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  • Exit of banks would be catastrophic for UK

    Bangladesh News.Net

    The continuing row over bonuses is damaging Britain's reputation as a place to do business, leading international bankers have warned. Ministers have been accused of trying to gain public favour ...

  • Iran gives Europe thumbs down on oil supplies

    Bangladesh News.Net

    Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday. The development comes after the European Union endorsed the measures adopted by the foreign ministers of the ...

  • TV personality embroiled in business row

    Bangladesh News.Net

    Sharon Osbourne has been sued by a design company which has accused the reality TV star of breaching a jewellery deal by pulling out at the last minute. Lucas Design International executives ...

  • Imogen Thomas dresses down for shopping

    Bangladesh News.Net

    Imogen Thomas was spotted in a dressed down look for her trip to Tesco in North London on Thursday - a far cry from her glamorous appearance at a party the night before. The 29-year-old glamour ...

  • Apple stock sale is rotten

    New York Post

    Dear John: I had placed an order to sell 50 shares of Apple stock on the day the company was recently reporting quarterly earnings. My order was "good-til-canceled," or GTC, as they say in ...

  • Saving by waving your phone

    New York Post

    TECH CORNER If you’re looking to save your own money or that of your employer when you buy a business lunch, a cup of coffee with a client or even travel purchases, you might consider using ...

  • Fed judge throws fit at Baum

    New York Post

    Finally, someone has forced New York’s foreclosure king to say he’s sorry.The stunning apology was delivered by Steven J. Baum’s attorney, Vincent Doyle, in a Poughkeepsie ...

  • No soft SOPA, they play hardball

    New York Post

    Now that the tech industry’s nerds have gotten their revenge against Hollywood’s bid to pass anti-piracy legislation, don’t look for a sequel in 2012.Congress scuttled ...

  • Big screen on warranty

    New York Post

    If you are one of the many who purchased big-screen TVs to watch today’s Super Bowl, two things are almost certain: You got a deep discount on the set, and the dealer tried to boost his profit ...

  • Numbers tell two sides of employment story

    New York Post

    The good news for millions of out-of-work Americans: Job prospects are improving, with the unemployment rate showing a surprise drop to a three-year low of 8.3 percent.The bad news: Many job-seekers ...

  • Mitt Romney Rolls to Easy Win In the Nevada GOP Caucuses

    CNBC

    Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of presidential rivals suddenly struggling to keep ...

  • Romney Wins Republican Caucuses in Nevada, Networks Project

    Business Week

    Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney won today’s Nevada Republican presidential caucuses, television networks projected, giving a third victory in the nomination contest that further solidifyied ...

  • Europe crisis: Global factors keep stock markets volatile

    Times of India

    stock markets . And uncertainty is something that market participants dislike intensely. It makes them jittery. They then end up trading on every headline, be it good news or bad news, causing ...

  • Earnings Preview: Dun & Bradstreet - Analyst Blog

    Nasdaq

    DNB ) is scheduled to release its fiscal fourth quarter results on February 6, 2011 after the closing bell. We do not notice any changes in analyst estimates ahead of the earnings release. ...

  • Upbeat jobs news brings smiles to some workers

    Star Tribune

    Java Coleman was transferred to Ohio last year after Nestle decided to shutter its health care products plant in St. Louis Park, displacing more than 200 workers. It was a tough transition: Coleman ...

  • Future of health care: Comparison shopping

    Star Tribune

    Jim Welna is still haunted by the employee who turned down his offer to help pay for health insurance. The worker was 30 and seemingly healthy. He preferred to use his spare dollars to help family ...

  • Minnesota firms pivot in face of Thai floods

    Star Tribune

    Last year's flooding in Thailand was a mammoth natural disaster. And now, because a vital segment of the electronics industry clustered in a Thai flood zone more than two decades ago, the Twin ...

  • 3M execs are cutting costs, but flying high

    Star Tribune

    From early retirement packages to cutbacks in hiring, 3M Co. says it is constantly looking for ways to lower its costs. But at least one expense is being spared the scalpel: its fleet of corporate ...

  • Another financial setback for Curtis Carlson Nelson

    Star Tribune

    Curtis Carlson Nelson, grandson of a Minnesota business legend, is prepared to acknowledge that he'll spend his foreseeable future under mounds of debt that he likely will never repay. Nelson, ...

  • Basic instinct behind many consumer choices

    Star Tribune

    It's the oldest trick in advertising's toolbox. If you want to sell a car, television or power tool to a man, drop an attractive woman into the ad. Vladas Griskevicius can't say for ...

  • Inside Track: Carlson School eyes two U alumni

    Star Tribune

    A deputy dean of the London School of Economics is one of the four finalists competing to be the next dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Randall S. Peterson ...

  • Navigating IRA rules can involve a little math

    Star Tribune

    QI am about to turn 70. My spouse is younger than me. We both have IRAs that we are trying to leave alone as much as possible. I realize I need to begin withdrawing from my IRA by the end of this ...

  • Wanted: Banking app to monitor balances

    Star Tribune

    Banks use various methods to calculate average bank balances, which figure in whether consumers get charged a checking account fee, but all of those methods keep consumers in the dark. (Robert ...

