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Top Stories: Over the next three years, Fiat in Italy will increase production to one million new cars. Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:32:06 -0500A new chain of government-run retail stores that will sell cut rate goods has been sanctioned by... Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:30:01 -0500UAE banks have reported that their loan-to-deposit gaps for the month of November have shrunk. Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:27:21 -0500North and South American users of the BlackBerry smartphone have suffered widespread delays in message services this week. Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:12:57 -0500Microsoft Corp has told a US court of appeals it will tweak its Word application to remove a feature which has been judged to be a breach of patent. Big News Network.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:10:42 -0500It was a blue ribbon day Wednesday for the Nasdaq while the broader market was limited in its advance. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:06:28 -0500The World Bank has approved a $500 million loan to Vietnam. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:36 -0500The UK’s most popular car of the decade has been named. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:04:43 -0500The US Department of Justice, in ruling on a proposed airline deal, has warned trans-Atlantic airfares could rise as much as 15 per cent. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:57:33 -0500Dubai Financial Market has announced it will buy the city’s rival exchange operator Nasdaq Dubai. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:17:28 -0500A record US$108 million has been paid for a shop in one of Hong Kong’s busiest districts. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:15:41 -0500OPEC oil producers will allow supply curbs to remain in place after this week’s meeting. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:03:08 -0500French tax evaders will continue have data stolen from a Geneva private bank used against them. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:59:14 -0500A third credit ratings agency has downgraded Greek government bonds. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:57:02 -0500The price of a first-class stamp in the UK is on the rise. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:55:17 -0500London, Dec 24 : Cellphones are frequently used for making videos during public events or street performances. Now, Microsoft researchers in Cairo have came up with a novel way to combine the video from multiple phones taken from the same scene into larger, more detailed footage to be broadcast live online. ANI Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:30:09 -0500Toronto, Dec 24 (IANS) A tiny Canadian IT firm, which won a big patent-infringement victory against software giant Microsoft Tuesday, couldnt have wished for a better Christmas gift. They are hoping the global publicity will spell growth in its fortunes. IANS Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:40:01 -0500San Francisco, Dec 24 (DPA) Microsoft Wednesday issued a patch for its Word software to comply with a court ruling Tuesday that it infringed on patents relating to the use of XML or extensible markup language in its flagship word processing software. IANS Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:10:02 -0500ITV 's board has gathered pace as non-executive directors Heather Killen and Agnes Touraine agreed to step down ahead of the chairman's formal arrival next month.Since the announcement of Norman's app... Guardian Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:59:36 -0500SEOUL, South Korea - Asian markets shrugged off a lacklustre performance on Wall Street to move higher Thursday amid expectations China will maintain loose monetary policy. European shares mostly adva... Canadian Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:55:21 -0500Boxing day sales are beginning in stores and online today with as many 13 million people expected to dash to the shops for last minute presents and early bargains. Sky News Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:43:53 -0500KDB and state-run Korea Asset Management Corp. have a combined 50.4% stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding. KDB had said that it plans to complete the stake sale deal next year. Earlier this year, KDB ended t... Morning Star Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:08:24 -0500The pay of Walt Disney's chief Robert Iger fell 28% to $29m (£18.1m; 20.2m euros) in 2009, a company filing to regulators has showed.Disney's earnings have suffered this year because of the econ... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:07:34 -0500It's been a tough year for Japan's economy and the challenge next year for the new government of Yukio Okamoto will be to keep his country's fragile recovery on track. Deflation threatens another peri... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:07:34 -0500With new products flooding markets across the world daily, advertisers are dreaming up ever more innovative schemes to keep their brands in the minds of consumers. In India, advertisers are encouragin... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:07:32 -0500(RTTNews) - The stock market in Japan, closed on Wednesday on the eve of Emperor's Holiday, ended the trading session on Thursday in positive territory, taking cues from global markets which are in ... Quote.com Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:06:39 -0500CONCORD, N.H. - When Laura Davie's doctor suggested she go to the hospital next door for her first mammogram last year, she went online instead. Though she ultimately chose the facility her physicia... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:41:50 -0500TEL AVIV -- Teva-Kowa Pharma Co. definitively agreed to acquire at least two-thirds of Taisho Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the Tokyo generic-drug maker. Terms weren't disclosed. Teva-Kowa is a joi... Fox Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:10:05 -0500TEL AVIV -- All Nippon Airways Co. , Continental Airlines Inc. and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines have asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to exempt them from antitrust liability and enable them... Fox Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:10:04 -0500LONDON -- Carlyle Group said Thursday that it is mulling a cash offer for British waste management firm Shanks Group . Carlyle said that it has held preliminary discussions with the board of Shanks a... Fox Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:10:00 -0500(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.22 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.15 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up ... Reuters Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:09:11 -0500Teletouch Regains Current Reporting Status after Filing Previously Delinquent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the 2008 Fiscal Year Period; Teletouch Cautions Investors Not to Rely on These Dated Fi... CNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:40:23 -0500MBFI today announced it will release its fourth quarter 2009 earnings on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. (Central Time). A conference call will be held the same day at 10:00 a.m. (Central Tim... CNBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:40:23 -0500Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has told car companies they must share their technology with local businesses or leave the country.Mr Chavez gave the ultimatum to Toyota, Ford, General Motors and Fi... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:39:58 -0500The micro-blogging website Twitter is buying the location tracking start-up Mixer Labs for an undisclosed sum.Mixer Labs, founded by two former Google employees, makes an application for Twitter calle... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:39:57 -0500LONDON -- Hotel and restaurant operator Whitbread said Thursday that it has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with M&G Investments covering five properties. Completion is expected in January and ... Fox Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:42:06 -0500TEL AVIV -- Pfizer Inc., the New York health-care giant, said that the company's Lyrica, a potential single treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, was again rejected by the U.S. Food and Drug Ad... Fox Business Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:42:04 -0500Wal-Mart and the union trying to organize workers in the discounter's Twin Cities area stores have reached a settlement over allegations the retailer violated federal labor laws. The United Food and ... Pioneer Press Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:33:32 -0500The French government is pouring billions into schemes to help boost the job market. Figures are expected to show unemployment is up, but the government expects it to start falling back next year. Chr... BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:10:40 -0500NEW YORK - U.S. attorneys in Boston said Wednesday that heart device maker Boston Scientific Corp. will pay $22 million to resolve allegations that its Guidant division in Arden Hills paid kickbacks t... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:43:16 -0500NEW YORK - Stocks ended an erratic session with a slender gain Wednesday as rising commodities prices offset disappointment over an unexpected drop in home sales. Gains in commodities drove the share... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:43:14 -0500Mesaba Airlines has agreed to pay $130,000 to settle accusations that it violated the civil rights of employees by not allowing them to swap shifts with other workers to observe religious holidays. T... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:43:14 -0500NEW YORK - Fresh bread will soon be baking high above ground zero. The new World Trade Center got its first restaurant Wednesday — a sandwich shop at the top of the Freedom Tower under constru... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:43:10 -0500Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks surged, lifted by gains in oil, metals and computer memory chips, on speculation that demand for the commodities will strengthen in China and the U.S. Business Week Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:18:23 -0500The US Treasury has received $45 billion from Citigroup and Wells Fargo as repayment of loans which the Obama administration had given to the two American banking giants to help them recover from fina... Business Standard Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:09:22 -0500TORONTO: A tiny Canadian IT firm, which won a big patent-infringement victory against software giant Microsoft Tuesday, couldnt have wished for a better Christmas gift. They are hoping the global p... Times of India Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:05:53 -0500WASHINGTON: Banking giant Citigroup, led by Indian American CEO Vikram Pandit, has repaid $20 billion it received in bailout funds as it works to free itself from government restrictions including ... Times Of India Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:43:37 -0500HONOLULU - Hawaii Development Consultants Inc. and company President Stanforde K. Sagum have pleaded guilty to failing to file annual general excise tax returns for three years. The state Tax Depart... Star Tribune Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:07:15 -0500By Gurmukh Singh, Toronto, Dec 24 : A tiny Canadian IT firm, which won a big patent-infringement victory against software giant Microsoft Tuesday, couldnt have wished for a better Christmas gift. They... New Kerala Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:03:58 -0500When they got married in 1994, Wade and Jennifer Beck couldn't afford a honeymoon so they decided to wait until their 10-year anniversary. They had two kids and a still-tight budget, so that trip wen... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:43 -0500Jennifer Blaha doesn't drink coffee. But her Diet Pepsi intake has risen since Monday, when the Rosedale Macy's began its experiment to stay open around the clock until 6 p.m. Christmas Eve. Blaha, th... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:41 -0500Street parkers, get ready: Both Minneapolis and St. Paul expect to declare snow emergencies sometime during the weekend as the area braces for as much as 20 inches of snow. Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:40 -0500WASHINGTON - Americans are starting to spend a bit more money, but not enough to power a strong economic recovery. Consumer spending posted its second straight monthly increase in November, rising 0.... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:38 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Hewlett Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, said Tuesday that it was investigating a claim that its computers are “racist” because they recognize the facial ... The China Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:35:47 -0500NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. said none of its computer-security systems were breached and no money was lost, responding to a Wall Street Journal report that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is i... The China Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:35:36 -0500The agreement follows a ruling last week by an U.S. International Trade Commission judge that Samsung had infringed on two Kodak patents on digital cameras. Kodak had initially complained to the commi... CNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:35:05 -0500TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan stocks' winning streak continued yesterday, with the TAIEX closing above 7,900, on gains on Wall Street in overnight trading and a promise from Finance Minister Lee Sush-der t... The China Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:35:04 -0500WASHINGTON -- The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The bank strenuously denied the... The China Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:34:59 -0500NEW YORK: Wall Street ended with small gains after a surprisingly weak report on US new home sales dampened optimism from strong earnings news and data showing gains in US income and spending. Th... Times of India Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:30:06 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Hong Kong stocks moved higher as the holiday-shortened trading session kicked off Thursday, with resource shares among the leading advancers, helped by strength in the commodity market... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:13:40 -0500/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) has issued its ruling on a rate request filed by Avista (NYSE: AVA) on... Earth Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:11:52 -0500A radio-controlled USS Enterprise. How does it fly? That was my first question after skimming the e-mail I got this morning from Hobby Media blogger Francesco Fondi, so I jumped straight to the video ... Wired News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:06:32 -0500Watch the researcher’s video ). That may be about all the time he has with a resisting female trying to escape him. Male Muscovy ducks rank among the waterfowl that often fail to take no for an ... Wired News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:06:31 -0500The cult of the BlackBerry phone is based on the device’s ability to bring e-mails to users faster than they can click through them. But that could become history. BlackBerry users faced a serv... Wired News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:06:29 -0500TOKYO, Dec. 24 (AP) - (Kyodo)?(EDS: TO BE LED) The key Nikkei stock index rose sharply Thursday morning to a three- month intraday high above 10,500, with exporters buoyed by a weaker yen and sen... Breitbart Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:48:07 -0500SAN FRANCISCO | Citigroup Inc. and Wells Fargo & Co. said Wednesday that they repaid $45 billion the giant banks got from the Troubled Asset Relief Program in the midst of the financial crisis las... The Ledger Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:55:49 -0500HONOLULU - A Chinese company is now the majority owner of a Hawaii-based supplier of silicon for solar panels. Hoku Scientific Inc. of Honolulu said Wednesday it has issued more than 33 million shar... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:54:05 -0500Glide Browser OS for Microsoft Internet Explorer is available for download at http://www.GlideLife.com. TransMedia officials said Glide transforms IE browser operating system OS with a complete appli... eWeek Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:33:47 -0500By TOM KRISHER AND DAN STRUMPFAP AUTO WRITERS DETROIT -- This holiday season, the luxury car buyer is offering a simple phrase: I'm not spending too much. Wealthier shoppers are trickling back int... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:33:45 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Minutes from the Bank of Japan's Nov. 19-20 meeting published Thursday showed a monetary policy board not overly concerned with the threat of price deflation. The central bank minutes ... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:18:09 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Japanese shares moved higher in early Thursday trading, staging a "catch-up rally" after missing the broad regional advance Wednesday when the market was closed for a holiday. The benc... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:18:07 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Australian stocks headed into the holiday on the upswing Thursday, with gold miners leading the advance, tracking gold futures higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5% to 4,765.0 in... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:18:06 -0500FRE ) fell on Wednesday after the residential mortgage lender said it saw a rise in delinquencies in its mortgage portfolio in November. The government-sponsored entity said in a report that delinqu... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:18:04 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- The Standard & Poor's 500 index needs to gain 31% by the end of the year to break-even for the decade, or 8.7% including dividends, said Standard & Poor's index services unit late We... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:18:01 -0500LLY ) struck a deal with the U.S. division of Kowa Co. to co-promote and market Livalor, a statin developed in Japan, in the United States and Latin America, according to a release from the company. ... Fox Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:17:59 -0500F.N ) said on Wednesday it is nearing an agreement to sell its Volvo Swedish cars unit to China's Geely in a deal that underscores China's arrival as a major force in the global auto industry. Reuters Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:16:52 -0500The Canadian economy strung together back-to-back months of growth for the first time in almost two years, but economists warn that consumers and government stimulus have been "carrying the ball" by f... Financial Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:16:18 -0500When Eric Agius paid his first visit to Seoul, Korea, six weeks ago, the first thing he saw upon clearing customs was a giant display screen built by LG Electronics Inc. It was like a giant welcome m... Financial Post Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:16:16 -0500"Up In The Air" is a timely new movie about unemployment, but it's also the title of a song written by a man who lost his job and found his future. Jim Axelrod reports. CBS News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:45 -0500ID Theft Lucrative For Web Crooks (CBS) When Robert Blanchard tried to access his Citibank account this past July, he was blocked. Even though he alerted Citibank right away, within 24 hours Blanchard... CBS News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:14:44 -0500Robert Downey Jr. may not be tall or British like Sherlock Holmes, but he does possess the single most important attribute needed to play England’s famous sleuth. The actor is smart. In the hig... Wired News Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:09:06 -0500REUTERS , SEATTLE Thursday, Dec 24, 2009, Page 10 Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it would tweak its Word application to remove a feature judged to be a breach of patent, ensuring that it will be a... Taipei Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:07:23 -0500(AP) ? Key barometers in the Treasury market late Wednesday, compared with late Tuesday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000 invested:... New Jersey Online Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:03:49 -0500WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund has approved a $1.2 billion aid payment to Pakistan after concluding a review of the country's economic performance, the fund said in a statement on Wedn... Times Of India Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:48:48 -0500Citigroup Inc. (C) executives have just gotten an early Christmas present from the U.S. government: confirmation that they won't be subject to special-master pay rulings in 2010. Morning Star Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:46:28 -0500IRSN today reported operating results for fiscal 2009, the 52 weeks ended September 27, 2009. Total revenues for fiscal 2009 were $11,536,200 compared to total revenues of $16,677,000 for fiscal 2008... CNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:45:55 -0500FC today announced it will report its first quarter financial results after the market close on Thursday, January 7, 2010, to be followed by a conference call at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (3:00 p.m. M... CNBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:45:54 -0500United Airlines, Continental Airlines and All Nippon Airways have applied for antitrust immunity so they can work together on flights across the Pacific.If granted, it would remove competition rules o... BBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:45:26 -0500C ) followed Bank of America and Wells Fargo with a partial repayment of the U.S. Government bail-out funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program in October 2008. Citi made a part payment... Quote.com Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:44:28 -0500WASHINGTON - A California company is refusing to recall its ozone generators that federal health authorities believe are unapproved medical devices that could lead to health problems or death. The F... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:46:43 -0500WASHINGTON - Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. spent $953,000 lobbying on drug pricing and access, health care and patent reform in the third quarter, according to a quarterly disclosur... Star Tribune Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:46:40 -0500Russian hackers reportedly have stolen tens of millions of dollars from Citigroup, a claim rejected by the US banking giant. Citing anonymous government officials, the Wall Street Journal reported th... Novinite Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:43:06 -0500City sources said some staff at Barclays Capital could get rises of up to 150% although the bank denied this. Photograph: Diane Bondareff/AP Up to 23,000 investment bankers at... Guardian Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:36:19 -0500New York - US stocks closed moderately higher for a fourth consecutive day Wednesday despite a report that home sales fell unexpectedly last month. The Commerce Department said US home sales dropped b... Earth Times Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:34:15 -0500NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc. said Wednesday it has repaid the US$20 billion in bailout money it received from the government. Citi said it funded the previously announced repayment with a recent stock o... Canadian Business Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:31:57 -0500TORONTO (CNNMoney.com) -- For a tiny Toronto software manufacturer nestled in the city's grimy garment district, winning a $290 million court judgment against Microsoft is more than simply a long-awai... CNN Money Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:22:19 -0500TORONTO (CNNMoney.com) -- For a tiny Toronto software manufacturer nestled in the city's grimy garment district, winning a $290 million court judgment against Microsoft is more than simply a long-awai... CNN Money Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:22:18 -0500 |
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