuomo Family Business

02.08.2010 - 03:17 (GMT+01:00)
Andrew Cuomo was his father’s id, aggressive where Mario was cerebral—the muscle that helped win Mario three terms as governor of New York. Now he looks like he’s about to take over his father’s old job. Has he learned enough from both of their mistakes'

True Compass

02.08.2010 - 03:17 (GMT+01:00)
With a bold position on Afghanistan, John Kerry could rightly claim Ted Kennedy’s mantle as the conscience of the U.S. Senate.

The Billionaire's Party

26.07.2010 - 03:12 (GMT+01:00)
David Koch is New York’s second-richest man, a celebrated patron of the arts, and the tea party’s wallet.

Knocking on Harlem's Door

24.07.2010 - 20:35 (GMT+01:00)
As Charlie Rangel struggles, a new generation of insurgents is jockeying for position.

What Would a Maverick Do'

12.07.2010 - 02:51 (GMT+01:00)
John McCain, still at war.

Obama’s Phoenix Act

10.07.2010 - 00:05 (GMT+01:00)
Just as Hispanics were giving up on him, Obama stood up for what he believes on Arizona and immigration—and passion is good politics.

The Fourth Man

05.07.2010 - 04:21 (GMT+01:00)
Shadow governor-ing.

Spies Like Me

03.07.2010 - 17:00 (GMT+01:00)
The return of Boris Badenov.

More Heat,Less Light

21.06.2010 - 03:54 (GMT+01:00)
Good-bye, polar bears. Hello, oil-drenched pelicans. The environmental movement learns the upside of anger.

Out,Damned Spill,Out

19.06.2010 - 01:24 (GMT+01:00)
BP’s hypocrisy problem—and ours.

Redskins Planning Awesomely Unoriginal Bits for Hated Cowboys

03.09.2010 - 20:17 (GMT+01:00)
The Cowboys will open the regular season in prime time on NBC next Sunday against the Washington Redskins. And Washington is pulling out all the stops. Washington Redskins - NFL - Sports - Football - Dallas Cowboys

Dumping Patrick Crayton Would Be Counter to the Cowboy Way

03.09.2010 - 20:15 (GMT+01:00)
Getting rid of Crayton goes against everything Jerry Jones has been selling us. Jerry Jones - Dallas Cowboys - Cowboy - Dez Bryant - Wide receiver

From the Sideline:Dallas vs. Miami

03.09.2010 - 20:09 (GMT+01:00)
Shots from the sideline of Cowboys Stadium where the Cowboys beat the Dolphins 27-25. Dallas Cowboys - NFL - Cowboys Stadium - Sports - Football

Crayton's Agent Wants Immediate Release

03.09.2010 - 19:21 (GMT+01:00)
Convinced that the Cowboys will shortly part ways with his client, Patrick Crayton's agent has asked the team for an immediate release. Patrick Crayton - Dallas Cowboys - NFL - Sports - American

Convicted Texas Disease Doc Won't Be Charged in Airport Scare

03.09.2010 - 18:38 (GMT+01:00)
Scientist found with suspicious item at MIA did prison time for plague sample flap. Bomb disposal - Miami International Airport - Aviation - Airports - Business

Two Kids Facing Multiple Capital Murder Charges

03.09.2010 - 17:03 (GMT+01:00)
Kids, ages 12 and 13, facing murder charges in couple's death. Murder - Games - Murder Mystery - Theatre - Performing Arts

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9/3:Music Awakening

03.09.2010 - 16:15 (GMT+01:00)
From a revival of Creed to sparkly burlesque, this Friday is anything but dull. Burlesque - Kelly Osbourne - New York City - Twitter - Viper Room

Last Parts of Green Line Pulling Into the Station

03.09.2010 - 06:47 (GMT+01:00)
The final sections of DART's $1.8 billion Green Line project will open in December. Green Line - Dallas Area Rapid Transit - DART - Makes and Models - Shopping

The Preseason Is Over! Cowboys 27,Dolphins 25

03.09.2010 - 05:52 (GMT+01:00)
In the final game of the preseason, the Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 27-25 at Cowboys Stadium Thursday night. Dallas Cowboys - Miami Dolphins - sport - NFL - Football

Store Owner Pelts Armed Robber With Soda Cans

03.09.2010 - 05:45 (GMT+01:00)
His gun was out of reach, but that didn't stop the owner from defending his store. Gun Control - Recreation - Anti-Gun Rights - Police - Shopping

Commercials Don't Mean H&M Is on Its Way - Maybe

03.09.2010 - 05:15 (GMT+01:00)
Are they coming or aren't they' H&M continues to tease North Texans. Houston Texans - Sport - NFL - Football - American

Storm Damage in Ennis

03.09.2010 - 04:11 (GMT+01:00)
Storms that rolled through North Texas Wednesday night caused costly damage to a business in Ennis. Texas - Ennis Texas - United States - North Texas - Metro Areas

Suspicions of Theft,Chase Ends with One Dead

03.09.2010 - 04:11 (GMT+01:00)
One person is dead after a chase that started in Little Elm and ended in Frisco early Wednesday morning. Frisco Texas - Little Elm Texas - Frisco - Little Elm - Texas

FW Cop Terminated Over "Excessive Force"

03.09.2010 - 04:17 (GMT+01:00)
The department fired an officer for alleged excessive force after a March pursuit. United States - Health - Law - Law Enforcement - Infant and Toddlers

Hasan Was Worried About Results of Recent HIV Test

19.11.2009 - 20:00 (GMT+01:00)
Investigators: Accused Ft. Hood shooter sent $30K to Islamic "charities."

Geithner's Got To Go' Bipartisan Blast to Get Treasury Secretary to Quit

19.11.2009 - 20:37 (GMT+01:00)
Two more lawmakers call for Geithner's head as Geithner redirects blame to Bush.

Father Allegedly Kills Son Execution-Style for Molesting Half Sister

19.11.2009 - 20:23 (GMT+01:00)
After 15-year-old made shocking confession, Jamar Pinkney Sr. allegedly shot him

The $100 Million Vote:Harry Reid Woos Skeptical Democrats to Health Care

19.11.2009 - 21:16 (GMT+01:00)
Dem leaders are not sure they will have 60 senators for key procedural vote.

Bustamante Allegedly Dug Graves Before Murder

19.11.2009 - 20:33 (GMT+01:00)
A Missouri judge rules that the teen will be tried as an adult.

'That's Heavy':Janet Shocked by MJ's Propofol

19.11.2009 - 19:38 (GMT+01:00)
Janet says family staged interventions but "you can't make 'em drink the water."

Sen. Kerry's Daughter Arrested in LA on DUI

19.11.2009 - 18:27 (GMT+01:00)
Alexandra Kerry, 36, was arrested after failing a sobriety test.

Hollywood's Top 10 Most Overpaid Stars

19.11.2009 - 18:42 (GMT+01:00)
Why Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise may not be worth big bucks.

Note:GOP:Stimulus Woes From Health Care'

19.11.2009 - 18:37 (GMT+01:00)

WATCH: 'View' Fired Up Over Breast Exams

19.11.2009 - 17:57 (GMT+01:00)
The women are upset over government task force's new mammogram guidelines.

Moneygrams' Are New Breast Cancer Guidelines Motivated by Almighty Dollar'

19.11.2009 - 17:41 (GMT+01:00)
Panel insist financials played no factor-- others aren't so sure.

The Glitch That Stole Thursday:FAA Computer Error Snarls Flights Nationwide

19.11.2009 - 17:12 (GMT+01:00)
Although the problem is now solved, delays could linger for hours, even days.

Martha Stewart vs. Rachael Ray:Who's Queen in the Kitchen'

19.11.2009 - 16:13 (GMT+01:00)
On Rachael Ray, Martha tells Cynthia McFadden: "That's not good enough for me."

'Not Helping' Our Image:Lithuania Reacts to ABC News Secret CIA Prison Report

19.11.2009 - 17:32 (GMT+01:00)
ABC News finds secret prison for al-Qaeda detainees at swank riding academy.

eBay's Meg Whitman:Time to 'Reboot' California

19.11.2009 - 17:28 (GMT+01:00)
Republican gubernatorial candidate says she has "spine of steel" for the job.

Magnitude 7.0 Quake Rocks New Zealand

03.09.2010 - 23:10 (GMT+01:00)
Strong earthquake strikes close to New Zealand's second-largest city, reportedly collapsing buildings and severing power lines, though there are no immediate reports of injuries

BP Removes Blowout Preventer From Gulf Well

Lindsay in Baby Hit and Run'

03.09.2010 - 22:31 (GMT+01:00)
Eyewitness says Lohan ran light and hit nanny pushing stroller, then left the scene, but actress denies Lindsay Hot Shots

Poll:Americans SayIraq War Worth It

03.09.2010 - 21:59 (GMT+01:00)
Fox News Poll: Despite its contentious history, most American voters appear to have made a positive judgment about the country's efforts in Iraq, and think the U.S. 'did the right thing'Fox News Poll: Obama Approval Up From Summer LowGates: 'Tough Days Ahead' in Afghan South | VIDEO Muslim GI: Koran [...]

Clinton:Peace Talks Could Be 'Last Chance'

7.2 Magnitude Quake Rocks New Zealand

Fox News Poll:Voters Agree on Term Limits

Mich. Court Leaves 'Tea Party' Off Nov. Ballot- OPINION:Liberals Are Losing It

Geraldo's 50 Highs and Lows

03.09.2010 - 21:47 (GMT+01:00)
After four decades in the business, Geraldo Rivera has opened our eyes with with ground-breaking interviews — now hear highlights from the man himself | GERALDO: 40 YEARS IN TV

Clinton Fan Releases First Hillary 2012 Ad

Farmers to Citizens:Take Our Jobs!

