Saturday, October 30, 2010

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Reliance Q2 profit tops forecast (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:45 AM PDT

Reuters - Indian energy major Reliance Industries posted a 28 percent profit rise for the September quarter, beating estimates, bolstered by higher gas output from its field off India's east coast and improved refining margins.

Canadian provinces push Ottawa to block Potash bid (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 06:05 PM PDT

Rocanville Potash Corp underground production supervisor Dave Esslinger displays a sample of potash 1000 metres (3280 feet) below surface at the potash mine in Saskatchewan September 30, 2010. REUTERS/David StobbeReuters - Potash Corp's home province is ratcheting up pressure on the Canadian government to block BHP Billiton's hostile approach, while the company still insists that rival bids could emerge.

WTO's Lamy says worried by currency interventions (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Reuters - International attempts to manipulate foreign exchange rates are a worry but the world has not entered a foreign currency war, World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy said in a newspaper interview. In the interview issued on Saturday, one day ahead of its official publication, Lamy was asked by German weekly Welt am Sonntag what risk there was of a currency war breaking out.

China trials yuan investment settlement in Xinjiang (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 11:26 PM PDT

Reuters - China will let some cross-border investment flows in the far western region of Xinjiang be settled in yuan, the country's first such trial after a scheme for yuan trade settlement was expanded this year, the Xinhua news agency said.

The One Thing Your Portfolio May Be Missing Right Now (U.S. News & World Report)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 07:55 AM PDT

U.S. News & World Report - It's a safe bet that a peek inside most people's portfolios will show a lot of investments centered around big stocks--and rightfully so, because they are the big names that everyone knows. They command attention and are powerful contributors to the economy, as well as the major market indicies such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. These are large-capitalization stocks, aka "large-caps" and are generally companies with a market capitalization of greater than $10 billion. ...

Business Highlights (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 03:10 PM PDT

AP - Economy still sluggish as nation prepares to vote

Reliance Industries profit up 27.8 percent (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:42 AM PDT

AP - India's Reliance Industries posted a 27.8 percent rise in quarterly profit Saturday, in line with expectations, on rising refining margins and oil and gas production revenues.

Prosecutors doubt Vatican money-laundering pledges (AP)

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:21 AM PDT

FILE - This Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010 file photo shows Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, chairman of the Vatican bank, officially known as the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR) as he leaves Rome's Prosecutor office. The Vatican bank has taken steps to satisfy tough EU and international norms on money laundering and terror financing after being confronted with an unprecedented crackdown by Italian prosecutors. The Associated Press learned Friday Oct. 29, 2010 that in recent weeks it has made written and in-person pledges to pass anti-money laundering legislation, report and investigate suspicious transactions, identify customers to law enforcement and create a special compliance authority. Prosecutors though aren't buying any of it. They say such steps don't even seem possible. Prosecutors placed two bank officials under investigation for alleged violations of anti-money laundering regulations; euros23 million (US$30 million) remains seized from a Vatican account. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - The Vatican bank has taken steps to satisfy tough EU and international norms on money laundering and terror financing after being confronted with an unprecedented crackdown by Italian prosecutors, The Associated Press has learned.

Those Holiday Savings Tips You Blew Off Last Year (The Motley Fool)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 08:39 AM PDT

The Motley Fool - I usually wait until late November to roll out this article. This year, different story: I'm on top of my game. I'm warmed up and ready to get ready for the holidays. Like this article, I'm way ahead of schedule, and you can be, too!

Special Report: A Marshall Plan for America's housing woes (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 09:46 AM PDT

Reuters - What will it take for the U.S. housing market to shake off the gloom?

Judge orders test on Halliburton cement in BP well (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Oil is burned off the surface of the water near the source of Deepwater Horizon oil spill where BP will begin to test a new cap placed over the leak in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast July 13, 2010. REUTERS/Lee CelanoAP - A federal judge is ordering tests to be performed as soon as possible on cement Halliburton Co. used to seal the BP well that later blew out catastrophically in the Gulf of Mexico.

US rep.: Estate tax rise has some planning death (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:13 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis says some of her Wyoming constituents are so worried about the reinstatement of federal estate taxes that they plan to discontinue dialysis and other life-extending medical treatments so they can die before Dec. 31.

Chrysler opens 570 million dollar engine plant in Mexico (AFP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 04:32 PM PDT

Handout picture provided by the Mexican Presidency showing Mexican President Felipe Calderon (R) during a tour at the new Chrysler automaker plant in Saltillo, Cohauila state, Mexico. Chrysler plans to produce its new Pentastar V-6 engine at the plant, for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles. Chrysler's sixth plant in Mexico will produce up to 440,000 engines per year.(AFP/Presidencia/Alfredo Guerrero)AFP - US automaker Chrysler inaugurated a 570-million-dollar engine plant in northern Mexico Friday, the Mexican presidency said in a statement.
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