The International Monetary Fund has welcomed an announcement by the central bank of the UAE which has made available an additional liquidity facility for Dubai.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:22:31 -0500

The Malaysian state of Johor has been shaken by the the Dubai debt crisis, from which it hopes to escape unscathed.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:58:51 -0500

China has put itself in the position of becoming the world’s biggest gold consumer.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:06:26 -0500

Japan has intimated it will add extra stimulus to the economy with at least 30 billion dollars in a package that will include measures to tackle the surging yen and weak share prices.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:48:24 -0500

World economic regulators have decided on the names of institutions for cross-border checking.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:35:04 -0500

Samsung Electronics, which is the world's number two mobile phone maker, has been put under pressure to lower prices in their high-margin touchscreen phones.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:15:21 -0500

Canberra, Nov. 30 : Despite a string of racial attacks on Indian students, Australia's education sector grew by 22.6 percent this year, generating earnings of 9.5 billion dollars from international students against last year's 1.3 billion dollars.
ANI Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:40:07 -0500

The BBC has reported that the Borders bookshop chain in the UK has started a closing down sale in all of its 45 stores.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:33:11 -0500

China's Ministry of Commerce has begun a year-long anti-dumping investigation into chloroform from the United States, Europe and South Korea.
Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:42:38 -0500

Tony Fernandes, the Indian-origin CEO of low cost Malaysian airliner AirAsia has been named as the Airline CEO of the Year by Jane’s Transport Finance magazine in London.
ANI Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:41:45 -0500

Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard has said Switzerland should have imposed temporary limits on European job seekers during the economic crisis.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:27:49 -0500

Senior European Union officials have assured markets that the euro zone will not have the same sort of debt problems that are plaguing Dubai.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:31:56 -0500

Hyundai Motor Co of South Korea has said it will pull out of the Japanese passenger vehicle market because of slow sales.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:42:55 -0500

House prices in England and Wales continued rising in October, climbing by 0.6% according to the latest survey from the Land Registry.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:27:21 -0500

Customer traffic in US stores on Black Friday, following Thanksgiving, rose a bare 0.5 percent on the traditional start to the holiday shopping season.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:25:05 -0500

In the UK, Chancellor Alistair Darling is about to release his pre-Budget report.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:15:07 -0500

French carmaker Renault has signed a deal to save struggling Russian partner Avtovaz, the maker of Lada cars.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:05:11 -0500

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. is working on a lithium-ion battery that can power an electric vehicle for 300 kilometres on a single charge, the business daily Nikkei said Sunday.
Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:02:42 -0500

PEORIA, Ill. ? Caterpillar Inc. said Monday it plans to buy a subsidiary of a South Korean manufacturer of components for earthmoving and other machinery. The world's largest maker of minin...
Sign on San Diego Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:58:48 -0500

BHOPAL, India - Hazra Bi wishes she could forget. But her damaged family is a living reminder of that December night 25 years ago when lethal gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in the...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:53:10 -0500

NAIROBI, Kenya - African authorities raided shops, intercepted vehicles at checkpoints and used sniffer dogs to detect and seize over 3,800 pounds (1,768 kilograms) of illegal elephant ivory in a six...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:53:06 -0500

LOS ANGELES - Tom Petty has grown up, but not too much.The 59-year-old spent a year going through thousands of hours of live concert recordings covering Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' tours across th...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:53:05 -0500

BEIJING - Dozens of local Chinese officials and reporters have been charged with bribery in the cover-up of a coal mine accident that killed 35 people just weeks before the Beijing Olympics, a newspa...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:53:03 -0500

IKTO ) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for a strategic distribution partnership with Mayfair Club A.E. of Athens Greece to begin distribution o...
Market Wire Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:48:18 -0500

IKTO ) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for a strategic distribution partnership with Mayfair Club A.E. of Athens Greece to begin distribution o...
Market Wire Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:47:42 -0500

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures edged lower Monday, as some investors sold the metal to lock in profit as gold is set to mark one of the best months in 10 years. Gold has only seen three l...
MarketWatch Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:47:15 -0500