03.09.2010 - 19:26 (GMT+01:00)
United Farmworkers of America launches 'Take Our Jobs' campaign to recruit citizens for farm jobs, claiming crackdown on illegal immigration has led to a shortage of labor, but critics say the campaign is a political stunt | VIDEO $1.5M Donated to Defend Ariz.Arpaio: Justice Dept. 'Sandbagged' Me | [...]

Doc in Miami Scare a Known Disease Smuggler

Lebanon Readies Itself for Hariri Tribunal

'Gone With the Wind' Daughter Dies at 76

'Dundee' Beats it Back to US!

03.09.2010 - 19:15 (GMT+01:00)
Paul Hogan cleared to return to L.A. after kerfuffle with tax man had him stranded in Oz

UPS Freighter Crashes on Takeoff in Dubai,Kills Two

03.09.2010 - 21:12 (GMT+01:00)
A United Parcel Service Inc. cargo plane crashed after taking off from Dubai en route to Cologne, Germany, killing both pilots.

Petrobras Plans to Raise $75 Billion in World"s Biggest Sale

03.09.2010 - 20:51 (GMT+01:00)
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Latin America’s largest company by market value, plans to raise as much as 129 billion reais ($75 billion) in the world’s largest share sale as it seeks cash to develop offshore oil fields.

Coinstar Builds Apple Relationship as It Seeks Online Partner

03.09.2010 - 20:46 (GMT+01:00)
Coinstar Inc., owner of the Redbox DVD rental kiosks, is expanding ties with Apple Inc. as it searches for a partner to build an online viewing service.

Chile"s Pinera Prepares Oil Drill to Rescue Miners

03.09.2010 - 20:36 (GMT+01:00)
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera said the government will set up an oil drill to rescue 33 miners trapped in an underground mine in northern Chile.

West Bank Settlements Shadow Next Peace Talks Round

03.09.2010 - 20:33 (GMT+01:00)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to resume peace talks in two weeks even as a dispute over West Bank settlement building threatens to undercut the effort.

Merkin Investors Awarded $12.7 Million in Madoff Case

03.09.2010 - 20:05 (GMT+01:00)
Investors in J. Ezra Merkin’s Gabriel Capital LP, a feeder fund for Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, were awarded about $12.7 million by a panel of arbitrators.

Earl Upsets Travels,Weakens,on Way to New England

03.09.2010 - 20:01 (GMT+01:00)
Hurricane Earl, weakening as it moves north toward New England and Canada, disrupted air and rail travel and lashed North Carolina’s Outer Banks with wind and rain.

BTG Said to Be in Talks for Singapore Group State Sale

03.09.2010 - 19:45 (GMT+01:00)
Brazilian billionaire Andre Esteves is in talks with a group of investors from Singapore to sell a stake of about 15 percent of his Banco BTG Pactual SA to fund expansion, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.

Campbell Earnings May Trail Some Analysts" Estimates

03.09.2010 - 19:34 (GMT+01:00)
Campbell Soup Co., the world’s largest soup maker, gave a full-year earnings forecast that trailed some analysts’ estimates as U.S. soup sales slumped 5 percent last quarter.

Medtronic Will Be ‘Opportunistic" in Seeking Deals,CEO Says

03.09.2010 - 19:32 (GMT+01:00)
Medtronic Inc., the world’s largest device maker, will be "opportunistic” in seeking acquisitions of $1 billion or less and won’t rule out larger deals if they make "strategic sense,” Chief Executive Officer Bill Hawkins said.

Goldman Sachs Said to Be Disbanding Principal Strategies Unit

03.09.2010 - 19:19 (GMT+01:00)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is shutting its principal-strategies business, a group that makes bets with the firm’s own capital, to comply with new U.S. rules aimed at curbing risk, two people with knowledge of the decision said.

Recession Concerns Ease on Private Job Growth

03.09.2010 - 17:52 (GMT+01:00)
Companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August, easing concern the economy is sliding back into a recession

Real Traders Defy Mantega as Currency Advances:Brazil Credit

03.09.2010 - 19:01 (GMT+01:00)
Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega is failing to convince currency traders that the real is poised to slump as foreign investment pours into the country’s stock and fixed-income markets.

Bullishness on U.S. Stocks Jumps From 17-Month Low

03.09.2010 - 18:49 (GMT+01:00)
Optimism about U.S. stocks increased by the most since July as economic reports emboldened investors following three straight weekly losses in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to a survey from the American Association of Individual Investors.

Southwest,Continental Cancel Flights as Earl Skirts U.S. Coast

03.09.2010 - 18:48 (GMT+01:00)
Southwest Airlines Co. and Continental Airlines Inc. dropped more than 120 flights in the eastern U.S. today as Hurricane Earl skirted the coast.

H&R Block Narrows Loss

03.09.2010 - 19:40 (GMT+01:00)
Tax prep company H&R Block (HRB) posted a narrower loss in its fiscal first quarter, or $131 million, or $0. 41 per share, late yesterday, compared to a loss of $133.

Campbell Soup Profits Top Estimates,Sales Come Up Short

03.09.2010 - 18:10 (GMT+01:00)
Campbell Soup posted fourth quarter earnings today that topped analyst expectations. The company said profits totaled $113 million, or $0.

Goldcorp To Acquire Andean Resources

03.09.2010 - 17:40 (GMT+01:00)
Goldcorp acquires all outstanding shares of Andean Resources, for a total value of $3.6 billion Canadian.

Galaxy Tablet May Herald Boon For Vodafone

03.09.2010 - 16:15 (GMT+01:00)
Mobile network giant's shares look attractive as it announces Samsung tablet and analysts foresee asset sales.

Goldcorp Grabs Andean For $3.4 Billion

03.09.2010 - 16:16 (GMT+01:00)
Deal brings in gold from Argentina for the Canadian miner.

Campbell Soup Slips After Missing Sales Target

03.09.2010 - 16:12 (GMT+01:00)
Sales come in a little thin for the soup maker and the stock drops.

BP's Deepwater Disaster Costs Mount

03.09.2010 - 16:00 (GMT+01:00)
The cleanup cost of the oil spill have jumped to $8 billion, the oil company says.

The Jigsaw Puzzle Of Jobs Data

03.09.2010 - 13:45 (GMT+01:00)
The market should focus on what's going on in the private sector.

China''s Traffic Jam Tells A Story

03.09.2010 - 12:20 (GMT+01:00)
The on-again-off-again traffic jam gives us some insight into how China actually works today.

Market Wrap:9/2/2010

03.09.2010 - 00:40 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks held onto yesterday's gains thanks again to better than expected economic data regarding home sales. This time pending home sales were up, over 5% from last month.

Sector Wrap:Technology,Chain Restaurants

03.09.2010 - 00:30 (GMT+01:00)
It was a big week for economic data, and the technology and restaurant chain sectors were abuzz with merger and acquistion news. On Monday, the Commerce Department said consumer spending increased 0.

Movado Moves Lower After Earnings

02.09.2010 - 23:59 (GMT+01:00)
Methode Electronics, Collective Brands also tumble Thursday.

Verizon Shakes Out A Few More Bucks For Investors

02.09.2010 - 23:59 (GMT+01:00)
Telecom boosts dividend 3%.

Burger King Bounds Higher On Takeover

02.09.2010 - 23:59 (GMT+01:00)
Fast food chain surges on $4 billion deal.

Traders See Buy Signal In Radio Shares

02.09.2010 - 23:40 (GMT+01:00)
Broadcasting shares were relative leaders Thursday,up more than 3%.

Wealth Matters:The Art of Thinking Quickly and Clearly Under Great Pressure

03.09.2010 - 21:00 (GMT+01:00)
Through no fault of his own, Frederick Peters arrived in a financial crisis threatening his business. He survived by avoiding distractions and focusing on the problem.

News Analysis:E.U.'s Big Step Toward Crisis Prevention

03.09.2010 - 20:50 (GMT+01:00)
The European Union this week created new financial watchdog agencies to prevent future economic crises that have thrown the future of the euro into question.

Mariner and the MAC Question

03.09.2010 - 18:07 (GMT+01:00)
A fire at a Mariner Energy platform in the Gulf raised concerns that Apache might exercise the material adverse change clause in their merger agreement.

Patient Money:In the Age of Recalls,Tips for a Pathogen-Free Kitchen

03.09.2010 - 18:40 (GMT+01:00)
Safety experts have advice on ways to germ-proof your food, and still save money.

Goldcorp Outbids Rival for Andean Resources

03.09.2010 - 14:10 (GMT+01:00)
The Canadian gold miner said that it would buy its Australian rival for 3.4 billion dollars in cash and stock, beating an all-share offer from Eldorado Gold.

Small Gains for Small Business in Federal Contracting

03.09.2010 - 17:21 (GMT+01:00)
For the first time in years, small businesses' share of federal contracting improved, but it remains below the goal.

U.S. Lost Jobs in August,but Fewer Than Expected

03.09.2010 - 16:00 (GMT+01:00)
Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August, the Labor Department reported, as the jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent.

Why I.B.M. Took a Different Path in Storage

03.09.2010 - 15:47 (GMT+01:00)
I.B.M.'s strategy in the storage business has been guided by its research labs spotting future trends.

European Shares Higher Ahead of U.S. Jobs Report

03.09.2010 - 14:10 (GMT+01:00)
Sentiment in the markets has improved over the last couple of days after a run of strong economic data from around the world.

On Health Care,the Devil's in the Details

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
How various health-care costs are allotted to which categories is a subject of fierce debate with the sector, and the stakes are high for the public, an economist writes.

Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over Ping

03.09.2010 - 05:59 (GMT+01:00)
Apple's entry into social media has created bumps in its relationship with Facebook.

