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Top Stories: The Lloyds Banking Group in Buckinghamshire in the UK has informed 570 staff they will have to go. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:18:23 -0500The Borders bookshop chain in the UK wants to find a buyer for the business. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:12:38 -0500Work is due to start on the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway in the first quarter of next year. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:07:20 -0500Homes that sit near the best performing primary schools in England can cost more than similar properties elsewhere. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:01:02 -0500The Investment Corporation of Dubai, the state conglomerate that owns Emirates airlines, has been re-arranged by the state's ruler. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:54:57 -0500Carl Icahn, the well-known US financier, has offered $157 million for the partially built Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:49:17 -0500The Denver-based Newmont Mining Corp has taken a agreed to transfer a 14 percent stake in its Indonesian joint venture mine to a private company and to a consortium of regional and local Indonesian governments. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:08 -0500A US judge has ordered a former Ford Motor Co product engineer await trial on charges of industrial espionage. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:36:45 -0500A US federal judge has described a Detroit Internet spammer as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:29:34 -0500Driving markets was an impressive rise in sales of existing houses. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:12 -0500The British Airways chief executive, Willie Walsh, has warned cabin crews they can not expect any compromise in his cost-cutting measures. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:11:30 -0500The New York Times has damned Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and has told it to pay the government rather than its big bonus employees. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:29:17 -0500The Financial Times has reported Spanish bank BBVA may boost its current interest in China Citic Bank. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:36:04 -0500Thailand's economy has grown for another straight quarter. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:04:25 -0500Vodafone in the UK has told its business customers thay can opt into a new system that gives business customers priority access to the network during peak times. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:58:51 -0500AirAsia, one of Asia's most popular budget airlines, plans to list on the Thai and Indonesian stock exchanges. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:52:38 -0500General Motors in the US has intimated it will soon start paying back $6.7 billion in US government loans. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:47:12 -0500The company’s portfolio of sites all have a newspaper banner, a newspaper format, and are promoted as online newspapers. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:47 -0500New York, Nov 24 (DPA) US stocks surged Monday after the release of some surprisingly buoyant data on home sales. IANS Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:20:04 -0500Thousands of Dutch workers protested through Rotterdam streets on the weekend at the government's plans to raise the pensionable age to 66 in 2020 and 67 five years later. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:38:35 -0500The BBC has conducted an interview with Bill Browder of Hermitage Capital who was once the country's leading foreign investor. Big News Network.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:31:39 -0500NEW YORK ? Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday it is selling its Diners Club North American franchise to BMO Financial Group as it continues to shed noncore assets and streamline operations. Financ... Sign on San Diego Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:31:49 -0500NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Workers at Butterball's turkey-tips hot line are used to oddball situations: _The woman who cleaned out her turkey with a scrub brush and asked if that was OK to do. (You don't ne... Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:26:40 -0500BARRE, Vt. - A federal government report ranking Vermont the sixth hungriest state in the country may come as a surprise to many, but officials say they have seen signs the problem is growing in Verm... Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:26:38 -0500FREMONT, CA--(Marketwire - November 24, 2009) - Actelis Networks®, the leading global supplier of Ethernet over copper solutions, today announced that current board member and longtime Chief Ex... Market Wire Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:22 -0500Wall Street Sense is committed to teaching everyday people how to navigate a broader market and reap the rewards of participating in various sectors, no matter what their level of experience. We in... Market Wire Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:22:06 -0500TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Shares expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session include Analog Devices, Brocade, Heinz, HP, Medtronic, Merck, Playboy, Warner Music and Zale. Analog Devices Inc... MarketWatch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:59 -0500FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures traded near $77 a barrel on Tuesday, as caution dominated sentiment ahead of U.S. economic data and a report on petroleum inventories. Crude oil for January... MarketWatch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:20:56 -0500British Gas is to offer a service that will allow customers to avoid estimated billls. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA British Gas, not known for its popularity with the public, has launched a campaig... Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:17:48 -0500InfoWorld - Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is a major upgrade from SharePoint 2007 in several areas. It has a much improved user interface, especially for online editing. It supports more browsers. It... Computerworld Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:13:49 -0500FSA said Nomura's systems and controls around book marking fell "far short" of those expected for a business trading complex and high risk financial products. The fine is part of a clampdown by the F... Sky News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:01:32 -0500LONDON — Lloyds Banking Group, the troubled British lender, said Tuesday that it planned to raise £13.5 billion in the country’s biggest rights issue to keep the government from takin... International Herald Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:58:52 -0500+2.76% ) , continues to stabilize with a dramatic narrowing in losses projected for the long term that should provide a key tailwind to earnings, J.P. Morgan said in a Tuesday note to investors. "Th... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:56:01 -0500+2.23% ) on Tuesday said its second-quarter net income fell to $237.3 million, or 73 cents a share, from $276.7 million, or 87 cents a share in the year-ago period. Breaking out a one-time loss on t... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:55:47 -0500NEW YORK -- Hormel Foods Corp. , maker of Spam and Dinty Moore stew, said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit rose to $103.9 million, or 77 cents a share, from $67.8 million, or 50 cents, a year e... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:45 -0500FRANKFURT -- Gold futures rose on Tuesday, extending their winning streak into an eighth session. Gold for December delivery, the most actively traded contract, was last up $5.40, or 0.5%, to $1,170.... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:43 -0500NEW YORK -- Hormel Foods Corp. said Tuesday that its board has raised the company's annual dividend to 84 cents a share from 76 cents a share. The Austin, Minn.-based food producer said that a quarte... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:42 -0500NEW YORK -- Medtronic Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal second-quarter profit rose to $868 million, or 78 cents a share, from $547 million, or 48 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 8%, to... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:41 -0500NEW YORK -- Zale Corp. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter loss widened to $57.6 million, or $1.80 a share, from $48.4 million, or $1.52 a share, a year earlier. Revenue in the quarter ended O... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:39 -0500NEW YORK -- H.J. Heinz Co. on Tuesday said its second-quarter net income fell to $237.3 million, or 73 cents a share, from $276.7 million, or 87 cents a share in the year-ago period. Breaking out a o... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:37 -0500NEW YORK -- Telegent Systems Inc. late Monday filed to raise up to $250 million in an initial public offering with underwriters Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan . The Sunnyvale, Calif. television-on-a-c... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:35 -0500LONDON -- Warner Music Group said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $18 million, or 12 cents a share, while revenue rose 1% to $861 million. The quarter included 9 cents a share worth of se... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:54:31 -0500) posted a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday, hurt by sales declines in North America and Europe, but said it is optimistic about its sales momentum heading into the second half of its fiscal year and... Reuters Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:53:42 -0500Hewlett-Packard Co.'s (HPQ) fiscal fourth-quarter profit grew 14% amid a solid performance at the services segment, which helped boost overall operating margins. While the economic environment remain... Smart Money Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:42:07 -0500(AP) ? LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Tuesday its shareholders will get a huge discount for subscribing to its 13.5 billion pounds ($22.3 billion) rights issue-the country's largest ca... New Jersey Online Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:41:11 -0500By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group Plc pushed ahead with the world's largest rights issue on Tuesday, setting a price of 37 pence per share as it taps ... London South East Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:38:07 -0500TOKYO, Nov. 24 (AP) - (Kyodo)?---------- Costs for hosting APEC next year must be cut by 20%: gov't panel TOKYO - The 17.1 billion yen requested for Japan's hosting a summit of the Asia-Pacific E... Breitbart Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:28:50 -0500DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF, GEF.B) today announced plans to release fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009 results after the market closes on Wednesday, Dec.... Breitbart Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:28:35 -0500"The EDS integration has gone well," he adds. H-P "removed 19,000 of the identified workforce reductions...this is now a business that can compete and win. We are well-positioned to grow."... Morning Star Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:23:30 -0500South Africa has emerged from recession after its economy returned to growth between July and September.Africa's biggest economy grew by an annualised, seasonally adjusted rate of 0.9% during the quar... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:23:01 -0500Russia's central bank has cut interest rates from 9.5% to a record low of 9% in a widely expected move.It is the ninth time the bank has cut rates since April this year as it bids to stimulate demand.... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:22:59 -0500The European Commission has dropped its probe into claims that US chip maker Qualcomm abused its dominant position in the mobile phone technology market.It said the companies that had lodged the compl... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:22:58 -0500(RTTNews) - U.S stock futures point to a slightly higher opening Tuesday morning as traders await a slew of economic data including preliminary GDP numbers for the third quarter, consumer confidence ... Quote.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:22:21 -0500HNZ ) is slated to release its second-quarter earnings results before the market opens Tuesday. On average, 13 analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect the company to post earnings of $0.70 per s... Quote.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:22:20 -0500DUESSELDORF, Germany - General Motors Co. will present to unions on Wednesday its restructuring plan for the Opel unit, expected to include up to 9,500 job cuts, the carmaker's top official in Europe... Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:58:06 -050097.7% higher than last October and just 6.3% lower than in October 2007 when house prices first started to go into decline.Meanwhile, the average value of house purchase loans rose by 11% over the yea... Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:48:34 -0500See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... Finfacts Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:47:55 -0500How to configure the Windows 7 Microsoft Management Console . Click through to that story for the full article. The MMC with a custom console. Return to... Computerworld Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:44:54 -0500Glowpoint, Inc. a provider of managed services for telepresence and video conferencing, announced the release of ScheduleSync, a feature that synchronizes customer desktop calendaring and scheduling... eWeek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:39:16 -0500Emergency loans to Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HBOS peaked at £61.6 billion at the height of the financial crisis, the Bank of England has revealed. Sky News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:33:00 -0500FRANKFURT -- State-controlled German bank WestLB said Tuesday it's in "intensive and constructive negotiations" with SoFFin, Germany's financial market stabilization fund. The talks are aimed at ring... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:53 -0500LONDON -- J.P. Morgan upgraded French supermarket group Carrefour to overweight from neutral on Tuesday and added it to its analyst focus list. "We believe there is an 80% probability of a successful... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:51 -0500LONDON -- Industrial new orders rose 1.5% in the euro zone between August and September, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Tuesday. Compared to the same month last year, orders r... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:25:49 -0500Price rises have offset a fall in consumption in the water company Severn Trent's first half earnings.Pre-tax profit rose 51% to £208.2m in the six months to the end of September. That is better... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:56:47 -0500The number of new mortgages approved by the main banks for house purchase grew slightly in October.Figures from the British Bankers' Association (BBA) show they rose from 42,073 in September to 42,238... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:56:44 -0500STUART, Fla. - Former French intelligence officer Herve Jaubert believed he was essentially being held captive in Dubai when his passport was confiscated by authorities amid a dispute with his employ... Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:33:17 -0500PRWEB ) November 24, 2009 -- m62 visualcommunications, the global leader in presentation effectiveness, has published an introductory video for PowerPoint 2010, which highlights some of the difference... PR Web Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:31:27 -0500(MENAFN) Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) said that its net profit jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter to $2.4 billion, up from $2.1 billion in the same period a year earlier, Bloomberg reported.The compa... MENAFN Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:28:49 -0500PM warns Britain should be careful not to withdraw support for the economy too soon as Tory leader presses for immediate action over ballooning budget deficit... Guardian Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:32 -0500MediaTek said it is still in talks with Microsoft regarding smartphone platform licensing and expects to sign an agreement by the end of 2009, according to a Chinese-language... Digitimes Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:23:10 -0500BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as China's warning to banks to control their lavish lending underlined the risks to an economic recovery driven by easy credit. European share... Canadian Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:20:39 -0500BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as China's warning to banks to control their lavish lending underlined the risks to an economic recovery driven by easy credit. European share... C News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:13:11 -0500Around 42,238 loans were granted for people buying a property last month, nearly double the number seen in October last year. The approvals figure was the highest since January 2008, according to the... Sky News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:10:25 -0500The 62-year-old, dubbed the "Robin Hood banker", was found guilty of moving a total of 7.6 million euros (£6.85m) between 2003 and 2005. She carried out 117 separate transfers to try and stop people... Sky News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:10:22 -0500LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Lloyds Banking Group shares bucked a lower banking sector on Tuesday, after it set out the per-share price of its 13.5 billion pound ($22.3 billion) share offering. The le... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:05:38 -0500LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Lloyds Banking Group shares bucked a lower banking sector on Tuesday, after it set out the per-share price of its 13.5 billion pound ($22.3 billion) share offering. The le... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:05:21 -0500+0.81% was downgraded on Tuesday to hold from buy at Citigroup, which cited strong share price performance. Slower-than-expected deterioration in the non-performing loan ratio in the third quarter "le... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:05:16 -0500The companies behind search engines sometimes try to attract more traffic by advertising. Establishing a partnership is another strategy, as is improving the actual search results. Microsoft might be ... Web Pro News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:21 -0500LONDON -- Shares of Legrand dropped over 6% in Paris after Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Wendel said late Monday they would jointly sell 30 million shares, or 11%, of the electrical fittings firm... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:15 -0500FRANKFURT -- U.K. hedge-fund manager Man Group was downgraded Tuesday to neutral from outperform at Credit Suisse, which said the stock is close to fair value after the recent share price rally. "Alt... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:14 -0500LONDON -- The Ifo German business climate index rose more than expected to 93.9 in November, from a reading of 91.9 the previous month, news reports said. Economists had forecast a rise to 92.6.Copyr... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:10 -0500FRANKFURT -- Daimler AG said Tuesday it has signed agreements with Russian truckmaker Kamaz to establish two joint ventures. Each of the two partners will own 50% of the joint ventures. Daimler and K... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:08 -0500MADRID -- U.K. luxury goods maker Burberry was downgraded to equal-weight from overweight on Tuesday at Morgan Stanley, which cited valuations. "We continue to like Burberry's long-term investment pr... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:06 -0500FRANKFURT -- Czech lender Komercni Banka was downgraded on Tuesday to hold from buy at Citigroup, which cited strong share price performance. Slower-than-expected deterioration in the non-performing ... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:04:04 -0500Nov 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Lloyds Banking Group Plc has priced the world's largest rights issue, worth 13.5 billion pounds ($22.3 billion). Following are key points on the cash call: STATISTICS * Is... London South East Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:47:57 -0500More than two million cots have been recalled in the US and Canada over fears that a defect could cause children to suffocate.The recall concerns cots made by Canadian firm Stork Craft Manufacturing, ... BBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:32:50 -0500WASHINGTON - Big banks are roaring back. At crisis' edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury. Ta... Star Tribune Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:11:45 -0500IDG News Service - Microsoft Monday night issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer. Earlier in th... Computerworld Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:58:37 -0500Lloyds Banking Group has priced its record 13.5 billion pound ($22.3 billion) rights issue at 37p per share, on the basis of 1.34 new shares for every existing share, a 59.5 percent discount to Monday... CNBC Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:58:25 -0500Lloyds Banking Group today set out details of its £13.5bn (€15bn) UK record cash call to the bank’s army of 2.8 million private shareholders.The group, which is 43% owned by the taxpayer, is offe... Breaking News.ie Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:57:21 -0500+3.79% said Tuesday that it has priced its rights issue at 37 pence per share. The firm will offer 36,505,088,579 new shares on a ratio of 1.34 new shares for every existing ordinary share held. Expec... Market Watch Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:34 -0500TEL AVIV -- Israel Chemicals Ltd., the Tel Aviv provider of fertilizer and specialty chemicals, reported third-quarter net income fell 67% on 38% lower sales. Net income was $256.6 million compared w... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:20 -0500MADRID -- Swiss watchmaking giant Swatch was rated a buy by ING, which initiated coverage on Tuesday with a target of 300 Swiss francs. ING said Swatch is doing better than many luxury goods makers f... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:17 -0500FRANKFURT -- The International Monetary Fund has approved a $1.4 billion loan arrangement with Angola to help the African country restore macroeconomic balances and rebuild international reserves. Th... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:15 -0500HONG KONG -- Chinese shares succumbed to a heavy dose of profit-taking in afternoon trading Tuesday, with foreign-currency-denominated B shares as well as yuan-denominated A shares in the outperformi... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:11 -0500LONDON -- Bookmaker William Hill said Tuesday that Neil Cooper will succeed Simon Lane as finance director in 2010. Cooper is currently finance director of homebuilder Bovis Homes Group . Separately,... Fox Business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:40:10 -0500LONDON -- SSL International said Tuesday that first-half net profit rose to 38.1 million pounds ($63 million), from 23.4 million pounds a year ago. Revenue rose to 390.9 million pounds, from 322.5 mi... 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