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The Obama administration said Wednesday it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program, marking another shift from former President George W. Bush’s policy. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the

New nuclear talks offer for Iran - BBC Middle East
The US, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain announced they would ask EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to approach Iran with the offer. In a joint statement, they appealed to Iran to “engage seriously in a spirit of mutual respect

Researcher ranks mutual funds by carbon footprint - Seattle Times
Investors who want to assess how green their mutual fund is are getting some help. Environmental researcher Trucost is ranking 91 funds according to the greenhouse gas emissions that are tied to their investments. According to the report released

Outside the Box - Marketwatch
03. Outside the Box: Mutual fund shareholders deserve an even tax break 12:03 PM ET, Mar 29, 2009 - By Werner Renberg Unlike individual stockholders, mutual-fund shareholders owe tax in every year when the funds earn and distribute capital gains from

Mechanics and Farmers Bank boosts loan-loss reserves - Triangle Business Journal
Durham-based Mechanics and Farmers Bank set aside more cash last year to protect itself against potential loan losses a move also taken by 11 other Triangle-area banks. M&F, which turns 101 years old in 2009, recently filed its first annual

The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 40 points today, and shares of most Louisiana companies ended the day lower. Shares of Entergy Corp., IberiaBank Corp., Pool Corp. and Whitney Holding Corp. all fell. The Dow closed out the day at 7,975

How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock indexes fared in - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Wall Street pulled back for the first time in five days Monday as investors worried about balance sheets at banks and the quarterly results that businesses will start releasing this week. Financial shares sold off after a prominent analyst predicted

BEIJING (AP) China will launch a long-awaited stock exchange for smaller companies on May 1 in an effort to promote growth of more innovative industries, the government announced Tuesday. The Growth Enterprise Board will accept companies with

StarInvest Group, Inc. Enters Into Share Exchange Agreement With EXX - MSN MoneyCentral
StarInvest Group, Inc (OTCBB: STIV) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with EXX.COM (”EXX”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, StarInvest agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of

American Woodmark shuts W.Va., Va facilities - Charleston Daily Mail
WINCHESTER, Va. — Cabinet maker American Woodmark Corp. says the continued housing slump has forced it to permanently close production plants in Virginia and West Virginia. The company also said Tuesday it would idle a plant in Tahlequah, Okla

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CHOOSES VIRTUAL EXCHANGE FROM TELX - dBusinessNews.com
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GM Bondholders Said to Doubt Success of Debt Exchange Without - Bloomberg
March 31 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp. bondholders doubt a debt exchange will succeed outside of bankruptcy because there isn t enough time under the Obama administration s 60-day deadline, according to a person familiar with the thinking

Edgewater, Md. — U.S. scientists say rising levels of carbon dioxide might result in a rise in seal levels but might also help coastal wetlands survive such an event. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is largely responsible for recent global warming

Europe banks take state aid, eye sales Spain acts - Reuters - Guardian Unlimited
MADRID/LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain was forced into its first bank rescue since the financial crisis began and Germany and Britain also acted to shore up lenders as the sector braced for the full impact of rising bad loans. Banks also stepped

VIX Breaks Back Above 45% on Rising Uncertainty (Midday Snapshot) - DailyFx
The USD remains very well bid in the US session with the greenback even positing marginal gains against the Yen as we head into the London fix. The main driver of price action continues to be an escalation in risk aversion on the back of a number of

Local writers report that Something s Rising - Corbin Times-Tribune
Local writers Silas House and Jason Howard have collaborated on a new nonfiction book, Something s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal, that includes testimonies of citizens in Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee and Virginia who

Fox News s Mad, Apocalyptic, Tearful Rising Star - Times Daily
You are not alone, Glenn Beck likes to say. For the disaffected and aggrieved Americans of the Obama era, he could not have picked a better rallying cry. Click to enlarge Glenn Beck, after two months, has 2.3 million viewers. Nicholas Roberts

Patient Monitoring Industry: Focus on Capnography Market - Businesswire.com
The capnography monitoring devices market, a part of the patient monitoring industry, is characterized as a large under-penetrated market globally. Worldwide, the capnography market is dominated by the US and Europe. However, the emerging countries

Research Report of China’s Butcher and Meat Process Industry, 2009 - PR Inside
? The production of china s main meat, including pork, beef, poultry, etc. ? The market structure of china s meat product, the market share of various meat products ? The main local slaughter and meat process enterprises ? The main foreign-funded

