Saturday, September 25, 2010

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News


Wall Street Week Ahead: Stocks eye strong September finish (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 05:42 PM PDT

Reuters - Stock investors will head into next week wondering if September will end as strongly as it began for the market, with manufacturing and personal income data among the top indicators on tap.

Regulators seize 3 corporate credit unions, to sell assets (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:03 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. regulators seized three corporate credit unions on Friday and will repackage about $50 billion in troubled assets from these and previous seizures to sell on the open market.

Treasury may be only seller in GM IPO: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 03:50 PM PDT

Vehicles for sale are parked at a Cadillac dealer in Sherman Oaks, California August 17, 2010. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniReuters - The United Auto Workers health care trust and the governments of Canada and Ontario may not participate in General Motors Co's upcoming IPO in order to avoid taking a cut on the price of their shares, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.


Sinochem in early talks to finance Potash bid: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

Reuters - China's Sinochem Corp is in early talks with banks to finance its likely bid for all or part of Potash Corp of Canada , a newspaper reported on Saturday, in a sign that China is serious about derailing BHP Billiton Ltd's $39 billion hostile bid.

Blavatnik fights back on Lyondell creditors claims (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Billionaire investor Len Blavatnik and his company Access Industries on Friday hit back at claims he knew the $12 billion 2007 leveraged buyout that created petrochemicals maker LyondellBasell would fail.

SEC commissioner questions new market maker rules (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Reuters - A commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission questioned on Friday the value of saddling high-frequency trading firms with tighter market-making rules, which has emerged as a key possible response to the May "flash crash."

China targeted in bill on currency manipulation (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 03:38 PM PDT

AP - A bill that would give the U.S. government the power to impose economic sanctions on China and other countries found to be manipulating their currencies to gain trade advantages has won approval from a key House committee.

Swiss minister's giggling fit an online hit (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 11:30 AM PDT

AP - Switzerland's finance minister has sparked hilarity in the Alpine nation by collapsing into giggles while answering a parliamentary question about imports of cured meats.

Calif atty general asks GMAC to cease foreclosures (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:21 PM PDT

AP - California's attorney general wants GMAC Mortgage LLC to stop foreclosures in the state until it proves it is complying with a state law aimed at preventing foreclosures.

Turkish PM does not rule out IMF-backed fiscal reform (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 04:24 AM PDT

Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not completely rule out an International Monetary Fund-backed fiscal reform bill that reins in the public spending.

2 charged in Ohio real estate agent's slaying (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:36 PM PDT

Photo of a house where the body of Andrew VonStein was found early Tuesday morning is shown Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, in Kent, Ohio. Authorities say two real estate agents were killed and another was robbed in the past week in northeast Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)AP - Two men have been charged with killing an Ohio real estate agent who was showing a vacant house for sale, the first of two agents killed in a week in the region, authorities said Friday.


BP works on own estimate for amount of spilled oil (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:13 PM PDT

AP - Oil giant BP is working behind the scenes to formulate its own estimate for how much crude spewed from its well in the Gulf of Mexico, as it prepares for a potential legal fight with the U.S. government over fines.

Boehner criticizes postponement of tax cut vote (AP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 08:57 PM PDT

AP - U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY-ner) is criticizing Democratic leaders in Congress for postponing a vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts until after the Nov. 2 election.

GM recalls 20,000 Cadillacs on crash risk without seatbelt (AFP)

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 02:35 PM PDT

The Cadillac CTS 2008 model is seen at Geneva Motor Show 2007. General Motors has recalled 20,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles in the United States due to increased risk of injury to short people who don't wear seatbelts, a spokesman said Friday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - General Motors has recalled 20,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles in the United States due to increased risk of injury to short people who don't wear seatbelts, a spokesman said Friday.


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