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| Optimism on Euro Zone Buoys Stocks and Bonds New York Times By REUTERS Stocks and the euro lost some of their gains Monday after a media report said Standard & Poor's Corp. was about to warn Germany and other euro zone nations that their credit ratings were being assessed for a possible downgrade. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| S&P ratings warning to top euro nations Financial Times By FT reporters Standard and Poor's has warned Germany and the five other triple A members of the eurozone that they risk having their top-notch ratings downgraded as a result of deepening economic and political turmoil in the single currency bloc. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Kraft Foods names top execs for spinoff grocery, snack companies Los Angeles Times Food and beverage giant Kraft Foods Inc. named its current Chief Executive and Chairman Irene B. Rosenfeld to lead its planned spinoff snacks company. Rosenfeld, 58, has been chairman of the Northfield, Ill.-based company since 2007 and its chief ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chicago's Evans Says Its 'Imperative' for FOMC to Escape Liquidity Trap Bloomberg By Joshua Zumbrun - Mon Dec 05 19:11:51 GMT 2011 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said further monetary stimulus is needed now to help the US economy escape from a "liquidity trap." "There is simply too much at stake for us to be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chicken fat-fuel to power US warships in '12 games Reuters The decommissioned USS Paul F. Foster destroyer conducts a successful demonstration of shipboard alternative fuel use while underway in the Pacific Ocean on a 50-50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76 in this ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Peru's Humala declares state of emergency as protests continue Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM LIMA, PERU, AND BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Digging in his heels against opponents of a huge gold and copper mining project, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a 60-day state of emergency and called on residents to maintain "serenity and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold ends lower as European progress dulls demand MarketWatch By Myra P. Saefong and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures closed lower on Monday, as optimism about addressing the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis fueled gains in global stock markets and dulled investment demand ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Factory Orders Decline New York Times By AP Companies decreased their overall orders to American factories in October for the second straight month, the Commerce Department said Monday, in what may be evidence that the economy remains weak despite other signs of improvement. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| SAP splashes out in cloud-computing frenzy Reuters By Maria Sheahan and Harro Ten Wolde FRANKFURT/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) - SAP AG's $3.4 billion takeover of SuccessFactors will help it keep up with peers in the frenzied race for cloud-computing business, even if the price paid is very high at first ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IMF releases 2.2 billion euro in aid for Greece Reuters A Greek (R) and an EU flag fly over the Greece's Finance Ministry in Athens November 3, 2011. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Monday agreed to release a 2.2 billion euro ($2.95 billion) aid disbursement to Greece, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French Greenpeace Activists Arrested for Nuclear-Plant Break-In Wall Street Journal By GERALDINE AMIEL And INTI LANDAURO PARIS—French police Monday arrested nine activists with the environmental group Greenpeace who broke into one of France's nuclear plants in an attempt to raise new questions about reactor security. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Treasuries Pare Decline on Report Germany May Get Credit Warning BusinessWeek By Susanne Walker and Daniel Kruger Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries pared their drop after the Financial Times reported Germany, France and other European nations are about to receive a warning from Standard & Poor's on their top credit ratings. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saab Owner in Talks to Attract Investment From Chinese Bank BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Swedish Automobile NV, the owner of Saab Automobile, said it's in talks to sell a stake to an unidentified Chinese Bank to keep the carmaker in business. The talks also involve China's Zhejiang Youngman Lotus ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dollar General's Net Rises 34% Wall Street Journal By BEN FOX RUBIN And KAREN TALLEY Dollar General Corp. said its fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped 34% as same-store sales continued to rise on improved traffic. The deep discounter said solid sales growth has continued into its current quarter, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lehman Said to Seek Financing for Archstone Counterbid BusinessWeek Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is trying to raise money for a possible counterbid to Equity Residential's deal for a 26.5 percent stake in US apartment owner Archstone, according to a person with knowledge of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ireland sets out new round of spending cuts Financial Times By Jamie Smyth in Dublin The Irish government has outlined €2.2bn of spending cuts in an austerity budget that aims to cut the country's sky high deficit and put it back on a path to economic recovery. More than half of the expenditure reductions ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| San Mateo smart-grid software company eMeter bought by Siemens San Jose Mercury News By Jeremy C. Owens jowens@mercurynews.com San Mateo-based eMeter, which builds advanced software for utility companies, has been acquired by German technology giant Siemens, the companies announced Monday. The purchase price was not disclosed. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Colo. Regulators Hold Fracking Disclosure Hearing KKTV 11 News Reporter: AP DENVER (AP) -- The director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission says requiring drilling companies to publicly disclose what chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing is only one tool for protecting public health and the ... See all stories on this topic » |
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