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XML Business NewsObama Signs Jobs Billpublished 2 days ago
President calls bill a good start, but wants more ways to create jobs
America's Most Underwater Housing Markets (U.S. News & World Report)published 2 days ago
U.S. News & World Report - Negative equity--what you have when you owe more on your home loan than the property is worth--is one of the defining features of the still-unfolding mortgage crisis. It's a particularly nasty problem because it can lead to all sorts of unpleasant outcomes for the real estate market and the economy as a whole. Having negative equity, which is also known as being "underwater" on a mortgage, makes homeowners more likely to end up in ... more
Dollar climbs on renewed worries over Greece (AP)published 2 days ago
AP - The dollar rose Thursday as Greece warned that it will be forced to turn to the International Monetary Fund if the European Union can't agree to a bailout plan.
FCC invites comments on Comcast-NBCU dealpublished 2 days ago
Anyone wishing to comment - pro or con - on Comcast Corp.'s planned takeover of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal unit has until May 3 to contact the Federal Communications Commission.
Tapping The Power Of The Windpublished 2 days ago
CEO of NYISO discusses New York's drive to harness wind energy.
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Funding squeeze spurs student backlashpublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:17 GMT
After a 40-year absence, revolution is again in the air in California, with university students taking to the streets to mount noisy and increasingly angry ... more
Exporters exhortedpublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:16 GMT
Since his inauguration, the world has been waiting for a coherent, substantive policy on trade from Barack Obama. And the wait goes on
The lesson from Lehman's failurepublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:08 GMT
If there are lessons to be learned from Lehman, it is not simply that its management succumbed to temptation, it is that institutions with bank-like ... more
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Xaar maintains dividend in spite of losspublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 23:53 GMT
Restructuring costs pushed the ink-jet printer technology group to incur pre-tax losses of £186,000, but the company has decided to stick to its 2.5p per ... more
Confidence returns to tech transfer realmpublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 19:42 GMT
Development companies that fund and commercialise university spin-outs have seen investor appetite return to the sector over the past 12 months
Engineers seek expansion through Bricspublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 18:03 GMT
The UK government and trade bodies trumpet Britain's advantages to inward investors, but emerging economies look set to benefit from investment by British engineers
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India asks US to relax visa norms for workerspublished 2 days ago
India has strongly taken up the difficulties faced by its companies and American MNCs in getting a US visa for Indian professionals with the Obama ... more
Hyderabad: IBM programme to foster NGOspublished 2 days ago
The programme brings 10 IBM professionals from seven countries (Denmark, US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria) to Hyderabad to work on critical projects ... more
BSE in talks for overseas listing of indicespublished Thu, Mar 11 2010 01:30 GMT
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest bourse in Asia, is looking at listing its benchmark 30-share index Sensex on the US-based International Securities Exchange that ... more
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State Grid in joint deal with Quadrapublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 20:01 GMT
The power utility will spend $900m to develop a Chilean copper deposit in partnership with the mining group, in the latest move by a Chinese ... more
Satyam case tests foreign investors' rightspublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 18:52 GMT
A legal case brought in New York against the outsourcing company will show how far overseas shareholders in Indian companies are able to seek damages ... more
China to loosen control over book publishingpublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 16:39 GMT
The country's largest publishing house intends to transform into a global player as it spearheads Beijing's plans to restructure the industry while keeping it under ... more
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Windows Phone 7 won't kill Zune HDpublished Wed, Mar 10 2010 18:36 GMT
But Microsoft is telling game developers to concentrate on the phones.
Microsoft researcher wins Turing Awardpublished Tue, Mar 09 2010 13:42 GMT
Researcher Chuck Thacker, who helped pioneer several key aspects of the personal computer, gets honor seen as the Nobel Prize of computing. In an interview, ... more
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Home Builders Can't Compete With Foreclosurespublished Mon, Mar 15 2010 17:20 GMT
Sentiment among home builders is still lousy and cheap foreclosed homes are a big reason why.
Copper prices fall amid concerns over China (AP)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 16:32 GMT
AP - Copper prices have fallen amid speculation that China will take steps to slow its economy.
Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen (Reuters)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 11:19 GMT
Reuters - Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New ... more
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