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BP to discuss CEO Hayward's exit on MondayLONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on Monday to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 25 Jul 2010 | 3:51 am BP to discuss CEO Hayward's exit on Monday (Reuters)Reuters - BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on Monday to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter results, sources familiar with the matter said.Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 25 Jul 2010 | 3:51 am BP to discuss CEO Hayward's exit on MondayLONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc's board will discuss the future of Chief Executive Tony Hayward when it meets on Monday to discuss the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the firm's second-quarter...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 3:51 am 7 Funds Laying Odds on Health Care (Screens)These funds are the top performers in a badly beaten up category.
Source: SmartMoney.com | 25 Jul 2010 | 3:00 am Ships head back to oil well, ready to resume work (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 25 Jul 2010 | 2:02 am Ships head back to oil well, ready to resume workShips were getting back in place Sunday at the Gulf of Mexico site of BP's leaky oil well as crews raced to resume work on plugging the gusher before another big storm stops work again. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:56 am How I Made It: Nina TasslerCBS programming chief takes a lot of pitches in search of a hit The gig: President of CBS Entertainment. Tassler is in charge of the network's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Whitman needs to get facts right on capital-gains taxNot only does California tax capital gains at the same rate as any other income — not higher, as gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says — but it also is in the mainstream in its practice...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am How I Made It: Nina TasslerCBS programming chief takes a lot of pitches in search of a hitThe gig: President of CBS Entertainment. Tassler is in charge of the network's entertainment programming. In her 13 years with CBS, she has been involved in the creation of such hits as "Judging Amy," " CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Undercover Boss" and "The Good Wife."
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am TCW under pressure to perform after splitInvestment firm bets on new talent and a new model. As chairman of the Los Angeles Opera, Marc Stern went out...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Strategies for avoiding new bank feesConsumers are likely to see their banks shift costs and service charges to areas unaffected by regulatory reform. Here are ways to keep your banking expenses down. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Out on his own, Gundlach can't meet his projectionsThe celebrated bond fund manager's legal battles with his former employer make some potential clients reluctant to invest. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Credit rescoring can help you qualify for a mortgageRapid rescorings by independent, legitimate firms use procedures approved by the three major credit bureaus. They can help correct errors or omissions that are dragging down your scores. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Raw-food raid highlights a hungerSome people balk at restrictions on selling unprocessed milk and other foods. 'How can we not have the freedom to choose what we eat?' one says. Regulators say the rules exist for safety and fairness...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Money advice: Pay mortgage early, or invest?Also: What to do if your credit scores are very different. Dear Liz: Should you pay off your mortgage or keep a sudden financial windfall?...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am TCW under pressure to perform after splitInvestment firm bets on new talent and a new model.As chairman of the Los Angeles Opera, Marc Stern went out on a limb to back the group's ambitious staging of Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle this spring.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Sellers should ensure that condo projects are on approved list for FHA mortgagesCondominium owners who are trying to sell in today's agonizingly slow housing market should make sure that their community is on the Federal Housing Administration's approved list. Ditto for someone who...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Credit rescoring can help you qualify for a mortgageRapid rescorings by independent, legitimate firms use procedures approved by the three major credit bureaus. They can help correct errors or omissions that are dragging down your scores.Call it the great real estate disconnect of 2010: Mortgage rates have been at half-century lows and home prices have stabilized, but applications for mortgages to buy houses have declined most weeks during the last three months, as measured by the Mortgage Bankers Assn.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Out on his own, Gundlach falls short of his projectionsThe celebrated bond fund manager's legal battles with his former employer make some potential clients reluctant to invest.Ousted last December after 24 years at TCW Group, star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach wasted little time setting up a rival money management firm with most of his former TCW teammates.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Strategies for avoiding new bank feesConsumers are likely to see their banks shift costs and service charges to areas unaffected by regulatory reform. Here are ways to keep your banking expenses down.It may be time to revamp your banking relationships.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Sellers should ensure that condo projects are on approved list for FHA mortgagesCondominium owners who are trying to sell in today's agonizingly slow housing market should make sure that their community is on the Federal Housing Administration's approved list. Ditto for someone who is thinking about refinancing a condo.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Whitman needs to get facts right on capital-gains taxNot only does California tax capital gains at the same rate as any other income — not higher, as gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says — but it also is in the mainstream in its practice.Is it too much to ask that the best-financed statewide political campaign in the country — maybe in U.S. history — get things right about a central tenet of its electoral platform?
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Despite solid finances, couple are reluctant begin retirement journeyA financial planner pleads with Carole and Dave Lutness to stop working and do the things they love while they still can.Carole and Dave Lutness prepared for retirement the old-fashioned way.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Money advice: Pay mortgage early, or invest?Also: What to do if your credit scores are very different.Dear Liz: Should you pay off your mortgage or keep a sudden financial windfall? I'm in that situation and was surprised to find that financial experts, including you, generally recommend investing the cash. I understand the attraction of the argument but am not sure the assumptions hold water.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Despite solid finances, couple are reluctant begin retirement journeyA financial planner pleads with Carole and Dave Lutness to stop working and do the things they love while they still can. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNPaperBusiness | 25 Jul 2010 | 1:00 am Petrochemical factory blast kills 4 in IranIran's official news agency says an explosion at a petrochemical factory on Iran's largest oil terminal has killed four people. The Sunday report said high pressure in the central boilerSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:48 pm Toyota to post Q1 operating profit Y100 billion: Nikkei (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:23 pm Toyota to post Q1 operating profit Y100 billion: NikkeiTOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is likely to have secured a group operating profit of about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in April-June, thanks to solid sales and a sharp recovery...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:23 pm Toyota to post Q1 operating profit Y100 billion: NikkeiTOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is likely to have secured a group operating profit of about 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) in April-June, thanks to solid sales and a sharp recovery from the previous year's loss, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:23 pm Toyota to post Q1 operating profit Y100 billion: Nikkei (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:23 pm As German beast awakens, so will the grumblingGermany's economy is fast returning to health, but thanks mainly to exports, leaving Chancellor Angela Merkel open to a fresh barrage of criticism from other countries, economists say. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:22 pm Clinton adds to curious history of mango diplomacyWhen U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered Pakistan help last week in exporting mangoes to the U.S. in a bid to dampen anti-American sentiment, it marked the latest chapterSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:14 pm Hamas thrives in Gaza's besieged economyThe tranquil lawns of the seaside Garden Resort are a high-end oasis in the impoverished Gaza Strip -- and a new source of income for the Hamas-linked charity that owns it. The beach...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:04 pm Russian farmers suffer 'catastrophe' in baking heatRussian farm owner Ilshat Gumerov stands in the middle of his fields under the mercilessly hot sun with a look of despair on his face. His 700-hectare land in the central Volga region ofSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:01 pm Mizuho, others to see Q1 profit over $1.1 billion: NikkeiTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc , Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc are likely to have each achieved net profits of over 100...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:24 pm Mizuho, others to see Q1 profit over $1.1 billion: NikkeiTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc , Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc are likely to have each achieved net profits of over 100 billion yen ($1.14 billion) for the April-June period, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:24 pm Mizuho, others to see Q1 profit over $1.1 billion: Nikkei (Reuters)Reuters - Japan's Mizuho Financial Group Inc (8411.T), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316.T) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (8306.T) are likely to have each achieved net profits of over 100 billion yen ($1.14 billion) for the April-June period, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.Source: Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:24 pm Modern notes grace a historic pedigreeA 1926 estate in San Marino keeps its traditional look through an extensive restoration.A stately traditional home with Spanish Colonial elements and a historic pedigree is the centerpiece of this oak-shaded estate in the hills of San Marino.
Source: L.A. Times - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:02 pm CAV International Wins Bogota, Colombia Contract Renewal for Airfield ServicesSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsBusiness | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:43 pm Focus shifts to EU banks to scrape test passLONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - So few banks failed Europe's long-awaited stress tests on Friday that investors will likely focus instead on the dozen or so banks that just scraped through when markets reopen next week.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:16 pm Cowes is far from plain sailing for MathesonSource: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:20 pm Imperial Tobacco lights up for income-seekersSource: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:17 pm Fund chief brands Ofwat 'dysfunctional'One of Britain's leading investors in the UK's water industry has said that Ofwat is "dysfunctional" and should be merged with the electricity regulator, Ofgem.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:06 pm Interest rates will stay low until 2014, predicts E&YInterest rates will remain at their current record low until 2014 as the economy staggers back to sustainable growth, a leading economic forecaster has predicted.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:54 pm Oil Spill: BP's Tony Hayward will 'quit in days'Oil giant's boss on brink of resignation after Gulf disaster as profits hit $10bn for first six months of the year.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:47 pm Can bankruptcy stop foreclosureSlick TV commercials and online ads tell delinquent borrowers that they can save their homes by filing for personal bankruptcy. But is it true -- or just too good to be true?Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:46 pm Best paying college degreesAttending school in California and becoming an engineering major can really pay off for college graduates -- by thousands of dollars a year.Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:45 pm Equitable Life chief damns reportChris Wiscarson weighs into row over policyholders' compensation saying he "cannot support" the conclusions of report into the scandal.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:38 pm NewsWatch: U.S. stocks upbeat on earnings, cautious on dataThe stock market is in a better, yet still risky place as Wall Street readies for an even larger flood of corporate results in the days ahead.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:00 pm David Cameron's India mission in personIt would almost be quicker to list who isn't going. The remarkable extent of the British Government's trade mission to India can be revealed today after a delegation list was passed to The Sunday Telegraph.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:59 pm Virgin Active in the running for £1bn saleSir Richard Branson's Virgin Active has met a series of private equity suitors over a sale of the health and fitness chain that could net over £1bn.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:54 pm Oil spill: BP plans for life after DeepwaterThis week is likely to see the oil giant announce $5bn profits in three months that has seen its reputation and finances crippled, its name used as a political football, and its CEO set to resign.Source: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:52 pm Mission to India: UK stalks sub-continent's economic tigerOne of the most remarkable trade missions in British history is aiming to secure a slice of India's growthSource: Finance and Business. Latest breaking news, stocks and shares from the UK and world | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:49 pm Brown expresses regret over banksGordon Brown says he wished his government had spotted the UK's financial crisis earlier, in his first interview since leaving Downing Street.Source: BBC News - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:41 pm Rig returning to BP spill site as storm weakensA key response vessel began making its way back to the site of the BP oil spill on Saturday as Tropical Depression Bonnie weakened and headed for landfall, but it was unclear how soon the vessel would get back to work.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 2:22 pm Stocks on brink of breakoutNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street enters next week on the cusp of a breakout in U.S. stocks, but it will need another spate of convincing earnings reports to feed the rally that sprouted at the end of this week.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 1:44 pm Government won't target more Swiss banks on tax: U.S. diplomat (Reuters)Reuters - The United States, which targeted Swiss bank giant UBS in a damaging tax fraud probe last year, is not planning to carry out new tax investigations against Swiss banks, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland said.Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 1:40 pm Government won't target more Swiss banks on tax: U.S. diplomatZURICH (Reuters) - The United States, which targeted Swiss bank giant UBS in a damaging tax fraud probe last year, is not planning to carry out new tax investigations against Swiss banks, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland said.
Source: Reuters: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 1:40 pm Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Monday: Cal-Maine, Legg MasonAmong the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Lorillard Inc., Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and Legg Mason Inc.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 12:26 pm Pope grants broad powers to Legionaries delegate (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:50 am European governments relieved by bank stress tests (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 11:41 am India carmaker Maruti posts surprise quarterly profit fall (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:48 am U.S. economy seeing gradual recovery: GeithnerTreasury secretary says investment expanding, job growth returning.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:04 am Legal hell in Fiji paradiseThe poolside villas, the beachfront location, the warm tropical air - it should be paradise.But for 240 investors in the Hilton on Fiji's Denarau Island, the past 18 months have been more like purgatory. Some forced to mortgagee...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am SFO calls lawyer in over caseThe serious Fraud Office says it has gone as far as it can in investigating Blue Chip and is seeking the help of a lawyer who has led the charge for hundreds of victims of the failed investment scheme.Barrister Paul Dale will...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Sentence stuns victimsKiwi victims of convicted fraudster Christopher Koch are stunned by a tough 13-year jail sentence he has been handed out in Australia for scamming investors out of about $2.1 million.A former business partner, Auckland email marketing...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Bernard Hickey: We have to fix our pension problems before debt overwhelms usPrime Minister John Key has done his best to shut down any debate about reforming New Zealand's pension system.This is a pity but the good news is there is still time to solve our problems before public debt overwhelms us in a...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Bargain Betty: Cheap options for keeping soap allergies at bayBargain Betty's wallet is allergic to anything expensive. Highly allergic.Finding out after expensive doctors' visits that both children were coming out in spots thanks to soaps and shampoos posed a problem. Any other parent would...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Fury as Fiji resort deal soursFormer All Black stars Andy Haden and Ian Jones are among 240 investors in the Fiji Hilton owed an estimated $5.5 million in unpaid rent.A group of owners at the Denarau Island resort are threatening to lock up their villas unless...Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am NewsWatch: U.S. stocks upbeat on earnings, cautious on dataThe stock market is in a better, yet still risky place as Wall Street readies for an even larger flood of corporate results in the days ahead.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Cartoon : It's the US cavalry to the rescue!Source: nzherald.co.nz - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 10:00 am Obama, Republicans spar over jobsPresident Barack Obama and congressional Republicans sparred over jobs on Saturday, with each lambasting the others' policies in the face of persistently high unemployment and new data showing a rising deficit.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:39 am BP set to begin Libyan drillingBP is set to begin drilling off Libya amid safety concerns over the Gulf of Mexico spill and accusations over the Lockerbie bomber.Source: BBC News - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:28 am Taliban claims two US soldiers capturedAfghan insurgents say they have captured two US soldiers and are holding them in southern Logar provinceSource: Financial Times - US homepage | 24 Jul 2010 | 9:16 am Focus shifts to EU banks to scrape test pass (Reuters)Reuters - So few banks failed Europe's long-awaited stress tests on Friday that investors will likely focus instead on the dozen or so banks that just scraped through when markets reopen next week.Source: Yahoo! News: Business News | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:07 am NewsWatch: U.S. stocks fly past stress tests, up 3% for weekU.S. stocks soar as investors breathed a sigh of relief that European banks largely passed a round of government stress tests and switch their focus back to underlying strength in U.S. corporate earnings.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 7:00 am White House Expects Unemployment Above 9% Until 2012The White House’s annual Mid-Session Budget Review, sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, shows that unemployment will not fall below 9% until 2012.The Administration has finally given in to the reality that whatever recovery the US will experience in the next two years will indeed be a “jobless recovery” The analysis also shows [...][[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Source: 24/7 Wall St. | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:53 am Dell and Intel: Big Tech behaving badlyThursday's $100 million settlement between Dell and the Securities and Exchange Commission was a reminder that the government is going after tech's bad boys -- and Intel is likely next on the feds' list.Source: Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:27 am Top Ten: The week's Top 10 videos on MarketWatchIn case you missed them, here are the top 10 videos that appeared on MarketWatch for the week of July 19-23:
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:01 am Personal Finance Daily: The week's 10 best Personal Finance storiesIn case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of July 19-July 23:
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 6:00 am North Korea threatens “sacred war” on US and SouthPyongyang says allied military exercises are provocative and threatens a nuclear responseSource: Financial Times - US homepage | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:24 am US Bank Closures Hit 103 Compared With 64 Last YearThe FDIC in conjunction with state bank authorities closed seven more banks on July 23, bringing the total for the year to 102. The cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund was modest because the banks were all small, with the exception of Crescent Bank and Trust Company which cost the FDIC $242 million. Some analysts [...][[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Source: 24/7 Wall St. | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:23 am Mozambique's investment pushPrime Minister Aires Ali speaks to the BBC about why investors should put money into Mozambique.Source: BBC News - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 5:16 am Greece expects second tranche of bail out fundsGreece will get a second aid tranche of a European Union and International Monetary Fund bail-out as it has met the conditions set in an austerity plan, its finance minister was quoted as saying on SaturdaySource: Financial Times - US homepage | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:36 am Auto Review: 2010 Lexus GX460: Not what you'd call roughing itNot only will the Lexus GX460 take you well off road and make sure you attend the family Christmas celebration in say, Wolf Point, Mont., it will coddle you.
Source: MarketWatch.com - Top Stories | 24 Jul 2010 | 4:01 am Top money tips for holidaymakersMore than a million people are expected to jet off to warmer climates this weekend with many benefiting from cut-price offers.Source: BBC News - Business | 24 Jul 2010 | 3:36 am
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