Monday, March 28, 2011

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Wall St rises on telecom strength, spending (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT

Traders gather at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - U.S. stocks advanced on Monday, boosted by strength in telecommunications and an eighth straight monthly rise in consumer spending, but jitters about overseas concerns limited gains.

EBay to buy GSI for $1.96 billion cash (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:12 AM PDT

A general view of eBay headquarters in San Jose, California February 25, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - EBay Inc plans to buy e-commerce company GSI Commerce for $1.96 billion in cash in a bid to draw more buyers and sellers to its online marketplaces.

Consumer spending up, inflation accelerates (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:36 AM PDT

A man holds shopping bags as he stands on 5th Avenue in New York December 22, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - U.S. consumer spending rose for an eighth straight month in February, but much of the gain went to cover rising food and energy prices, providing little lift to the economy.

Investors concerned over "super-size" hedge funds (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Reuters - * Industry at $1.92 trillion, close to pre-crisis high * Some investors worry about liquidity, access to managers * Brevan, AHL say size not a disadvantage

Schlumberger sees modest hit from Africa, Mideast (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:27 AM PDT

Reuters - Schlumberger Ltd , the world's largest oilfield services company, expects turmoil in the Middle East and Africa to knock 8 to 10 cents per share off first-quarter profit, Chief Executive Andrew Gould said on Monday.

Summary Box: Stocks rise on stronger earnings, GDP (AP)

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 02:24 PM PDT

AP - STRONGER ECONOMY: The government said the economy grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the last quarter. That's slightly better than economists expected and higher than the estimate made last month.

Toyota, Portugal top European fuel-economy rankings (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:51 AM PDT

Reuters - Portugal has become the first country to meet Europe Union fuel-efficiency goals for cars, and Japan's Toyota is the brand that is closest to meeting the same target across Europe, a report showed on Monday.

AstraZeneca settles US tax dispute, raises earnings (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:20 AM PDT

Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said it had settled a tax dispute with US authorities by agreeing on a net payment of $1.1 billion (783 million euros)(AFP/File/Drago Prvulovic)AFP - Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Monday it had settled a tax dispute with US authorities by agreeing on a net payment of $1.1 billion (783 million euros).

Uncertainty hastens Portugal's financial tailspin (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:13 AM PDT

A man walks up one of Lisbon's hills, Friday, March 25 2011. Portugal's president on Friday sought to broker a deal between political parties that would restore leadership to a country engulfed by a financial crisis and edging towards a bailout it doesn't want. Portugal is rudderless and at the mercy of financial markets after the government quit in a dispute with its rivals over debt reduction proposals. Many analysts expect the uncertainty to push Portugal into taking a bailout like Greece and Ireland. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Portugal's financial tailspin gathered speed Monday despite political efforts to contain the acute debt crisis that is also unnerving the 17-nation eurozone.

JPMorgan loses court ruling over loan putbacks (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:51 AM PDT

Reuters - JPMorgan Chase & Co could be forced to repurchase thousands of home equity loans, after a judge ruled in favor of a bond insurer that argued it could build its case based on a sampling of loans.

Currency flexibility key in LatAm: IMF chief (AFP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Latin American nations should allow their currencies to firm if needed to help cool overheated economies, the International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Khan, pictured in February 2011, said Saturday.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - Latin American nations should allow their currencies to strengthen, to help cool their overheating economies, the International Monetary Fund chief said Saturday.

Wal-Mart to reopen 12 quake-hit stores in Japan (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:15 AM PDT

Shopping carts are seen outside a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Coolidge, Arizona December 6, 2010. REUTERS/Joshua LottReuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will re-open 12 of its Seiyu stores in Japan which were affected by the earthquake, and is hoping to open the remaining 12 impacted stores as soon as possible, a spokesman for the U.S.-based retailer said.

More people signed contracts to buy homes in Feb. (AP)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:22 AM PDT

In this March 16, 2011 photo, a sale pending sign hangs on a house in Albany, N.Y. Pending home sales increased in February but with notable regional variations, according to the National Association of Realtors. (AP Photo)AP - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in February, but sales were uneven across the country and not enough to signal a rebound in the housing market.

Brent bounces, U.S. pares loss on dollar slip (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:18 AM PDT

Storage tanks stand at the oil refinery at Zueitina near the northeastern Libyan town of Ajdabiyah March 22, 2011. REUTERS/Finbarr O'ReillyReuters - Brent crude prices turned higher and U.S. oil pared losses on Monday after the dollar reversed and weakened and with Middle East unrest remaining a concern.

Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Japan's top business lobby gave the government the green light to scrap a planned cut in the corporate tax rate and urged firms to look at shifting production to western Japan as the nation grapples with its worst crisis since World War Two.

As Japan shutdowns drag on, auto crisis worsens (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:05 PM PDT

FILE - This 2003 aerial file photo shows General Motors Corp.'s Shreveport assembly plant and the surrounding area. The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami are about to get worse. When General Motors briefly shut the pickup plant in Shreveport, La., due to a lack of parts, it caused the partial closing of a New York factory that supplies engines for those trucks. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, file) NO SALES, NO MAGS, MANDATORY CREDIT: SHREVEPORTTIMES.COMAP - The auto industry disruptions triggered by Japan's earthquake and tsunami are about to get worse.

Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits (BusinessWeek)

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:08 AM PDT

BusinessWeek - Aspiring attorneys learn early in law school that a civil suit pits a plaintiff claiming injury against a defendant alleged to have caused a specific harm. It sounds simple. In the real world, litigation can get a lot more complicated. That's evident in the mammoth gender discrimination suit filed against Wal-Mart Stores by women who claim that local store managers made sexist decisions about promotions and pay and that company executives failed to stop them. ...
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