Flooding in Fargo eases but winter storm moves in - San Francisco Gate
Monday, March 30, 2009 Engineers weren’t worried about the snow because it’s unlikely to melt soon. They were concerned about waves that could crash against the sandbag levees, further weakening them. The forecast called for the storm to move in by

NEW YORK (AP) Wall Street’s March rally gained momentum on Thursday this time, thanks to surprisingly good earnings from some major consumer brands. Strong demand for government debt at the Treasury Department ’s latest auction also lifted

How the Dow Jones industrials fared Thursday - Boston Globe
Wall Street got positive news on Thursday from corporate America. Best Buy Co. , ConAgra Foods Inc. , and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. all turned in quarterly results that beat analysts’ modest expectations. Strong demand for government debt at the

Are we bullish yet? - Lincoln Journal Star
The stock market s advance Wednesday technically put the Dow Jones Industrial Average in bull market territory; a bull market is defined as a 20 percent rise from a low point. The Dow has surged 21 percent since hitting a nearly 12-year low on

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You Are Right to Own This Stock - MSNBC
You might find that hard to believe, since we’re in the midst of the worst bear market since the Great Depression. How can it be true? Well, empirical research from professors Eugene Fama and Kenneth French, along with that of Jeremy Siegel, supports

T. Rowe Price - Baltimore Sun
T. Rowe Price Group is a financial services company that offers investment management guidance to individuals and businesses worldwide. It also manages mutual funds, including the T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund, Based in Baltimore, Md., T

U.S. Steel: Moody’s reviews US Steel’s ratings for possible downgrade Moody’s placed the Baa3 senior unsecured ratings of United States Steel Corporation (US Steel) under review for possible downgrade. The review results from the challenges facing

Market House landlord rebuffs city - HometownAnnapolis.com
Defiant Market House landlord Site Realty is looking forward to “a day of reckoning” in a $6 million lawsuit filed against the city as Annapolis officials consider seizing the landmark City Dock building by eminent domain. Mayor Ellen O. Moyer

Daily Market Outlook - FXStreet.com
The Swiss franc nose-dived on Thursday after the Swiss National Bank cut interest rates to a record low of 0.25% and announced that it had been intervening in the foreign exchange markets in order to weaken the franc. In addition to buying foreign

Market Chatter — Corporate finance press digest - Reuters
* K+S ( SDFG.DE ) has delayed a possible offer for U.S. Compass Minerals ( CMP.N ) International after Compass’s shares rose on rumours about a possible bid, German paper Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing sources close to the K+S

Stock market closes three per cent high after Wall St rally - News.com.au
THE Australian stock market closed more than three per cent stronger after Wall Street extended its rally for the third consecutive session. At the 16.15pm close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 109.7 points, or 3.39 per cent, at 3,345.2, while

Stewart, Cramer square off over market meltdown - Reuters
LOS ANGELES, March 12 (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart and financial commentator Jim Cramer squared off on Thursday night over the CNBC TV network’s reporting of Wall Street ahead of the market meltdown, and Cramer conceded he — and others — gave

Cheap airfare makes it a fliers’ market for summer travel - Newsday
Desperate to sell seats on increasingly empty jetliners, airlines are slashing airfares to prime overseas destinations in Europe and Australia. The blue-light specials for international travel are broad and, in a break from recent years, touch

Story Tools Freedom quarterback Josh Grady , one of Hillsborough County’s top returning passers, has transferred to Armwood, Hawks coach Sean Callahan confirmed Monday. Grady, who has been a starter since midway through his freshman year at Freedom

Norfolk School Board public hearings set for today - HamptonRoads.com
Residents can voice their opinions on two subjects - school uniforms and new adjustments to middle school attendance boundaries - at two public hearings scheduled for tonight. Since December, the School Board has been reviewing information to

Lady ‘Cats take third in Rising Star - Mineral Wells Index
RISING STAR Dani George turned in a solid effort last week and powered the Santo Lady ‘Cats to a third-place finish at the Rising Star Invitational Golf Tournament. As a team, Santo scored a 526. Moran and Rising Star shared the tournament title

