Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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Wall St falls on euro zone fears, home prices (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:46 AM PST

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 29, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Stock indexes fell on Tuesday on lingering worries that the euro zone debt crisis will spread and as data showed monthly home prices fell much faster than expected.

Consumer, manufacturing data show gains (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Stephen Marshall, owner of Little House on the Trailer, relaxes in one of his one room houses in Petaluma, Calif. According to builders, the market for tiny houses has surged since the housing crisis began, as more Americans downsize to save money, simplify their lives and reduce their carbon footprint. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence rose in November to its highest in five months and U.S. Midwest business activity grew faster than expected, signs that the economy is moving forward.

Obama and Republicans in tax face-off at White House (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:59 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders took their battle over taxes into a face-to-face meeting on Tuesday with no breakthrough expected and Republicans showing no sign of compromise.

Euro zone periphery hammered as default fears rise (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:18 AM PST

Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen pauses during a news conference at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland, November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughtonReuters - The euro zone's debt crisis deepened on Tuesday, with investors pushing the risk premium on Spanish and Italian government bonds to euro lifetime highs amid concern weaker member states may ultimately be forced to default.

GM hiring to push electric effort beyond Volt (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:41 AM PST

An electric Volt vehicle driven by General Motor Co Vice Chairman Tom Stephens pulls into the front of GM's world headquarters in Detroit, Michigan October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it would hire 1,000 engineers and researchers in Michigan over the next two years to develop more electric cars and hybrids as it launched its battery-powered Chevrolet Volt.

FTSE shares lose ground over bailout fears (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:54 AM PST

A businessman walks past the London Stock Exchange. Britain's leading share index fell back sharply with only two blue chip firms posting modest gains as Ireland's 85-billion-euro bailout failed to dispel investor fears over the eurozone debt crisis.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Britain's leading share index fell back sharply on Monday with only two blue chip firms posting modest gains as Ireland's 85-billion-euro bailout failed to dispel investor fears over the eurozone debt crisis.

Analysts more cautious on PC sales outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - Market researchers are scaling back forecasts for global sales of personal computers, blaming an uncertain economic outlook in some markets and competition from tablet devices such as Apple Inc's iPad.

B&N loss narrows; e-book push weighs on outlook (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:50 AM PST

Shoppers leave the Barnes and Noble store on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 in South Burlington, Vt. Barnes & Noble Inc. said Tuesday, Nov. 30, its fiscal second-quarter loss narrowed, but its results missed expectations as the company continued to invest in its Nook electronic reader and electronic bookstore.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. took a beating Tuesday after the bookseller reported a quarterly loss resulting from steep costs to develop its Nook e-reader and declining physical book sales.

Eurozone debt crisis deepens (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:19 AM PST

The euro has sunk under 1.30 dollars and bond rates have risen as the eurozone debt crisis rages on unabated by Ireland's bailout, but stock markets have mostly risen.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The financial cloud hanging over the eurozone darkened Tuesday, with the euro falling and Italy facing rising borrowing rates as EU measures to control sovereign debt left investors uncertain and anxious.

Commercial mortgage default rates up, pace slows (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:53 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. commercial real estate loan delinquencies and default rates continued to march toward new records in the third quarter, but the pace of growth slowed, in yet another sign of a nascent industry recovery.

India economy grows by forecast-beating 8.9 percent (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:57 AM PST

Indian vegetable vendors sort through potatoes at market in New Delhi in August. India's economy grew a forecast-beating 8.9 percent year-on-year in the July-September quarter, data shows, underscoring the country's brisk recovery from the global financial crisis.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)AFP - India's economy grew a forecast-beating 8.9 percent year-on-year in the July-September quarter, data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country's brisk recovery from the global financial crisis.

US consumer confidence hits five-month high (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 07:21 AM PST

Children wait with shopping bags inside Macy's department store in New York earlier this week. US consumer confidence brightened in November to the highest level in five months as the holiday shopping season swings into high gear, a key index shows.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - US consumer confidence brightened in November to the highest level in five months, a key index showed Tuesday as the holiday shopping season swings into high gear.

Home prices falling faster in most metro areas (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST

In this photo take Oct. 26, 2010, a sold sign is displayed outside a house in Mayfield Hts., Ohio. Home prices are falling faster in the nation's largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Home prices are falling faster in the nation's largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year.

Lukoil posts 40 pct hike in Q3 net, at $2.8 Bln (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:59 AM PST

AP - Russia's second-largest oil company, Lukoil, said Tuesday its net profit rose year-on-year by nearly 40 percent in the third quarter, to $2.8 billion, because of strong sales and higher oil prices.

Obama, Hill leaders meet: taxes, treaty on tap (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST

President Barack Obama delivers a statement to members of the media in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - House and Senate leaders from both parties sat down Tuesday for their first postelection meeting with President Barack Obama in an atmosphere charged with tension over taxes and a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

Gov't: Drugs were in 1 in 5 drivers killed in 2009 (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:58 AM PST

Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Gil Kerlikowske talks about drugged driving, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - About 1 in 5 drivers who were killed last year in car crashes tested positive for drugs, raising concerns about the impact of drugs on auto safety, the government reported Tuesday.
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