Finance and Business
July 19, 2011
Higher prices for coal used to generate power and make steel lifted Peabody Energy Corp. second-quarter profit by 38 percent to $284.4 million.
Peabody’s quarterly sales […]
mortgage, technology - Comments closed
June 27, 2011
A sharp rebound in Calgary helped push the office vacancy rate in Canada down to 8.6 per cent in the second quarter of this year, […]
economics, technology - Comments closed
May 26, 2011
Donning white protective suits and masks, neighbors of Japan’s radiation-leaking nuclear plant were finally able to return home Thursday more than two months after the […]
USA, technology - Comments closed
April 28, 2011
Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it has agreed to buy Swiss medical device manufacturer Synthes for $21.3 billion.
J&J, a health care and consumer product […]
Uncategorized, technology - Comments closed
April 20, 2011
President Barack Obama sought to connect with younger voters Wednesday with a town hall meeting at the headquarters of Facebook, the hugely popular social networking […]
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April 7, 2011
Japan was rattled by a magnitude-7.4 aftershock Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
The strongest aftershock since […]
USA, technology - Comments closed
April 2, 2011
The Brazilian currency’s rally this week, the biggest in more than 20 months, is prompting Finance Minister Guido Mantega to consider new measures to stem […]
legal, technology - Comments closed
March 18, 2011
IBM Corp. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that it bribed South Korean and Chinese government officials for more than a decade […]
technology, term - Comments closed
March 15, 2011
Global demand for U.S. stocks, bonds and other financial assets fell in January from a month earlier on declines in purchases of U.S. Treasury securities, […]
technology, term - Comments closed