 Nasdaq crash was ten years ago It is ten years since the dotcom bubble... | |
 Los Angeles County mooted for new Chinese carsThe Los Angeles Business Journal has reported that Chinese car maker BYD may build an assembly plant in Los Angeles... |
 Greek austerity plans given Clinton approvalUS Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has met Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in... |
 U.S. stocks in slow motion riseU.S. stocks made narrow advances Tuesday, as traders remained cautious on the... |
| Rates to rise over next six months in US Economists in Washington have suggested the Federal Reserve will soon raise benchmark interest... |
 Akio Toyoda says his company will get back to US growthThe market for Toyota cars in North America is expected to recover in March, according to the head of the company, Akio... |
 US currency note given redesignThe US has redesigned its hundred dollar bill to feature special security... |
 Google will stop assisting some Internet Explorer users Google has warned that anyone not using Internet Explorer 8 will soon lose service through the... |
| ProLogis prices $1.5B of senior notes DENVER -- ProLogis, a real estate investment trust, priced $400 million of convertible senior notes and $1.1 billion of fixed-rate senior notes Tuesday.The sale is expected to close on March 16.... |
| Bad Year For Video Game Financing We always like lists and money, especially lists about money. Video game beat ninja Dean Takahashi's list is up over at Venture Beat and, though imperfect as he admits, it gives you a... |
| Asia's Heroes Of Philanthropy Ananda Krishnan 's climb to success, one of the first rungs on the ladder was a philanthropic gift--a scholarship to earn his undergraduate degree at Melbourne University. Born into Malaysia's middle... |
| Class-action suit targets Microsoft software VANCOUVER — A British Columbia judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft that could affect hundreds of thousands of people who have bought personal computers containing Microsoft... |
| Toyota To Expand Recall Of Tundra Pickups For Rust Toyota said Tuesday it will expand a recall announced last year to fix Tundra pickup trucks with frames that could rust and lead to spare tires falling from the... |
| Pratt & Whitney to move quickly on court appeal EAST HARTFORD, Conn. -- Pratt & Whitney said Tuesday a federal appeals court granted the jet engine maker's request for an expedited appeal of a lawsuit it lost as it tries to move 1,000 jobs out of... |
| Eni Chief Calls For New Euro Gas Pipeline Plan Paolo Scaroni, chief executive of Italian oil and gas giant Eni, in a speech this evening at the CERAweek conference in Houston, called for a new strategy for providing Europe with a secure,... |
| The Asian Paper Chase Because for these so-called anti-dumping and countervailing duty cases, it's not enough to prove that foreign governments are providing illegal subsidies to companies, or that companies are selling... |
| Microsoft researcher, a computing pioneer, wins Turing Award For inventing a prototype of the modern PC, Microsoft researcher Chuck Thacker has won the prestigious A.M. Turing Award for a lifetime of contributions to computing. "I'm still recovering," Thacker... |
| Jarden, Mr. Coffee's maker, ups share repurchases RYE, N.Y. -- Consumer product maker Jarden Corp. said Tuesday that it has increased its stock repurchase program to buy back up to $150 million of its common shares.The company's board earlier... |
| OM Group gets new $250M revolving loan CLEVELAND -- OM Group Inc., which makes industrial chemicals and materials, said Tuesday that it has a new $250 million secured revolving-credit facility with a syndicate of lenders.The new... |
| Boston Beer 4th-qtr profit more than doubles BOSTON -- Boston Beer Co.'s fourth-quarter profit more than doubled as it shipped out more beer and its profit margin grew and write-downs fell, the company said Tuesday after the market closed.The... |
| Bruker to buy Varian products to ease Agilent deal BILLERICA, Mass. -- Scientific instrument maker Bruker Corp. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy certain product lines that Agilent Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell as part of its previously... |
| Battery maker A123 narrows 4Q loss as sales rise WATERTOWN, Mass -- A123 Systems Inc., which makes lithium-ion batteries for cars, narrowed its loss in the fourth quarter as its sales rose.The company on Tuesday said it lost $22.3 million, or 22... |
| EIA 2009 price data, 2010 price estimates The Energy Department on Tuesday released its monthly short-term energy outlook report. The following includes 2009 price data and 2010 price estimates for major energy sources, according to the... |
| Neb. voters may get chance to cut treasurer's job LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska lawmakers want to put the state treasurer's office on the chopping block.On Tuesday, they easily gave first-round approval to a measure that would go before voters in the... |
| Monetary Policy: Not Just The Federal Funds Rate considerable period ” language in the FOMC’s post-meeting announcements is not a good idea. It robs the FOMC of flexibility it might need, and it gives the markets too much near-term... |
| The New Joys Of Sticking Stateside For Americans accustomed in recent years to getting fatter returns from investing overseas, it now gets tricky in light of the greenback's renewed and persistent strength since late November. In... |