A Push on Tax Cuts'

03.09.2010 - 06:11 (GMT+01:00)
It's probably good news. But why has it taken the White House so long'

Harrisburg Expects to Miss a Bond Payment

03.09.2010 - 05:13 (GMT+01:00)
The city warned that it was not going to make a scheduled payment of $3.3 million on its general obligation bonds because it did not have the money.

BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts

03.09.2010 - 03:41 (GMT+01:00)
The company, which had committed to setting aside $20 billion for damage claims and penalties, says proposed legislation could disrupt those efforts.

Employers Push Costs for Health on Workers

03.09.2010 - 02:30 (GMT+01:00)
Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.

6 fastest growing jobs

Talkback:Where did you retire'

Stocks lifted by jobs report

03.09.2010 - 18:25 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks pared earlier gains in a pre-holiday session Friday as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.

Obama:Small biz bill won't add a dime to deficit

Behind Burger King's big flame-out

03.09.2010 - 18:17 (GMT+01:00)
It's not yet clear what Burger King's new owner, the Brazilian-backed private equity firm 3G Capital, has in mind for the troubled No. 2 fast-food chain. But a total strategic revamp is in order.

Apple's Ping is a spam magnet

Signs of life in the job market

03.09.2010 - 15:39 (GMT+01:00)
Businesses are hiring, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs.

Tough slogging for iPad knockoffs

What will Oracle buy next'

Run your home on an iPad

03.09.2010 - 12:47 (GMT+01:00)
The expanded energy tax credit gives homeowners a break on green improvements done by the end of 2010. Here are 8 ways to spend your green.

Stocks head for quiet open ahead of jobs

03.09.2010 - 12:48 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks futures edged higher early Friday as investors await the government's August employment report, which is expected to show the economy lost jobs for a third straight month.

Bracing for Treasury turbulence

Should US government debt be rated junk'

03.09.2010 - 12:24 (GMT+01:00)
A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I'm a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, "Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status'" Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade at almost all-time lows in [...]

Investing $10,000 in four months

03.09.2010 - 12:42 (GMT+01:00)
Question: I have a budget of $10,000 for a stock simulation I'm doing for a business and personal-finance class. What stocks should I invest in to make the most money in four months' -- Matt

Hyundai-Kia recalling fire-prone cars

03.09.2010 - 13:10 (GMT+01:00)
Hyundai-Kia is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Please delete

03.09.2010 - 09:51 (GMT+01:00)
The internet has become too important for governments to ignoreGOVERNMENTS are increasingly finding ways to enforce their laws in the digital realm. The most prominent is China’s “great firewall”. But China is by no means the only country erecting borders in cyberspace. The OpenNet [...]

Higher education

02.09.2010 - 14:14 (GMT+01:00)
Galloping inflation in American college feesFOR decades, college fees have risen faster than Americans’ ability to pay them. Median household income has grown by a factor of 6.5 in the past 40 years, but the cost of attending a state college has increased by a factor of 15 for in-state student [...]

Naval gazing

01.09.2010 - 13:31 (GMT+01:00)
China now has more warships than America, according to the IISSTHE International Institute for Strategic Studies (better known as the IISS), reckons China now has more warships than America, which long possessed the biggest fleet. As it can be hard to distinguish a warship from other boats, the IISS [...]

Rivals

01.09.2010 - 13:20 (GMT+01:00)
The best-selling political memoirs in BritainTONY BLAIR, Britain's former prime minister, published his memoirs on Wednesday September 1st. The few people who have already read them cover to cover report that, in addition to the familiar stuff about how awful his relationship with Gordon Brown was, [...]

Big mistake

31.08.2010 - 14:34 (GMT+01:00)
How America's opinion of the Iraq war has changedOVER seven years after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, America's direct military involvement is now coming to an end. President Barack Obama will set out his new policy in a speech from the Oval Office on Monday August 31st. American public opinio [...]

Forgotten men

12.08.2010 - 14:02 (GMT+01:00)
The jobless recovery, long prophesied, is hereFEARS that the recovery of America's economy after the financial crisis would fail to spur an increase in employment are being realised. In July, 52,000 fewer people were employed on non-farm payrolls than in July 2009, the month in which it is estimated [...]

A lengthening shadow

11.08.2010 - 14:06 (GMT+01:00)
Shadow economies have grown since the financial crisis beganA NEW estimate of the size of shadow economies around the world sheds light on a worrying trend. Friedrich Schneider, of Linz University in Austria, reckons that, for the first time in a decade, transactions taking place outside the taxable [...]

China clicks

10.08.2010 - 14:31 (GMT+01:00)
The world's biggest broadband providersTHE ten largest broadband service providers in the world gained over 23m subscribers in the year to the end of March. Together they have 191m subscribers, or almost 40% of the world’s 492m broadband customers, according to TeleGeography, a research firm. [...]

Healthy profits,few jobs

06.08.2010 - 13:07 (GMT+01:00)
How long can corporate America’s profit rebound continue'THE quarterly results season that is drawing to a close has revealed that corporate profits are back within a whisker of the all-time highs achieved before the downturn in late 2008. American profits are already back to 11% of GDP. Corpo [...]

A model's best friend

05.08.2010 - 12:36 (GMT+01:00)
Who produces most diamonds'AMID much media interest, Naomi Campbell, a model, gave evidence on Thursday August 5th at the special court for Sierra Leone in The Hague. Charles Taylor, the former dictator of Liberia, who is on trial for war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone, is accused of giving Ms [...]

Grand theft American

03.08.2010 - 13:24 (GMT+01:00)
Stolen cars which are most costly to insurersAMERICA'S car thieves show clear preferences in the vehicles they steal. Size, speed and luxury are all important factors when it comes to selecting a target. But the country's car thieves are, at least, patriotic. If America's carmaking giants have strug [...]

The week ahead

26.07.2010 - 03:49 (GMT+01:00)
America's Senate ponders whether the Lockerbie bomber was set free on grounds of compassion or commerce• AMERICA'S Senate is set to open hearings on July 29th addressing the possibility that lobbying by BP played a pivotal role in the decision made by British and Scottish governments last year [...]

Bombing the Light of God

02.07.2010 - 14:48 (GMT+01:00)
A sinister and deadly new twist in Pakistan’s dreadful saga of terrorist atrocitiesOn the night of July 1st, when the throng of worshippers in the shrine of Lahore's patron saint, Ali Hajvery Data Ganj Bakhsh, was at its peak, two suicide-bombers blew themselves up. The attack, at the heart of [...]

Golden parachutes

27.07.2010 - 14:44 (GMT+01:00)
Bosses who walked away with large payoutsON TUESDAY July 27th BP announced its chief executive, Tony Hayward, was stepping down after just three years in the job. He leaves with a year’s salary, GBP1m ($1.6m), and a pension reported to be worth GBP11m, accrued over 28 years of service. On the [...]

Status update

22.07.2010 - 11:47 (GMT+01:00)
Facebook has become the third largest nationTHE world's largest social network announced that it had reached 500m members on Wednesday July 21st. If Facebook were a physical nation, it would now be the third most populous on earth. And if the service continues to grow as rapidly as in the first half [...]

Google's TV Previewed at IFA,Suddenly Not the Smartest Kid on the Block

03.09.2010 - 20:43 (GMT+01:00)
Google looked to have stolen a march on the smart Net-connected TV market when it revealed its integrated Google TV a few months back. Now we're seeing prototypes at the IFA electronics show ... and suddenly Google's offering is looking lost among the competition.Sony's Google TV device is the one t [...]

Cambodia's Seamstresses Exemplify Global Trends Toward Investment in the Female Market

03.09.2010 - 19:16 (GMT+01:00)
MasterCard is eyeing the emerging middle classes of women in Asia and Cambodia is as good a test case as anywhere else -- and it offers a CSR branding point.Cambodia has been attracting a fair amount of corporate and "social business" interest in local seamstresses. Socially-motivated businesses lik [...]

AMD's Chip Architect Brad Burgess on Mobile Computing's Future

03.09.2010 - 16:47 (GMT+01:00)
AMD just revealed the chip architecture that'll be at the core of the company's future products: Bulldozer for high-end computing, and Bobcat for lower-power demands. We spoke to Bobcat's chief architect about the chips, the market, and how he sees the future.Bobcat is, by AMD's own press info, dest [...]

Solar Probe Plus to Go Where No One Has Gone Before:Into the Sun

03.09.2010 - 15:53 (GMT+01:00)
NASA's prepping its Solar Probe Plus mission for a firey sundive. It's no theatrical stunt--it's all about science and understanding how our sun works, which doesn't make it a bit less awesome. Sometime before 2018, a NASA mission dubbed Solar Probe Plus will rocket into the skies over Earth, spin s [...]

Facebook Tests Stalker-Friendly "Subscribe to" Feature

03.09.2010 - 01:05 (GMT+01:00)
Facebook is testing a new feature that allows any user to "subscribe to" another user. What with having hundreds of friends, multiple news feeds and only so many hours in the day, you might miss out on what your ex-girlfriend is doing these days--and that will not stand! The "subscribe to" feature g [...]

Pepsi Refresh Project Announces Do Good for the Gulf Finalists

02.09.2010 - 23:50 (GMT+01:00)
Earlier this summer, Pepsi announced that it would dole out $1.3 million in grants for Gulf oil disaster-related projects as part of the Refresh Project, Pepsi's online cause marketing campaign that asks participants how the company should give away cash. Now the wisdom of the crowd has whittled dow [...]

eBay's Shtick in a Box:Reusable Shipping Container Is Innovation Expo-Winning Idea

02.09.2010 - 23:54 (GMT+01:00)
EBay is perhaps the ultimate online destination for used goods, so it only makes sense that the site is taking its hand-me-down sensibilities a step further with the eBay Box: a shipping container designed to be sent from sellers to buyers and back until the container becomes a soggy heap of post-re [...]

Google's Eric Schmidt Shown as Perverter of Privacy on Times Square Jumbotron

03.09.2010 - 00:06 (GMT+01:00)
Google's "Don't Be Evil" motto has become increasingly controversial in the past year as the Internet giant made private GMail contacts public with Google Buzz, collected personal information from Wi-Fi networks in Street View vehicles, and most recently teamed with with Verizon to hammer out questi [...]

Huawei Pulls a Nokia With "World's Most Affordable" Smartphone:Ideos

03.09.2010 - 00:26 (GMT+01:00)
Huawei, famous mainly for 3G computing peripherals, is trying its hand at smartphones--and it's latest effort is pretty distinctive: It's bringing the smartphone to entry-level markets.Huawei doesn't mess around in describing the phone. The Ideos is championed as "an affordable smartphone powered by [...]

The Corporate Conscience

03.09.2010 - 01:08 (GMT+01:00)
There isn't one.Corporations don't have a conscience, people do.That means that every time you say, "It's just my job," or "My department has a policy," or "All I do is work here," what you've done is abdicated responsibility--to no one.It's convenient and even comfortable to blame the anonymous act [...]

The A4 Chip,Apple's Biggest Jewel

02.09.2010 - 20:08 (GMT+01:00)
Apple's special iTunes event was notionally about the snazzy new iPods and Apple TV, but it also reveals how much the company's future hinges on its house-brand ARM chips--the A4 silicon is now inside four keystone Apple gizmos.When the iPad arrived, one of Apple's selling points was that it include [...]

Singapore Stock Exchange Uses Peer Pressure to Encourage Sustainability Reporting

02.09.2010 - 19:55 (GMT+01:00)
There is no mandate, and the government says it's simply making suggestions to companies listed on the SGX. So how can Singapore convince companies to adopt sustainability reporting' The answer appears to be public pressure. The Singapore Stock Exchange, SGX, has put out a set of guidelines encourag [...]

Sony,World Wildlife Fund Team Up to Crowdsource Green Tech - Using Sony Products

02.09.2010 - 19:59 (GMT+01:00)
Hot on the heels of GE's Ecomagination Challenge, a crowdsourced promotional effort to develop power grid technologies, Sony Europe has launched a promotional crowdsourcing venture of its own. Open Planet Ideas, a website launched in conjunction with the WWF and the design firm IDEO, is being billed [...]

M2Z's Free,Wireless Nationwide Broadband Plan Killed:Thank the FCC

02.09.2010 - 20:12 (GMT+01:00)
Despite a seemingly stout business plan, and all the financial, social, and educational benefits it would bring, the FCC's just turned down M2Z's application for a coast-to-coast free wireless broadband system.The FCC did not elaborate on why it turned down a plan from a new company called M2Z which [...]

Burger King Going Brazilian in $4 Billion Buyout

02.09.2010 - 20:16 (GMT+01:00)
An investment firm backed by a trio of wealthy Brazilians is buying the fast food franchise.Burger King is being turned over to Brazilians and becoming a private company. The New York Times first reported on the sale of the global fast food giant to the investment firm 3G Capital, which is based in [...]

Dollar slips on return to risk

03.09.2010 - 19:23 (GMT+01:00)
As better-than-expected economic data boosted investor morale this week, the greenback lost some of its luster, falling against a basket of currencies.

Where the jobs are now,and where they'll be next

03.09.2010 - 18:26 (GMT+01:00)
U.S. companies modestly added jobs in August, easing concerns that the nation might slip back into a recession. The latest jobs report released by the Labor Department today showed employment in the private sector rose by 67,000 payrolls, after a revised 107,000 increase in July that was more than o [...]

What went wrong at Burger King

03.09.2010 - 18:17 (GMT+01:00)
It's not yet clear what Burger King's new owner, the Brazilian-backed private equity firm 3G Capital, has in mind for the troubled No. 2 fast-food chain. But a total strategic revamp is in order.

Stocks pop after jobs report

03.09.2010 - 16:27 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks rallied Friday after the August employment report showed that employers cut fewer jobs than economists were expecting and added more private-sector jobs than forecast.

Stocks pop after jobs report

03.09.2010 - 15:47 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks opened higher Friday after the August employment report showed that employers cut fewer jobs than economists were expecting and added more private-sector jobs than forecast.

Strongest jobs recovery in decades. Seriously

03.09.2010 - 15:42 (GMT+01:00)
A jobless recovery' Hardly.

August jobs report:Signs of life for employment

03.09.2010 - 15:39 (GMT+01:00)
Businesses hiring is picking up, but not enough to make up for the massive losses of temporary government jobs.

Kia recalling fire-prone cars

03.09.2010 - 13:25 (GMT+01:00)
Hyundai-Kia Motors is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Stocks head for quiet open ahead of jobs

03.09.2010 - 14:12 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks futures drifted on either side of the breakeven point Friday as investors await the government's August employment report, which is expected to show the economy lost jobs for a third straight month.

Should US government debt be rated junk'

03.09.2010 - 12:19 (GMT+01:00)
A few weeks ago, Hedgeye, the investment research firm where I'm a managing director, hosted a conference call for our subscribers that posed the question, "Should U.S. Government Debt Be Rated Junk Status'" Given that debt issued by the U.S. government continues to trade at almost all-time lows in [...]

I have $10,000 and four months. Where do I invest'

03.09.2010 - 12:01 (GMT+01:00)
Question: I have a budget of $10,000 for a stock simulation I'm doing for a business and personal-finance class. What stocks should I invest in to make the most money in four months' -- Matt

From Detroit,a fix for smog-belching motorcycles

03.09.2010 - 11:48 (GMT+01:00)
When Americans debate the impact of fuel emissions on the environment, they usually talk about cars and trucks. But what about smaller vehicles like motorcycles, scooters, lawnmowers and ATVs'

5 things you must know about homeowners insurance

02.09.2010 - 21:14 (GMT+01:00)
1. Loyalty is overrated

The fading iPod Classic

02.09.2010 - 20:41 (GMT+01:00)
The iPod helped Apple rise from the dead in the last decade. But the iPod Classic, the device that jump-started that resurrection, didn't get so much as a mention from Steve Jobs at Apple's iPod event on Wednesday.

Oil roars into September 'like a lion'

02.09.2010 - 19:20 (GMT+01:00)
After ending August in a slump, oil prices surged into September, rallying nearly 3% Wednesday, and continuing to move higher Thursday following news of an oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

What Fiat's Move Means For Warsaw

03.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
The Polish government must redouble its efforts to attract foreign investors or select investors more carefully.

Take-Two Shares Soar

03.09.2010 - 03:19 (GMT+01:00)
After hours: Ulta Salon and Cooper Companies top estimates; H&R Block narrows loss.

What's a Hacker's Biggest Fear'

03.09.2010 - 00:00 (GMT+01:00)
Hackers. Faceless people who deface government Web sites, who can peek into your computer without you knowing. What are they like' We asked Akash Mahajan, a Certified Ethical Hacker, for a few insights into the shadowy world.

Saudi Arabia's U.S. Ties

02.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
The Saudi arms request will likely lock Riyadh and Washington into a close military relationship for 20 more years.

Harry Winston Diamond Dazzles

02.09.2010 - 03:14 (GMT+01:00)
After hours: SAIC beats Street; Collective Brands reports weak sales.

India's Health Insurance Hurdles

02.09.2010 - 00:00 (GMT+01:00)
As state-owned insurance companies scramble to get their act together, third party administrators need to be more efficient to justify their existence.

Allscripts CEO On New Merger

01.09.2010 - 22:17 (GMT+01:00)
Glen Tullman discusses the health IT provider's acquisition of Eclipsys.

How To Keep Your Kids Safe In The Car

01.09.2010 - 22:00 (GMT+01:00)
Auto crashes are a leading cause of death for children. Here's how to keep yours safe.

The True Costs Of The Iraq And Afghanistan Wars

01.09.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
The U.S. has lost more than money.

Apple Rumors Lift Netflix

01.09.2010 - 01:57 (GMT+01:00)
After hours: Morgan Stanley and NovaGold shares rise; ABM Industries disappoints.

Reviving Indian Railways

01.09.2010 - 00:00 (GMT+01:00)
Global experience has shown privatizing helps turn around unwieldy national railroads. India must follow suit.

David Archuleta Moves Beyond American Idol

31.08.2010 - 21:39 (GMT+01:00)
The former American idol contestant adds writer to his resume.

High-Profit Hospitals

31.08.2010 - 16:00 (GMT+01:00)
Some hospitals make colossal profits. Are they running a tight ship--or using monopoly power to overcharge patients' It's not a discussion hospitals want to have.

Multinational Corporations Strive To Compete

31.08.2010 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00)
Cultural and regulatory differences create challenges for such firms.

San Francisco's Penthouse Palace

31.08.2010 - 00:16 (GMT+01:00)
The 20,000 square foot property is largest newly constructed condo on the market.

Experts see trouble ahead for developed world

03.09.2010 - 21:10 (GMT+01:00)
Experts gathered in Italy Friday offered a generally gloomy outlook — especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.

Strength in temporary jobs a welcome sign

03.09.2010 - 20:08 (GMT+01:00)
Analysis:  Growing demand for temporary help in the U.S. suggests stronger full-time hiring ahead, and executives say they are seeing a need for staffing greater than reflected in official figures.

UN calls meeting on rising food prices

03.09.2010 - 20:55 (GMT+01:00)
A U.N. food agency has called a special meeting on the recent spike in food prices in response to concerns of a repeat of the shortages that led to riots in parts of the world two years ago.

