Sunday, April 3, 2011

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News

Gambling on a stocks break-out (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Reuters - The Standard & Poor's 500 index is poised to hit its highest mark in nearly three years this week after more signs of life from the jobs market, but think twice before betting the house.

Decks clear for April launch of Glencore mega-float (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Glencore has cleared the decks to launch its much-anticipated $10-billion listing around the middle of the month, receiving the nod from the Hong Kong stock exchange and positive signals from debt markets.

Citi bankers "shocked" at Sokol Lubrizol shares: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Bankers at Citigroup were unaware when discussing the possible sale of chemical company Lubrizol Corp with the man tipped to succeed Warren Buffett that he had any intention to buy shares himself, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Rep. Paul planning hearing on Fed foreign lending (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Reuters - Persistent Federal Reserve critic Representative Ron Paul plans to hold a hearing on the central bank's emergency loans to the branches of non-U.S. banks, and could ask a Fed official to testify, his spokeswoman said on Saturday.

Instant View: Nasdaq, ICE make rival bid for NYSE Euronext (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 05:23 AM PDT

Reuters - Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange have launched a rival bid to buy NYSE Euronext for about $11.3 billion in cash and shares.

How unemployment affects different groups (AP)

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:38 PM PDT

AP - How unemployment affects different groups

Senate report on subprime mess due soon: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Reuters - A Senate subcommittee is nearing completion of a long-awaited report on the role Wall Street banks played in creating complex securities that fueled the meltdown of the housing market, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Bangladesh: 1 dead in clash over women's rights (AP)

Posted: 03 Apr 2011 04:49 AM PDT

AP - Bangladeshi security officials on Sunday opened fire and used tear gas to disperse stone-throwing members of a hardline Islamic group protesting a government policy for women's equal right to inheritance, leaving one protester dead and 25 others injured.

Vatican Financial Transparency Laws Crack Down on Tax Fraud (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:38 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - While the rest of the world is still waiting for the Vatican to totally exorcise any and all suspected remnants of sexual abuse from its priestly ranks, on Friday, it took a step to cut down on the financial fraud that rocked its highest offices last year after Italian prosecutors seized 23 million euros that the Vatican bank allegedly tried to transfer without making the proper disclosures.

Higher Gas Prices at the Pump -- Another Sting for the Unemployed (ContributorNetwork)

Posted: 02 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

ContributorNetwork - With all the unrest happening in the Middle East -- the conflict in Libya, protests in Syria and Egypt and so on -- the price of oil went up again to more than a hundred dollars per barrel. Personally, I feel the sting of high gas prices every time when I go to put gas in my car and the problem is I cannot take public transportation because there is none here where I moved.
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