| Hamish McRae: Don't write off the US economy Americans may be glum about their political situation but they are becoming less so about their economic one. So much of the reporting from and within the US has focused on the discord in Washington... |
| PicksThatMove.com Provides Investment Opinion on Apple Inc, Dell Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Research In Motion and Palm Inc. CALGARY, Alberta - (Business Wire) The investment opinions offered below and in this press release are provided by Nick Hunter, RIA, of PicksThatMove.com. PicksThatMove is pleased to bring investors... |
| Kan. mulling new soda tax, raising other levies TOPEKA, Kan. -- Kansas would impose a new tax on soda - a penny for every teaspoon of sugar - under a proposal that a key legislator outlined Tuesday while lawmakers considered raising taxes to... |
| Strategic Hotels & Resorts names new CFO CHICAGO -- Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. has named a new chief financial officer.The company - a real estate investment trust with properties in the U.S., Mexico and Europe - said James Mead's... |
| Summary Box: Freedom reorganization plan approved THE APPROVAL: A bankruptcy judge clears Freedom Communications' reorganization plan.THE PLAN: Key lenders would get ownership of the company and would cut the amount of debt that Freedom owes them by... |
| Bristol-Myers CEO's 2009 compensation down 22 pct NEW YORK -- The Associated Press has found the chief executive of drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. saw his 2009 compensation fall by 22 percent amid the recession.James Cornelius received a 2009... |
| Loss shrinks at Collective Brands, Payless parent TOPEKA, Kansas -- Collective Brands Inc., which operates the low-price Payless Shoe Source chain, on Tuesday reported a smaller loss for its fourth quarter as its margins improved.The company, based... |
| Flexsteel declares regular quarterly dividend DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Flexsteel Industries Inc. said Tuesday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 5 cents a share.The dividend is payable April 1 to shareholders of record as of March 22.... |
| Michigan's Jan. jobless rate dips to 14.3 percent LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan's unemployment rate hasn't changed much since the middle of last year, state officials said Tuesday.The state's seasonally adjusted January jobless rate was 14.3 percent,... |
| Abbott paying $450 million for Facet Biotech NEW YORK -- Abbott Laboratories says it will buy Facet Biotech for about $450 million in cash, expanding the company's access to biotechnology drugs, including a potential treatment for multiple... |
| American Eagle to close Martin+Osa stores PITTSBURGH -- American Eagle Outfitters Inc. said Tuesday it plans to close its Martin+Osa women's and men's apparel line, including 28 stores, after the brand continued to lose money last... |
| Nintendo: Staying Ahead Of The Game BURLINGAME, CALIF. -- Nintendo today is perhaps the biggest player in the videogame industry, with its Wii console and DS and DSi handhelds handily beating the competition in terms of units sold... |
| The Most Toxic Home Products BURLINGAME, CALIF. -- You expect to find toxic chemicals in cleaning products and pesticides. But you wouldn't think toxins could be in your bed--or worse yet, your infant's crib.Unfortunately,... |
| Where There's A Will, There's A Way Read All Comments In this instance, he continues, a will can protect your child from youthful impulses. "If you set up a trust, you can select the age you think is more appropriate." For my... |
| Bond Sage Warns Of 'Crowding Out' In more than 50 years of working in the investment industry, Daniel Fuss, vice chairman of Loomis Sayles and bond market sage, has never seen corporate bond prices rebound as quickly as they have in... |
| Lindsay Lohan Sues E*Trade For $100 Million Actress Lindsay Lohan filed a $100 suit in Nassau County Supreme Court Monday against E-Trade. The celebrity claims the online broker stole her likeness for... |
| Stocks Gain, One Year Later Stocks gave up early gains to turn in a modest performance Tuesday as mixed corporate earnings and retail sales weighed on investors a year after markets bottomed during the financial crisis.... |
| J. Crew Bounces Back With retailers across the price spectrum clearing the cobwebs from the recession, J. Crew Group topped The Street's estimates with its latest quarterly figures Tuesday.The clothing chain reported a... |
| Why Spring Means Higher Gasoline Prices Spring is approaching, and gasoline prices are once again climbing. But you may not know that this ritual of climbing prices happens almost every year about this time. If you check... |
| Riding The Rally, Part Deux When the S&P 500 fell to 677 and the Dow Jones industrial average hit 6,547 a year ago, investors were "about as fearful as we've ever seen them," says Glenn Tongue, managing partner of T2 Partners... |
| Update: Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award IDG News Service - The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.... |
| CEO Bonuses Fall 22% in 2009: Study looked at the proxies filed by 180 firms with revenue of more than $1 billion. The study found that in 2009 the median bonus payout fell 22 percent to $689,000 from $882,000 in 2008. "I'm not... |