Kia recalls 56.000 Souls,Sorentos

03.09.2010 - 17:49 (GMT+01:00)
Kia Motors says it has started a recall of some 56,000 Soul and Sorento vehicles sold in the United States and South Korea due to defective wiring harnesses that could cause fires.

Stocks surge after jobs report offers hope

03.09.2010 - 17:13 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks extended their rally Friday after an encouraging report on jobs lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.

Life Inc.:Government cuts weigh on job market

03.09.2010 - 16:59 (GMT+01:00)
Flirting, after all, is one of the oldest tricks in the book. But how do you use it to your professional advantage without crossing the line or inviting unwanted advances'

Flirting your way to the corner office

03.09.2010 - 13:39 (GMT+01:00)
Flirting, after all, is one of the oldest tricks in the book. But how do you use it to your professional advantage without crossing the line or inviting unwanted advances'

Great Recession was emotional ‘roller coaster’

03.09.2010 - 16:41 (GMT+01:00)
More than a quarter of employed U.S. workers suffered a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession that took many of them on an emotional roller coaster ride.

Service sector grows for eighth straight month

03.09.2010 - 17:09 (GMT+01:00)
The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey.

Jobs report may show anemic hiring

03.09.2010 - 13:28 (GMT+01:00)
The unemployment rate may be about to rise again. Economists are bracing for a weak showing in the August employment report.

Builders of N.Y. mosque face financial hurdles

03.09.2010 - 01:37 (GMT+01:00)
The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.

Life Inc.:Proof that we can't work any harder

02.09.2010 - 23:00 (GMT+01:00)
A large building-maintenance company will pay $5.8 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the government involving 21 Hispanic female workers.

Funk band War tells Pepsi they're not friends

03.09.2010 - 00:10 (GMT+01:00)
Members of the band War say they can't be friends with Pepsi. The band is suing for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use the song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a commercial.

ABM to pay $5.8 million in harassment case

02.09.2010 - 22:27 (GMT+01:00)
A large building-maintenance company will pay $5.8 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the government involving 21 Hispanic female workers.

Mariner may be facing BP-style crisis

02.09.2010 - 21:01 (GMT+01:00)
Mariner Energy, Inc. shares dropped more than 4 percent Thursday following news that one of its production platforms exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

MGIC added $1.2B in mortgage coverage in August (AP)

03.09.2010 - 20:50 (GMT+01:00)
AP - Private mortgage insurer Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. said Friday it added $1.2 billion in new primary insurance coverage in August and the number of delinquent loans it insures declined.

Spending cuts before 2011 could hurt recovery:IMF,ILO (AFP)

03.09.2010 - 19:53 (GMT+01:00)
AFP - The IMF and the UN labour agency are urging advanced economies not to cut government spending before 2011, warning that a move to tighten fiscal policies could hurt the global recovery.

Glance:Oil settles above $74,down 42 cents (AP)

03.09.2010 - 21:37 (GMT+01:00)
AP - Oil prices dipped Friday as traders remained worried about a glut of supply and sluggish demand as the summer driving season comes to a close.

Texas firm temporarily plugs leaking ND oil well (AP)

03.09.2010 - 19:29 (GMT+01:00)
AP - A ruptured oil well in western North Dakota was temporarily plugged on Friday after leaking more than 2,400 barrels of crude and water, company officials said.

White House:August jobs report reassuring (Reuters)

03.09.2010 - 16:18 (GMT+01:00)
Reuters - The White House on Friday greeted a better than expected August employment report as reassuring news after a recent spate of "unsettling" economic data, and reiterated it was working with Congress to take additional steps to boost U.S. growth and hiring.

Summary Box:Campbell Soup 4th-qtr results (AP)

03.09.2010 - 17:56 (GMT+01:00)
AP - SALES DOWN, PROFIT UP: The Campbell Soup Co. said Friday that its adjusted fourth-quarter profit was up 7 percent, even though its sales were down 1 percent.

Sirius XM Has a Stern Decision to Make (The Motley Fool)

03.09.2010 - 17:43 (GMT+01:00)
The Motley Fool - Satellite-radio star Howard Stern is negotiating in public again.

Asia leads world tourism recovery in 2010:UN (AFP)

03.09.2010 - 17:30 (GMT+01:00)
AFP - World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Friday.

Walgreen August same-store sales rise 2.1 percent (AP)

03.09.2010 - 18:33 (GMT+01:00)
AP - Walgreen Co. reported same-store-sales rose 2.1 percent for August on Friday, just shy of Wall Street estimates.

Mo. drops appeal of real estate ballot measure (AP)

03.09.2010 - 18:47 (GMT+01:00)
AP - An initiative barring taxes on home and land sales is clear to appear on Missouri's ballot after the state dropped an appeal Friday of a judge's decision ordering the election.

Court reinstates markup law for Wisconsin gasoline (AP)

03.09.2010 - 18:39 (GMT+01:00)
AP - A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated Wisconsin's 71-year-old minimum markup law on gasoline, a decision that could limit competition among retailers and drive up gas prices.

Obama says to address new economic ideas next week (Reuters)

03.09.2010 - 16:53 (GMT+01:00)
Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday said he would address a package of new measures next week to boost U.S. growth and hiring as he greeted the August job report as positive news.

Oil prices stage gentle rebound after US payrolls (AFP)

03.09.2010 - 16:36 (GMT+01:00)
AFP - Oil prices firmed on Friday as traders examined a better-than-expected payrolls report in the United States, the world's leading energy consumer.

Billionaire investor seals deal to buy German retail chain (AFP)

03.09.2010 - 16:14 (GMT+01:00)
AFP - The future of Germany's Karstadt, Europe's third-largest department store chain, appeared to be secured Friday as a court approved its acquisition by a billionaire investor, safeguarding 25,000 jobs.

Brazil oil firm Petrobras plans $65 billion stock sale (Reuters)

03.09.2010 - 17:15 (GMT+01:00)
Reuters - Brazilian state oil company Petrobras will sell up to $64.5 billion in new stock -- one of the largest in capital markets history -- to raise funds for the world's biggest oil exploration investment plan.

The Billionaire and the Book Lover

23.08.2010 - 03:58 (GMT+01:00)
Are Barnes & Noble founder Len Riggio and his nemesis Ron Burkle the only people in America who still want to own a mega-bookstore'

Is This Normal'

16.08.2010 - 05:44 (GMT+01:00)
The uncertainty of our economic uncertainty.

No Affluence,Please

12.07.2010 - 02:51 (GMT+01:00)
Austerity and class in the U.K.

Bernie Madoff,Free at Last

06.06.2010 - 13:00 (GMT+01:00)
In prison he doesn’t have to hide his lack of conscience. In fact, he’s a hero for it.

Bookies Gone Broke

31.05.2010 - 03:54 (GMT+01:00)
How does a business with a piece of a legal gambling monopoly almost end up at the glue factory'

39 Minutes With Ace Greenberg

31.05.2010 - 03:54 (GMT+01:00)
The former Bear Stearns chairman sets the record straight on who’s to blame for his firm’s collapse. He’s also good at card tricks.

Unwarrented

24.05.2010 - 02:58 (GMT+01:00)
Does Buffett deserve his outsider rep'

Obama Is From Mars,Wall Street Is From Venus

22.05.2010 - 17:12 (GMT+01:00)
Psychoanalyzing one of America’s most dysfunctional relationships.

Mutant Banks

17.05.2010 - 04:32 (GMT+01:00)
The price of perfect.

The Physics of Guile

24.04.2010 - 02:31 (GMT+01:00)
John Paulson’s wild ride from outwitting the crash to being partly blamed for it.

The Fabulous Life of Fabrice Tourre

24.04.2010 - 02:27 (GMT+01:00)
Until recently, Fabrice Tourre was living the kind of life that most young masters of the universe dream of.

Taxa-Cola

10.04.2010 - 01:09 (GMT+01:00)
Why tax soda that we already subsidize'

What If Women Ran Wall Street'

22.03.2010 - 02:37 (GMT+01:00)
Testosterone and risk.

No More Heroes

05.03.2010 - 17:12 (GMT+01:00)
Michael Lewis tries hard to pluck champions from the financial crisis in his new book, The Big Short, but overlooks the most weirdly authentic hero of all.

Obama’s Bank Job

30.01.2010 - 00:40 (GMT+01:00)
The Volcker rules are a great political idea—even though the real problems may lie elsewhere.

Three Mexican lawmakers die in plane crash:media

03.09.2010 - 20:35 (GMT+01:00)
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Three members of Mexico's Congress died on Friday when their small plane crashed in the Pacific beach resort of Huatulco, local media reported.

Strong 7.4 quake hits New Zealand near Christchurch

03.09.2010 - 18:57 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, just 4 miles southeast of Christchurch, in the middle of the night local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said Friday.

Dutch cabinet talks collapse 3 months after vote

03.09.2010 - 19:32 (GMT+01:00)
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Talks to form a right-leaning minority Dutch government collapsed Friday when a populist anti-Islam party pulled out of talks to support the coalition.

Obama says to address new economic ideas next week

03.09.2010 - 18:46 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline new measures next week to boost the U.S. economy after August data on Friday showed again that jobs -- the central issue in November elections -- were being created too slowly.

Pakistan Taliban threaten attacks in U.S.,Europe

03.09.2010 - 18:45 (GMT+01:00)
DERA ISLAMIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday threatened to launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" and dismissed a move by Washington to add the group to its terrorism blacklist.

Cargo plane crashes near Dubai road,causes fire:TV

03.09.2010 - 18:47 (GMT+01:00)
DUBAI (Reuters) - A cargo plane crashed near a busy highway in Dubai on Friday, causing a fire, Al Arabiya television reported.

U.S. and Israel spying behind BlackBerry woe:Dubai police

03.09.2010 - 16:30 (GMT+01:00)
DUBAI (Reuters) - Concerns over Israeli access to BlackBerry data, and the use of the device by the United States to spy on the United Arab Emirates are behind the Gulf state's moves to curb the smartphone, Dubai's police chief said.