Kankakee rising rapidly - NWI.com
SHELBY | With Sunday’s storms and more rain in the forecast, the National Weather Service is predicting the swollen Kankakee River will reach 12.9 feet at Shelby by Thursday morning, just under its record depth of 13 feet. “It’s coming up fast. It’s

Unemployment is a top job - Herald Tribune
The adage “bad news comes in threes” was reinforced by a trio of troubling trends revealed in employment reports issued last week: 1. Rising numbers locally. Unemployment rates in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties increased into double digits

Flood warning in effect for Black River - Morning Journal
No comments posted. ELYRIA - A flood warning is in effect for the Black River in Elyria and will remain in effect until further notice. At 6 a.m. the stage was at 14 feet and rising, according to the National Weather Service. The flood stage is 9 1/2

RPT-INTERVIEW-AfDB sees falling African growth, rising unrest - Reuters AlertNet
LONDON, March 9 (Reuters) - African growth will fall to around 3.5 percent this year down from an earlier estimate of 4 percent, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday, warning of rising unrest as credit dries up for governments and

Analysis: Dems face rising obstacles in Congress - Baton Rouge Advocate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Largely submerged during passage of the stimulus legislation, the obstacles suddenly loom larger as Democrats and the White House point toward ever more ambitious elements of President Barack Obama’s agenda. Despite the controversy

Vivus falls to 4Q loss on rising Qnexa costs - MSN MoneyCentral
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Vivus Inc. on Monday said it moved to a loss in the fourth quarter, as the biopharmaceutical company spent twice as much on research and development as it did a year ago. Most of the development work involved Vivus’ lead

Credit Cards Raise Canary in Coal Mine Alert at Canada Banks - Bloomberg
March 10 (Bloomberg) — Krystal Koglin didn t think twice when Toronto-Dominion Bank offered to boost the limit on her Visa credit card 11-fold a couple of years ago. She went on a spending spree, hitting department stores like Holt Renfrew

Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS ) paid what most people thought was the limit of the rational price when he bought Dow Jones over a year ago for $5 billion. His company has already been forced to write-down a part of that in its

Gold price soars as shares plunge - News.com.au
THE 21st-century gold rush is gathering pace as stock markets around the world continue to plummet. While the Dow Jones Index closed at its lowest level in six years on Friday, investors worried about the global recession were piling into the

Searching for the Bottom - Washington Post
Fresh concerns over the financial sector’s health have sent the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling to six-year lows, raising questions about whether the market has hit bottom and dimming the prospects of a near-term rebound

NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. ( NYT Quote - Cramer on NYT - Stock Picks ) said Thursday its board has decided to suspend the newspaper publisher’s quarterly dividend in a move to preserve cash as advertising spending continues to decline amid

Protesters picket New York Post over chimp cartoon - Times Online
Protesters gathered outside the New York Post s Manhattan office last night chanting shut the Post down after they claimed a cartoon in the tabloid compared President Obama to a chimpanzee. The Post ’s Editor-in-Chief insists his cartoonist

Protesters rally outside New York Post offices over ‘racist’ Barack - Daily Telegraph
The New York Post cartoon drew immediate criticism from Al Sharpton, the black activist and community leader Photo: AP/NEW YORK POST Demonstrators led by populist civil rights leader Rev Al Sharpton chanted “Boycott the Post. Shut it down. End racism

Khuzami Is SEC’s New Top Cop - Wall Street Journal
Former federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new top cop, as expected, joining the agency’s enforcement division at a time when it is under fire for how it pursues financial fraud. The SEC on Thursday named the

Coats make a strong statement on the catwalks at New York Fashion Week - COX.net for San Diego
NEW YORK (Associated Press) — The tough girl who has been the muse for designers at New York Fashion Week has one rival who can’t be tamed with mere leather, metallic hardware and shoulder pads: Mother Nature. For that, she needs a killer coat

Debating The Healthcare Debate - New York Daily News
The governor didn t quite call Greater New York Hospital Association President Ken Raske a chicken, but his voice suggested otherwise, the DN’s Michael Saul reports. At the governor s urging Thursday, Dr. Richard Daines, commissioner of the New

Ashley Dupre Turns Up At New York Fashion Week - Transworld News
Ashley Dupre, the woman at the center of the sex scandal with former New York governor Elliot Spitzer, caused a stir at New York Fashion Week last Friday. The former call girl showed up, uninvited, to designer Yigal Azrouel s fashion show and sat