Top Stories: New homes built in the UK have risen to their highest level in sixteen months. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:46:29 -0500JAL has been hedging currencies, interest rates, and fuel prices and is believed to have incurred losses of 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion). Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:34:17 -0500Ford and its Volvo unit received the most with six awards, followed by Subaru and Volkswagen with five safety awards each. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:59:29 -0500Cuban officials have used the specter of rolling blackouts in the past to spur conservation efforts. Nick Miroff - Global Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:08:59 -0500The bank said loans for the manufacturing sector in the 12 months to the end of September had fallen by nearly 18%. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:44 -0500Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida was established on September 14 2005, and had been operating just over four years. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:12 -0500Only 23% of merchants believe the worst of the recession is behind us. Chris Crum - smallbusinessnewz Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:18:45 -0500The state-owned Ukraine railway company last week defaulted on a $550 million syndicated loan. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:52 -0500The Address hotels have now opened in five key locations across Dubai. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:48 -0500The biggest loser on the day was the Australian All Ordinaries which fell 1.28%. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:22 -0500Participants of the three-day event are looking at ways international institutions like the G20, World Bank and United Nations can improve. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:58 -0500Peter Kafka first reported that news, and he said he was trying to convince Condé to share a video demonstrating the tablet app. Well, here you go. The video above was shot at the Wired Store promoti... Wired News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:51:17 -0500Industry experts expect a strong turnout on Black Friday, which falls on November 27 this year, as deep discounts lure shoppers after more than a year of subdued spending. But they caution it will not... Reuters Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:05:17 -0500The record price of gold is flashing a giant warning that inflation is directly ahead. But which is the better hedge: bullion or inflation-linked bonds?... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:33 -0500It has been referred to as an American birthright, the most sacred tax break, something so sacrosanct that the mere thought of tampering with it was unpatriotic. And Canadian taxpayers have long ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:04:31 -0500A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: ___ The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): WHO'S COVERED: About 94 percent of legal residents under age 65 &... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:16:09 -0500WASHINGTON - The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. The group, which surveyed 1... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:16:06 -0500Key housing sector data may provide direction for Wall Street in the coming week as the market looks for confirmation of economic recovery and girds for the year-end holiday period. Investors are expe... Breitbart Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:23:25 -0500HOUSTON - LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. ... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:04 -0500HONOLULU - On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping that eating it will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year. This yea... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:54:03 -0500SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Some of the fizz has left the stock market as investors reassess hurdles facing consumers and lock in gains from an eight-month rally. That defensive posture may color t... MarketWatch Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:18 -0500Microsoft unveiled some details about Internet Explorer 9 this week at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. But what does Microsoft have in store for IE users from a security perspec... eWeek Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:13:05 -0500The record price of gold is flashing a giant warning that inflation is directly ahead. But which is the better hedge: bullion or inflation-linked bonds?... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:11 -0500It has been referred to as an American birthright, the most sacred tax break, something so sacrosanct that the mere thought of tampering with it was unpatriotic. And Canadian taxpayers have long ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:09 -0500ST.PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for manipulating recent regional votes, saying it must learn to ... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:09:53 -0500DUK ). After just announcing this week that a 7th oil well was just brought on line and has generated $2.0 million in revenue or a projected $36.8 million per year, PGNE has just announced it suc... Market Wire Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:03:58 -0500New home sales in Toronto spiked last month, an early indication that construction may soon pick up for a housing market that is short on supply, not only in Canada's largest market, but most of the c... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:16 -0500Agrium Inc. has hit a major roadblock in its bid to buy a U.S. rival and create a dominant nitrogen fertilizer company. But sources said the battle is far from over and could last for several months .... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:15 -0500TORONTO -- Cossette Inc. announced Friday that Cosmos Capital Inc. made a private overture to the company to increase its recently sweetened offer to an even higher price of $8.10 per share. Cosmos, ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:14 -0500A recovery in U.S. housing will have to wait at least until next year. The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquenci... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:13 -0500TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. filed a preliminary prospectus on Friday that would allow the Toronto-based media and cable company to raise as much as $4-billion in debt securities. The new sh... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:11 -0500Microsoft Corp. has responded to a possible class-action lawsuit over banning up to one million Xbox 360 consoles from accessing its online gaming service, arguing the company is well within its right... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:10 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table. Two years after the Web search leader announced its plan to barge into the market, a dozen phones are using Google's Android mobile... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:37:09 -0500BEIJING: Possibly emboldened by the recent visit of US president Barack Obama, Internet giant Google has managed to hold out in the battle with an organization of Chinese writers accusing it of cop... Times Of India Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:12:04 -0500WASHINGTON - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support ... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:44:22 -0500WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of j... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:44:10 -0500WASHINGTON - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige. Democrati... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:44:07 -0500Vampire Weekend at Glastonbury. Photograph: John Rahim/Rex Features MySpace has settled a year-long row with independent record companies with a landmark deal that will allow artists including... Guardian Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:35:22 -0500There was a 9% jump in the number of private homes that had been empty for at least six months during the year to April 2008 to 303,285. According to the Halifax Empty Homes Survey, which analyses th... Sky News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:44 -0500Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday there will be no room for “major new” spending programs in next year’s budget outside of what is to be spent as part of the two-year, $46.6-billion stim... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:41 -0500Agrium Inc. has hit a major roadblock in its bid to buy a U.S. rival and create a dominant nitrogen fertilizer company. But sources said the battle is far from over and could last for several months .... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:40 -0500TORONTO -- Cossette Inc. announced Friday that Cosmos Capital Inc. made a private overture to the company to increase its recently sweetened offer to an even higher price of $8.10 per share. Cosmos, ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:36 -0500The Toronto Stock Exchange on Friday lost ground for a second straight day for the first time in almost three weeks, but managed to get in its third consecutive weekly gain. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:33 -0500TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. filed a preliminary prospectus on Friday that would allow the Toronto-based media and cable company to raise as much as $4-billion in debt securities. The new sh... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:27 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table. Two years after the Web search leader announced its plan to barge into the market, a dozen phones are using Google's Android mobile... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:25 -0500Nouriel Roubini said investors are "chasing commodities" and there is a risk of new asset bubbles emerging as stock markets and commodity prices surge amid record-low lending rates. "There is a begin... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:22 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will meet with the union and management of AbitibiBowater, a forestry company in bankruptcy protection, to deal with a pension shortfall. "The federal fin... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:19 -0500Protestors in front of the DC office of Goldman Sachs last Monday. Some of Goldman's largest shareholders have asked the company to cut the size of its bonus pool. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:18 -0500Adidas AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, will start selling a new range of 400-euro (US$595) mountaineering jackets next year as it aims to capture a larger share of the growing out... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:17 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday threatened Canada's big banks and credit card companies with regulations if they don't get on board a proposed voluntary code of conduct designed to... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:16 -0500OTTAWA -- Emerging markets, led by China, must move to allow freer movements in their exchange rates or otherwise the global economy is at risk of a "sub-optimal" recovery and increased trade protecti... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:15 -0500Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack says he likes the attention his bank gets from regulators. “We have probably 15 to 20 Fed regulators in our building 24 hours a day,” Mack said. “Someone said to me,... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:14 -0500OTTAWA -- The boss of Ericsson's new advanced wireless research operations in Ottawa said Thursday she is counting on former Nortel Networks Corp. engineers to help fight low-cost Asian competitors. ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:12 -0500OTTAWA -- A third consecutive month of increases in online job postings suggests the Canadian labour market has hit bottom and is set to recover in the months ahead, says a report Thursday from the Co... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:11 -0500TORONTO -- In normal circumstances, when one company receives more than 60% of a rival's shares in two separate tender offers, a takeover quickly follows. But the battle between fertilizer makers Agr... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:10 -0500Sun Life, the fifth-largest insurer in North America by market capitalization, is making a push into the United States, aiming to take advantage of market consolidation after the financial crisis that... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:07 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Dell Inc posted quarterly revenue that fell a steeper-than-expected 15%, sending shares of the No. 3 maker of personal computers down more than 7% after hours. Dell on Thursday repor... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:04 -0500WASHINGTON -- A U.S. energy regulator is investigating whether a natural gas pipeline company controlled and operated by TransCanada Corp. is overcharging customers. Two other U.S. pipeline companies ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:12:02 -0500CALGARY -- Employees of stalled wireless service provider Globalive Wireless Management Corp. are being kept on the payroll while they do volunteer "acts of kindness," the company says. Startup wirel... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:59 -0500WINNIPEG -- The World Trade Organization set up a dispute settlement panel on Thursday to hear a complaint from Canada and Mexico that a recent U.S. food labelling law is unfair. The law requires U.S... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:57 -0500OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada is studying whether some of the extraordinary liquidity supplied during the credit crisis should be made permanent to ensure the smooth functioning of financial markets. ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:55 -0500TORONTO -- Shares of Manulife Financial Corp. fell more than 6% on Thursday after the insurer unveiled a $2.5-billion stock offering that raised capital concerns and speculation regarding potential ac... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:54 -0500With a handful of new cellphone providers expected to enter the Canadian marketplace early next year, speed is of the essence for existing carriers, and now it's at the centre of a legal dispute betwe... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:47 -0500Canadian industrial giant Bombardier is in "exclusive talks" with the French railway agency SNCF for a US$12-billion contract to build 860 trains, SNCF said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:46 -0500It is estimated that companies in Ontario and B.C. stand to save nearly $7-billion a year in the cost of doing business once the HST is introduced in July 2010. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:44 -0500Top finance officials from the G7 countries will meet in the remote Arctic town of Iqaluit on Feb. 5-6 but may not issue a communique, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:41 -0500The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits held at a 10-month low last week, a sign firings are letting up as the economy recovers. Initial jobless claims were unchanged at 505,0... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:40 -0500Brazil’s latest attempt to curb foreign inflows into its soaring currency fanned fears on Thursday more Asian nations may slap controls on capital flows. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:38 -0500NEW YORK -- About 62% of CF Industries' shares have been tendered in favor of Agrium Inc's hostile acquisition bid, according to a source familiar with the matter, but a different vote later in the we... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:35 -0500TORONTO -- Canwest Global Communications Corp. is imploring the regulator to order the country's cable and satellite firms to come to the table to negotiate a compensation plan for the TV signals they... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:34 -0500Canada’s economy has not yet recovered from recession so the government will follow through on the second phase of stimulus spending next year, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:31 -0500Hackers could one day turn ordinary smartphones into “rogue” devices to attack major wireless networks, Research In Motion’s security chief warned. Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:29 -0500Statistics Canada said the swing from negative to positive inflation last month was mainly due to gas prices, which were down 13.1% in October from a year earlier compared to a 23% annual drop in ... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:26 -0500NEW YORK -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , the U.S. investment bank whose September 2008 collapse sharply accelerated a world financial meltdown, said Wednesday it expects to have a reorganization pla... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:25 -0500WASHINGTON -- New U.S. housing starts in October unexpectedly fell to their lowest level in six months, weighed down by a sharp decline in construction activity for both single-family and multi-family... Financial Post Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:11:22 -0500Insurers must find a better way of rewarding customers who carry out substantial flood prevention work, according to the National Flood Forum.Flood proofing a home can costs tens of thousands of pound... BBC Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:43:46 -0500WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of j... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:38 -0500ST.PETERSBURG, Russia - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Putin's call for developing high-tech industries echo... Star Tribune Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:36 -0500U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile. Investors will also get a gl... SINA Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:18:09 -0500A typical example of a low-cost, "pop-up" store is the Marmite shop in London's Regent Street. It sells over 100 products linked to the iconic spread - and it will be gone by the end of the year. No... Sky News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:30:43 -0500Apple's detractors is universal surprise. Their disappointment often stems from finding out that Apple isn't the company they thought it was. So I'm going to do all you would-be critics a favor, and... Fox Business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:24:26 -0500By MARK JEWELLAP BUSINESS WRITER BOSTON -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with customers to be handled through bi... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:29 -0500NTIA ) said in a filing with the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees this week that it was planning to start awarding broadband stimulus grants this December and would begin funding the ... Fox Business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:04:38 -0500What's the latest buzz among software engineers and computer geeks in Silicon Valley? Aside from the newly released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, it's a video released earlier this week of Pranav M... Fox Business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:04:37 -0500Shop and cafe owners in a flooded Cumbrian market town have been dealt a devastating blow in the crucial run up to Christmas, a local business network has warned. Some eight out of ten businesses in... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:36:06 -0500Almost 2,000 off-licence jobs have been lost after administrators for collapsed retail chain First Quench announced the closure of another 381 stores. Overall 1,908 redundancies will be made across ... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:36:06 -0500Thousands of Vicks nasal sprays are being recalled because of fears that they could contain dangerous bacteria. Routine testing showed the sprays could contain the bacteria B. cepacia, which can cau... Ananova Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:36:05 -0500FORT LAUDERDALE | When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath. The Ledger Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:48:20 -0500France Telecom is undergoing a major restructuring in which the goal is to cut billions of dollars in expenses. The process has led to an epidemic of suicide. Sheila MacVicar reports. CBS News Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:56 -0500Wall Street continued the previous decline Friday, after the technology giant Dell posted disappointing earnings and European Central Bank (ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet said policy makers will w... People's Daily Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:38 -0500Wall Street declined on Friday after technology giant Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc. posted disappointing earnings. Technology stocks led the downward slide, after Dell reported a54-percent dro... People's Daily Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:37 -0500QUINCY, Mass., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a recall by Unilever The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company removed from sale Shedd's Country Crock ® Side Dishes DELUXE Cheddar Broccoli Rice and Sh... RedOrbit Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:46 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp, Time Warner Inc and Qualia Capital LLC are interested in buying Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio, home of the James Bond movies, Bloomberg News reported on F... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:45:27 -0500A biologist walks into a sushi bar and orders some tuna. What does he get? Escolar, a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discha... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:44 -0500The Twilight Saga: New Moon tells us to stay with the people that hurt us. It’s a very strange message to be sending such a wide audience, especially one composed of so many young and impression... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:42 -0500The world’s largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is now complete and open for business. Stretching across more than... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:38 -0500An online debate over global warming science has broken out after an unknown hacker broke into the e-mail server at a prominent, British climate-research center, stole more than a thousand e-mails abo... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:36 -0500Dakar rally are tech porn of the highest order. Take a look at what VW has to offer for the 2010 running of the race, which will be run through Argentina and Chile. (The name comes from the days when ... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:38:32 -0500WASHINGTON - Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana. ... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:50:29 -0500PHILADELPHIA - A labor agreement for Philadelphia transit workers has been ratified overwhelmingly by union members. Transport Workers Union Local 234 spokesman Bob Wolper said Friday night that 2,8... 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