http://financeintime.com Finance and Business Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Made in China" now has a fast-growing sibling: "Bought by China." Beijing is using its accumulation of billions of American dollars to step up its investments around the globe. In the past year, Chinese acquisitions in the U.S. have ranged from a relatively obscure theater in Branson, Mo., ... http://financeintime.com/dollar-rich-china-investing-in-us/ Family Dollar Stores Inc. sales rose 4.9 percent to $2.09 billion during its second quarter ended Feb. 27. The Matthews-based discount retailer reported revenue of $1.99 billion a year earlier. Sales at stores in operation for at least a year increased 3.6 percent in the latest fiscal quarter. Family ... http://financeintime.com/family-dollar-sales-up-49/ The Denver Business Journal staff received 10 prizes, including five first-place honors, on Saturday at the Colorado Press Association's annual awards presentation for the state's newspapers. Editor Neil Westergaard won two first-place prizes for his weekly columns in the Journal, one for serious column writing and the other for ... http://financeintime.com/denver-business-journal-staff-honored-by-the-colorado-press-association/ Some postponements, cancellations and closings were starting to be announced Thursday as yet another snowstorm hit the Philadelphia area. The heaviest snowfall and windiest weather was not expected until later. Among the postponements: the opening of the Lourdes emergency department at the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns ... http://financeintime.com/snow-starting-to-bring-postponements-cancellations-in-phila-area/ LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland PLC chief Stephen Hester intends to decline his bonus for 2009, making him the third major British banking executive to do so, a person with knowledge of the matter said Sunday. Hester stood to earn a bonus of about 1.6 million ... http://financeintime.com/royal-bank-of-scotland-chief-to-forgo-bonus/ Ameren Corp. fourth-quarter profit rose 39 percent from a year ago when the company recorded a loss on the value of diesel contracts. Net income increased to $79 million, or 34 cents a share, from $57 million, 27 cents, in the same period a year earlier, the St. ... http://financeintime.com/ameren-fourth-quarter-profit-up-despite-slumping-sales/ European finance ministers meet today under pressure from investors to spell out the concrete measures they will take to rescue Greece if the nation fails to convince markets it can control its swelling debt. Finance chiefs from the 16 nations sharing the euro meet at 5 p.m. ... http://financeintime.com/europe-finance-ministers-face-pressure-for-greek-deal/ The number of applications for U.S. jobless benefits dropped last week as states whittled down a year-end backlog, bringing claims down to a level that signals companies are firing fewer workers as the economy recovers. Claims fell by 43,000, more than anticipated, to 440,000 in the week ... http://financeintime.com/jobless-claims-in-us-fall-more-than-forecast-to-one-month-low/ A Raleigh production studio is $650,000 richer Monday after a Doritos ad taped in Cary was ranked No. 2 among the best TV commercials aired during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The “Bark Collar” commercial, which featured a dog tricking a guy out of his bag of Doritos by ... http://financeintime.com/super-bowl-advertisement-for-doritos-brings-raleigh-studio-650000/ In the wake of massive recalls for gas pedal-related problems, Toyota Motor Co. is now faced with mounting complaints of brake problems in its 2010 Prius hybrid, one of the carmaker's most iconic and popular models.In the U.S., more than 100 complaints alleging poor brake performance have been ... http://financeintime.com/complaints-pile-up-about-prius-brakes/