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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:16 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:47:16 -0400 30 An Indian court has told phone company Vodafone to pay an estimated $2.6 billion in taxes for its 2007 acquisition of one of India’s largest mobile phone companies. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682633 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:19:16 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682633 Oracle has promised its newly appointed President Mark Hurd a base salary of $950,000 a year. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682632 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:16:53 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682632 The Nasdaq was the star on the day, leaping ahead of the other major indices. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682601 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:56:16 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682601 Visa card holders in the UAE can now be part of a luxury hotel campaign. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682631 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:14:55 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682631 The UAE has frozen some Iranian bank accounts. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682630 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:13:26 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682630 Many European airlines have had to cancel their own flights due to the Air France strike. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682629 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:11:33 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682629 Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s travel. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682446 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:32:42 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682446 http://www.laosnews.net/story/682445 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:42 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682445 Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682432 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:42 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.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.laosnews.net/story/682454 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:43:40 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682454 President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682161 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:18 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.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.laosnews.net/story/682163 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:56 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682163 George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights group. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682162 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:07 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682162 French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement age. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682160 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.net/story/682160 UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over. http://www.laosnews.net/story/682159 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:40 -0400 Laos News.Net http://www.laosnews.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.laosnews.net/story/682249 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:33 -0400 ANI http://www.laosnews.net/story/682249 WASHINGTON — The government is defending as "fair and adequate" its $75 million settlement with Citigroup Inc. over charges it misled investors about billions in potential losses from subprime m... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493679&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:05:47 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493679&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Jason Jabas of Lakeville says that when he worked for Hawkins Tree and Landscaping Inc. of Shakopee several years ago, his paychecks often came up short. "It was always generally less than what ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493653&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:56:31 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493653&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GAYLORD, MINN. - Farmer Mike Hartmann, who sold raw milk linked to an outbreak of illness caused by dangerous E. coli bacteria, repeatedly told government attorneys in court Wednesday that he couldn't... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493654&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:56:29 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493654&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON - The government is defending as "fair and adequate" its $75 million settlement with Citigroup Inc. over charges it misled investors about billions in potential losses from subpr... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493655&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:56:26 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493655&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK - Toys R Us plans to invade the mall this holiday season, opening 600 temporary "Express" stores in malls and other shopping centers around the country, more than six times last ye... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493656&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:56:24 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493656&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea celebrates its birthday today with no indication of whether the nation has begun its first party congress in 30 years that may endorse a dynastic transfer of power i... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493648&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:30:18 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493648&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Australian employers added workers in August for the 11th time in 12 months, underscoring the central bank’s view that a jobs boom will help stoke an economic expansion in... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493649&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:30:16 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493649&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc FILE - In this Aug. 8, 1994 file photo, Billionaire John Kluge, is shown in New York. John Kluge, who built an investment in a radio station into the Metromedia broadcasting empire, has died. He was 9... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493657&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:18:53 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493657&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Microsoft is continuing on its campaign to shut down the notorious Waledac malware botnet.The company said that it has been awarded a summary judgement which will give Microsoft control of some 276 ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493651&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:58:23 -0400 Infomatics http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493651&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sole Republican candidate for New York attorney general says he does not want to be the next "sheriff of Wall Street" and would give up the national prominence the job offers ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493627&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:56:05 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493627&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GE Capital teamed up with Polaris industries to streamline their distribution strategy. With GE’s valuable insights on their dealer network, Polaris manages inventory in a way that mitigates risk an... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493660&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:50:04 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493660&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- AMP Ltd. (AMP.AU) continues to see AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. (AXA.AU) as an attractive strategic target but sees no urgency to make any quick moves on the group after the Australian ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493661&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:59 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493661&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based private equity firmFirst Eastern Investment Group will take a stake in All NipponAirways' planned low cost carrier ( http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493663&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:57 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493663&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Argentina is open to the possibility of importing natural gas from neighboring Chile, which has two liquefied natural gas regasification terminals, Argentine Planning Minister Julio De Vi... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493662&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:55 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493662&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wall Street , with investment bank Macquarie Group up 1.4%, while shares of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. rose 0.8%. National Australia Bank shares were up 2.3%, although the Australian comp... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493665&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:53 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493665&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wall Street . The Nikkei Stock Average gained 0.9% to 9,107.35 and the broader Topix index gained 0.7% to 826.84. Shares of Canon Inc. rose 1.6% and Elpida Memory Inc. rose 2%, while Mitsui Fudosan Co... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493664&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:52 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493664&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Santos Ltd. (STO.AU) said Thursday that it is in the final stages of negotiating a sell down of part of its stake in the Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas project, and requested that its sh... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493666&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:50 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493666&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Jennifer Kwan TORONTO (Reuters) - There is still a 40 percentchance of a double-dip recession in the United States, and theslide back into recession could come within 12 months, U.S.economist Nouri... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493667&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:47 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493667&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SYDNEY - The Australian competition commission Wednesday rejected undertakings proposed by National Australia Bank as part of its attempt to buy AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd . "The proposed undertaki... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493669&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:43 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493669&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SYDNEY -- The U.S. Department of Transportation late Wednesday rejected an application for antitrust immunity from Delta Airlines and Virgin Blue over joint services between the U.S. and Australia. Th... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493672&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:39 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493672&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MELBOURNE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - AMP Ltd. <AMP.AX> said onThursday it was "very pleased" with a decision by Australia'scompetition regulator to block National http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493673&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:38 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493673&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wall Street " and would give up the nationalprominence the job offers in favor of tackling politicalcorruption in the capital. Dan Donovan, 53, a career prosecutor in New York City'sborough of Staten ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493674&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:33 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493674&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Australia Bank's <NAB.AX>$12 billion bid for AXA Asia Pacific <AXA.AX>, dealing a blowto NAB's 9-month efforts to cement its dominance in the world'sfourth-largest wealth management market... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493676&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:29 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493676&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is likely torise on Thursday, lifted by short-covering after successful bondauctions in Portugal and Poland helped ease worries aboutEurope's debt prob... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493675&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:25 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493675&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Credit Suisse , JPMorgan to manage offer (Recasts with total size, adds prices, yields) SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian mining giant Vale said Wednesday it sold $1.75 billion inglobal bonds to be used... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493677&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:22 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493677&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MELBOURNE, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Managementis believed to be the firm that made an offer worth up to $2.5billion for the wine business of Foster's Group Ltd, TheAustralian newspaper repo... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493678&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:49:18 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493678&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio, near Cleveland, September 8, 2010. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493643&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:47:29 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493643&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010 and obtained on April 22. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493644&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:47:26 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493644&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp has offered its new co-president, former Hewlett-Packard chief Mark Hurd, a hiring package with a bonus of up to $10 million and options potentially wort... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493645&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:47:24 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493645&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc There is a growing consensus Canadian banks will start increasing dividends as early as December in the wake of comments by European officials that global capital rules will be softer than anticipated... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493652&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:46:23 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493652&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Think you know your waist size? Guess again. Katie Couric reports that an Esquire Magazine investigation found that retailers have been lying to consumers about pants waist sizes in order to make them... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493642&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:31 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493642&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A newly-released internal report by BP shifts blame over the disastrous oil rig collapse and subsequent spill on subcontractors Halliburton and Transocean. Mark Strassmann reports. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493641&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:42:30 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493641&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc North Dakota regulators on Wednesday endorsed most of an Xcel Energy Inc. plan for selling its renewable energy credits and sharing the money with its electric customers in the state. Xcel, which i... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493636&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:21 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493636&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A sharply divided federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit that challenged Boeing Co.'s role flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons and raised questions about the government's ability to quash l... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493638&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:17 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493638&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A federal bankruptcy judge said he would not reward the "greedy antics" of financial giant Credit Suisse by ordering the repayment of a $229 million loan it arranged for Montana's exclusive Yellowston... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493637&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:14 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493637&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A group of local and state officials have called on Boeing to sign an agreement committing the company to completely cleaning up the site of a partial nuclear meltdown that occurred in 1959 just outsi... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493639&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:11 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493639&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Harrah's Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday dropped its proposal to build a casino south of Wichita, leaving two smaller regional companies to compete for a contract with the Kansas Lottery. The Las V... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493640&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:39:07 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38493640&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK - Stocks resumed their rally Wednesday after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial system. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46 poin... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490038&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:43:27 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490038&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO - A sharply divided federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit that challenged Boeing Co.'s role flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons and raised questions about the government's a... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490040&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:43:21 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490040&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is the mystery bidder for Casey's General Stores Inc. that is trying to top a Canadian rival, according to a published repo... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490044&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:40:43 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490044&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are National Semiconductor, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., and Piedmont Natura... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490010&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:30:22 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490010&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc debt eased.Demand for Portuguese and Polish bonds assuaged fears from a day earlier that some European banks had understated their holdings of potentially risky government debt.US stocks were also hel... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490018&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:13:52 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490018&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Entertainment Software Association will honor Robbie Bach, the retiring president of Microsoft's entertainment and devices business and supreme Xbox commander, during an Oct. 20 event in San Franc... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490017&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:10:02 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490017&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar traded near its lowest levels since mid-August against higher-yielding counterparts including the Australian and Canadian currencies before reports that may add to ev... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490022&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:09:24 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490022&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- National Australia Bank Ltd.’s proposed A$13.3 billion takeover of asset manager Axa Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. was blocked a second time by the country’s regulator ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490021&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:09:22 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490021&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- China may tomorrow say that its trade surplus topped $20 billion for a third month in August in a report that risks stoking American lawmakers’ calls for protection from C... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490023&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:09:16 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490023&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- When Jim Yong Kim left a March gathering of more than 600 Dartmouth alumni in New York, he received a standing ovation that no one could have expected for the new president at t... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490025&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:09:15 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490025&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc 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 economy struggling to mount a sustained re... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490043&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:57:37 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490043&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc REGINA — Lower agri-product sales in Western Canada and costs associated with last year's acquisition of ABB Grain chopped Viterra's third-quarter net earnings to $63.5 million from $120.7 million f... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490045&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:51:07 -0400 Leader-Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490045&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. and American Express Co. led companies marketing at least $16.6 billion of debt today, tapping credit markets with investment-grade borrowing costs near the ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490026&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:44:09 -0400 BusinessWeek http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490026&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has three weeks to draft a budget that can unite Basque who want to split from Spain and investors skeptical he can tame the euro reg... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490019&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:44:02 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490019&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The venue: Vasco & Piero's Pavilion in Soho. It does great Italian food, has a great vibe and is buzzy but as private as you need. The company: Mark Collier, who is the founding partner of... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490012&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:37:47 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490012&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Mexican copper mining giant Grupo Mexico (GMEXICO.MX) said Wednesday that union miners camping outside of its Cananea site attacked employees of contract companies who are rehabilitating ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490048&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:26:07 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490048&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Doug Palmer and Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A volatile politicalenvironment is boosting the possibility that U.S. lawmakerswill pass legislation designed to prod http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490055&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:26:05 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490055&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkersunion said Wednesday it plans to file a comprehensive tradecase against "protectionist and predatory practices" used byChina to support its clean energy s... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490054&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:26:03 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490054&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc What better place to push a stimulus plan that isn't a stimulus plan...than in a once safe state that isn't a safe state anymore? Here's the deal: Cleveland may rock, this president does not. A sta... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490052&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:59 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490052&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NLMP ) Chief Executive Daniel Laikin was sentenced to 3 3/4 years in prison Wednesday for his part in a conspiracy to manipulate the company's stock price in 2008, said U.S. Attorney Zane David Memege... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490051&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:56 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490051&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GOOG ) announced new developments in its web-search technology on Wednesday, silencing those who may have doubted the company’s ability to reinvigorate its bread-and-butter search business.In a ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490050&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:55 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490050&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Recasts, adds link to accidents factbox) SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's state oil company ENAPsaid on Wednesday it had controlled a fire at a small offshoreoil and gas platform in Argentina and saw no ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490049&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:53 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490049&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc United Airlines rose 2.5% to 11.3 billion revenue passenger miles from 11.03 billion a year ago. A revenue passenger miles equals one passenger flown one mile. August capacity at United also increased... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490057&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:50 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490057&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Includes S&P 500 graphic, updates volume data) By Edward Krudy NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as investors latched onto positive news out of Europe in thelatest in a string of lo... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490056&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:47 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490056&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc * Goldman fined 20 million pounds, or $30.9 million (Adds details, no comment from FSA, Goldman Sachs) LONDON, (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has beenfined 20 million pounds ($30.9 million) by the UK's fin... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490058&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:45 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490058&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Canada's two major railroad companies are seeing a steady pickup in freight volumes, reflecting growing demand for commodities, such as potash, iron ore, coal and copper, from fast-growin... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490060&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:42 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490060&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Denise Luna RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian firm Potassiodo Brasil says it has discovered more than 1 billion tonnes ofpotash in the Amazon region that could meet a quarter of theagricultural ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490059&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:38 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490059&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Recasts, updates with API data and oil price reaction) By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose on Wednesday for thefirst time in three sessions, bouncing with equities andsupported by a weake... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490061&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:35 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490061&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Jennifer Kwan TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock marketindex fell for a second straight session Wednesday, ledlower by weak gold miners as investors squared positionsfollowing recent strength... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490063&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:31 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490063&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 http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490064&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:24 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490064&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GGP ) will soon be on the hunt for a new chief executive and other top managers after it restructures next month as part of its plan to emerge from bankruptcy. The shopping mall owner said yesterday ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490065&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:25:20 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490065&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former chief executives who were criticized during the financial crisis for driving their firms to the brink have found new homes. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490015&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:18 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490015&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc According to the complaint filed in July, Citi understated its exposure by about $40 billion in 2007. The bank told investors that its subprime exposure was $13 billion or less, when in fact it was mo... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490014&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:23:16 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490014&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc If the idea was to stump the markets on what’s ahead for the Bank of Canada, then governor Mark Carney succeeded Wednesday with a rate statement that gave both hawks and doves something to gnaw on. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490032&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:14 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490032&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The deal will allow for streaming of real-time games directly to a Bell customer’s smartphone beginning with Thursday night’s National Football League season-opener in New Orleans. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490031&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:11 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490031&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BMW is at risk of losing its nine-year reign as the top seller of luxury vehicles in the country, with Mecedes-Benz poised to take the crown. But Franz Jung, BMW Canada chief executive, says he won’... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490030&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:08 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490030&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Canadian dollar finished nearly a penny higher against the U.S. currency on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates and kept open the possibility of further near-term rate hikes, ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490035&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:03 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490035&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Toronto Stock Exchange fell for a second straight day Wednesday as Bay Street’s weighty commodity sector took the brunt of investor negativity.The S&P/TSX composite index was down 59.71 poin... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490037&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:22:01 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490037&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Federal Reserve released Wednesday found the slower growth spreading to more regions of the country. Of the 12 regions tracked by the Fed, economic activity was mixed or slowed in five - New York, ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490009&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:17:44 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490009&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is shown an enTourage eDGe tablet by Marvell Seminconductor co-founder Weili Dai, left, at company headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490005&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:13:40 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490005&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Members of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, from left, John Thompson and Phil Angelides listen to testimony from banking executives, analysts and public officials Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010, in ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490007&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:13:36 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490007&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The former CEO of entertainment company National Lampoon Inc. has been sentenced in Philadelphia to nearly four years in prison in a stock price manipulation scheme. Federal prosecutors say 48-year... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490006&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:13:32 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490006&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid knows who's to blame for the sickly economy. And it's not him. In his latest TV ad Tuesday, the Democratic leader says Wall Street, former President George W. Bush, ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490011&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:11:18 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490011&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc On Thursday 9 September 2010, 7:56 EST US stocks have partially recovered the previous session's losses, with a worrying Federal Reserve Report offset by positive signs that European governments ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490041&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:08:59 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490041&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TOKYO — Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn’t been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp’... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490028&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:59:24 -0400 Japan Today http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490028&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Stocks mounted a modest afternoon rally to close near the day's highs as investors awaited monthly jobs data on Friday that will shed more light on the economic recovery. http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490013&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:41:57 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490013&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MW ) said Wednesday after the markets closed that its second quarter profit rose 8% from last year, helped by higher sales and improved margins. The company's quarterly earnings per share also came ... http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490046&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:40:13 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.laosnews.net/?rid=38490046&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc