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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:18 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:18 -0500 30 Auditors, former executives, Barclays Bank, and Wall Street banks have copped a serve from a court-appointer examiner who probed the Lehman Brothers collapse. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611158/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:21 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611158/cs/1/ A surge in bank shares returned the major indices to the black Thursday, after rough sailing earlier in the day. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611129/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:00 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611129/cs/1/ Australia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia says. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611135/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:50 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611135/cs/1/ San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is expected to be nominated to become Ben Bernanke's deputy. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611171/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:58:08 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611171/cs/1/ The US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national capital. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611087/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:30:05 -0500 ANI http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611087/cs/1/ The American president told the U.S. Export-Import Bank in Washington he was launching a new strategy to improve exports. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611200/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:39 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611200/cs/1/ Sri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from China. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610746/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:24:36 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610746/cs/1/ There has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite union. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610739/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:55:56 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610739/cs/1/ The US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in February. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610737/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:42 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610737/cs/1/ In the US, the school board in Kansas City has decided to close 26 of the city's 59 public schools to keep the district afloat financially. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610885/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:45 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610885/cs/1/ The Chrysler Group in the US has named a new executive to head the reintroduction of the Fiat brand to the local market. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610740/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:53 -0500 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610740/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - Business inventories were basically flat in January even though sales rose for an eighth consecutive month. The Commerce Department said that inventories were unchanged, a weaker readin... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063612/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:11:35 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063612/ TORONTO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - The Bedford Report is pleased to announce that its latest Market Update analyzing the Technology Sector has been released. Technology is such an integral part ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063551/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:05:07 -0500 Market Wire http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063551/ DENVER, CO--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Pixorial, the first collaborative video platform of its kind, announced today that Ari Kaufman has joined the company as CEO. Kaufman has been a leader in t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063552/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:04:46 -0500 Market Wire http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063552/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, as investors were cheered by an unexpected jump in U.S. retail sales last month and a crowd-pleasing nomination for the Fed's vice chairm... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063522/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:04:02 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063522/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trading in Friday's session are Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., Aeropostale Inc. and AnnTaylor Stores Corp. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063524/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:04:01 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063524/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose early on Friday, but remained on track for a 2.4% drop for the week, helped by a weaker dollar and a jump in crude oil prices after the International Energy... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063523/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:59 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063523/ -1.18% ) on Friday reaffirmed its expectations for 2010 earnings per share in the range of $4.40 to $4.65 and sees revenues of $54 billion to $55 billion for the period. FactSet analyst's on average... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063525/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:58 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063525/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices declined on Friday, pushing short-term yields to a two-month high, after a report showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose last month by 0.3%. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063526/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:57 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063526/ Led by a big gain in electronics, U.S. retail sales increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February, despite three major snow storms in the East, the Commerce Department estimated Friday. Th... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063527/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:03:56 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063527/ UK retailers may be constantly bemoaning the bad weather and blaming the cold for their falling sales, but it seems a little thing like a blizzard won't stop the American consumer from hitting the sto... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063553/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:59:26 -0500 Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063553/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Plc, Anglo American Plc and Xstrata Plc are shipping coal 10,000 miles to China from their Cerrejon mine in Colombia for the first time this year because of surgin... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063546/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:50 -0500 Business Week http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063546/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Liberty Plc, the 135-year-old U.K. luxury retailer known for its iconic Tudor-style flagship store in London’s West End, said it was in the early stages of takeover talks... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063548/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0500 Business Week http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063548/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Chile’s peso will begin weakening late this year as the country’s worst earthquake in 50 years slows economic growth and record-low interest rates sap demand for fi... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063550/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:53:48 -0500 Business Week http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063550/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Investors have been net buyers for the past three weeks of bonds issued by Greece and other so- called peripheral European nations with widening deficits, including Spain, Port... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063545/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:49 -0500 Business Week http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063545/ The fall is being blamed on the recession and the Government's car scrappage scheme as buyers were encouraged to purchase new models. The incentive, which is due to expire at the end of March, offere... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063611/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:43:12 -0500 Sky News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063611/ +0.07% ) on Friday reaffirmed its expectations for 2010 earnings per share in the range of $4.40 to $4.65 and sees revenues of $54 billion to $55 billion for the period. FactSet analyst's on average... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063615/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:31:12 -0500 Market Watch http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063615/ LONDON -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said he wasn't against proposals to form a European Monetary Fund to provide assistance to euro-zone countries that find themselves in dire fiscal... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063617/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:14 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063617/ Stock futures were indicating a higher opening after the Commerce Department released better-than-expected data showing retail sales were up 0.3% in February. Here are some of the early-market mover... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063618/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:14 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063618/ NEW YORK -- United Technologies Corp. on Friday reaffirmed its expectations for 2010 earnings per share in the range of $4.40 to $4.65 and sees revenues of $54 billion to $55 billion for the period. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063616/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:13 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063616/ PSUN ) saw its shares dive 14% in the premarkets Friday, a day after the retailer’s better-than-expected fourth-quarter results was overshadowed by an ugly outlook for the current quarter. The te... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063620/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:11 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063620/ BOSTON -- The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund is testing the top of an eight-month price range and a breakout should see a "sharp move" to $17.50 a share, the ETF Review from Investors Intelligence... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063619/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:10 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063619/ CHICAGO -- Higher costs and lower volume pushed AEP Industries into the loss column in its fiscal first quarter, the packaging company said Friday. AEP lost $4.9 million, or 72 cents a share, on the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063622/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:09 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063622/ LONDON -- Nokia said it's reclassified how it classifies industry mobile devices, to include vendors of legitimate, as well as unlicensed and counterfeit, products with manufacturing facilities prima... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063621/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:08 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063621/ ANN ) surprised Wall Street by posting a fourth-quarter profit on Friday, but the retailer’s sales failed to meet analysts’ expectations. The company said it earned $41 million, or break even a ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063623/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:05 -0500 Fox Business http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063623/ The Canadian dollar surged to the highest level since July 2008 early Friday, on surprisingly positive employment figures from Statistics Canada. The loonie shot to US98.41¢ in early trade, up f... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063554/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063554/ Potash Corp. dramatically improved its first quarter earnings guidance Thursday. The company said a sharp rebound in potash demand will help it earn between $1.30 and $1.50 a share. The new estimate ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063555/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:58 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063555/ NEW YORK -- Warren Buffett was awarded total compensation of about US$519,490 in 2009 to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a 6% increase mainly reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's third-riches... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063558/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:55 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063558/ The sale of Canada's largest English-language daily newspaper chain has attracted some of the country's financial heavyweights as potential suitors. Among the shortlist of bidders for Canwest Limited... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063557/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:54 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063557/ NEW YORK -- Back in 1976 after he bought the New York Post, a confounded Rupert Murdoch asked the chairman of Bloomingdales why the upscale department store didn't advertise in his paper. According t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063559/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:52 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063559/ Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat A.T. chief executive, admitted Thursday that his efforts to restore the profitability of the country’s largest tour operator fell flat this winter after just about ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063561/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:51 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063561/ The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063560/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:49 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063560/ LONDON -- Global stocks rose to seven week highs on Friday led by bank shares after talks on U.S. banking reform collapsed, while speculation the Bank of Japan may soon ease monetary policy weighed on... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063562/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:48 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063562/ OTTAWA - Contrary to popular belief, the bulk of the country's manufacturing sector is able to "shrug off " wild swings in the Canadian dollar, whereas the services sector is the most exposed, an anal... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063564/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:45 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063564/ TORONTO -- Goldcorp Inc. delivered a solid fourth quarter as it continues to keep costs in check and benefit from near-record gold prices. The Vancouver-based giant reported adjusted Q4 earnings late... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063565/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:43 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063565/ MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is weighing whether to boost its investment in Toronto-area toll highway 407-ETR after Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced Thursday it would put a 10% s... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063567/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:41 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063567/ TORONTO -- Giant industrial outfit Siemens AG announced Thursday it is closing its gas turbine plant in Hamilton, Ontario, cutting 550 jobs as the operation is relocated to Charlotte, N.C. The move i... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063566/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:40 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063566/ The Toronto Stock Exchange stayed close to home throughout most of Thursday's trading session, eking out a small gain by the end of it as several different developments cancelled each other out in ter... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063568/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:39 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063568/ MADRID -- Debt-laden Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial said it has put 10% of its 407-ETR motorway in Canada up for sale and will use the proceeds to invest in new toll road projects and pay down... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063571/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:35 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063571/ LONDON -- London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S. fields. The compa... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063570/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:33 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063570/ OTTAWA -- Canadian home prices rose 0.4% between December and January, the same growth rate for the third consecutive month, according to a Statistics Canada report Thursday. The index saw the bigges... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063572/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:30 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063572/ Shares in Transat AT collapsed Wednesday after the travel tour operator reported a much weaker-than-expected first quarter result Wednesday and issued a gloomy outlook for 2010. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063573/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:29 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063573/ A pedestrian walks past the headquarters of Siam City Bank Pcl in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thanachart Bank, 49%-owned by Bank of Nova Scotia, has agreed to pay US$1-billion for a 47.6% stake in ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063574/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:26 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063574/ OTTAWA -- Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very s... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063575/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:25 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063575/ Carlos Slim Helu's US$53.5-billion hoard puts him ahead of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, left, who had held the title of world's richest 14 of the past 15 years. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063576/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:22 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063576/ Investment firm Sprott Inc. reported a 39% drop in fourth quarter profit Thursday, primarily on lower revenues. For the period ended Dec. 31, Sprott earned a profit of $13.3-million (9 cents a sh... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063578/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:20 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063578/ LONDON/GENEVA -- HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, said a theft of data by a former employee affected up to 24,000 Swiss client accounts, dealing a hefty blow to the reputation of its private bank. The ba... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063579/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:18 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063579/ Oil has rallied to within sight of its 2010 high this week, but the physical crude markets in Asia and Europe are telling a more bearish story about oversupply and sluggish demand. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063581/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:16 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063581/ Insured mortgages provider Xceed Mortgage Corp. swung to a first-quarter loss, hurt by negative fair-value adjustments related to its discontinued business line of uninsured mortgages. The company po... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063580/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:14 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063580/ Stock index futures fell on Thursday, pointing to a weaker start for Wall Street. By 0859 GMT (3:59 a.m. ET), futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq slipped 0.2 t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063582/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:13 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063582/ Toronto Stock Exchange broke a two-day skid Wednesday as some international developments helped lure investors back into the market. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.3 points, or 0.4%, to... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063583/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:09 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063583/ Marrying content to networks has become the vogue with cable and Internet companies to differentiate themselves from peers. The consensus among industry watchers, failing to see any strong upside in v... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063584/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:07 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063584/ Viterra Inc. says it will buy Viterra says it will buy Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Inc., the third-largest dry pasta producer and one of the largest durum wheat mills in North America. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063585/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:06 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063585/ Former Victoria investment advisor Ian Thow has been sentenced to nine years in prison for 20 counts of fraud totalling $8-million. When he gets out, Thow will still have a bankruptcy hanging over his... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063587/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:29:02 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063587/ (Reuters) - Sales at U.S. retailers rose unexpectedly in February despite a drop in vehicle purchases and inclement weather that was expected to curtail shopping, bolstering hopes of a sustainable eco... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063541/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:58 -0500 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063541/ SAN ANTONIO -- General Motors Co will pay back roughly US$8-billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, its chief executive said on Wednesday, more quickly than the automaker had prom... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063588/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:58 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063588/ In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, KKR said it would list 204.9 million common units worth about $2.2 billion and trade under the symbol KKR on the http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063543/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063543/ DETROIT -- Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063589/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:57 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063589/ The fourth-largest U.S. bank has asked a federal judge in Baltimore to extend the city's deadline to file an amended complaint by four weeks to April 9. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063544/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:55 -0500 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063544/ Terra has given notice to Yara of its intention to terminate their agreement, and Yara has five business days to make an offer that’s at least as favourable as CF’s proposal. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063590/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:55 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063590/ Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is seeking leave to appeal a lower court's ruling that allowed Shaw Communications Inc. to proceed with its bid to purchase a controlling voting interest in Canwest Glob... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063591/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:53 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063591/ Emirates Airline Group touches down at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson Airport as part of it's inaugural A380 flight to Toronto via Dubai, United Arab Emirates http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063592/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:52 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063592/ Kevin Lynch stepped out of the spotlight in July 2009, roughly three years after his appointment as Canada's 20th Clerk of the Privy Council -- the top job in the country's civil service -- and after ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063593/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:51 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063593/ After the year started with dismal mergers-and-acquisitions figures, corporate Canada has gone on a bit of a 'shopping spree,' said Douglas Porter, deputy chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063597/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:42 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063597/ According to Seaboard estimates, WIND has picked up about 30,000 subscribers in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, the three cities it now offers services in. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063598/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:39 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063598/ The Toronto Stock Exchange saw its second straight day of losses Tuesday as commodity prices fell slightly and better-than-expected earnings from Bank of Nova Scotia weren’t enough to spark investor... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063599/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:37 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063599/ Toyota Motor Corp., struggling to regain a reputation for quality after unintended acceleration forced the recall of millions of vehicles, will investigate a report in California of a Prius hybrid tha... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063600/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:34 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063600/ SAN FRANCISCO - His debt to society finally paid in full, William Lerach, the fiery shareholder litigator who exposed the excesses of Enron before running afoul of the law himself, warned of another w... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063601/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:31 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063601/ The 66 to 34 vote allows the Senate to move toward a final vote for the bill, part of what Democrats call a “jobs agenda” to bring down the country’s 9.7% unemployment rate before November ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063602/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:27 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063602/ NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc stock surged as much as 8.4% on Tuesday after a prominent fund manager said the bank's shares were underpriced. In an interview with Fortune, Fairholme fund manager Bruce Be... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063604/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:23 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063604/ Shares of Minco Gold Corp jumped 33% percent on Tuesday, after the junior gold explorer reported discovery of a "significant gold zone" at one of its exploration properties in China. The company said... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063605/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:20 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063605/ Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) said it approved an application from TransCanada Keystone Pipeline GP Ltd to construct and operate the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, and the proposed tolls for the... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063609/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:15 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063609/ Pengrowth Corp., which administrates Pengrowth Energy Trust, reported a 66% drop in fourth quarter profit Tuesday on lower commodity prices and sales. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Pengrowth ear... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063607/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:09 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063607/ NEW YORK -- U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, the anniversary of the lows reached in the recession, as the dollar strengthened and pressured commodity prices. One year ago, markets hit a mor... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063606/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:28:03 -0500 Financial Post http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063606/ ……people paid to communicate should, at the very least know the proper pronunciation of two important countries. Feder asks why a big-time CEO “would engage in such petty and insulting microman... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063520/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:24:29 -0500 ABCNews http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063520/ Senate Banking Committee will unveil sweeping new reforms for the financial system Monday after failing to reach an agreement with Republicans on the panel. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063518/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:24:25 -0500 ABCNews http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063518/ Pittsburgh woman files civil lawsuit over wrongful lockout. "I cannot walk into my house by myself. … I tried it one time by myself, went over, walked in, but the whole time I was jumping like some... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063517/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:24:23 -0500 ABCNews http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063517/ The Treasury Department has received $6.56 million from the sale of warrants it held from Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. as part of the support it provided the bank during the financial crisis. The ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063516/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:24:22 -0500 ABCNews http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063516/ In this Feb. 24, 2010 photo, a Gap store is seen in Paramus, NJ. Retail sales post surprising 0.3 pct February increase raising hopes economy gaining momentum. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (AP) Retail sales... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063515/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:24:20 -0500 ABCNews http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063515/ CLD announced that it has submitted year-end 2009 coal reserve estimates to Rio Tinto plc on behalf of Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC. Cloud Peak Energy also submitted its year-end 2009 non-reserv... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063528/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:04:08 -0500 CNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063528/ Ardea Biosciences Reports Recent Accomplishments; Provides 2010 Outlook; Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2009 Financial Results and 2010 Financial Guidance http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063530/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:04:04 -0500 CNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063530/ “We are very pleased to report that we have closed on a $670 million credit facility agreement with our bank group, led by Wells Fargo. This facility replaces the previous line of credit and term ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063537/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:03:52 -0500 CNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33063537/ A worker pulls his rickshaw past a billboard of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in New Delhi. Photograph: R S Iyer/AP The third annual instalment of the http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061230/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:56 -0500 Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061230/ Starbucks .Now the city's cappuccino and mocha starved citizens have mounted a Facebook campaign to join the list of 16,000 places on the planet with a Starbucks."They have got it everywhere but here,... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061231/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:54 -0500 Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061231/ Far from facing extinction, the record industry is still a vital cog in the music-making machine, claims a report. But will the working relationship between artist and label ever be the same? http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061232/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:52 -0500 Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061232/ Investors attention will turn to the US retail sales this afternoon to see whether the market's early rise can be maintained.At the moment the FTSE 100 is up 13.31 points at 5630. 57, with banks leadi... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061233/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:46 -0500 Guardian http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061233/ Hands-on: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 . SCVMM 2008 R2 allows you to monitor actions and administrative tasks in batches through the use of the Jobs facility. Here, it displ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061241/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:25:28 -0500 Computerworld http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061241/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will discuss next week whether any Greek bailout should be funded by issuing EU bonds guaranteed by euro region governments, said three people ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061228/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:06 -0500 Business Week http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061228/ Sir Brian Pitman, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, has died at age 78, the British Bankers' Association said Friday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061225/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:59 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061225/ Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking ma... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061247/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:41 -0500 Techworld http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061247/