U.S. payrolls fall less than expected 54,000 in August

03.09.2010 - 16:13 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employment fell for a third straight month in August, but the drop was far less than expected and private hiring surprised on the upside, easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to prop up economic growth.

Special Report:Outgunned FDA tries to get tough with drug ads

03.09.2010 - 14:15 (GMT+01:00)
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together.

Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings

03.09.2010 - 12:24 (GMT+01:00)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.

Iran says to strike Israel nuclear site if attacked

03.09.2010 - 12:47 (GMT+01:00)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would retaliate by striking Israel's nuclear facility if Israel attacked its nuclear activities, armed forces chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi said on Friday.

Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan

03.09.2010 - 11:52 (GMT+01:00)
KANDAHAR CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between NATO-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

Banks admit better disclosure on bonuses needed

03.09.2010 - 11:32 (GMT+01:00)
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks have acknowledged they need to be more open about the size of their bonus pools and the methodology for paying star bankers after making progress in other areas of reforming pay structures.

BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill costs hit $8 billion

03.09.2010 - 08:32 (GMT+01:00)
LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was two weeks away from sealing the well for good.

BOJ to stand pat next week,eyes easing next month

03.09.2010 - 06:49 (GMT+01:00)
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to hold off on easing monetary policy next week but is gearing up for further action in October as the strong yen threatens to derail its forecast of a moderate economic recovery, sources said.

Delta Air Lines August Traffic Up 1.1% - Update

03.09.2010 - 20:30 (GMT+01:00)
Delta Air Lines Inc. Friday said its traffic and capacity for August rose 1.1% and 1.2%, respectively, while load factor stayed flat when compared to the prior year. Latin American and Pacific contributed strongly to system traffic, while domestic traffic as well as load factor were down.

Obama Highlights Private Sector Job Growth,Pushes Small Business Bill

03.09.2010 - 19:59 (GMT+01:00)
President Barack Obama Friday sought to highlight the positives in an August jobs report that was better than many analysts had feared. Obama, speaking in the Rose Garden, said the report represented a positive sign, though, he said, "It's not nearly good enough." "I want all Americans to remind [...]

Toshiba,Samsung Launch Tablets To Rival IPad

03.09.2010 - 17:48 (GMT+01:00)
Competition in the nascent, but fast-growing tablet market has intensified with more companies unveiling their own tablet computers to counter Apple Inc.'s iPad. Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp. and South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. launched their new products on Thursday at the IFA cons [...]

GOP Takes Unsurprisingly Negative View Of Jobs Report

03.09.2010 - 17:01 (GMT+01:00)
While many see the smaller than expected drop in employment in August as a positive sign for the U.S. economy, Republicans leaders in the House have expressed an unsurprisingly negative view of the data as they seek to highlight signs of economic weakness heading into the mid-term elections. A repo [...]

Service Sector Activity Sees Slower Pace Of Growth In August

03.09.2010 - 16:40 (GMT+01:00)
While activity in the service sector expanded for the eighth consecutive month in August, a report released by the Institute for Supply Management on Friday showed that the pace of growth in the sector slowed by much more than economists had been anticipating. The report showed that the ISM's non-m [...]

British Airways August Traffic Down 2.9% - Update

03.09.2010 - 16:40 (GMT+01:00)
Europe's third largest airline British Airways Plc reported Friday that total traffic for the month of August dropped 2.9% on a 2.6% lower capacity from a year ago, reflecting particular weakness in the Asia-Pacific region. The airline noted that the overall summer volumes were slightly lower than t [...]

M&A - A Weekly Recap

03.09.2010 - 16:11 (GMT+01:00)
The week ended September 3 was marked with brisk M&A activity. Companies that made headlines with deal announcements include Intel, 3M, Burger King and Hewlett-Packard. Here is a recap of the important deals announced this week.

Walgreen August Comps Rise 2.1%; Announces Business Exchange With Omnicare - Update

03.09.2010 - 15:28 (GMT+01:00)
Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. Friday reported a 2.1% rise in its comparable stores sales and an 8.6% increase in total sales for the month of August. The company also posted a 7.6% rise in its fourth-quarter sales and it came in above Wall Street analysts' forecast. Separately, Walgreen announced a t [...]

Employment Shows Modest Drop Amid Continued Private Sector Job Growth

03.09.2010 - 15:10 (GMT+01:00)
Employment in the month of August fell by much less than economists had been expecting, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Friday, with the report also showing a much smaller than previously reported drop in employment in July. The report showed that non-farm payroll employme [...]

Celldex Says Pfizer Terminates Cancer Vaccine Deal - Update

03.09.2010 - 15:04 (GMT+01:00)
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (CLDX), a development stage biotechnology company, said Friday that Pfizer Inc. (PFE) has terminated a global development and commercialization deal for Celldex's experimental therapeutic cancer vaccine, rindopepimut, citing that the program is no longer a strategic priori [...]

Campbell Soup Serves Up Hearty Profit Despite Flat Sales

03.09.2010 - 14:37 (GMT+01:00)
World's largest soup-maker Campbell Soup Co. reported Friday a 63% surge in profit for the fourth quarter despite a marginal decline in sales. A lower effective tax rate helped lift profits compared to the year-ago quarter, when results were weighed down by a charge. Adjusted earnings per share rose [...]

FDA Panel Alert:Forest Labs

03.09.2010 - 14:27 (GMT+01:00)
Forest Laboratories Inc. (FRX) is getting ready to face an FDA panel that will review the company's injectable antibiotic, Ceftaroline, for two indications on September 7.

Novartis Discovers Potential Compound Against Drug Resistant Malaria

03.09.2010 - 13:17 (GMT+01:00)
Swiss healthcare company Novartis AG Friday announced the discovery of a new compound that shows promise as a next generation treatment for drug resistant malaria. The company said the compound could progress into Phase I human trials, subject to a favorable outcome from the currently ongoing regula [...]

Disney,Time Warner Cable Strike New Deal

09.09.2010 - 04:55 (GMT+01:00)
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) and cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) have reached a new long-term expanded programming deal that will keep Disney's broadcast and cable channels on Time Warner Cable, ending several weeks of tense negotiations.

Wall Street Waits For Jobs Data

03.09.2010 - 12:32 (GMT+01:00)
Wall Street now turns its attention to the key jobs report after some reassuring economic data catalyzed a strong upward move in the markets in the previous two sessions. Although expectations concerning the job market are muted, a downside surprise could stir anxiety concerning the economic recover [...]

UPS Cargo Plane Crashes in Dubai

03.09.2010 - 20:40 (GMT+01:00)
A United Parcel Service Inc.-operated cargo plane, with two crew members aboard, crashed Friday evening on takeoff in Dubai, according to an initial statement from the company. UPS didn't confirm any casualties.

T-Mobile USA in Talks to Carry Huawei Phone

03.09.2010 - 20:56 (GMT+01:00)
T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under $100 in the U.S.

Probe Begins Into Mariner Platform Fire

03.09.2010 - 21:03 (GMT+01:00)
The federal government started an investigation into Thursday's fire at Mariner Energy's offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Provides Lessons Learned From Spill

03.09.2010 - 18:42 (GMT+01:00)
BP disclosed various lessons and capabilities built from trouble-shooting the big oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Pechter Bids for Value Line Funds

03.09.2010 - 20:01 (GMT+01:00)
Richard Pechter, a director of Finra and NYSE's regulatory arm, said this week that he made an offer for Value Line's troubled mutual-fund business.

Campbell's Soup Sales Slip

03.09.2010 - 18:53 (GMT+01:00)
Campbell Soup quarterly profit rose 64% as the company cut costs, but its U.S. soup sales continued to decline despite efforts to attract consumers with more promotions.

Stocks Pare Gains

03.09.2010 - 17:19 (GMT+01:00)
U.S. stocks climbed after slower-than-expected job losses in August encouraged investors still struggling to figure out the economy's trajectory. Gains softened after a reading of service-sector data missed forecasts.

Petrobras Seeks $64 Billion From Sale

03.09.2010 - 17:04 (GMT+01:00)
Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras launched the world's largest-ever sale of shares to finance a $224 million, five-year investment program.

Jobs Report Boosts Riskier Markets

03.09.2010 - 16:08 (GMT+01:00)
Stocks and other growth-sensitive markets, including the euro, got the best news they've had for some time with Friday's better-than-expected U.S. payrolls report for August.

Officials Move to Tame Asian Currencies

03.09.2010 - 14:27 (GMT+01:00)
Singapore intervened in the foreign-exchange market and Korea resumed its intervention after a two-week break, while Japan has signaled it is weighing entering the market for the first time in six years.

Blasts Target Muslim Minorities in Pakistan

03.09.2010 - 15:27 (GMT+01:00)
An attack on a Shiite rally killed at least 43 people in southwestern Pakistan, while a suicide bomber targeted a minority Sunni mosque in Peshawar.

U.S. Employers Cut 54,000 Jobs

03.09.2010 - 14:45 (GMT+01:00)
U.S. payrolls fell by 54,000 in August, less than economists had expected. Private-sector companies added 67,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%.

Don't Look to Jobless Rate for Fed Hints

03.09.2010 - 12:42 (GMT+01:00)
Investors are counting on the August unemployment rate to send a clear signal about the prospect for more Fed policy easing. But they may only hear static.

IEA Predicts Greater Reliance on OPEC Oil

03.09.2010 - 13:05 (GMT+01:00)
The global dependency on the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for oil will rise as production by non-OPEC nations falls.

Andean Subject of Bidding War

03.09.2010 - 11:06 (GMT+01:00)
One of the world's most prospective gold companies, Andean Resources of Australia, has become the subject of a bidding war between two Canadian companies.

