Friday, November 25, 2011

Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US (AP)

Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US (AP)

Egypt's military under pressure from protests, US (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:38 PM PST

An Egyptian protester with colors of the Egyptian flag and Arabic writing that reads, 'Nov. 19' on his face gestures near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Nov. 25. 2011. Tens of thousands of protesters chanting, 'Leave, leave!' filled Cairo's Tahrir Square in a massive demonstration to force Egypt's ruling military council to yield power. The Friday rally is dubbed by organizers as 'The Last Chance Million-Man Protest,' and comes one day after the military offered an apology for the killing of nearly 40 protesters in clashes on side streets near Tahrir over the last week. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)AP - The U.S. increased pressure Friday on Egypt's military rulers to hand over power to civilian leaders, and the generals turned to a Mubarak-era politician to head a new government in a move that failed to satisfy the more than 100,000 protesters who jammed Tahrir Square in the biggest rally yet this week.

Syria faces sanctions but army stands by regime (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST

Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans and carry a huge portrait of the Syrian president Bashar Assad during a protest against the Arab League decisions, in Damascus, Syria, on Friday Nov. 25, 2011. Syria missed an Arab League deadline Friday to allow hundreds of observers into the country, prompting the bloc to consider economic sanctions against Damascus for its eight-month crackdown on dissent, a senior diplomat said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)AP - The Syrian military vowed Friday to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security, a defiant stance by the regime as it faces the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions from the Arab League.

Sharp elbows: Shoppers scuffle on Black Thursday (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:16 PM PST

Early bird shoppers watch a Harry Potter movie being shown on a giant screen outside the Best Buy store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio while waiting for the doors to open at midnight on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. This weekend, many stores will for the first time use midnight openings along with the usual bevy of deals as they try to lure consumers, whose appetite for good-buys has been increasing since the Great Recession. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded malls and big-box stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday.

Italy's borrowing rates skyrocket, Monti scrambles (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:21 PM PST

AP - A week into his new job, Premier Mario Monti is running out of time to reassure nervous investors that his government has a strategy to deal with Italy's crippling debts.

Stocks slip to end the roughest week since Sept. (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2011 file photo, traders Richard Cohen, center, and Lewis Vande-Pallen, right, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stocks took another pounding Friday, Nov. 25, 2001 after Italy's borrowing rates ratcheted higher following a pair of hugely disappointing auctions from the eurozone's third-largest economy.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP - The worst week for the stock market in two months ended with a whimper in thin trading Friday.

Biden's 2012 targets: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:38 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden walks on stage past an Ohio state flag before speaking at an AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic, at Coney Island in Cincinnati. A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)AP - A year from Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy for Vice President Joe Biden that targets the big three political battlegrounds: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, states where Biden might be more of an asset to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign than the president himself.

Attorney: 3 arrested US students on way to airport (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 file image from Egyptian state television, three American students are displayed to the camera by Egyptian authorities following their arrest during protests in Cairo, where an Egyptian official said they were throwing firebombs at security forces. A spokeswoman for the American University in Cairo identified the students as Luke Gates, a 21-year-old Indiana University student from Bloomington, Ind.; Derrik Sweeney, a 19-year-old Georgetown University student from Jefferson City, Mo.; and Gregory Porter, a 19 year-old Drexel University student from Glenside, Pa. An official says an Egyptian court has ordered release of 3 US students arrested during Cairo unrest.(AP Photo/ Egyptian TV, File)AP - An attorney for one of three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo says they've been released and are on their way to the airport.

Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2005 file photo, two Continental Express airplanes taxi toward the runway as a baggage handler moves baggage, in Cleveland. The aircraft in the foreground is an Embraer ERJ 135. To fight high fuel prices, airlines are getting rid of their least-efficient planes, the small jets that connect America's smaller cities to the rest of the world. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)AP - The little planes that connect America's small cities to the rest of the world are slowly being phased out.

Motives of foreign student recruiters questioned (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:27 AM PST

AP - As American universities welcome ever-greater numbers of international students, some professors and admissions counselors are questioning the motives of the very professionals who have helped attract so many foreign scholars to their campuses.

Drought puts damper on tree farmers' Christmas (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:26 AM PST

In this photo taken Nov. 8, 2011, David Barfield checks a dying tree at his Christmas tree farm in New Caney, Texas. This year's historic drought has killed thousands of trees on Barfield’s farm and across Texas and Oklahoma. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)AP - Dry, brown grass crunches underfoot as David Barfield walks through his 45-acre Christmas tree farm pointing at evergreens covered with brittle, rust-colored needles.

Black Friday draws crowds but spending in doubt (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:33 AM PST

Reuters - Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling holiday shopping season.

Thousands rally in Egypt on "last chance Friday" (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 07:25 AM PST

Reuters - Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in the biggest turnout of a week of protests and violence that has killed 41 people.

Bond market hammers Italy, Spain ponders outside help (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:04 PM PST

Reuters - Italy's borrowing costs soared to their highest levels since Rome joined the euro on Friday, piling pressure on the newly installed government of Mario Monti at the end of a week in which the euro zone crisis tainted even safe haven Germany.

Ex-Olympus CEO says willing but not begging to return (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST

Reuters - The British ex-CEO of Japan's Olympus Corp emerged from a frosty meeting of directors on Friday convinced its board would eventually quit over an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, but he said he wasn't "begging" to return and clean up the mess.

Global supermarkets wary of fine print on India invite (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST

Customers shop at a Best Price Modern Wholesale store, a joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Bharti Enterprises, at Zirakpur in the northern Indian state of Punjab November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ajay VermaReuters - Global supermarket chains welcomed a long-awaited invitation from India to invest in the country's $450 billion retail market, but they fear the small print may keep a lid on investment in the short term.

More bloodshed in Syria despite Arab deadline (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 08:34 AM PST

Demonstrators march against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Homs November 21, 2011. The banners (C) read Reuters - The Syrian government ignored Arab powers' moves to halt its crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising on Friday and more opposition supporters and military personnel were killed in unrelenting violence.

Analysis: Sprint network upgrade may curb unlimited data (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:34 PM PST

Reuters - Sprint Nextel may be forced to abandon the biggest advantage it has over its rivals - unlimited data services for a flat fee - because of heavy data users and a shortage of wireless airwaves.

Australia approves $11 billion Foster's sale to SABMiller (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 05:43 AM PST

Reuters - Australia's government approved on Friday SABMiller's A$11.5 billion ($11.2 billion) deal to acquire Foster's Group Ltd under foreign acquisitions laws, but imposed conditions requiring the company to keep brewing operations in Australia.
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