Sunday, May 29, 2011

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Nervous investors to seek bigger returns (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:03 AM PDT

Reuters - The world looks a lot more dangerous than it did only a few months ago and signs are that U.S. stock investors are starting to demand more for the added risk.

Ireland may need more EU/IMF cash: minister (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:15 AM PDT

Reuters - Ireland may have to ask for another loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund because it will struggle to return to debt markets to raise funds next year, a government minister said on Sunday.

LSE says not in talks with LCH.Clearnet (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:33 AM PDT

Financial data and news headlines stream accross ticker screens around the atrium of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, May 10, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew WinningReuters - The London Stock Exchange said it is not in talks with LCH.Clearnet, following speculation that it had been one of a number of exchanges that had made a bid for the European clearinghouse.

Lockheed says thwarted "tenacious" cyber attack (Reuters)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:49 PM PDT

Reuters - Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. government's top information technology provider, said on Saturday it had thwarted "a significant and tenacious attack" on its information systems network a week ago but was still working to restore employee access.

Lagarde has G8 backing (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:50 AM PDT

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde arrives to attend the 17th Children's Parliament at the National Assembly in Paris May 28, 2011. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesReuters - G8 leaders all back French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to run the IMF, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday, as she attacked a call to probe her role in a 2008 legal case that may harm her chances.

Ex-Nasdaq official admits insider trading (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:50 PM PDT

A car drives by the NASDAQ in Times Square in April 2011. A former Nasdaq managing director on Thursday pleaded guilty to insider trading that netted him more than $755,000 in illicit profits over a three-year period, US authorities said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A former Nasdaq managing director on Thursday pleaded guilty to insider trading that netted him more than $755,000 in illicit profits over a three-year period, US authorities said.

Dollar drops as worries about US economy persist (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2011 12:52 PM PDT

AP - The dollar dropped Friday as a report on consumer spending reinforced concerns about U.S. economic growth.

EU's Rehn warns Greece over June payment: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Protesters demonstrate in front of the Greek parliament in Athens against a new austerity package on May 26, 2011. The EU will follow the IMF in blocking the June transfer of more Greek aid unless Athens does more to fix its public finances, economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn was quoted as saying.(AFP/File/Aris Messinis)AFP - The EU will follow the IMF in blocking the June transfer of more Greek aid unless Athens does more to fix its public finances, economic affairs commissioner Olli Rehn was quoted as saying Sunday.

French minister quits over sexual harassment claims (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:50 AM PDT

France's Civil Service Junior Minister Georges Tron arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris in November 2010. Accused of sexual harassment, Tron has resigned, two weeks after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York on sex crime charges.(AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - French politics was rocked on Sunday by another sex scandal when a minister accused of harassment resigned, two weeks after ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's sensational New York arrest on sex crime charges.

Greenpeace activists climb Greenland oil rig (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:01 AM PDT

In this image provided by Greenpeace Sunday May 29, 2011 activists scale the underside of the 53,000 tonne Leiv Eiriksson oil rig. Greenpeace says three of its activists have climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters. The environmental group said the activists scaled the Cairn Energy rig early Sunday and are now hanging under it in a pod. It said the group has enough food and water to stay there for 10 days. Cairn earlier this month won permission to drill up to seven oil exploration wells off the Arctic island's west coast. (AP Photo/Greenpeace, Steve Morgan) NO SALES NO ARCHIVE EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Three Greenpeace activists on Sunday climbed up an oil rig off Greenland's coast in an attempt to stop a Scottish oil company from starting deepwater drilling in the arctic waters, the environmental group said.

Franklin County Public Agencies Agree to Share Resources and Funds (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 28 May 2011 01:14 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - In kindergarten, we learn the importance of sharing, playing well with others and inviting everyone in the class to a party. Life is not a kindergarten classroom, but in Ohio public agencies are recalling some of the important lessons learned during our primary years. Sharing of services and allowing increased flexibility in how departments utilize available funds is having a positive effect in Franklin County. Gov. John Kasich and Auditor of State Dave Yost have been promoting cost saving measures and using available tools to increase efficiency to benefit taxpayers. The message is getting through and at least one Ohio county is experiencing positive results.

Biden welcomes recovery of US auto industry (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:39 AM PDT

US Vice President Joe Biden, pictured here on March 2011, on Saturday welcomed the recovery of the US automobile industry, but pointed to disparities between rising consumer prices and worker wages.(AFP/File/Vadim Denisov)AFP - US Vice President Joseph Biden on Saturday welcomed the recovery of the US automobile industry, but pointed to disparities between rising consumer prices and worker wages.
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