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Japan finmin wary of policy accord with BOJ - Reuters
Business - 44 min 53 sec ago
Japan finmin wary of policy accord with BOJ
Reuters
TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said he saw no immediate need to have a more formal policy pact with the Bank of Japan as the government and the central bank already share the common goal of beating ...
BOJ's Suda Says Upside, Downside Risks for Growth Are BalancedBusinessWeek
Japan's Producer Prices Tumble as Deflation PersistsBloomberg
BOJ Suda Urges Japan Govt, Firms To Push Reform For GrowthMarket News International
NASDAQ -MarketWatch -RTT News
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Categories: Business
Google opens marketplace for cloud apps - Computerworld
Business - 56 min 7 sec ago
ZDNet (blog)Google opens marketplace for cloud apps
Computerworld
Computerworld - In another move to work its way into the enterprise, Google has unveiled an online store where users can buy cloud-based applications designed to work with Google's own apps. The Google Apps Marketplace goes live ...
Google announces 'apps store' for developersSan Jose Mercury News
What's next for Google's Apps Marketplace — contextual gadgets and moreVentureBeat
Marketbright Now Available on Google Apps MarketplaceCNNMoney.com (press release)
PYMNTS.com -MarketWatch (press release) -InfoWorld
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Categories: Business
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth - Reuters
Business - 1 hour 50 sec ago
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year. Mike Jones, who took over as co-president last month with Jason Hirschhorn, ...
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shakeupThe Associated Press
MySpace looks to the past for its futureLos Angeles Times
Once-fading MySpace undergoes youthful reincarnationUSA Today
CANOE -Financial Times -Forbes (blog)
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Categories: Business
Bank of America Eliminates Overdraft Fees on Debit Buys - Wall Street Journal
Business - 1 hour 3 min ago
ReutersBank of America Eliminates Overdraft Fees on Debit Buys
Wall Street Journal
Bank of America Corp. plans to announce Wednesday that it is eliminating $35 overdraft fees on debit-card purchases as the bank tries to stay ahead of a sweeping round of regulations. The move means that any customer ...
BofA ending overdraft fees on debit cardsReuters
Bank of America to End Overdraft Fees on Debit PurchasesNew York Times
Bank of America ends overdraft fees on debit cardsThe Times and Democrat
CharlotteObserver.com -New York Magazine -Daily Beast
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2 Reports of Trouble in Stopping Priuses - New York Times
Business - 1 hour 16 min ago
The Guardian2 Reports of Trouble in Stopping Priuses
New York Times
Just as Toyota was trying to reassure customers about the effectiveness of its recalls, two new reports of unintended acceleration emerged this week. Denis Poroy/Associated Press James Sikes stopped his 2008 Prius on Monday in ...
Runaway Prius Tale Prompts New ProbeWall Street Journal
Toyota faced with 2 more cases of runaway PriusesUSA Today
Runaway Toyotas: Police Release 911 Tape in 94 MPH San Diego IncidentABC News
KERA -Detroit Free Press -Reuters
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Cisco Touts Faster Web Router - Wall Street Journal
Business - 3 hours 7 min ago
Globe and MailCisco Touts Faster Web Router
Wall Street Journal
In a presentation Tuesday that was broadcast over the Internet, Cisco CEO John Chambers discussed new equipment for managing Web traffic. Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday unveiled a piece of equipment for the core of the Internet it says can ...
Cisco says new routing system will triple Internet speedSeattle Times
Cisco unveils lightning-bolt-fast routerBenzinga
A Look at the Cisco CRS-3Nightly Business Report
San Jose Mercury News -MarketWatch -San Francisco Chronicle
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Deconstructing the refining sector - MarketWatch
Business - 3 hours 11 min ago
Globe and MailDeconstructing the refining sector
MarketWatch
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- It's spring, that time of year when gasoline prices typically grow faster than weeds. That might not be the case this year but rest assured, refiners are taking remedial steps to mop up excess supplies. ...