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Retail and financial shares are expected to take center stage in Monday's trading, with Black Friday and Dubai's financial woes likely to dominate the market's attention. Oth...
MarketWatch Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:47:13 -0500

U.S. stock-market futures were mostly weaker Monday, with investors focused on developments in Dubai's debt situation and early results from the U.S. holiday shopping season.
MarketWatch Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:47:09 -0500

Lloyds Banking Group is looking to make further job cuts that may affect over 600 of its staff. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Union leaders expressed alarm today after part-nationalised b...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:44:19 -0500

"My first bank manager had discretion to deal with me. He could lend £1m if he decided that was OK, which meant you could have a meaningful chat. He also lasted more than seven years and knew about o...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:44:17 -0500

The financial crisis in the United Arab Emirates has shone a light on the huge sums banks now lend around the world. Find out how much each country in the world has outstanding – and who the big len...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:44:14 -0500

IDG News Service - Microsoft's latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rending the computer useless. The problem affects Microsoft produ...
Computerworld Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:41:26 -0500

More than 350 people are to lose their jobs at a Lloyds banking call centre in Brighton.Lloyds Banking Group said it planned to close its Sussex House contact centre in May 2010 and transfer work to o...
BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:27:55 -0500

Whilst I can see the reasoning behind this idea, I think doing it every year is far too frequent, especially if they are FTSE 100 companies. What message would it send to markets if a company had (for...
Sky News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:27:43 -0500

BOSTON -- Pali Research analyst Douglas Sipkin on Monday downgraded shares of Franklin Resources Inc. to neutral from buy. Since July 17, the stock has rallied 50% compared with a 15% gain for the as...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:20:03 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO -- Treasurys of most maturities fell Monday, sending yields higher, as worries eased over the future fall-out from a possible debt default in Dubai. Giving back some of the prior sessio...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:20:02 -0500

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BOSTON--Bank of America Corp (BAC) Monday said it's launching a program for credit-card holders that features a one-page summary of rates, fees and payment information. The Charlotte, N.C.-based ban...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:56 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consumers spent significantly less per person at the start of the holiday season this weekend, dimming hopes for a retail comeback that would help propel the economy...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:55 -0500

NEW YORK -- Deere & Co. was upgraded to neutral from underweight at J.P. Morgan on Monday, following the manufacturer's "realistic" fiscal 2010 outlook. "The company's outlook is consistent with our ...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:54 -0500

FDX ) will attend a jobs summit on December 3 at the White House, a White House spokeswoman said on Sunday. The forum is meant to help devise ways to combat double-digit unemployment. The White Hou...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:51 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department is expected to meet with lenders on Monday to press them to do more to rework troubled home mortgage loans, a source familiar with the Treasury's thinkin...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:10 -0500

DUBAI/ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Glitzy Dubai may face a debt crisis that has sent a shudder through global markets, but you wouldn't know it from officials or local media.
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:08 -0500

Buiter will take up his post in January, 2010 and will also lead the economics research unit after joining the Citi Research and Analysis Group management team.
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:07 -0500

(Reuters) - Global semiconductor sales rose 5.1 percent in October sequentially, spurred by strength across all regions as electronic equipment manufacturers boost production for the holiday season, t...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:19:06 -0500

The Canadian economy grew at an anualized rate of 0.4% during the third quarter, enough to end the recession, yet far short of the 1% growth that had been expected by economists...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:18:30 -0500

CVE . They will start trading on the NYSE on Dec. 9.While many may identify Cenovus as a premier oil sands and downstream producer, UBS analyst Andrew Potter notes that approximately 20% of its produc...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:18:27 -0500

Bargains Despite Black Friday Gloom (AP) After American shoppers gave retailers a somewhat encouraging start to the holiday shopping season, stores now turn their attention to the online promotions kn...
CBS News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:17:13 -0500

New York -- Stock futures are pointing to a modest decline Monday as investors try to balance concern about fallout from Dubai's debt crisis against encouraging signs from U.S. consumers. Overseas mar...
The Detroit News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:15:26 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble said Sunday it would delay shipments of its newly launched Nook electronic reader to stores as the company strives to deliver preordered devices to consume...
Wired News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:13:15 -0500

