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 Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued - at: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:15:18 GMT  [ AP ]
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1.Stocks rise on economic hopes ahead of payrolls
 
Reuters - Stocks rose on low volume on Thursday as data showed improvement in housing and the job market a day ahead of the critical monthly payrolls figures.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:45:00 GMT [ Reuters ] 23 hours, 52 minutes ago
2.Economic data damp down fears of new recession
 
Reuters - Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rebounded unexpectedly in July and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, helping quell fears the economy could face a double-dip recession.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:32:18 GMT [ Reuters ] 5 minutes ago
3.Burger King agrees to $3.3 billion sale to 3G Capital
 
Reuters - Burger King Holdings Inc agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for $3.26 billion, giving the No. 2 U.S. fast-food chain breathing room to fix its business and close the gap with leader McDonald's Corp.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:42:50 GMT [ Reuters ] 23 hours, 54 minutes ago
4.Bernanke takes blame for muddled message on Lehman
 
Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he was partly to blame for leaving the wrong impression that the central bank could have saved Lehman Brothers from failure in 2008.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:40:50 GMT [ Reuters ] 22 hours, 56 minutes ago
5.Lehman preps bank units for sale or shutdown
 
Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , the bankrupt U.S. investment bank, needs at least $550 million to keep its two bank units going as it prepares to sell them or shut them down in 18 months, court documents show.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:34:19 GMT [ Reuters ] 3 minutes ago
6.Some BofA shareholders can apply to tap $150M fund
 
AP - Investors who lost money when Bank of America Corp. bought Merrill Lynch without disclosing Merrill's problems can start applying to tap a $150 million compensation fund.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:31:37 GMT [ AP ] 1 day, 4 hours, 5 minutes ago
7.Highlights: Bernanke's testimony to financial crisis panel
 
Reuters - The following are highlights from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony on Thursday to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on the problem of financial institutions that are "too big too fail."
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:27:16 GMT [ Reuters ] 5 hours, 10 minutes ago
8.Take-Two posts profit, raises outlook
 
Reuters - Video game maker Take-Two Interactive Inc on Thursday smashed Wall Street expectations for its fiscal third quarter and raised its forecast for the current fourth quarter, citing strong sales for its "Red Dead Redemption" title.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:11:50 GMT [ Reuters ] 21 hours, 25 minutes ago
9.EU reaches deal on cross-border financial supervisors
 
AFP - Europe took a big step closer on Thursday to its goal of creating cross-border financial supervisors, reaching a "crucial milestone" in efforts to reform a sector blamed for the global recession.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:17:59 GMT [ AFP ] 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
10.5 Tax Moves to Make Now
 
U.S. News & World Report - It may seem a bit strange to be talking about income taxes in September. There are, however, good reasons to think about taxes well before April 15. For starters, there are some big changes in the tax code that go into effect in 2011. Depending on your income tax bracket and investments, some simple planning now could...
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:16:40 GMT [ U.S. News & World Report ] 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
11.IMF to give Pakistan $450 mln in flood aid
 
Reuters - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid and disburse funds in September to help the country's economy cope with the devastation, the head of the IMF said on Thursday.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:06:39 GMT [ Reuters ] 20 hours, 30 minutes ago
12.Business Highlights
 
AP - Discounts spur surprising Aug. retail sales gains
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:57:13 GMT [ AP ] 22 hours, 40 minutes ago
13.Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law
 
AP - A man accused of bilking elderly South Los Angeles residents out of their homes in a foreclosure scam is facing a potential life sentence in a rare use of California's three-strikes law for a white-collar crime.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:26:05 GMT [ AP ] 23 hours, 11 minutes ago
14.Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued
 
AP - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:15:18 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 22 minutes ago
15.More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich
 
AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:37:30 GMT [ AP ] 20 hours, 59 minutes ago
16.Analyst: GM plans to sell shares on Nov. 18
 
AP - General Motors plans to start trading shares again on Nov. 18, timing that allows the company one more quarter of earnings to build its case to investors, a firm that researches initial public offerings said Thursday.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:59:17 GMT [ AP ] 21 hours, 38 minutes ago
17.A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads
 
BusinessWeek - The job hunt came as a shock. The 23-year-old job seeker graduated in June from a good school -- Beijing University of Technology -- with a bachelor's degree in materials science, a subject he figured would appeal to employers. Yet he had to go through scores of interviews and comb the online job sites endlessly before landing a ...
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:41 GMT [ BusinessWeek ] 8 hours, 28 minutes ago

 
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