XML Business NewsHealth care reform and deficits: A reality checkpublished about 4 hours ago
The momentous vote the House is set to take on Sunday would make far-reaching changes in the American health care system.
Vote could give Washington dominant role in school loanspublished about 9 hours ago
The House is poised to vote on a proposal Sunday that would make Washington the one-stop-shop for cheap student loans and boost funding for need-based scholarships.
IMF paints grim picture of fiscal tightening needs (Reuters)published about 18 hours ago
Reuters - Developed countries with big budget deficits must start now to prepare public opinion for the belt-tightening that will be needed starting next year, the No. 2 official at the IMF said on Sunday.
British Airways Cabin Crew Strike Hits the Large International Carrierpublished 1 day ago
Many flights are being canceled and it will cost the airline millions of dollars in lost revenue
Cigna newly retired CEO received $14.6M in 2009published 1 day ago
Cigna's recently retired CEO earned $14.6 million in his last year on the job, up 28 percent from the year before as the insurer paid him larger bonuses.
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Funding squeeze spurs student backlashpublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:17 GMT
After a 40-year absence, revolution is again in the air in California, with university students taking to the streets to mount noisy and increasingly angry ... more
Exporters exhortedpublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:16 GMT
Since his inauguration, the world has been waiting for a coherent, substantive policy on trade from Barack Obama. And the wait goes on
The lesson from Lehman's failurepublished Fri, Mar 12 2010 16:08 GMT
If there are lessons to be learned from Lehman, it is not simply that its management succumbed to temptation, it is that institutions with bank-like ... more
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Xaar maintains dividend in spite of losspublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 23:53 GMT
Restructuring costs pushed the ink-jet printer technology group to incur pre-tax losses of £186,000, but the company has decided to stick to its 2.5p per ... more
Confidence returns to tech transfer realmpublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 19:42 GMT
Development companies that fund and commercialise university spin-outs have seen investor appetite return to the sector over the past 12 months
Engineers seek expansion through Bricspublished Wed, Mar 17 2010 18:03 GMT
The UK government and trade bodies trumpet Britain's advantages to inward investors, but emerging economies look set to benefit from investment by British engineers
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India asks US to relax visa norms for workerspublished 2 days ago
India has strongly taken up the difficulties faced by its companies and American MNCs in getting a US visa for Indian professionals with the Obama ... more
Hyderabad: IBM programme to foster NGOspublished 2 days ago
The programme brings 10 IBM professionals from seven countries (Denmark, US, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain and Austria) to Hyderabad to work on critical projects ... more
BSE in talks for overseas listing of indicespublished Thu, Mar 11 2010 01:30 GMT
The Bombay Stock Exchange, the oldest bourse in Asia, is looking at listing its benchmark 30-share index Sensex on the US-based International Securities Exchange that ... more
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State Grid in joint deal with Quadrapublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 20:01 GMT
The power utility will spend $900m to develop a Chilean copper deposit in partnership with the mining group, in the latest move by a Chinese ... more
Satyam case tests foreign investors' rightspublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 18:52 GMT
A legal case brought in New York against the outsourcing company will show how far overseas shareholders in Indian companies are able to seek damages ... more
China to loosen control over book publishingpublished Mon, Mar 08 2010 16:39 GMT
The country's largest publishing house intends to transform into a global player as it spearheads Beijing's plans to restructure the industry while keeping it under ... more
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Windows Phone 7 won't kill Zune HDpublished Wed, Mar 10 2010 18:36 GMT
But Microsoft is telling game developers to concentrate on the phones.
Microsoft researcher wins Turing Awardpublished Tue, Mar 09 2010 13:42 GMT
Researcher Chuck Thacker, who helped pioneer several key aspects of the personal computer, gets honor seen as the Nobel Prize of computing. In an interview, ... more
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Home Builders Can't Compete With Foreclosurespublished Mon, Mar 15 2010 17:20 GMT
Sentiment among home builders is still lousy and cheap foreclosed homes are a big reason why.
Copper prices fall amid concerns over China (AP)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 16:32 GMT
AP - Copper prices have fallen amid speculation that China will take steps to slow its economy.
Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen (Reuters)published Mon, Mar 15 2010 11:19 GMT
Reuters - Industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New ... more
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