Business and Finance NewsU.S. stocks spend Wednesday in limbo
Netherlands News.Net
U.S. stocks spent the day see-sawing Wednesday as events in Greece kept industrial stocks on edge, while the geek-sector was helped by the record $5 billion IPO for Facebook.
Shares in the oil ... German exports hit a record of trillion euros
Netherlands News.Net
BERLIN - German exports have grown 11.4 per cent to top one trillion euros in 2011 but a sharp decline towards the end of the year has triggered fears in Europe's biggest economy, according to fresh ... Airbus advice awaited on grounded A380 jet, says Qantas
Netherlands News.Net
SYDNEY - Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday it has pulled one of its A380 super jumbos out of service after cracks were discovered in its wings, despite Airbus assuring that ... Mining major BHP Billiton reports dip in profits
Netherlands News.Net
MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down ... Microsoft may remove 'iconic' start button in Windows 8
Netherlands News.Net
Microsoft's iconic start button, which was introduced in Windows 95, is likely to be removed in the software firm's upcoming Windows 8 version, according to a report.
The start button evolved to ... 900 more jobs to be cut by Lloyds Banking Group
Netherlands News.Net
London - Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group Tuesday announced plans to cut 900 jobs as part of wider plans unveiled last year to cull 15,000 posts across the company.
The banking group, ... Technical glitch may delay Dreamliner delivery to JAL
Netherlands News.Net
TOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday that delivery of first Dreamliner aircraft originally expected by February end would be delayed as Boeing was removing a technical glitch in some of the ... Glencore to acquire mining giant Xstrata in $90bn deal
Netherlands News.Net
NEW YORK Mining giant Xstrata and Glencore, the world's biggest commodity trader, have announced a $90 billion all-share merger to create the world's fourth largest natural resources company. ... Wall Street futures edge higher
Richmond Times-Dispatch
NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures are advancing on hope that that a long-awaited deal to allow Greece to claim its second bailout is near despite another delay in discussions between the country's ... 3M appoints Inge G. Thulin as president and CEO
Star Tribune
3M Co said Wednesday that it has appointed Inge G. Thulin president and CEO, ending more than a year of uncertainty over who would fill the top job at the the Maplewood-based giant. Thulin, 58, has ... Rambus, Nvidia sign patent licensing deal
San Diego Union-Tribune
SUNNYVALE, Calif. -; Technology licensing company Rambus Inc. said Wednesday it has signed a licensing agreement with chip maker Nvidia Corp. to settle a long-running patent dispute. Financial ... No ballot arguments for convention center vote
San Diego Union-Tribune
Convention Center expansion moves forward Tuesday's deadline for submitting ballot arguments in favor of and against a proposed hotel room surcharge to finance an expansion of the San Diego ... Hackers post W.Va. police officers' personal info
San Diego Union-Tribune
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -; Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacking group obtained more than 150 police officers' personal information from an old website for the West Virginia Chiefs of Police ... Time Warner beats Street in 4Q earnings
San Diego Union-Tribune
NEW YORK -; Time Warner says its fourth-quarter earnings grew slightly as revenue jumped 5 percent on strong performance at its Warner Bros. movie studio and its cable television networks. Net ... Time Warner's quarterly earnings edge higher
RTE
Time Warner got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative Harry ... Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street
Miami Herald
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2008 file photo, the Time Warner Center is shown in New York. Time Warner said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, its fourth-quarter earnings grew slightly as revenue jumped 8 percent ... Coca-Cola reports 71% fall in Q4 profits
MENAFN
(MENAFN) Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. reported 71 percent decline in fourth quarter profits, held down by restructuring charges and other costs, AP reported.The giant soft-drinks maker said made ... Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises
MarketWatch
+10.36% shares jumped as much as 11% at the open Wednesday, vaulting the company to second-best percentage gainer in the S&P 500. The move followed the high-end apparel maker's surprisingly ... Currencies: Euro recovers; Greece, ECB in focus
MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar gave up brief gains on Wednesday, though the euro remained below a two-month high as news reports challenged hopes that the European Central Bank may be the ... Metals Stocks: Gold seesaws after recent run-up
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures veered between gains and losses Wednesday after a strong performance a day earlier and as the euro pared gains, pushing the U.S. dollar marginally higher ... Guardian Open Weekend: economics events
Guardian
the Guardian 's home in King's Cross, where speakers around the world will join editor Alan Rusbridger and many of the paper's leading writers and columnists to debate a wide range of ... Thomas Cook lifts off after holding market share
Guardian
Thomas Cook , the embattled travel agent, rallied after reporting a rise in revenues and claiming that it had held on to its UK market share for winter and summer bookings.Shares rose 5.77% in ... Reckitt Benckiser opens with a bang
Guardian
Reckitt Benckiser , maker of Nurofen and Cillit Bang, led the blue chips after beating forecasts and heraldeding a push into emerging markets to counter sluggish European and North American ... Virgin Media posts first-ever profit
Guardian
In the beginning Virgin Media founder Richard Branson with burlesque artist Dita Von-Teese at the company's launch. Virgin Media has just posted its first-ever profit. Photograph: Chris ... Japan's current-account surplus plunged in 2011
Finfacts Business News
Japan's current-account surplus plunged in 2011, as exports fell following the March 11 devastating earthquake and both energy prices and the value of the yen rose. It was the smallest ... Frustrations Soar as Greeks Seek Elusive Bailout
CNBC
without the leaders making up their minds on terms for the new 130 billion euro ($172 billion) rescue which Athens must receive to avoid going bankrupt next month when big debt repayments are due. ... McDonald’s Sales Rise as US Offsets a Weak Europe
CNBC
The world's biggest hamburger chain's strongest January results were in the U.S., as revenue in restaurants open at least 13 months rose 7.8 percent there. The metric increased 7.3 percent ...
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