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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Maryland Leader.com http://www.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:25:14 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:25:14 -0400 30 The Nasdaq was the star on the day, leaping ahead of the other major indices. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682601/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:56:16 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682601/cs/1/ Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s travel. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682446/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:32:42 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682446/cs/1/ http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682445/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:42 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682445/cs/1/ Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682432/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:42 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682432/cs/1/ This week’s BD25 million issues of Government Treasury Bills, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, were oversubscribed by 308%. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682454/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:43:40 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682454/cs/1/ President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682161/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:18 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682161/cs/1/ The management team at the Kia automobile headquarters in South Korea has undergone a change following recalls of popular makes of cars. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682163/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:56 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682163/cs/1/ George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights group. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682162/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:07 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682162/cs/1/ French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement age. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682160/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682160/cs/1/ UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682159/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:40 -0400 Maryland Leader.com http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682159/cs/1/ The Australian Cricketers Association has urged players to refuse to sign Cricket Australia contracts next year as a row has erupted over an attempt to take 10 per cent of their earnings from the Indian Premier League. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682249/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:33 -0400 ANI http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682249/cs/1/ Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal reported. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682147/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:03 -0400 IANS http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/682147/cs/1/ PHILADELPHIA - In hindsight, they gave him too much power. That's why the Philadelphia Housing Authority board learned years too late that its revered executive director had secretly settled a strin... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481824/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:44 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481824/ REJECTED AGAIN: Airgas Inc. said Wednesday that its board members have unanimously rejected a sweetened, $5.5 billion buyout offer from rival Air Products and Chemicals Inc. THE BACKGROUND: Air Produ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481825/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:55:41 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481825/ A model shows a Microsoft's new Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console at a press briefing in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The new Kinect, featuring a 3-D camra and motion ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481821/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:54:09 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481821/ By MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP ECONOMICS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Consumer borrowing fell again in July as households cut back on their credit card use for a 23rd consecutive month, adding more drag on an econ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481831/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:53:22 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481831/ The Nature Conservancy announced today the release of a water footprint report in conjunction with World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. The report, entitled '' http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481794/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:51:35 -0400 PR Web http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481794/ SGF ), a closed-end management investment company seeking long-term capital appreciation through investment primarily in Singapore equity securities, today announced its performance results for the th... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481807/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:46:09 -0400 Market Wire http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481807/ LOS ANGELES -- Apparel retailer Men's Wearhouse Inc. is due to release its quarterly results during Wednesday's late-trading session, and analysts are looking for both profits and sales to rise from t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481792/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:44:15 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481792/ A "union-busting" US company has been employed by a leading UK turkey processing factory where workers are due to vote on union recognition tomorrow.Staff at the company in Derby, the second-biggest t... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481810/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:36:04 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481810/ housing maintenance group, have warned they will need the support and goodwill of scores of councils and housing association customers in order to keep job losses to a minimum.The group was placed in ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481809/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:36:01 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481809/ Hedge fund that anticipated the housing collapse sees $3bn Recovery Fund, set up to benefit from strong economic bounceback, lose 9% of its value http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481811/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:59 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481811/ Yglesias I see this fairly remarkable fact: even if only the "middle-class" tax cuts remain law, who will benefit the most? Yep, you guessed it. The well-off and rich. For example, if only the middle-... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481812/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:57 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481812/ David Montgomery is attempting to face down a move from shareholders who want to oust him as chief executive of pan-European newspaper group Mecom.Montgomery, who in January last year had to http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481813/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:35:52 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481813/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group AG’s “greedy antics” bar it from collecting $229 million on a soured loan the bank arranged for the Yellowstone Club, a ski resort for mill... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481802/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:37 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481802/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A lawsuit alleging a Boeing Co. unit disguised the delivery of suspected terrorists to secret prisons where they were tortured was dismissed by a U.S. appeals court. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481803/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:36 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481803/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.’s lawsuit seeking to block former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd from working at Oracle Corp. may be hard to win because California’s courts f... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481804/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:34 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481804/ Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Oki Matsumoto, chief executive officer of online trader Monex Group Inc. and a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, has a solution to Japan’s stagnant domestic economy... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481805/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:33 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481805/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said Republicans are advocating the same “flawed policies” that contributed to the worst recession since the 1930s and said the nation can&rsq... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481806/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:27:32 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481806/ HNI ) is in for some taxing times. Under the existing law, the threshold level to kick in the wealth tax provisions is Rs 30 lakh. However, in the existing provision, items like watches, paintings and... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481801/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:20:41 -0400 Times Of India http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481801/ Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against Hurd. The suit accused Hurd of violating his severance agreement to protect HP's confidential information by taking a job as co-president of Oracle,... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481800/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:20:37 -0400 Times Of India http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481800/ WASHINGTON — More regions of the country reported slower growth as the U.S. economy lost momentum in the late summer, the Federal Reserve said. The Fed’s “Beige Book” survey, released W... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481830/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:50 -0400 MSNBC http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481830/ By Allison Linn, senior business writer We'll start with the bad news: The competition for jobs remains extremely tough. But here's the relative good news: It's been a lot worse. There were 4.8 un... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481829/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:47 -0400 MSNBC http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481829/ Regulators probing the stock market "flash crash" last May still have not uncovered a single cause for the market's dramatic drop, according to sources. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481828/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:15:45 -0400 MSNBC http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481828/ REGINA — Lower agri-product sales in Western Canada caused Viterra's third-quarter net earnings to drop nearly 50 per cent to $63.5 million, Canada's largest grainhandler reported Wednesday.For the ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481832/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:09:50 -0400 Leader-Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481832/ The Sky News Money Panel endorsed the approach of central bank policymakers, whom they tipped to hold the base rate of interest again this month. The group of economists, business leaders and entrepr... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481823/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:02:09 -0400 Sky News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481823/ So many people use humor to get through their days and their dreary jobs, but sometimes people aren't joking. I am sure there is often juvenile tittering when neophytes pass through Intercourse, Pe... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481793/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:57:05 -0400 CNet http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481793/ Because nine seconds is an eternity on the internet, now you can conduct a search in a “Google Instant.” The iconic search site Wednesday unveiled the new feature on Google.com and to a p... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481826/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:53:09 -0400 Wired News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481826/ US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481799/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:50:17 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481799/ US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481820/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:57 -0400 The Daily Telegraph http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481820/ US stocks were slightly up overnight after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481808/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:49:42 -0400 The Courier Mail http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481808/ Wall Street , is in the initial phases of winding down billions of dollars in equity positions, the direct result of new regulatory rules designed to eliminate Wall Street risk taking, FOX Business Ne... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481834/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:36 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481834/ Dow Jones industrial average was up 80.53points, or 0.78 percent, at 10,421.22. The Standard & Poor's500 Index was up 10.94 points, or 1.00 percent, at1,102.78. The http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481835/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:33 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481835/ (Updates to midday) By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose Wednesdayas worries about Europe's banking system decreased, easing riskaversion. U.S. bank stocks recovered from Tue... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481836/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:32 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481836/ By Dhanya Skariachan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talbots Inc missedquarterly sales estimates and issued a weaker-than-expectedprofit forecast in the current quarter, sending shares of thewomen's clothing ret... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481837/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:28 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481837/ BP , BP.LN) has found that "multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, releasing a long-awaited report Wednesday that says BP workers missed key warning signs but ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481841/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:25 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481841/ Dow Jones )- Colombia's state-controlled oil company, Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETROL.BO), found gas in a well drilled in the Northeastern province of Norte de Santander, the company said Wednesday. The explo... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481840/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:22 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481840/ Dow Jones )- Uganda will repossess the remainder of exploration area 3A, located around the southern tip of oil-rich Lake Albert, because the block's license has expired, a government official said We... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481839/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:19 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481839/ BP , BP.LN) has developed a set of recommendations to help prevent future rig explosions and oil spills, making a case for the creation of new standards and training programs for key personnel. BP inc... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481838/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:16 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481838/ GS ) U.S. principal strategies equities unit are in talks to join other firms, according to a person familiar with the situation. These firms include KKR & Co. ( http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481842/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:13 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481842/ By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba(Reuters) - Canada's wheatstockpiles at the end of the 2009/10 crop year were the largestin four years, rising 19 percent and surprising traders who hadexpected thinner... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481843/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:10 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481843/ (In U.S. dollars) (Reuters) - Here is a timeline of the takeover bid byCanada's largest convenience store operator, AlimentationCouche-Tard Inc, for http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481844/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:08 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481844/ SAN FRANCISCO -- The Energy Information Administration Wednesday trimmed its forecast for global oil demand, citing lower forecasts for global economic growth. The statistics arm of the U.S. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481845/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:04 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481845/ Dow Jones )- Scottish & Southern Energy PLC (SSE.LN), said Wednesday that it has successfully launched an issue of capital hybrid securities, a financial instrument which is perpetual and subordin... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481846/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:01 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481846/ Dow Jones )- Brazil's consumption of processed aluminum products rose to a record 626,700 metric tons in first-half of this year, 35.3% higher than in the same period last year, the Brazilian Aluminum... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481847/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:57 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481847/ (Updates prices and comments) By Michael Taylor LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Copper reversed earlier lossesand climbed higher on Wednesday after equity markets moved intopositive territory and the dolla... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481848/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:54 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481848/ By Scot J. Paltrow WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's top watchdog hasabandoned efforts to do in-depth audits of defense contracts,leaving billions of dollars in taxpayer money at risk because ofov... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481851/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:46 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481851/ Dow Jones )- Next Plc, announced Wednesday that it has purchased 12,977 of its ordinary shares for cancellation at a price of 2017.1347 pence per share. MAIN FACTS: -Shares closed Wednesday at 2039 pe... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481850/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:42 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481850/ PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - French labour unions, heartened bylarge street marches over pension reforms, agreed on Wednesdayto call another day of strikes and protests on Sept. 23, raisingthe stakes in ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481849/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:38 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481849/ British Airways PLC (BAY.LN) and its transatlantic alliance partners plan to link their frequent-flyer programs from next month and launch new services on thinner routes to Europe in 2011 after finall... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481852/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:35 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481852/ By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban investment and freighttransportation fell significantly through June as the Caribbeannation grappled with a two-year old financial crisis andrecession, according... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481853/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:45:30 -0400 Fox Business http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481853/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy has shown "widespread signs" of slowing over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in a report suggesting the recovery was faltering along the East Coa... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481795/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:43:21 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481795/ Marissa Mayer, vice president, search products and user experience for Google Inc, unveils ''Google Instant'' during a news conference in San Francisco, California September 8, 2010. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481798/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:43:19 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481798/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California regulators are seeking fines of up to $9.9 billion from a unit of health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc, citing mismanaged medical claims, failure to pay doctors and... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481796/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:43:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481796/ WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- Regulators probing the stock market “flash crash” last May still have not uncovered a single cause but will point to “stub quotes” and other previously identified issues... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481814/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:48 -0400 Financial Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481814/ The cost to protect Agrium Inc. bonds from default surged on concern that the fertilizer maker may take on more debt to finance the purchase of assets from Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.Credit-defa... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481819/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:45 -0400 Financial Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481819/ CALGARY, Alberta -- TransCanada Corp. restarted its Keystone oil pipeline on Wednesday following a week of unscheduled maintenance and has resumed shipping Canadian crude to refineries in southern Ill... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481818/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:43 -0400 Financial Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481818/ WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Viterra Inc., Canada’s biggest grain handler and farm retailer, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit fell 47% as wet spring growing conditions sharply cut Western Canada’s ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481817/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:41:41 -0400 Financial Post http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481817/ (AP) The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business. Stew... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481784/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:54 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481784/ (AP) Applications for home loans dipped last week as mortgage rates ticked up slightly from the lowest level in decades. The Mortgage Bankers Association says overall applications fell 1.5 percent ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481785/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:49 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481785/ (CBS/AP) The lead BP PLC investigator is saying that eight separate failures had to occur for the company's deepwater well to unleash the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history. At a briefing i... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481786/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:43 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481786/ (AP) The U.S. dollar sank to a new 15-year low against the yen on Wednesday as investors continued to buy the Japanese currency as a safe haven for their money amid uncertainty about the global econom... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481788/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:39 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481788/ MangoLanguages.com to see whether your public library grants you free access to its courses in 22 foreign languages and 14 courses in English as a second language. UNIVERSITY WEBSITES AND APPLE'S I... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481789/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:29 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481789/ Obama and Tax Cuts President Obama has proposed extending tax cuts for individuals making less than $200,000. But the top two income tax rates would revert to higher levels. Anthony Mason reports. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481791/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:38:21 -0400 CBS News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481791/ Treasurys yields are falling after the government sold $21 billion in 10-year notes at the lowest rate since January 2009. The auction of 10-year notes fetched a 2.67 percent yield Wednesday. Their... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481782/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:33:22 -0400 ABCNews http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38481782/ CHICAGO - Tribune Co. promoted its general counsel to the position of chief restructuring officer on Wednesday as it attempts to lift itself out of Chapter 11 protection.The publisher, which owns the... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477766/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:31:55 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477766/ MINNEAPOLIS - Military contractor Alliant Techsystems Inc. said Wednesday it is raising $300 million in a debt sale. The company has begun a public offering of $300 million of senior subordinated no... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477765/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:31:50 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477765/ MFRI ) announced today that it expects to publish second quarter 2010 earnings and file the Form 10-Q with the Securities Exchange Commission Thursday, September 9, 2010. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477752/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:23:25 -0400 Market Wire http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477752/ PennyStockAlley.com, a premier micro cap research firm provides subscribers with comprehensive research, in depth due diligence and technical analysis to provide our subscribers with high octane stock... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477753/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:22:35 -0400 Market Wire http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477753/ TOKYO -- Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp.Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 cons... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477777/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:20:24 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477777/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures held close to the previous day's record-high close on Wednesday as concerns about European banks and economic growth faded and investors pulled out of safe-haven... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477730/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:40 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477730/ Bulls are finding it hard to hold the upper hand, despite some hope on the labor front and Boeing plans to double employees at a parts factory in northern China. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Can... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477732/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:33 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477732/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks were mostly higher Wednesday, as several bellwether companies rose, but UBS cast a shadow on part of the sector after the brokerage cut its ratings on Hewlet... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477733/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:19:32 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477733/ Lloyd is compromised and Jamie is insufferable, so there's an opening for Bob. Among the (very) small number of Wall Street chief executives who steered their firms intact through the financial crisis... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477779/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:14:17 -0400 The Independent http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477779/ Brian Lenihan, the Irish finance minister, in 2009. The two new institutions created from Anglo Irish will not be able to lend any more money. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477755/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:44 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477755/ ended as the best performing share in a rising market, after suggestions that Korea's Samsung had picked the company's chip designs for its latest smartphone, tablet and netbooks processor.Analysts at... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477754/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:40 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477754/ Investors are taking a punt on online gambling companies following a ruling than German restrictions breached European law.The European Court of Justice ruled there should not be a state monolopy of s... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477756/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:36 -0400 Guardian http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477756/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477773/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:09:38 -0400 Finfacts Business News http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477773/ on Wednesday said it would meet sales and earnings targets for the fiscal year ending in May. The Golden Valley-based food manufacturer, speaking at the Barclays Capital Back-to-school Consumer Confe... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477770/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:04:25 -0400 Business Journal http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477770/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- KKR & Co. and Perella Weinberg Partners LP are in talks to hire members of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s U.S. principal-strategies group, according to two people briefed ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477750/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:03:05 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477750/ Wall Street rose in early Wednesday trading. By noon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 71.56 points, or 0.69 percent, to 10,412.25. Nasdaq added 22.07 points, or 1 percent, to reach 2,230.96. ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477769/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:01:51 -0400 Business Journal http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477769/ Wall Street rose in early Wednesday trading. By noon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 71.56 points, or 0.69 percent, to 10,412.25. Nasdaq added 22.07 points, or 1 percent, to reach 2,230.96. ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477771/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:01:20 -0400 Business Journal http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477771/ TOKYO — Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477744/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:01:18 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477744/ dollar today amid renewed dollar selling by banks and exporte rs as the American currency fell to a 15-year low against the Japanese yen. Forex dealers said sustained capital inflows also helped the r... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477745/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:56:55 -0400 Times Of India http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477745/ A model shows a Microsoft's new Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 videogame console at a press briefing in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. The new Kinect, featuring a 3-D camra and motion ... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477775/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:54:57 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477775/ a major speech in Cleveland Wednesday to promote his plans for getting the economy back on track and putting Americans back to work. The Associated Press reports that Obama’s plans call for abou... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477774/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:52:38 -0400 MSNBC http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477774/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Former Citigroup Inc. stockbroker Ralph Casbarro was fined $500 and received no prison sentence or probation for his involvement in a scheme to let day traders eavesdrop on inte... http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477748/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:40:46 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477748/ Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose to a four-month high as improved demand for government bonds from Portugal to Poland helped ease concern about sovereign debt and shares of BP Plc advanced. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477749/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:40:45 -0400 Business Week http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477749/ (Credit: Microsoft) Microsoft plans to offer a Kinect bundle for $400 when its motion-gaming peripheral launches on November 4. The bundle includes a 250GB http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477776/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:34:21 -0400 CNet http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477776/ But the Seattle-based company is armed with a new weapon - its new controller-free Kinect game technology - that it hopes will convince Japanese consumers to embrace the Xbox 360. http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477778/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:32:49 -0400 Associated Press http://story.marylandleader.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/38477778/