Chevron Cutting Refining, Marketing Work ForceWall Street Journal
Chevron to Sell Refinery, Cut 2000 Jobs Through 2011BusinessWeek
Chevron plans to cut 2000 from work forceAugusta Chronicle
CSNews Online -Bizjournals.com -Forbes
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Abbott to buy Facet for $27/shr, topping Biogen bid - Reuters
Business - 3 hours 53 min ago
Abbott to buy Facet for $27/shr, topping Biogen bid
Reuters
LOS ANGELES, March 9 (Reuters) - Facet Biotech Corp (FACT.O) has agreed to be acquired by Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N) for $27 a share, topping a failed hostile offer of $17.50 a share made last year by Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB.O). ...
Facet, InterMune shares surge in late-trading sessionMarketWatch
Abbott To Buy Facet For $722 Mln, Adding To PipelineWall Street Journal
Abbott to pay $450 million for Facet BiotechThe Associated Press
BusinessWeek -Bizjournals.com -TheStreet.com
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Missing energy executive found dead in New Orleans - Reuters
Business - 3 hours 53 min ago
CBS NewsMissing energy executive found dead in New Orleans
Reuters
HOUSTON, March 9 (Reuters) - A senior executive with an Atlanta-based energy services company was found dead on Tuesday after going missing during a business trip to New Orleans, city police said. Searchers pulled the body of Douglas Schantz, ...
Authorities Recover Body Fitting Description of Missing AGL ExecutiveWall Street Journal
Body of Sequent President Found in River, Police SayBusinessWeek
Search for Houston executive ends in Mississippi RiverNOLA.com
The Associated Press -Benzinga -ABC News
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Number of US millionaires up 16 percent in 2009: study - AFP
Business - 3 hours 57 min ago
Atlantic Online (blog)Number of US millionaires up 16 percent in 2009: study
AFP
WASHINGTON — The number of millionaires in the United States jumped by 16 percent last year after slumping by 27 percent in 2008, a report released Tuesday shows. Last year, some 7.8 million US households had a million dollars or more in investable ...
Wealthy US Households Grow More Numerous, Conservative -StudyWall Street Journal
US Millionaires' Ranks Rose 16% in 2009, Study SaysBusinessWeek
US millionaire ranks up 16 pct last year - studyReuters
WIBW -Atlantic Online (blog) -FOXNews
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US weighs aiding airlines with air traffic upgrades - Reuters
Business - 4 hours 9 min ago
US weighs aiding airlines with air traffic upgrades
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is weighing help for US airlines to meet the costs of modernizing the air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on Tuesday. Airlines are pressuring the government not to saddle ...
US Air Passenger Growth Slows in Sluggish EconomyBusinessWeek
FAA Projects Slow Rebound In Air Travel - UpdateRTT News
Aviation forecast calls for slow growthChicago Tribune
Press of Atlantic City -AMTOnline.com -Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Pentagon may speed US air tanker award - Reuters
Business - 4 hours 18 min ago
Financial TimesPentagon may speed US air tanker award
Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The Pentagon may speed up awarding a multibillion-dollar aerial tanker contract after Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) and Europe's EADS (EAD.PA) pulled out of the contest, leaving Boeing Co (BA. ...
Boeing's sole-bidder status could be costlyMarketWatch
Tanker 'Soap Opera' May Not End With Northrop PassBusinessWeek
Don't turn air race into trade war, Mandelson tells ObamaTimes Online
The Associated Press -Wall Street Journal -Financial Times
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Papandreou Says Obama 'Supportive' of Fiscal Measures - BusinessWeek
Business - 4 hours 35 min ago
Washington PostPapandreou Says Obama 'Supportive' of Fiscal Measures
BusinessWeek
(Adds quotes from Papandreou, Gibbs beginning in third paragraph. See EXT3 for more on the Greek crisis.} By Kate Andersen Brower March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said US President Barack Obama expressed support for the ...
Obama: Greece, facing bad days, has US as allyThe Associated Press
Greek PM: Obama receptive to reining in speculatorsReuters
Greek PM: I didn't ask Obama for 'bailout money'USA Today
BBC News -Wall Street Journal -New York Times
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LifeLock to pay $12 mln to settle charges over ads - Reuters
Business - 4 hours 49 min ago
KMOX.comLifeLock to pay $12 mln to settle charges over ads
Reuters
NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - LifeLock Inc, which promises to protect consumers from identity theft, agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission and 35 US states that it overstated the value of its ...
