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 Electric vehicle sales surge in US
United Kingdom News.Net
The biggest rollout of charging stations is about to occur in eleven major US cities for the purpose of charging the new generation of electric cars from Nissan and General Motors, which are mooted to go on sale at the end of this year.  EU wants Greece to survive without IMF funds
United Kingdom News.Net
Greece's financial prospects have taken another bad turn with suggestions that Athens might ask the International Monetary Fund for aid early next month if it cannot get a formal aid plan from the EU.  BA provided Scotland with poor strike services
United Kingdom News.Net
Scotland is expecting to be hit hard by the British Airways strike with flights to and from Scotland among the routes that will suffer from a three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew.  Toyota fixes not working in some cases
United Kingdom News.Net
Some cars which have been repaired under the Toyota recall system have had questions raised about the effectiveness of the repairs. Palm, Boeing, Lions Gate, Lloyds Are Big Movers
Sign on San Diego
NEW YORK Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE: Weatherford International Ltd., down 91 cents to $16.0... Great Wolf To Offer $225 Million Of Mortgage Notes
Star Tribune
MADISON, Wis. - Indoor waterpark resort company Great Wolf Resorts Inc. said Friday it plans to offer $225 million of first mortgage notes due 2017. The company plans to use the proceeds to repay mo... Unilever Spent $40,000 Lobbying Government In 4q
Miami Herald
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. unit of Unilever, maker of Dove soap, Skippy peanut butter and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, spent $40,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on sugar policy, and safe ba... Crackdown On 'phoenix' Insolvency Deals
Guardian
The government has vowed to crack down on the exploitation of so-called "pre-pack" administrations by closing loopholes used by owners of insolvent businesses.The pre-pack system allows the healthy pa... Sec Sides With Wall Street Again
Forbes
The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established in the 1930’s to regulate the financial industry in an effort to protect investors from Wall Street. Its history has been quite the opposit... Sunpower Dives After Restated Earnings
Business Journal
shares fell 14 percent Friday, after the company fell short of earnings estimates and restated previous earnings because of accounting errors. San Jose-based SunPower (NASDAQ:SPWRA) closed at $18.96 ... Unilever Spent $40,000 Lobbying Government In 4q
The Seattle Times
The U.S. unit of Unilever, maker of Dove soap, Skippy peanut butter and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, spent $40,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on sugar policy, and safe baby products, ac... Earnings Schedule For Week Of 03/22/10
The Seattle Times
Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week: Monday NEW YORK - Tiffany & Co. releases quarterly financial results. Tuesday SAN JOSE, Calif. - Adobe Systems Inc. re... Unilever Spent $40,000 Lobbying Government In 4q
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The U.S. unit of Unilever, maker of Dove soap, Skippy peanut butter and Ben & Jerry's ice cream, spent $40,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the governmen... Business School Grads Flocking To Asia For Jobs
MSNBC
James Tsai is the sort of MBA corporate recruiters covet. He went to a good prep school, earned a degree with honors from Middlebury College, and made vice-president in Bank of America's international... Microsoft Bolsters Web-accessible Data Plan
CNet
Microsoft is putting some meat on the bones of its plan to make information that's stuck in databases reachable with the same standards used to retrieve Web pages. At its Mix conference this week, Microsoft Begins Internet Explorer Update
Gulf News
Washington: Microsoft revealed plans for the next version of its Internet Explorer browser last week, but it's way too early to put a reminder to upgrade on your calendar. The future Internet Explore... Lions Gate Board To Review New Icahn Offer
Fox Business
SAN FRANCSICO -- Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. said late Friday its board will review Carl Icahn's new offer to acquire all its outstanding shares for $6 a share. The board had earlier rejected a si... Ohio's American National Bank Year's 31st Failure
Fox Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- American National Bank of Parma, Ohio, became the 31st bank failure of the year, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Friday. National Bank and Trust Co. of Wilmington, O... U.s. Stocks End Down, Trimming Third Weekly Gain
Fox Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. stocks fell Friday but posted their third-straight week of gains, with a drop in energy stocks and renewed worries about rising global interest rates weighing on the session's p... Icahn Offers To Buy Lions Gate As Mgm Bid Looms
Reuters
Shareholders are unlikely to bite because Icahn's offer is low, but the investor hopes to thwart Lions Gate's bid for MGM, the struggling studio behind the "James Bond" franchise, analysts say. Second... Shell Defends Its Operations In Oil Sands
Financial Post
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, under pressure from a small group of shareholders, has responded to critics' concerns with a report detailing its activity in Alberta’s oil sands. Court Orders Fed To Release Bailout Records
Financial Post
In a significant victory for news media, a federal appeals court said the U.S. Federal Reserve must disclose records on emergency lending programs to banks bailed out by the government in the ... Eu Calls For Swift Agreement On Greek Aid
Financial Post
BRUSSELS -- European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on Friday urged EU member states to agree a standby aid package for Greece as soon as possible and said the assistance should involve bila... Employers, Citing Mass. Law, Leery Of Health Rules
ABCNews
Massachusetts has fined more than a thousand companies over $18 million for failing to offer medical insurance to their workers — a precursor of what some business owners fear could happen on a ... Tough Talk For Wall Street
Yahoo! News
Josie Lou Ratley, a 15-year-old who was brutally beaten at her Florida school, remains in critical condition. Her family is asking how such an incident could happen and wants parents to talk to their&...
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