TOKYO, Nov. 30 (AP) - (Kyodo)?---------- Gov't eyeing 10 tril. yen economic policy program in extra budget TOKYO - The government is considering mapping out an additional economic policy program ...
Breitbart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:56:57 -0500

Fifa head Sepp Blatter has said that football is bouncing back financially from the economic downturn."I think we are seeing sponsorship [in football] starting to rise up again from the bottom it...
BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:51:53 -0500

A Parisian court was deciding on Monday whether the internet auction site eBay has kept to an injunction banning users from selling on LVMH perfumes.Sellers in France are blocked by an injunction from...
BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:51:52 -0500

The eurozone has seen consumer prices rise for the first time in seven months, official figures have shown.Prices rose by 0.6% in the 12 months to November, the European Union's Eurostat agency said. ...
BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:51:50 -0500

India's Tata Group says it is planning to produce hybrid versions of its Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car.Ratan Tata, the chairman of both Tata Group and Tata Motors - the biggest vehicle prod...
BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:51:49 -0500

DES MOINES, Iowa - Cheryl Allegretti's husband was a meticulous pilot with more than 20 years experience when the plane he was piloting crashed in a northwest Iowa cornfield, killing him and two pass...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:23:49 -0500

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A top Dubai finance official says heavily indebted Dubai World is not guaranteed by the emirate's government. Abdulrahman al-Saleh, director general of Dubai's Finance ...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:23:48 -0500

HealthUnity Corporation, a leading provider of award winning, standards-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) technology will demonstrate real-time data exchange between its imaging data solution an...
PR Web Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:21:57 -0500

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures traded near $76 a barrel on Monday, as worries over Dubai World's debt problems eased somewhat, boosting sentiment in the financial markets. Crude oil for J...
MarketWatch Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:18:07 -0500

• Investors seize opportunity to offload shares as market reopens• Securities Exchange falls 8.31% while Dubai World loses 15%• Moody's warns contagion from the debt crisis is 'unavoidable'...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:14:48 -0500

Johnston Press will charge readers £5 for a three-month subscription to the websites of three of its regional papers: the Northumberland Gazette and Whitby Gazette in England; and the Southern Report...
Sky News Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:57:21 -0500

PARIS — The bond market vigilantes are back on the prowl in Europe. Early in the financial crisis, a first frisson of market anxiety about sovereign debt risk in peripheral euro zone countries ...
International Herald Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:54:01 -0500

November 30, 2009 By Palesa Motloung The JSE came off its earlier best levels, but remained in the black by noon on Monday in what a trader said was a directionless session with the bourse eyeing t...
Business Report Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:23 -0500

LONDON -- Goldman Sachs lifted its rating on U.S. steel makers to attractive from neutral, citing the sector's underperformance as welll as the emergence of "incrementally positive data points. Steel...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:01 -0500

LONDON -- Noront Resources on Monday increased its offer for Freewest Resources , saying its new offer is worth C$222 million ($210 million) and will not be increased further. For every seven Freewes...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:49:57 -0500

LONDON -- A supertanker bound from Saudi Arabia to New Orleans with 28 crew members on board was hijacked in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, the European Union Naval Force said in a statem...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:49:53 -0500

) said on Monday its board will meet December 7 to consider unlisted Speciality Foods India's proposal to sell its healthcare nutrition business on mutually agreed terms.
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:49:12 -0500

OTTAWA -- The federal government will force striking rail workers back to work if the two sides can't come to an agreement by Monday, a senior government official told Canwest News Service Sunday nigh...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:48:42 -0500

MOSCOW -- AtomRedMetZoloto (ARMZ), a mining unit of Russia's state-owned uranium firm Rosatom, said on Monday it would bid for Canadian miner Khan Resources Inc., which has assets in Mongolia. AR...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:48:40 -0500

DUBAI -- United Arab Emirates stocks dived on Monday as investors waited for clarity on Dubai's plan to delay repaying billions of dollars in debt and government word on how it would tackle a crisis t...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:48:38 -0500