Pizza Hut Named Most Trusted Food Service Brand in India by the Economic Times for the Sixth Year

03.09.2010 - 17:30 (GMT+01:00)
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Economic Times’ (India) Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2010 annual survey has named Pizza Hut the "Most Trusted Food Service Brand’ in India for the sixth year, ahead of all other Indian and global food service brands. Pizza Hut is also the only restaurant [...]

ExpressJet Pilots See Optimism in Sale/Merger,Cite Job Protection Assurances

03.09.2010 - 17:30 (GMT+01:00)
HOUSTON, TEXAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union leaders of the ExpressJet pilots, who are represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), met this week to determine their position on the proposed sale of ExpressJet Airlines to SkyWest Holdings, Inc. and the planned subsequent merger of the ai [...]

Nationwide Insurance Introduced as Presenting Sponsor of the Memorial Tournament

03.09.2010 - 16:30 (GMT+01:00)
DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Memorial Tournament, Nationwide Insurance and the PGA TOUR announced today that Nationwide will become the presenting sponsor of the Memorial Tournament, beginning with the 2011 event. Nationwide and the Memorial have mutually committed to a six-year initial relati [...]

Wells Fargo Names Tim Sloan Chief Administrative Officer

03.09.2010 - 16:30 (GMT+01:00)
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today that Tim Sloan has been named the company’s chief administrative officer, a new position that reports directly to Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer John G. Stumpf. Effective immediately, the function [...]

Aprobación en la Unión Europea de BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) para infusión para la rápida conversión de la fibrilación auricular de reciente aparición

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Estados Unidos & VANCOUVER, Columbia Británica--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSD (conocido en EE.UU. y Canadá como Merck) (NYSE:MRK) y Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME/ TSX: COM) han anunciado que la formulación intravenosa (IV) de BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) ha obtenido la aproba [...]

シリコン・ジェネシスがポリマックス製造システムを始動

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
米カリフォルニア州サンノゼ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--（ビジネスワイヤ） -- 工学基板向けプロセス・技術のリーダーであるシリコン・ジェネシスは本日、当社の量産システム「ポリマックス」（PolyMax）を利用して太陽電池ウエハーの [...]

Silicon Genesis启动PolyMax™生产系统

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
加州圣何塞--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美国商业资讯)--工程基片工艺和技术的领导者Silicon Genesis今天宣布，公司已开始利用其PolyMax高产量生产系统生产太阳能晶片。SiGen已成为业界首个生产85微米厚、156毫米见方的单晶硅无切损晶片的公司� [...]

Empire Drilling Program Recommencement Scheduled,Financial Structuring Details and Grand Monarch Business Projections

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Empire Energy Corporation International (Empire) (Pink Sheets:EEGC) announced on Friday, September 3rd, 2010, that after consultation and coordination with the Company’s drilling contractors and GEFCO, the rig’s manufacturer, and through their renewed confidence i [...]

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Seattle’s Best Coffee Reaches Milestone Goal of Establishing 30,000 Places to Enjoy a Cup of Its Coffee

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX), today announced that it has reached a major milestone in the strategic plan it outlined earlier this year, achieving its goal of establishing 30,000 places where consumers can enjoy a freshly-brewed cup [...]

CEMEX SUMINISTRA CONCRETO PARA PROYECTO DE GRAN ESCALA DE PLANTA DE ENERGIA EN HAMBURG-MOORBURG,ALEMANIA

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
MONTERREY, Mexico y RATINGEN, Alemania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: CEMEX.CPO) anunció hoy que ha recibido una extensión de un contrato inicial para proveer 350,000 metros cúbicos de concreto para una nueva planta de energía en Hamburg-Moorburg, Alemania. La planta de Hamburg-Mo [...]

CEMEX Supplies Ready Mix Concrete for Large Scale Power Plant Project in Hamburg-Moorburg,Germany

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
MONTERREY, Mexico & RATINGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) announced today that the company has now been awarded an extension of the initial contract to supply 350,000 cubic meters of ready-mix concrete for the new Hamburg-Moorburg power plant. The Hamburg-Moorburg plan [...]

BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) en perfusion a reçu l'approbation de l'Union européenne pour la conversion rapide de la fibrillation auriculaire récente

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. & VANCOUVER, Colombie britannique--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSD (connu aux Etats-Unis et au Canada sous le nom de Merck) (NYSE:MRK) et Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME/ TSX: COM) ont annoncé aujourd'hui que BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) de MSD avait reçu l'approbation marketing da [...]

The Votes Are In:America Says "I DO” to Neil Lane

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
HOLLYWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On September 30, 2010 at the NBC plaza, bride and groom-to-be Melissa McMillin and Jeremy Gebhardt will exchange vows with their wedding bands designed by Neil Lane. Over 150,000 TODAY Show viewers voted online over the past few weeks for Neil Lane’s winning wedding ban [...]

newScale Wins Best of VMworld 2010 Gold Award for Private Cloud Computing

03.09.2010 - 15:00 (GMT+01:00)
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--newScale9 Wins Best of VMworld 2010 Gold Award for Private Cloud Computing. newScale’s self-service IT storefront brings the "iPhone experience to the enterprise."

BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) goedgekeurd voor infusie in de Europese Unie voor snelle conversie van recent ontstaan atriumfibrilleren

03.09.2010 - 13:30 (GMT+01:00)
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. U.S.A & VANCOUVER, Brits Columbië--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MSD (in de VS en Canada bekend als Merck) (NYSE:MRK) en Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME/ TSX: COM) hebben vandaag bekend gemaakt dat de intraveneuze (IV) formulering van BRINAVESS™ (vernakalant) goedkeuring heeft ver [...]

Credit Unions Press Their Post-Crisis Advantage

08.04.2010 - 14:00 (GMT+01:00)
Post-crisis, credit unions are taking it to their bank competitors, soaking up deposits and investing in already-superior online banking capabilities.

Quad City Launches Family Office

07.04.2010 - 16:15 (GMT+01:00)
Quad City Bank & Trust taps a trio of SunGard hosted solutions to launch family office services and successfully attract new ultra-high-net-worth customers.

Mass.-Based StonehamBank Taps FIS to Launch Mobile Banking

06.04.2010 - 22:23 (GMT+01:00)
Technology provider's services allow small bank to offer big bank mobile services.

Czech Bank Selects SAS Analytics for Marketing Campaigns

06.04.2010 - 21:00 (GMT+01:00)
Ceska Sporitelna expects up to 50 percent increase in campaign income within first year.

Deutsche,Luxoft Jointly Develop Risk Management Tool

06.04.2010 - 20:07 (GMT+01:00)
Platform assists loan origination and credit risk management.

J.P. Morgan Collaborates With IBM To Offer T&E Solution

06.04.2010 - 16:43 (GMT+01:00)
J.P. Morgan corporate card meets IBM travel and expense software, with card transactions automatically populating expense reports.

Apple Sells 300,000 iPads First Day

05.04.2010 - 16:32 (GMT+01:00)
Nine banks have already ported their mobile applications to the iPad App Store.

Adyen Lets Banks Extend Online Payments to Business Customers

05.04.2010 - 14:00 (GMT+01:00)
Hosted payment gateway also provides PCI-compliant security and analytics, so that business customers can keep close tabs on their customers' buying habits.

Patelco Credit Union Wards Off Malware Attacks

02.04.2010 - 17:03 (GMT+01:00)
Large California credit union using network access control software to detect and investigate suspicious activity.

Verizon and IBM Offer Data Backup

02.04.2010 - 14:57 (GMT+01:00)
Two companies join EMC and Iron Mountain in the enterprise disaster recovery business.

U.S. Bank Rolls Out Customizable Small Business Card

01.04.2010 - 17:05 (GMT+01:00)
Customers can design the look of their card and apply for discounts.

BofA Honors Two Associates for Technology Achievements

01.04.2010 - 15:58 (GMT+01:00)
Suresh Nair honored for work on an integration framework; Frank Venditti recognized for helping to build international payments system.

BofA Installs Talking ATMs

31.03.2010 - 17:29 (GMT+01:00)
The bank's 18,000 ATMs are all now equipped with audio equipment and headsets to enable visually impaired customers to use the machines.

New Law Halts PayPal Personal Payments in Japan

31.03.2010 - 15:58 (GMT+01:00)
Payment provider forced to temporarily shut down its personal payments service while it makes changes to comply with a new Japanese law.

Treasury to Sell Citi Stake

30.03.2010 - 17:14 (GMT+01:00)
Government could potentially earn $7 billion on its crisis-driven investment in the bank.

Four Senior Officials Depart Greylock

07.06.2008 - 00:25 (GMT+01:00)
A quartette of senior officials have departed Greylock Capital Management.

Former Stratix Exec Forms Second Firm

06.06.2008 - 18:01 (GMT+01:00)
Ian Goodman, co-founder of the now-defunct Stratix Asset Management, has taken another stab at launching his own hedge fund by forming GCore Capital.

Wood Creek Sues SageCrest

06.06.2008 - 18:01 (GMT+01:00)
Wood Creek Capital Management is suing SageCrest in an attempt to claim a $5.4 million redemption the hedge fund has not paid.

Credit Suisse Appoints Jain To Senior Post

06.06.2008 - 18:01 (GMT+01:00)
Bob Jain, head of proprietary trading at Credit Suisse, has been appointed global head of asset management, a new position, and will focus on the firm's single-manager hedge fund business.

State Street Sues Ex-Moore President

06.06.2008 - 18:01 (GMT+01:00)
State Street Corporation has filed a complaint against James Kelly, former president of Louis Bacon's Moore Capital, and his hedge fund administration company, HedgeServ, for violating a non-compete agreement.

