Saturday, November 26, 2011

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News


Europe bond yields to keep stocks spellbound (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:09 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. investors came to the Thanksgiving holiday table on Thursday mostly thankful that the week was a short one, or losses could have been larger.

Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:52 PM 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.

AT&T to offer bigger asset sale to save T-Mobile deal: report (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:46 PM PST

Reuters - AT&T Inc is considering an offer to divest a significantly larger portion of assets than it had initially expected, in order to salvage its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA, Bloomberg reported citing a person familiar with the plan.

Exclusive: Euro zone may drop bondholder losses from ESM bailout (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:08 PM PST

Reuters - Euro zone states may ditch plans to impose losses on private bondholders should countries need to restructure their debt under a new bailout fund due to launch in mid-2013, four EU officials told Reuters on Friday.

Occupy Wall Street plans benefit album for itself (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 01:05 PM PST

AP - Occupy Wall Street has a benefit album planned with Jackson Browne, Third Eye Blind, Crosby & Nash, Devo, Lucinda Williams and even some of those drummers who kept an incessant beat at Manhattan's Zuccotti Park.

Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

AP - A Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off euro20 million ($26.5 million) into secret pension funds, the bank said Saturday.

U.S. credit raters set back on First Amendment: judge (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST

Reuters - A federal judge has said credit ratings are not always protected opinion under the First Amendment, a defeat for credit rating agencies in a lawsuit brought by investors who lost money on mortgage-backed securities.

France's ruling party denies role in DSK downfall (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:13 AM PST

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at Orly airport near Paris September 28, 2011. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes)Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling UMP party dismissed allegations on Saturday of a political plot to bring down disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following an investigative report by a U.S. journalist.


Violence, pepper spray mar Black Friday shopping (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:20 PM PST

Reuters - Black Friday turned into a black mark against American shoppers as riotous crowds brawled over video games, waffle irons and towels, drawing international condemnation and even raising questions about the state of humanity.

Imperial, Ottawa in talks over Arctic pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PST

Reuters - Imperial Oil Ltd and Ottawa have resumed talks over a financial support package for the Mackenzie gas pipeline in the Far North, but the company would not say on Friday if it was any closer to proceeding with the C$16.2 billion (US$15.4 billion) project.

Chicago exchanges: Tax breaks needed to stay put (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:53 PM PST

AP - John Schneider's work is all shouts and hand gestures. Get him on the phone and you'll strain to hear over the barks and cries of his fellow commodities traders in the corn pit at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Feds probe new battery fires in Chevrolet Volt (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2011 05:34 AM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, the Chevy Volt appears on display at the Washington Auto Show, in Washington. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, it has opened a formal safety defect investigation of the lithium-ion batteries in General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt to assess the risk of fire in the electric car after a serious crash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)AP - The government is investigating new fires involving the lithium-ion batteries in General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt to assess the fire risk in the electric car after a serious crash.


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