Obama: Rising gas prices mean oil company profits
April 30, 2011
President Barack Obama declared Saturday that oil companies are profiting from rising gasoline prices and urged Congress once again to end $4 billion a year […]
Monthly Archive April, 2011
Bernanke’s Secret to Success: Avoiding Gaffes, Economists Say - Bloomberg
April 28, 2011
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke avoided saying anything yesterday at his first press conference that shocked or confused investors. In other words, economists said, […]
Personal Finance, UK - Comments closed
ST. LOUIS > Former nuclear plant workers can apply for benefits
April 27, 2011
Former nuclear workers at five Missouri facilities may be eligible for benefits under a federal compensation program for those who got sick as a result […]
Finance, Uncategorized - Comments closed
Mixed earnings reports weigh on stocks
April 25, 2011
Mixed corporate earnings reports weighed on stocks Monday.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., the maker of Kleenex and Huggies, dropped 2.7 percent after missing earnings estimates. The company also […]
Personal Finance, USA - Comments closed
Rescuers find rubble at end of collapsed tunnel
April 23, 2011
Rescue efforts have reached a section of a collapsed tunnel where they had hoped to find an Idaho silver miner who has been missing underground […]
Personal Finance, money - Comments closed
Japan to build 100,000 homes for tsunami survivors
April 22, 2011
Japan’s prime minister says the country plans to build as many as 100,000 temporary homes to house the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami that […]
Boeing accused of retaliating against union
April 20, 2011
Federal labor regulators are accusing the Boeing Co. of putting one of its assembly lines for the new 787 in South Carolina to retaliate against […]
U.S. Credit Rating May Be Cut by S&P Unless Lawmakers Agree to Reduce Debt - Bloomberg
April 19, 2011
Standard & Poor’s put the U.S. government on notice that it risks losing its AAA credit rating unless policy makers agree on a plan by […]
UK, technology - Comments closed
Gadhafi forces shell east Libyan city of Ajdabiya
April 17, 2011
Troops loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday shelled the rebel-held city of Ajdabiya, a strategic eastern town that has been the scene of […]
Noda Says Quake, Tsunami Reconstruction Will Help Japan’s Economy Recover - Bloomberg
April 16, 2011
Japan’s economy will overcome some temporary setbacks and may recover once reconstruction from last month’s earthquake and tsunami damage begins, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said. […]