TORONTO -- In Bay Street lore, in the not so distant past, investment bankers and traders picked up their end-of-year bonuses in the form of a fat check, with the keys to luxury cars on offer to top p...
Financial Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:48:37 -0500

Fans Nationwide to Determine Top Three Ideas That Move on to Semi-Finalist Round PLANO, Texas, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Doritos tortilla chips - the bold, intense snack brand within PepsiCo's Frit...
Breitbart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:27:08 -0500

(RTTNews) - U.S stock futures point to a lower opening Monday morning, despite easing of Dubai financial crisis on assurance from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates to local and foreign ban...
Quote.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:21:24 -0500

HONG KONG - Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Macau operation tumbled more than 13 percent in its first day of Hong Kong trade Monday, after raising $2.5 billion in an initial public offering to help restart i...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:58:48 -0500

LAS VEGAS - Sin City is pinning its biggest bet ever — $8.5 billion — on a 67-acre, six-tower complex of striking hotels, gourmet restaurants, swank shops and a single casino that start...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:58:47 -0500

NEW DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - November 30, 2009) - Wall Street rose in light trading volume on Wednesday, supported by economic data that pointed to stabilization in the labor and housing markets,...
Market Wire Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:53:13 -0500

Credit cards and personal loans are being repaid at a record rate. Photograph: Adam Gault/Getty Images/OJO Images Consumers repaid a record level of unsecured debt during October as they continued t...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:50:33 -0500

Three city centre branches and one in St John's Road, Corstorphine, are among six properties being disposed of or put up for lease by the banking giant.Branches at Chambers Street, The Mound at North ...
The Scotsman Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:34:09 -0500

Three city centre branches and one in St John's Road, Corstorphine, are among six properties being disposed of or put up for lease by the banking giant.Branches at Chambers Street, The Mound at North ...
The Scotsman Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:33:59 -0500

LONDON -- Analysts at Morgan Stanley said the direct impact of Dubai World's troubles on European banks is modest, but that a more important issue is whether a broader range of credits should be re-e...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:27:47 -0500

LONDON -- Consumer price inflation across the 16-nation euro zone jumped 0.6% in November after a 0.1% decline in October, the European Union statistics agency Eurostat reported Monday. The return to...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:27:45 -0500

LONDON -- The Bank of England's favored measure of money supply contracted for a second consecutive month in October. The central bank said M4 excluding certain types of financial corporations fell b...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:27:43 -0500

BOSTON - It's banned in 13 states and sure doesn't come in a six-pack. The maker of Sam Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and ...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:38:03 -0500

TRENTON, N.J. - Big businesses are spending serious time and money trying to limit the swine flu pandemic's impact on operations, from bankrolling video on good hygiene to training employees to cover...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:38:02 -0500

For Cyber Monday in the US, read Mega Monday here: Visa says today will be the UK's busiest for online purchases as shoppers look to beat the Christmas rush and postal strikes...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:29:35 -0500

LONDON -- Goldman Sachs rejigged its ratings on European car makers, saying it believes the region's automotive sector can continue to outperform. The broker said there are several potential triggers...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:08:22 -0500

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher early on Monday, following the previous session's sharp retreat, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.22 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.13 p...
Reuters Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:07:37 -0500

NAIROBI, Kenya - The EU's anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have seized a super tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States. Cmdr. John Harbour, a spokesman for the EU Naval...
Star Tribune Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:18:38 -0500

Members of Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders offer a Copenhagen menu to 'representatives' of poor countries. Photograph: Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images The most powerful lobbyists stalking the corri...
Guardian Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:09:03 -0500

TEL AVIV -- Constellation Brands Inc., the Victor, N.Y., alcoholic-beverages producer, agreed to sell its Gaymer Cider Co. business to C&C Group Plc, the Dublin alcoholic-beverages producer, for 45 m...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:47:40 -0500

LONDON -- Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit upgraded HSBC Holdings to buy from neutral on Monday. The broker said that it expects a sustained period of earnings revisions, that the lender's defens...
Fox Business Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:47:37 -0500