JER To Deploy $150-200M In Latin American Investments

05.06.2008 - 17:23 (GMT+01:00)
JER Partners’ new Latin American division (AIN, May 26) will be deploying about $150-200 million on a yearly basis for private equity deals in the region.

AIG, Larch Lane Enter Seeding Partnership

05.06.2008 - 17:23 (GMT+01:00)
AIG Investments and Larch Lane have created a partnership to seed emerging hedge fund managers, completing its first deal last month.

Agecroft Looks North

05.06.2008 - 06:20 (GMT+01:00)
Richmond, Va., third-party marketing firm Agecroft Partners has tapped Tim Driscoll as managing director.

Greylock Preps Africa Fund

04.06.2008 - 23:43 (GMT+01:00)
The $700 million Greylock Capital Management will unveil its first Africa-focused private equity fund July 1.

SYW To Close Offshore Fund

04.06.2008 - 23:43 (GMT+01:00)
SYW Capital Management will close the new offshore version of its long/short equity hedge fund to investors on June 13 with an estimated $50 million.

Credit Suisse Appoints Jain To Head Up Hedge Funds

04.06.2008 - 17:42 (GMT+01:00)
Bob Jain, head of proprietary trading at Credit Suisse, has been appointed global head of asset management and will focus on the firm’s single-manager hedge fund business.

State Street Sues Ex-Moore President

04.06.2008 - 17:42 (GMT+01:00)
State Street Corporation has filed a complaint against James Kelly, former president of Louis Bacon’s Moore Capital, and his hedge fund administration company, HedgeServ, for violating a non-compete agreement.

Blackstone Hires New London FoF Head

04.06.2008 - 17:42 (GMT+01:00)
The Blackstone Group has lined up a new hire to head the London operation of its fund of hedge funds arm, Blackstone Alternative Asset Management.

Archer to Re-Open, Grow Fund By 20%

04.06.2008 - 05:02 (GMT+01:00)
Archer Capital Management is reopening its flagship fund in hopes to increase its assets under management by 20% by the end of summer.

Battenkill Benefits From Oil On Both Sides

03.06.2008 - 23:02 (GMT+01:00)
Battenkill Capital Management’s Alpine Fund is up 6% this year through Monday, primarily thanks to its long and short oil plays.

Calling for Increased Smartphone Shipments

03.09.2010 - 20:51 (GMT+01:00)
First Global expects the global handset market to grow 12%-13% in 2010.

Should Investors Chase the Rally in Take-Two'

03.09.2010 - 20:12 (GMT+01:00)
Though shares of the video-game maker soared on strong earnings results, the future could get dicey.

Don't Expect a Bidding War for the Whopper

03.09.2010 - 19:28 (GMT+01:00)
Credit Suisse says the current $24-per-share Burger King bid is too high.

The Wireless OS Shakeout

03.09.2010 - 17:05 (GMT+01:00)
Wedbush expects Android and iOS to gain market share.

Collective Brands Feels the Pinch

03.09.2010 - 12:57 (GMT+01:00)
Caris & Co. cut earnings estimates on the shoe retailer.

2 Health-Care Stocks in the Age of Reform

03.09.2010 - 01:16 (GMT+01:00)
Their diversity and scale should help them succeed in a tougher business climate.

Scana CEO's $1.1 Million Buy

03.09.2010 - 00:41 (GMT+01:00)
William B. Timmerman bought 29,000 shares of the utility.

Stocks in the Spotlight Thursday

02.09.2010 - 23:47 (GMT+01:00)
Burger King, Harry Winston, Nordstrom and Pier 1 all rose.

Auto-Electronics Firms May Disappoint

02.09.2010 - 21:09 (GMT+01:00)
Tyco Electronics and Molex are exposed to slower auto sales.

Nordstrom,Costco Ring Up Success

02.09.2010 - 19:42 (GMT+01:00)
Buoyed by above-average same-store sales in August, the two retailers look like good investments.

Cloudier Outlook for SunTrust Banks

02.09.2010 - 19:22 (GMT+01:00)
Sterne Agee cut the target price to $19 from $22.

Some Upside Crops Up for Ag Machinery

02.09.2010 - 15:26 (GMT+01:00)
Sterne Agee sees improved farmer sentiment and unit economics bode well.

Garmin's Direction More Clear

02.09.2010 - 13:34 (GMT+01:00)
Wedbush upgraded the navigation-device firm to Neutral.

A Beverage Stock at a Sweet Price

02.09.2010 - 00:43 (GMT+01:00)
Shares of Cott are cheap, but the company's private-label brands could be the right formula in a stalled economy.

Icahn's $111 Million Motorola Buy

01.09.2010 - 23:49 (GMT+01:00)
The activist billionaire has now raised his stake to 10.7%.

Bug Found With Automator and ITunes 10

03.09.2010 - 16:10 (GMT+01:00)
As you’re aware, Apple just released iTunes 10. With that release has come some changes—both expected and not so. Apple - iTunes - Automator - Macintosh - Articles

HP Wins 3PAR,What's Next for Dell'

03.09.2010 - 15:02 (GMT+01:00)
HP outbids Dell and wins the battle for cloud storage provider 3PAR, leaving Dell to pick up the pieces and come up with a new strategy. Dell - Hewlett-Packard - Cloud computing - Business - HP 3000

Apple's Ping a Scammer's Haven' Security Experts Say Watch Out

03.09.2010 - 14:57 (GMT+01:00)
Security experts are warning Apple's new Ping social component to iTunes is being exploited by comment spammers and this presents a security risk to users. Apple - iTunes - Security - Facebook - Google

Security Program Automatically Tracks Down Missing Patches

03.09.2010 - 13:30 (GMT+01:00)
Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches from multiple vendors soon after their release Secunia - Security - Advisories and Patches - Personal Software Inspector - Microsoft

Latest Skype Beta Offers Group Video Calls for 10

03.09.2010 - 11:10 (GMT+01:00)
The latest beta version of Skype offers the ability to do group video calls with up to 10 people. Skype - Software release life cycle - Microsoft Windows - Video - Videoconferencing

Women Did Well on Defcon Social Engineering Test

03.09.2010 - 09:50 (GMT+01:00)
Organizers People - Business - Las Vegas Nevada - DEFCON - Health

Samsung Galaxy Tab Rooted... A Month Before Release

03.09.2010 - 08:21 (GMT+01:00)
Most new smartphones seem to get rooted within a week or two of their release, but four weeks before they go on sale' Hackers have cracked a prototype tablet from Samsung, the Galaxy Tab, a month before it hits shelves. Samsung Group - Smartphone - GalaxyTab - Android - Samsung

Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back,IDC Says

03.09.2010 - 06:20 (GMT+01:00)
The enterprise disk storage market is continuing to bounce back from the depths of the recession, IDC says. International Data Corporation - Hardware - Storage - Information technology - Hewlett-Packard

Nvidia's Laptop Graphics Cards to Boost Web Browsing

03.09.2010 - 06:20 (GMT+01:00)
Nvidia on Friday announced seven new GeForce 400M series laptop graphics cards, which could help accelerate Web surfing and 3D image rendering. Nvidia - GeForce - Video card - Graphics processing unit - Hardware

Remains of the Day:Gimme Fallout Shelter

03.09.2010 - 02:30 (GMT+01:00)
Every time there's an Apple event, there's fallout. Big, nasty, mutate-ants-into-monstrous-rampaging-creatures fallout. With Apple's media shindig on Wednesday... Apple - Macintosh - IPhone - Apple II - Companies

Stream TV Android Froyo Tablet:Sneak Peak Now,Preorders Next Week

03.09.2010 - 02:28 (GMT+01:00)
Start-up aims for a piece of the Android pie. Android - tablet - Handhelds - Samsung Group - Samsung

Hotmail Suffers Hours-long Outage on Thursday

03.09.2010 - 01:50 (GMT+01:00)
A technical problem has affected access to Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail service. Microsoft - Hotmail - ActiveSync - Microsoft Exchange Server - Business

HP and 3Par Sign Definitive Merger Agreement

03.09.2010 - 01:20 (GMT+01:00)
HP and 3Par signed a merger agreement, likely bringing to a close the bidding war with Dell for 3Par. Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Mergers & Acquisitions - HP - HP 3000

Samsung Galaxy Tab vs. the iPad:Compare For Yourself

03.09.2010 - 00:10 (GMT+01:00)
How does Samsung's Galaxy Tab stack up next to the iPad' Check out this comparison chart to see for yourself. Samsung Galaxy Tab - tablet - GalaxyTab - Samsung i7500 - Samsung

Dock Your Encased IPhone,IPod With DockStubz

03.09.2010 - 00:00 (GMT+01:00)
iPhone and iPod cases come in various shapes, sizes, and levels of protection, but rare is the case that lets you connect your iPhone to a dock while you're... IPhone - iPod - Shopping - Consumer Electronics - Digital Portable Players

Steve Jobs:iTunes 10 Icon Does Not 'Suck'

03.09.2010 - 20:00 (GMT+01:00)
While winding down from Wednesday’s iPod announcements, Apple CEO Steve Jobs appears to have taken some time to respond to an e-mail criticizing the new look of the iTunes icon.

Video:Monster Truck Makes Monster Crash

03.09.2010 - 19:30 (GMT+01:00)
Joe Sylvester wants to set a new record for longest jump by a monster truck. Clearly he's still got some work to do.

NASA Flies First Drone Over Hurricane

03.09.2010 - 19:30 (GMT+01:00)
In addition to the usual cadre of satellites, NASA is using a small fleet of unmanned aircraft into, over and around the hurricane as it tracks north from the Caribbean. While flying into a hurricane is nothing new, Earl is the first hurricane that NASA has observed using their unmanned Global Hawk [...]

EA Simulates 2010 NFL Season,Predicts Super Bowl Champs