Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page New Orleans Sun.com http://www.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:01 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:00:01 -0400 30 Swiss banks are shunning business from the U.S. amid concerns over legal issues and prospects for tighter regulation. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515034/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:13:05 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515034/cs/1/ The U.S. jobless rate rose to 9.5 percent last month -- the highest figure in 26 years. In the short term, the jobs report is a political setback for President Barack Obama and his economic policies. But the latest opinion polls suggest the president continues to hold public support despite the weak economy. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514937/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:47:59 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514937/cs/1/ Some markets in Europe closed higher Friday, while others lingered. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514931/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:11:56 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514931/cs/1/ The global tobacco industry is under attack from pirates that are ripping the heart out of cigarette sales. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515040/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:25:57 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515040/cs/1/ Qatar Airways will begin operating flights to Australia before Christmas and in time for the holiday season. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514948/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53:36 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514948/cs/1/ The role of design in reinventing the world's factory was in the spotlight at a recent conference organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514954/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:38:13 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514954/cs/1/ Twenty seven retail food outlets in a Saudi Arabian city have been shut down by health authorities. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514952/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:19:54 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514952/cs/1/ Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to build a pipeline across the Sahara that would link Europe to big west African gas reserves. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515053/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:02:10 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/515053/cs/1/ Hong Kong fashion designer Jing Wong has encountered fashion piracy first-hand. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514955/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:42:51 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514955/cs/1/ International hotel chain Novotel, opened its doors this week in Mumbai, the financial capital of India. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514956/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:48:37 -0400 New Orleans Sun.com http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/514956/cs/1/ MENLO PARK, Calif. - Last November, more than 60 percent of voters on the San Francisco Peninsula supported a $9.9 billion bond measure to help pay for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco an... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867998/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:09:05 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867998/ The soaring national debt is recorded on the National Debt Clock in New York. The national debt was $11,518,472,742,288 on Wednesday, acording to the Treasury Department. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25868000/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:49:57 -0400 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25868000/ HALEIWA, Hawaii - Three women donned scuba masks and jumped into the waters off Oahu's North Shore, floating inside a submerged cage as about a dozen sharks glided toward bloody fish scraps tossed in... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867997/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:09:06 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867997/ The unlikeliest of species on the Street is suddenly the sexiest. Not since the heady 1980s, when a surge in bond markets inspired such tales as The Bonfire of the Vanities and Liar's Poker, have butt... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867994/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:37:32 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867994/ Burt Ross, one of the 8,000 aggrieved former clients of Bernie Madoff, made an eloquent statement after the US$65-billion Ponzi schemester was sentenced this week to 150 years behind bars. "What Berna... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867995/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:37:27 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867995/ As the CRA cautions, it’s very important to get independent financial, tax and legal advice before investing in a tax shelter — and not from someone connected to the scheme or to the promoter. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867996/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:37:26 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867996/ Lamborghini is releasing what has to be the umpteenth variation of the Gallardo, this one called the LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni. The answer to the first part of your question — why LP 550-2? is ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867999/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:30:08 -0400 Wired News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25867999/ China Investment Corp. is acquiring a 17.2% equity stake in Vancouver-based mining giant Teck Resources through a $1.74-billion purchase of 101.3 million Class B subordinate voting shares. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866382/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:19 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866382/ AGF Management Ltd. has opened a Boston office in a bid to land more investing mandates from state pension plans, foundations and corporate investors, part of the company's efforts to expand its globa... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866398/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:03 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866398/ Garth Drabinsky (left) and Myron Gottlieb (right), once co-owners of the now defunct theatre production company, Livent Inc., leave court after the opening day of their fraud trial in May 2008. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866387/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:13 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866387/ LONDON -- Johnson and Johnson is take over most of Elan Corp. Alzheimer's research and invest US$1-billion in new Elan equity in exchange for an 18.4% stake in the Irish drugmaker, the companies said ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866404/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:48 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866404/ TORONTO -- Canadian exchange-traded-funds management company BetaPro Management Inc. has sold a 20% stake of its subsidiary AlphaPro Management Inc. to National Bank Financial Group.Adam Felesky, chie... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866395/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:56 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866395/ Americans look set to become better savers than Canadians for the first year in almost four decades as harsh economic times drive them to save their pennies. The higher savings rate is crucial to get ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866410/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:39 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866410/ Stanford Group chief financial officer James Davis will plead guilty as part of a federal probe of a US$7-billion ponzi scheme at the Texas company, his lawyer David Finn said in an e-mailed statement... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866411/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:35 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866411/ Tiger Woods, 33, had US$7.7-million in winnings and US$92-million in endorsement income to top SI.com’s “Fortunate 50” list for the sixth time in the six years it’s been published by the magaz... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866414/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:33 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866414/ The best quarter for Canada's equity markets in almost a decade ended on a sour note Tuesday, with stocks falling on weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data south of the border.The S&P/TSX c... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866429/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:15 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866429/ General Motors Corp. will build a new luxury stretch sedan called the Cadillac XTS at its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., according to suppliers briefed on the automaker’s latest product plans. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866407/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:44 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866407/ Canadian Superior Energy Inc. said Friday its former partner BG International Ltd. is looking to block a contentious $142-million sale of an offshore drilling platform. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866389/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:10 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866389/ WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff's financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported Thursday, cit... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866394/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:56 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866394/ SAN FRANCISCO -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Wednesday declared a fiscal emergency for the government of the most populous U.S. state to force lawmakers into a special session to tackle a US... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866416/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:32 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866416/ Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has touted Canada's banking system as the best in the world in the past few months, but the latest rankings from a top financial publication show that not every m... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866408/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:42 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866408/ MONTREAL -- The 3,800 Air Canada machinists and maintenance mechanics of a Montreal union local were largely responsible for the thumbs-down Wednesday on a tentative deal reached by their national bar... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866396/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:57 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866396/ Lenders are freeing up more money to finance companies through bankruptcy, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch -- reversing a market freeze over the past few months that saw several businesses ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866441/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:14 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866441/ NEW YORK - When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They als... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866442/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:03:38 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866442/ Inuvik, N.W.T. -- The conversation in this town of 3,500 in the Western Arctic should be about aboriginal self-sufficiency, environmentally responsible Northern development and a new clean-energy stor... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866413/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:38 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866413/ Mongolian workers are seen at 551 meters below the surface of the earth while sinking an exploration shaft at the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mongolia's Khanbogd soum. Ivanhoe has been ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866397/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:59 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866397/ NEW YORK -- General Motors Corp's chief executive told a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday that the sale of GM's main assets to government-backed "New GM" must win court approval in order for... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866427/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:17 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866427/ HOUSTON -- A federal judge Tuesday ordered Texas financier Allen Stanford, accused of a US$7-billion fraud, held without bail until trial."In total, the evidence proffered by the government is suffici... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866439/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:12 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866439/ TORONTO -- Canwest Global Communications Corp. has won an extension from its senior lenders on a deadline to come up with a definitive re-capitalization plan, the media company said Tuesday. Winnipeg-... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866428/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:18 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866428/ NEW YORK -- American International Group Inc got a new slate of government-backed directors at a subdued annual meeting on Tuesday, effectively revamping its board after the insurer's US$180-billion t... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866437/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:09 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866437/ TORONTO - Canadian miners say it is business as usual in Honduras despite a military coup that caught the international community off guard and was widely condemned.Breakwater Resources Ltd., Yamana G... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866417/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:31 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866417/ LONDON/SINGAPORE -- A rogue trader has left a London-based oil brokerage with losses of almost US$10-million following a series of unauthorised trades two days ago believed to have caused a spike in g... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866402/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:51 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866402/ Treasury Board Chairman Lloyd Snelgrove speaks at a podium as he provides details of the Alberta Government Annual Report and the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Annual report for 2008-09. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866425/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:20 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866425/ One of the most visited sites on the Internet, Pirate Bay acts as a Google-like search engine for downloadable media files such as music and movies, most of which infringe on international copyrights. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866436/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866436/ NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell on Wednesday after government data showed an increase in U.S. gasoline inventories ahead of the July 4 Independence Day holiday, traditionally the peak of the summer drivin... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866419/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:28 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866419/ A tipper truck at a Rio Tinto mine in Australia. Rio Tinto Ltd sold virtually all of the U.K. part of its US$15.2-billion rights offering, the world's fifth-biggest, easing its huge debt burden and ..... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866405/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:47 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866405/ After a 25-year battle to make inroads in the biggest fast-food market in the world, Tim Hortons Inc. is set to open up a new U. S. front in August when it takes its double-doubles into the heart of N... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866438/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:10 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866438/ NEW YORK -- U.S. investigators believe 10 or more people associated with imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff could be criminally charged in the coming months or beyond, a law enforcement source said on... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866434/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:06 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866434/ An unemployed man who lives in a camper van on Venice Beach in Los Angeles on June 19, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate has risen to 9.5% after more than 400,000 jobs were lost during the month http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866401/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:07 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866401/ NEW YORK -- Let the trading begin.California began mailing out its first batch of IOUs this week after state legislators failed to reach a deal over how to close the US$26-billion hole in its budget b... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866385/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:15 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866385/ MONTREAL -- In new, marathon negotiations with Air Canada, the airline's main union said Friday it will focus over the next few days on the job security demands of its Montreal chapter that caused a s... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866386/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:14 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866386/ BOSTON -- Cisco Systems Inc is considering offering Web-based alternatives to Microsoft Corp's popular Office software as the networking giant expands on the Internet.Cisco Senior Vice President Doug ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866435/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866435/ The Toronto Stock Exchange saw a modest gain Friday, while finishing the business week lower for only the second time in the past seven Monday-to-Friday periods. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866384/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:16 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866384/ Brewmaster Jimmy Mauric holds samples of the Shiner beers produced at Spoeltz Brewery in Shiner, Texas, Thursday, June 25, 2009. The brewery is celebrating 100 years of brewing beer. (AP Photo/Eric Ga... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866443/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:45:36 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866443/ A Toronto law firm has filed a petition for a class-action lawsuit against online travel company Expedia.ca, alleging the website overcharged its customers.Juroviesky and Ricci LLP filed a statement o... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866388/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:11 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866388/ Gannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper owner, will eliminate about 1,400 publishing jobs by July 9 as it copes with declining advertising and circulation."We must take these steps because the adverti... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866415/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:34 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866415/ Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty speaks to journalists during the "Hemispheric Responses to Global Economic Instability" conference in Santiago July 2, 2009. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866383/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:18 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866383/ BP PLC and China National Petroleum Corp. won the right to develop Rumaila, the largest Iraqi oil field in today's licensing round, as the war-torn country seeks to more than double production over th... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866433/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:04 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866433/ As General Motors Corp. prepares to sell its best assets to a streamlined new entity, the worst of what it owns will be auctioned off in bankruptcy court, including contaminated factory sites, parking... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866392/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:53 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866392/ Kenny Lewis works at the Rosenwach Tank manufacturing facility in New York. The U.S. manufacturing sector shrank in June but at a slower pace than during the prior month. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866420/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:27 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866420/ Private equity investment company Onex Corp. has acquired a majority stake in the Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel and Casino after the property emerged from bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.The resort had... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866391/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:52 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866391/ WASHINGTON -- Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose slightly in May, the fourth straight monthly gain, a real estate trade group said on Wednesday.The National Association of Realtors said... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866424/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:23 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866424/ TORONTO -- General Motors Corp.'s near-death experience is testing its performance in dealer showrooms as Canada's perennial volume leader was outsold in June by Ford Motor Co. for a second time in ju... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866400/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:32:05 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866400/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST JOHN'S, Antigua -- A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. wort... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866444/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:45:37 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866444/ NEW YORK -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has donated about US$1.5-billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock, in connection with his 2006 pledge of his holdings to charitable causes.According to a... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866393/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:55 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866393/ WASHINGTON -- U.S. securities regulators proposed requiring companies to tell shareholders more about pay policies and board members' qualifications amid public anger that lax corporate oversight allo... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866422/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:25 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866422/ NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, the start of the third quarter, as reassuring manufacturing data from China, Europe and the United States reinforced hopes that the world's economy is on the... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866412/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:37 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866412/ DETROIT -- Auto seating supplier Lear Corp said on Wednesday it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a reorganization supported by key secured lenders and bondholders and that it had obt... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866409/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:41 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866409/ FRANKFURT -- The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates at 1.0% on Thursday, and markets expect it to hold them at the all-time low for much of next year to help repair the region's econo... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866403/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:50 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866403/ At the Royal Canadian Mint, the big question remains unanswered: What the heck happened to our gold? After a thorough independent investigation, it still has no concrete answers and says a theft is po... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866432/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:03 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866432/ GENEVA -- The world's airlines lost more than US$3-billion in the first quarter of 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday, maintaining its estimate for full-year loss... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866430/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:00 -0400 Financial Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866430/ Asian stocks fell in the past week, the second weekly decline in three, as government data showed job markets are worsening, stoking concern the global economy will recover soon. The MSCI Asia-Pacifi... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866445/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:22:05 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866445/ AFP, LONDON Sunday, Jul 05, 2009, Page 10 World commodity markets were rocked this week by weak data in the US, a leading consumer of raw materials, which cast doubt on the prospect of a global ec... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866446/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:21:30 -0400 Taipei Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25866446/ ST JOHN'S, Antigua - A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25865083/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:47:24 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25865083/ SHINER, Texas - By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regiona... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862679/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:32 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862679/ The return of the Elkhart-based Indiana National Guard’s 1538th Transportation Company from Iraq this week was a joyous occasion. About 400 friends and family members lustily cheered and applauded t... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862681/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14:12 -0400 MSNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862681/ BY JERRY ROPER The Sun-Times reported recently that the Chicago City Council and union leaders are questioning the timing of Ald. Howard Brookins' plea for a vote to build a new Wal-Mart Store in h... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862682/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:50 -0400 Chicago Sun-Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862682/ China plans to build a bigger prototype of the 'charging bull', the most treasured iconic image at the Wall Street, in its financial hub Shanghai, a city aspiring to become New York II. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862677/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:02:23 -0400 Business Standard http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862677/ It seems to be a pretty widespread phenomenon, but it occurs under very unusual conditions. Most of the time, when we want to think something or do something or behave in a certain way, it works. But... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862680/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:54:45 -0400 Wired News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862680/ OZRK today announced it expects to report second quarter earnings at the end of business Monday, July 13, 2009. Management will conduct a conference call to review this information at 10:00 a.m. CD... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862676/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:22:12 -0400 CNBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25862676/ Venezuela has taken formal control of its third largest bank, the previously Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela.The first instalment of a $630m (£387m) price tag was made amid much ceremony in the... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25860838/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:00:59 -0400 BBC http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25860838/ The Minneapolis-based Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling certain oatmeal products that contain instant non-fat dry milk suspected of being contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The instant non... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859137/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:39 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859137/ CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The pu... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859138/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:37 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859138/ NEW YORK -- Wall Street's hopes for a rapid recovery from recession, muddled by disappointing U.S. labor market data, faces a new test in the coming week with the looming corporate earnings season. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859140/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:49:18 -0400 The China Post http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859140/ One option available to staff is taking a year off with a 75% drop in salary, in return for receiving the remainder of their wages as an up-front payment, said a spokesman. http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859136/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:36:02 -0400 Sky News http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859136/ during a morning ceremony jointly hosted by Disney Parks and Resorts and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859143/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:26:52 -0400 Earth Times http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859143/ Graduate job prospects are looking bleak as youth unemployment surges to its highest level for 15 years. One in six of those aged 18 to 24 and one-third of those aged 16 and 17 who have already left... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859134/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:52:59 -0400 Ananova http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859134/ The jobs market is showing little love to IT graduates as they struggle to find work in the economic downturn. Some 14% of computer science students had not found a job six months after leaving univ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:52:58 -0400 Ananova http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859135/ Supermarket chain Tesco has faced down a rebel resolution calling for an end to what protesters called the "exploitation and discrimination" of workers. The Unite union chose the retail giant's AGM ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859133/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:52:56 -0400 Ananova http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25859133/ DENVER - An environmental group is suing Xcel Energy, saying the utility isn't doing all it can to cut mercury emissions from a new coal-fired unit at a Pueblo power plant. WildEarth Guardians says i... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857408/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:56 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857408/ More ambiguous economic data yesterday added to the uncertainty about whether the UK is on the road to recovery or slumping back into recession. The UK service sector grew for the second consecutive ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857414/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:31:18 -0400 The Independent http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857414/ More than 40 per cent of investors refused to back Tesco's proposed changes to its share option scheme at the grocer's annual meeting in Glasgow yesterday. The resolution was passed with 54.9 ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857413/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:31:27 -0400 The Independent http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857413/ ATLANTA - Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong. It took the 44-year-old entr... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857407/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:59 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857407/ NEW YORK - One of the big mysteries in the chaotic days following Michael Jackson's death was whether he left behind a will.After initially stating the entertainer likely died without one, the supers... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857410/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:48 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857410/ TORONTO - Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt. The ... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857409/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:53 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857409/ Jennifer Aniston , who was close behind with $25 million. The earnings, revealed in a report Thursday from Forbes.com, included salary and profit-sharing, and were for a one-year period beginning i... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857412/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:04:38 -0400 Newsday http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857412/ Modern airplanes are marvels of technology. Yet when they crash, as two have in the past month, investigators often must hunt for the recordings of the flight data and pilot communications since th... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857406/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:26:02 -0400 Times Of India http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25857406/ MINNEAPOLIS - Malt-O-Meal Co. is voluntarily recalling oatmeal that contains instant nonfat dry milk that may be contaminated with salmonella.The instant nonfat dry milk came from Plainview Milk Prod... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855479/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:55:22 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855479/ iPhone , which emerged around the same time, but it's meant for a completely different experience: collaborative public spaces rather than solo communications. Unfortunately, I haven't had much opport... http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855481/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:27:36 -0400 CNet http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855481/ Bernard Madoff fraud to more than 15,000, officials said Friday. Investors mailed, e-mailed, FedEx'd, and walked their claims into a central processing office in Dallas, as well as the http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855480/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:05 -0400 Newsday http://story.neworleanssun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/25855480/