Sunday, April 10, 2011

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Glencore set to fire starting gun on record IPO (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Commodities giant Glencore is expected to kick off a much-anticipated $10 billion listing this week, with the publication of an Intention to Float document that will confirm its plans after months of speculation.

Obama to offer U.S. deficit plan, more fights loom (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:35 AM PDT

President Barack Obama greets crowds of tourists at the Lincoln Memorial a day after Congress came to agreement on funding the federal government, emphasizing that national parks, monuments and museums are open and filled with visitors, in Washington D.C., April 9, 2011. REUTERS/Mike TheilerReuters - With one budget fight behind him, President Barack Obama will offer a long-term plan for deficit reduction this week in preparation for bigger U.S. spending battles ahead, the White House said on Sunday.

Earnings optimism priced in for investors (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 05:20 AM PDT

Traders work in the JP Morgan company stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonReuters - The upcoming earnings season may not be the time for investors to buy aggressively, because this year's winners already reflect earnings optimism.

Fed's Yellen says too soon to start reversing policy (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Reuters - The U.S. economy is still not strong enough for the Federal Reserve to start reversing its extremely accommodative monetary policy, a top Fed official said on Saturday.

A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:33 AM PDT

AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

Veteran of 1995 shutdown says don't repeat (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Reuters - The official who carried out the last government shutdown has a warning for squabbling lawmakers -- another one now could be disastrous for the economy.

Iceland rejects debt deal to repay UK, Dutch (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 08:54 AM PDT

FILE - A man walks out of a branch of Landsbanki in Reykjavik, Iceland in this Tuesday Oct. 7, 2008 file photo. Icelanders vote Saturday April 9 2011 in a referendum to determine whether the nation will repay Britain and the Netherlands in full for compensating their citizens who had deposits in the failed online bank Icesave, in which 340,000 British and Dutch had invested savings to reap high interest rates. The bank was a foreign-based branch of Landsbanki. After Icesave collapsed in October 2008, British and Dutch authorities borrowed money to compensate their citizens, then turned to Iceland for repayment.(AP Photo/Arni Torfason, File)AP - Voters in Iceland rejected a government-backed deal to repay Britain and the Netherlands for their citizens' $5 billion worth of deposits in a failed online bank, referendum results showed Sunday — sending the dispute to an international court and plunging the economically fragile country into new uncertainty.

EU, IMF, ECB meet in Lisbon next week for bailout aid (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 06:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will discuss the technical details of Portugal's bailout aid next week, the European Commission said on Sunday.

Bank forecloses on Kan.-based Big Dog Motorcycles (AP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 03:06 PM PDT

AP - A bank has foreclosed on Wichita, Kansas-based Big Dog Motorcycles, ending the run of a 17-year-old company that specialized in custom heavy cruisers and had 100 U.S. dealers.

CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT

Reuters - A battle over a C$5.5 billion ($5.7 billion) oil pipeline to the West Coast and oil sands tax policy have led a thorny debate over energy and the environment early in Canada's election campaign. Canada has become the biggest energy exporter to the United States with its oil sands the main supply, prompting Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to tout the country as an emerging energy superpower.

Conn., RI marine industry say taxes will sink them (AP)

Posted: 10 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT

AP - Owners of businesses that build and service boats worry proposals to tax boaters in Connecticut and Rhode Island could sink their industry.

China factories face shortages due to Japan quake (AFP)

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:12 PM PDT

Workers assemble cars at an industrial plant in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. Electronics and auto makers in China are facing a severe shortage of components after Japan's twin disasters disrupted production, but the full impact will not be felt for weeks, analysts say.(AFP/File)AFP - Electronics and auto makers in China are facing a severe shortage of components after Japan's twin disasters disrupted production, but the full impact will not be felt for weeks, analysts say.
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