LifeLock settles with FTC for $12 millionCNNMoney.com
Lifelock fraud alert firm to pay $12M in ad suitThe Associated Press
Hawaii part of LifeLock's $12M settlementPacific Business News
ABC7Chicago.com -Hilton Head Island Packet -WSMV Nashville
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G20 to look at monetary fund initiative - Financial Times
Business - 5 hours 24 min ago
Globe and MailG20 to look at monetary fund initiative
Financial Times
Leaders of the G20 group of countries will consider a European initiative to crack down on speculative activity in derivatives trading, George Papandreou, Greek prime minister, said in Washington on Tuesday. Mr Papandreou was speaking after a meeting ...
EU policy makers play down monetary fund ideaReuters
MARKET COMMENT:Europe Marks Anniversary Of Lows With IndecisionWall Street Journal
EU, Merkel Urge Swap Regulation as Greece Takes Plea to USBusinessWeek
The Guardian -MarketWatch -The Associated Press
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Continental Boss Raises the Flight Cancellation Bogeyman - BusinessWeek
Business - 5 hours 39 min ago
BusinessWeekContinental Boss Raises the Flight Cancellation Bogeyman
BusinessWeek
Continental Airlines' chief, Jeff Smisek, offered a rare public CEO tantrum on Tuesday at a JP Morgan investor conference. He was asked about the general tone in Washington toward the airline industry and took the opportunity to vent about the new ...
Airlines cite recovery signs, bolstering sharesReuters
Continental CEO will cancel flights before finesThe Associated Press
Continental Airlines May Cancel FlightsFox40
Bloomberg -Investor's Business Daily -Peter Greenberg.com Travel News
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Stocks muster gains; Nasdaq at 18-month high - CNNMoney.com
Business - 6 hours 58 min ago
ReutersStocks muster gains; Nasdaq at 18-month high
CNNMoney.com
By Alexandra Twin, senior writerMarch 9, 2010: 4:31 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks managed gains late Tuesday at the end of a choppy session as investors mulled the latest corporate deal and profit news on the anniversary of the bear market ...
US STOCKS-Transports, tech lead Wall Street higherReuters
Stocks Tick Higher on Anniversary; Cisco SkidsCNBC
Stocks Hold Gains Near CloseTheStreet.com
Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -MarketWatch
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Idaho public TV budget cut; gov sought larger trim - BusinessWeek
Business - 7 hours 2 min ago
The Spokesman Review (blog)Idaho public TV budget cut; gov sought larger trim
BusinessWeek
The television station that broadcasts the Idaho Legislature, "Sesame Street" and other shows across the state appears likely to escape budget cuts of the magnitude Gov. CL "Butch" demanded when the 2010 session started. ...
Gregoire rejects Otter's 'love letter'The Spokesman Review
Washington Governor Responds To Idaho Governor's 'Love Letter'OPB News
What passes for business 'love' in IdahoThe Olympian
Seattle Times -Fox12Idaho -Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Oil Trends Down On Stronger Dollar - Wall Street Journal
Business - 7 hours 10 min ago
OIL FUTURES: Crude Oil Trends Down On Stronger Dollar
Wall Street Journal
Crude oil futures remained at their highest level in eight weeks Tuesday, and the front month contract's fifth day in a row above $80 a barrel, though it settled slightly lower as a stronger dollar weighed on ...
Oil falls from 8-week high on dollar pressureReuters
Oil falls as the dollar firmsCNNMoney.com
Oil Falls for the First Time in Three Days as Dollar GainsBusinessWeek
MarketWatch -The Associated Press -TheStreet.com
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Kroger Offers Cautious Outlook - Wall Street Journal
Business - 10 hours 3 min ago
Kroger Offers Cautious Outlook
Wall Street Journal
Kroger Co. reported its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 27% on higher costs and offered a cautious outlook for the year amid what it described as the uncertain pace of economic recovery and tough price competition. ...
Time to Check Out of KrogerBarron's
Kroger 4Q profit falls 27 percent; margins shrinkThe Associated Press
Profits fall, but Kroger beats 4Q estimatesBizjournals.com
Forbes -BusinessWeek -MarketWatch
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