  • What analysts are saying: J.C. Penney's makeover

    Star Tribune

    J.C. Penney Co.'s new CEO Ron Johnson, a former executive at Target and Apple, announced long-term plans to completely redo the company's 1,100 stores across the country. Johnson and the ...

  • Clock ticks on Greece's bailout deadline

    Reuters

    Greece on Saturday warned it had just one day left to clinch the bailout plan with political leaders and impatient lenders who accuse it of dragging its feet on promised ...

  • Micron appoints Durcan CEO after Appleton's death

    Reuters

    1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17, ...

  • General Electric to invest in Kenya’s infrastructure sector

    Daily Nation

    US infrastructure firm, General Electric, has signed an agreement with the government to modernise Kenya's transport, health and aviation ...

  • Unilever boss defends scrapping of 'unjustified' final salary pension scheme

    The Independent

    The chief of the world's second-biggest consumer goods company has defended his position on scrapping the firm's final salary pension ...

  • City's bars and retailers gear up for the bonus season

    Guardian

    "We still do well in February - it's bonus season," says Holly Midwinter-Porter of Boodles, an upmarket jeweller opposite the Bank of England in the heart of the City of ...

  • Even the bankers are saying it: this might be the end for big bonuses

    Guardian

    Some of this year's payouts will be as startling as ever, but as anger over rewards in the financial sector explodes across front pages, attitudes are shifting even in the ...

  • Is it time to leave Facebook?

    Guardian

    I could blame it on the launch of Timeline (Facebook's now mandatory reboot of users' profile pages) or the forthcoming mega-IPO. Or even claim I was taking some high-minded stance (a ...

  • Seedcamp London: the other Dragons' Den

    Guardian

    For technology entrepreneurs, Seedcamp is an opportunity to acquire investment for their fledgling companies. But what makes the money men want to sponsor ...

  • Reckitt used to clean up. But those days might be over

    Guardian

    Reckitt Benckiser when it reveals its full-year numbers. The rather anonymous business behind under-the-sink brand names like Cillit Bang, Finish, Dettol and Vanish may not be the most glamorous ...

  • Three reasons to avoid the Facebook flotation

    Guardian

    Whether or not the social network achieves a $100bn valuation, a glance at the flotation prospectus should convince right-thinking investors to steer ...

  • Has The Daily got off its launch pad?

    Guardian

    year after its (Rupert-visionary) launch, it's natural to look again at The Daily , Murdoch's non-newsprint newspaper on an iPad or Android tablet near you. How's it doing? 100,000 ...

  • Leveson inquiry needs a lesson in press regulation history

    Guardian

    The only advantage of being 10 years older than Lord Justice Leveson is that you can remember, first hand, why some of the things that mystify him came to pass. Bits of history, in short: the bits ...

  • Eurogroup's Juncker Warns of Possible Greek Default

    CNBC

    The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on ...

  • Unilever boss defends scrapping of 'unjustified' final salary pension scheme

    The Independent

    The chief of the world's second-biggest consumer goods company has defended his position on scrapping the firm's final salary pension ...

  • Euro zone loses patience with Greece

    Reuters

    Greece's Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos makes statements outside his office in Athens February 4, 2012. Greece has agreed with euro zone partners on how to recapitalise Greek banks after ...

  • Eurogroup's Juncker warns of possible Greece default

    Reuters

    BERLIN (Reuters) - The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a ...

  • Manufacturing faces bleak future as Caterpillar plant closes down

    The Globe and Mail

    The closing of a locomotive plant in London, Ont., by U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar comes as the latest blow to Canada's struggling manufacturing sector.Facing new competition from ...

  • Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks follow win streak with focus on Europe

    MarketWatch

    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors in U.S. stocks, which just wrapped up their best start of the year since 1987, are expected to shift their attention next week toward the ongoing euro-zone ...

  • Call for 'industry standard' to protect investors from hidden charges

    Guardian

    Hidden charges make it difficult for investors to compare funds. Now Fidelity is calling for a simple charging structure so the true cost is clear to ...

  • GM Dealers Agree to Upgrade, but Not All Are Happy

    CNBC

    The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors, and lounges with free Wi-Fi. In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or salons. The company announced its plans at the National Automobile ...

  • Major Snowstorm Barrels Down on Central Plains

    CNBC

    A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per ...

  • Union, politicians blast Caterpillar's decision to close London plant

    Windsor Star

    Nelson Sarty was still on the Electro-Motive picket line after the plant announced it would shut down Friday, thinking about the job his family had built plans for the future around."It's ...

  • European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Rally of 2012; Xstrata Gains

    Business Week

    Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the ...

  • Scientists, online experts gather in SD

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    Thousands of experts from the widely divergent fields of science and online marketing will convene in San Diego next week, when hundreds of troubled homeowners will also be in town in search of ...

  • Stocks that could soar after the Super Bowl

    New York Post

    Whatever the outcome of tomorrow's Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots, several stocks with ties to the big game could be winners in the markets on Monday.The following four companies ...

  • A Car Insurance Policy for Less—But Only If You Call

    CNBC

    After you hear the tale of Thomas Mitchell, a retiree living in Arizona, you may suddenly have the urge to run to the phone and call your auto insurer. And perhaps even your life insurer. And your ...