Business and Finance News
- Stocks slide again on U.S. markets
Seoul News.Net
It was a typical day on Wall Street Tuesday with bears again dominating trading.
- California homes being snapped up
Seoul News.Net
Californian home buyers have driven sales up more than 12 percent from resulting in the biggest jump in sales in four years.
- GM offers vehicle discounts to staff
Seoul News.Net
General Motors Corp has told staff it will better its usual ten percent discount.
- Prices rising faster than any time in a decade
Seoul News.Net
Wholesale inflation in the US soared in July.
- Etihad services continue to build into Asia
Seoul News.Net
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, which started its daily service from Abu Dhabi to Kozhikode said it is holding talks with Kerala Tourism Development Corporation to develop tour packages.
- Tom Cruise new Hollywood superhero
Seoul News.Net
Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is reportedly set to become a superhero in an adaptation of comic book classic 'Sleeper'.
- Mobile users rocked by condom ringtone
Seoul News.Net
Imagine the expression on the faces of those around you when your mobile suddenly starts buzzing with an unlikely ringtone: 'Condom, condom'.
- Bizarre insurance claims from Britain
Seoul News.Net
Cars kicked by camels and damaged by nut-wielding squirrels are among some of Britain's most bizarre insurance claims.
- Venezuela continues social experiment with business
Seoul News.Net
Venezuela has said it will seize local plants and offices belonging to Mexican cement giant Cemex.
- Rental market in UK boosted by low home prices
Seoul News.Net
In the UK, the number of properties up for rent has jumped with home owners deciding to rent rather than sell in a depressed market.
- Google sees new opportunities for YouTube
Seoul News.Net
The New York Times has reported that Google's YouTube Internet video site has started attracting advertising from media companies including CBS and video-game maker Electronic Arts.
- Apple vs Backberry fight hots up
Seoul News.Net
Apple aficionados have are trying to convince BlackBerry users to change over.
- Etihad making inroads to Russia and beyond
Seoul News.Net
In the UAE, Etihad Airways will launch flights to the Russian capital Moscow from its Abu Dhabi home base on this year.
- Pakistan bumper harvest means cheaper rice
Seoul News.Net
The Pakistan minimum export price of $750 per tonne of non-basmati rice is likely to be lifted.
- Depp, Law and Farrell donate film earnings to Heath Ledger
Seoul News.Net
London, : Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, who completed Heath Ledger's role in his final movie, have donated their pay to his two-year-old daughter.
- Iraq oil deals falling through
Seoul News.Net
The Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki is hoping to sign many newoil deals by next year when global oil companies will be given their first major commercial access to the OPEC member's fields in nearly four decades.
- Google gains search share as Microsoft, Yahoo drop
Market Watch
Google Inc. increased its share of the U.S. online search market by 16% from the year-earlier period to 60.2% in July, as rivals Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. each saw...
- FDA warns General Electric over lax record keeping
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Federal regulators have warned General Electric Co. over lax quality control standards at a plant that makes computer software for medical imaging. The warning...
- Microsoft supports Blu-ray mastering in Windows; is Xbox next
Beta News
Finally giving up the last vestiges of its exclusive support for the HD DVD format, Microsoft has quietly launched a beta test of Windows-based mastering software for Blu-Ray discs.Microsoft's new...
- Analog Devices Earnings Climb
Smart Money
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Analog Devices Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter net income climbed 15% on industrial and commercial sales growth. Shares fell 2.8% to $31.24 in after-hours trading as the...
- Stocks fall on inflation data, financial worries
San Diego Union-Tribune
... amp;amp;#8220;Maybe investors were hoping to shrug off the challenges of high commodity prices and inflation,” said Jack A. Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank. “But now we...
- Virgin Blue sees profit plunge 55 percent
San Diego Union-Tribune
SYDNEY, Australia – Australian airline Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. reported Tuesday a nearly 55 percent drop in annual net profit, hurt by record jet fuel costs. Virgin Blue is Australia's...
- Hewlett-Packard quarterly profit rises
Earth Times
Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's biggest computer maker, reported a higher quarterly profit on Tuesday on strong international sales in its notebook computer and printer...
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