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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:49:09 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:49:09 -0400 30 The Nasdaq was the star on the day, leaping ahead of the other major indices. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682601 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:56:16 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682601 Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s travel. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682446 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:32:42 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682446 http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682445 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:42 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682445 Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682432 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:42 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682432 This week’s BD25 million issues of Government Treasury Bills, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, were oversubscribed by 308%. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682454 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:43:40 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682454 President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682161 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:18 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682161 The management team at the Kia automobile headquarters in South Korea has undergone a change following recalls of popular makes of cars. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682163 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:56 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682163 George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights group. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682162 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:07 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682162 French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement age. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682160 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682160 UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682159 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:40 -0400 Auckland News.Net http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682159 The Australian Cricketers Association has urged players to refuse to sign Cricket Australia contracts next year as a row has erupted over an attempt to take 10 per cent of their earnings from the Indian Premier League. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682249 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:33 -0400 ANI http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682249 Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal reported. http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682147 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:03 -0400 IANS http://www.aucklandnews.net/story/682147 SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests. The change, called "Goog... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485944&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:16:51 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485944&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK - Canadian methanol producer Methanex Corp. on Wednesday said that it plans to restart an Alberta planted idled since 2001 in April. The company said it has started to purchase natural gas ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485945&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:16:48 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485945&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Stronger demand is helping Smithfield Foods emerge from a long period of weak prices with historically high ingredient costs. The company said stronger demand, coupled with $125 million in annual cost... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485946&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:16:46 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485946&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BORROWING COMES CHEAP: The Treasury Department auctioned 10-year notes at a low 2.67 percent rate. NEVER MIND THE DEBT: Expectations for sluggish economic growth keeps buyers bidding up Treasury debt... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485947&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:16:44 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485947&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Juriba to give companies a fast and easy way to assess their readiness to upgrade their Windows PCs to the latest Microsoft software. ConverterTechnology, the world leading expert in Microsoft Offic... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485953&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:13:34 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485953&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SEH ), a leading producer of plastic sheet, compounds, and packaging products, today announced that Victoria M. Holt has been appointed President and Chief Executive effective September 8, 2010. Holt,... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485932&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:08:14 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485932&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Twinings is closing its factory in North Shields – with the added indignity that sacked workers have been asked to train their overseas replacements. It's the latest example of how dancing to the pr... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485936&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:23 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485936&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc launched a blistering defence. The document was a model of its kind. There was the independent expert's opinion that Dana is worth up to £24.65; lots of pretty graphs to illustrate the company's stro... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485935&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:17 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485935&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Even if BP's finding of 'multiple causes' of the Gulf of Mexico disaster is accepted, it is still unclear whether the company will be found grossly negligent http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485934&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:57:13 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485934&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Kinect, the new motion-sensing device for the Microsoft Xbox 360, will be available as a stand-alone peripheral. But gamers can also opt for an Xbox 360 bundle deal, Microsoft reps confirmed today. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485948&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:51:46 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485948&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Bloomberg) — Even the chief of staff to the first U.S. president from Chicago could face challenges in trying to win the top job in a city where someone named Daley has ruled for 42 of the past... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485930&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:45 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485930&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- 7-Eleven Inc., operator of the eponymous convenience-store chain, is in talks to buy Casey’s General Stores Inc., thwarting Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s purchase ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485928&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:44 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485928&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- New York City’s biggest Fashion Week ever will generate more than $385 million for the most populous U.S. city’s economy, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485929&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:44 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485929&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Coca-Cola Co. still sees "tremendous opportunity" in the U.S. market although its growth is being outpaced by emerging markets such as India and China. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485910&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:46:01 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485910&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc HNI ) is in for some taxing times. Under the existing law, the threshold level to kick in the wealth tax provisions is Rs 30 lakh. However, in the existing provision, items like watches, paintings and... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485912&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:26 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485912&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against Hurd. The suit accused Hurd of violating his severance agreement to protect HP's confidential information by taking a job as co-president of Oracle,... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485913&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:21 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485913&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of Sun Pharma, paving the way for the domestic pharma major to eventually gain 65% control (with voting rights) and 48% equity stake in http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485914&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:17 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485914&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Gold prices scaled to a new peak of 19,470 per ten grams in the national capital today on brisk buying by jewelle rs to meet festival and marriage season demand amid a firm global trend. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485916&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:09 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485916&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc dollar today amid renewed dollar selling by banks and exporte rs as the American currency fell to a 15-year low against the Japanese yen. Forex dealers said sustained capital inflows also helped the r... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485917&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:05 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485917&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc National Stock Exchange index Nifty ended with a gain of 3.85 points at 5,607.85. While Infosys Technologies, the second heaviest in the 30-stock Sensex pack, gained Rs 16.50 at Rs 2,872.05. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485918&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:41:01 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485918&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW DELHI: The majority of employers in the country anticipate the creation of new jobs in the coming months of this year, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Painting a robust hiring scenario ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485919&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:57 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485919&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW DELHI: The number of mobile subscribers in the country crossed the 652.42 million mark in July, with the addition of 16.92 million connections, official data show. According to the http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485920&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:52 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485920&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc C Balakrishnan , principal advisor to the plan panel Pronab Sen told the ministry to lay down clear guidelines to ensure transparency. "The ministry should have a transparent policy for use of surplus... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485921&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:48 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485921&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Etisalat, the UAE's biggest phone company, said it's considering investing in Idea Cellular to tap the world's second-largest wireless market. However, the company specified that it is not looking at ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485922&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:44 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485922&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc India , said on Tuesday that his company was looking at ways to synergise operations with the German auto behemoth after it bought a 19.9% stake in Suzuki earlier this year. "The vehicles would be sol... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485923&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:39 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485923&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc tourist destination is scaling new heights. Globetrotters and tourists from around the world are warming up to the country's people and hospitality by voting India as the seventh-best destination in t... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485924&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:36 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485924&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Instamedia Network, the web's leading content network and creator of Software as a Service (SaaS) based content platform, Instapress, announced on Wednesday it has secured $4 million in Series A fundi... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485926&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:27 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485926&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Foster's Group , Australia's largest brewer, knocked back an offer worth up to $2.5 billion for its wine business as too cheap, but the approach could flush out offers for the entire group. The bid, m... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485927&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:24 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485927&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LONDON — Goldman Sachs is facing a massive fine from the UK's City watchdog following an investigation into the U.S. investment bank's international business, the Financial Times said on its web... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485949&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:35:42 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485949&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Starbucks has decided to declutter its drive-through menus — by getting rid of its smaller, 12-ounce drink size. The coffee giant said Wednesday that its drive-through menus now generally only sh... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485951&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:35:40 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485951&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. and American Express Co. lead companies marketing at least $16.6 billion of U.S. corporate bonds today, capping what may be the busiest two- day period for i... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485931&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:24:22 -0400 BusinessWeek http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485931&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc US stocks closed higher today after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485911&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:12:13 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485911&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Hedge-fund manager John Paulson's Advantage Plus Fund dropped by 4.3% in August, as it continues to suffer for betting too soon on an economic recovery, a person familiar with the situation said Wedne... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485959&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:06 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485959&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc U.S. stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as a successful sovereign debt auction in Portugal helped ease concerns about Europe, but with gains capped after the http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485960&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:05 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485960&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- France's Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) and BG Group (BRGYY, BG.LN) of the U.K. will start producing natural gas from the Itau field in Bolivia early next year, according to Bolivia's state oil co... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485958&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:02 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485958&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc California regulators on Wednesday approved construction of a 250-megawatt solar-thermal power plant being developed by Abengoa SA (ABG.MC). The California Energy Commission unanimously approved a pla... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485957&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:08:00 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485957&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Apple is back on top.  Reclaiming its status as the fashion capital of the world, a title it had held for five years before falling off in 2009, New York City is again the fashion capital of the... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485962&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:53 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485962&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc “The fabric of our lives” costs more money. Cotton prices hit a 15-year high of 91.80 cents a pound recently on the IntercontinentalExchange [ICE] – one of two trading exchanges for cotton - af... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485963&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:48 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485963&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BP , BP.LN) has again notified California state environmental regulators of its plan to flare excess emissions at its Carson, Calif., oil refinery starting around 6 a.m. PDT Sunday and ending at aroun... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485965&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:45 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485965&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Technology stocks put in an upbeat performance Wednesday as most bellwether companies rose and investors showed encouragement for the market as fears waned about the health of the banking sector in Eu... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485964&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:42 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485964&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Chile is a step closer to sealing a free-trade agreement with India, the remaining economic superpower it has yet to sign one with. The Andean nation currently has various types of free-t... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485967&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:38 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485967&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO -- Men's Wearhouse Inc. said late Wednesday that its second-quarter profit rose to $42.5 million, or 80 cents a share, from $39.5 million, or 75 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Ex... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485966&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:35 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485966&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc White House on Wednesday said the administration's massive overhaul of the nation's health-care system is not to blame for large rate increases sought by insurers. The http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485968&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:31 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485968&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Updates to late afternoon) By Edward Krudy NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose in anotherlow-volume session Wednesday as investors continued to assesthe prospects for the global economy after last ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485972&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:24 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485972&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- The U.S. government's top regulator for offshore oil and gas drilling rarely conducts surprise inspections, routinely fails to follow up on noncompliance violations and has not adequately... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485971&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:20 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485971&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. AgricultureDepartment said Wednesday all but one of the 26 poultry andslaughter plants it determined were eligible to ship poultry toMoscow have ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485970&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:17 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485970&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BOSTON -- Shares of MAP Pharmaceuticals moved sharply higher Wednesday afternoon, jumping 17% to $12.90. Early Wednesday, MAP released positive safety data for its new inhaled migraine headache drug L... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485973&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:13 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485973&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Guillermo Parra-Bernal SAO PAULO (Reuters) - CSN, Brazil's largestdiversified steel group, expects its $2.6 billion railway andlogistics project Transnordestina to start operations by theend of 201... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485974&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:07:09 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485974&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc "Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have already moved well beyond the points where any other financial institution would have been put into receivership," MBA Chief Executive John Courson and MBA Chairman-el... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485908&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:05:04 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485908&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy has shown "widespread signs" of slowing over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a report suggesting that while the recovery has been faltering, t... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485909&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:05:02 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485909&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Just after Goldman settled the SEC's fraud charges in the US, the firm might now be facing a new fine for fraud in the UK.The FSA is expected to announce that they have fined Goldman and what amount t... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485941&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:34 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485941&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Toronto Stock Exchange was down Wednesday as gold prices fell from near-record levels.At the close, the S&P/TSX composite index was off 60 points, or 0.5%, to 12,042. Materials and energy stoc... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485940&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:32 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485940&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO -- A Boeing Co. subsidiary prevailed Wednesday against a lawsuit alleging its planes were used by the CIA to illegally transport prisoners to secret facilities overseas, a federal appeal... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485942&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:03:28 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485942&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO - (Business Wire) Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is scheduled to announce its third quarter 2010 earnings on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 5 a.m. PDT (8 a.m. EDT). The news release w... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485955&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:02:09 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485955&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (AP) The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business. Stew... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485902&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:58:55 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485902&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HPQ) bond, which is $3 billion in size, has launched and is scheduled to price later Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485943&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:43:17 -0400 Smart Money http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485943&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc -(Dow Jones)- The energy sector produced a battery of high-yield debt offerings Wednesday, with multiple new issues to raise cash to pay down debt and fund mergers and acquisitions. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485907&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:24:08 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485907&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc in size, has launched and is also scheduled to price later Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The two-year floating rate tranche of H-P's bond has launched at 12.5 basis poin... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485906&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:23:27 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38485906&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc PHILADELPHIA - In hindsight, they gave him too much power. That's why the Philadelphia Housing Authority board learned years too late that its revered executive director had secretly settled a strin... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481824&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481824&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc REJECTED AGAIN: Airgas Inc. said Wednesday that its board members have unanimously rejected a sweetened, $5.5 billion buyout offer from rival Air Products and Chemicals Inc. THE BACKGROUND: Air Produ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481825&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:41 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481825&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A model shows a Microsoft's new Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console at a press briefing in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The new Kinect, featuring a 3-D camra and motion ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481821&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:09 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481821&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP ECONOMICS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Consumer borrowing fell again in July as households cut back on their credit card use for a 23rd consecutive month, adding more drag on an econ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481831&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:53:22 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481831&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Nature Conservancy announced today the release of a water footprint report in conjunction with World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The report, entitled '' http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481794&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:51:35 -0400 PR Web http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481794&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A "union-busting" US company has been employed by a leading UK turkey processing factory where workers are due to vote on union recognition tomorrow.Staff at the company in Derby, the second-biggest t... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481810&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:36:04 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481810&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc housing maintenance group, have warned they will need the support and goodwill of scores of councils and housing association customers in order to keep job losses to a minimum.The group was placed in ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481809&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:36:01 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481809&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Hedge fund that anticipated the housing collapse sees $3bn Recovery Fund, set up to benefit from strong economic bounceback, lose 9% of its value http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481811&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:59 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481811&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Yglesias I see this fairly remarkable fact: even if only the "middle-class" tax cuts remain law, who will benefit the most? Yep, you guessed it. The well-off and rich. For example, if only the middle-... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481812&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:57 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481812&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc David Montgomery is attempting to face down a move from shareholders who want to oust him as chief executive of pan-European newspaper group Mecom.Montgomery, who in January last year had to http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481813&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:52 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481813&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group AG’s “greedy antics” bar it from collecting $229 million on a soured loan the bank arranged for the Yellowstone Club, a ski resort for mill... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481802&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:37 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481802&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A lawsuit alleging a Boeing Co. unit disguised the delivery of suspected terrorists to secret prisons where they were tortured was dismissed by a U.S. appeals court. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481803&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:36 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481803&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.’s lawsuit seeking to block former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd from working at Oracle Corp. may be hard to win because California’s courts f... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481804&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:34 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481804&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Oki Matsumoto, chief executive officer of online trader Monex Group Inc. and a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, has a solution to Japan’s stagnant domestic economy... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481805&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:33 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481805&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said Republicans are advocating the same “flawed policies” that contributed to the worst recession since the 1930s and said the nation can&rsq... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481806&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:32 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481806&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against Hurd. The suit accused Hurd of violating his severance agreement to protect HP's confidential information by taking a job as co-president of Oracle,... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481800&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:20:37 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481800&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Allison Linn, senior business writer We'll start with the bad news: The competition for jobs remains extremely tough. But here's the relative good news: It's been a lot worse. There were 4.8 un... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481829&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:47 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481829&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Regulators probing the stock market "flash crash" last May still have not uncovered a single cause for the market's dramatic drop, according to sources. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481828&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:45 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481828&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc REGINA — Lower agri-product sales in Western Canada caused Viterra's third-quarter net earnings to drop nearly 50 per cent to $63.5 million, Canada's largest grainhandler reported Wednesday.For the ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481832&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:09:50 -0400 Leader-Post http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481832&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Sky News Money Panel endorsed the approach of central bank policymakers, whom they tipped to hold the base rate of interest again this month. The group of economists, business leaders and entrepr... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481823&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:09 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481823&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Because nine seconds is an eternity on the internet, now you can conduct a search in a “Google Instant.” The iconic search site Wednesday unveiled the new feature on Google.com and to a p... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481826&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:53:09 -0400 Wired News http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481826&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481799&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:50:17 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481799&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481820&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:57 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481820&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481808&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:42 -0400 The Courier Mail http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481808&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wall Street , is in the initial phases of winding down billions of dollars in equity positions, the direct result of new regulatory rules designed to eliminate Wall Street risk taking, FOX Business Ne... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481834&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:36 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481834&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones industrial average was up 80.53points, or 0.78 percent, at 10,421.22. The Standard & Poor's500 Index was up 10.94 points, or 1.00 percent, at1,102.78. The http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481835&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:33 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481835&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Updates to midday) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose Wednesdayas worries about Europe's banking system decreased, easing riskaversion. U.S. bank stocks recovered from Tue... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481836&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:32 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481836&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Dhanya Skariachan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talbots Inc missedquarterly sales estimates and issued a weaker-than-expectedprofit forecast in the current quarter, sending shares of thewomen's clothing ret... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481837&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:28 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481837&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BP , BP.LN) has found that "multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, releasing a long-awaited report Wednesday that says BP workers missed key warning signs but ... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481841&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:25 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481841&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Colombia's state-controlled oil company, Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETROL.BO), found gas in a well drilled in the Northeastern province of Norte de Santander, the company said Wednesday. The explo... http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481840&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:22 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.aucklandnews.net/?rid=38481840&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc