| Asian Stocks Fall for 5th Day as Recession Deepens; Honda Drops - Bloomberg |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - BBC NewsAsian Stocks Fall for 5th Day as Recession Deepens; Honda DropsBloomberg - 29 minutes agoBy Kyung Bok Cho and Shani Raja Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for the fifth day after oil plunged below $50, Taiwan and Singapore forecast further contractions, and US unemployment claims approached a 26-year high as the global slowdown ...Dow's Down Day Drags Asian Stocks In Its Wake ForbesAsia Markets: Sell-off gathers steam; Nikkei sinks below 8000 CNNMoney.comMarketWatch |
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| Regulators to discuss short selling rules - Financial Times |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Regulators to discuss short selling rulesFinancial Times - 1 hour agoBy Joanna Chung in New York Global securities regulators will gather on Monday to discuss rules on short selling and disclosure of credit derivatives, the head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday.UPDATE 1-Citi presses to bring back short selling ban ReutersCitigroup Urging SEC to Bring Back Short-Selling Ban (Update1) BloombergWall Street Journal Blogs - MarketWatch - New York Times Blo |
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| UPDATE 3-Four injured in Tyler, Texas, refinery fire - Forbes |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - MLive.comUPDATE 3-Four injured in Tyler, Texas, refinery fireForbes - 1 hour agoHOUSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Four people were injured in an explosion and fire at Delek US Holdings Inc's 58000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Tyler, Texas, on Thursday afternoon, according to a company spokesman.Delek Tyler, Texas, refinery production shut -sources ReutersExplosion, fire reported at Tyler refinery Houston ChronicleKTRE - The Associated Press - Tyler Morning Telegraph - KIVI- |
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| Steve Ballmer Prepares Yahoo for the Kill - Microsoft Watch |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Telegraph.co.ukSteve Ballmer Prepares Yahoo for the KillMicrosoft Watch - 44 minutes ago[Editor's Note: In a departure from form, I will mostly blog shorter posts today so that I can post more to Apple Watch and Microsoft Watch.Compromise On Search Deal With Microsoft Could Lift Yahoo CNNMoney.comAnalyst upgrades Yahoo, calling stock cheap MarketWatchHispanicBusiness.com - International Herald Tribune - PC World - Ars Technicaall 79 news articles |
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| FDA clears Glaxo blood-clotting drug Promacta - BusinessWeek |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - FDA clears Glaxo blood-clotting drug PromactaBusinessWeek - 18 minutes agoBritish drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said late Thursday US regulators have approved its drug Promacta to treat bleeding problems caused by a rare immune system disorder.UPDATE 1-Glaxo wins US approval for platelet drug ReutersLigand Collaborator GlaxoSmithKline Receives FDA Approval for ... WELT ONLINEMarketWatch - RTT News - EasyBourse.com - International Business Timesall 42 news articles |
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| Court Says Shell Can’t Drill Near Alaska - New York Times |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Court Says Shell Can’t Drill Near AlaskaNew York Times - 18 minutes agoBy JAD MOUAWAD A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked Royal Dutch Shell from drilling oil wells off Alaska’s North Slope after finding that the Interior Department had failed to conduct an environmental study before issuing the company’s drilling ...UPDATE 1-Court voids Shell's Beaufort Sea drilling plan ReutersRoyal Dutch Shell can't drill oil well off Alaska, court rules Houston ChronicleAlaskajournal.com& |
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| 3 US airports open new runways amid economic woes - The Associated Press |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - The Associated Press3 US airports open new runways amid economic woesThe Associated Press - 25 minutes agoCHICAGO (AP) - Planes began taking off from new multimillion-dollar runways at three US airports on Thursday with aviation officials heralding the increased capacity as crucial to reducing delays, even in the face of a slumping economy and a projected ...UPDATE 1-Runways debut in 3 US cities; O'Hare plans in doubt ReutersAt last _ $1B third runway dedicated at Sea-Tac Seattle Post I |
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| UPDATE 3-Salesforce.com profit tops estimates - Reuters |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - UPDATE 3-Salesforce.com profit tops estimatesReuters - 1 hour agoBy Jim Finkle BOSTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Salesforce.com Inc reported profit ahead of Wall Street expectations, sending its shares up 5 percent, as the software maker said its business has yet to suffer dramatically from the economic slowdown.Salesforce.com 3Q profit jumps 55 percent BusinessWeekSalesforce Sees Record Revenue, Expects More InternetNews.comMSN Money - eWeek - CRN - CNET Newsall 22 news articles |
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| S&P dives to lowest level since 1997 - Reuters |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - ReutersS&P dives to lowest level since 1997Reuters - 35 minutes agoBy Leah Schnurr NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk prompted by investors' deepening economic fears drove the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index to its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the ...Stocks tumble for second day; Treasurys surge International Herald TribuneUS stocks dive to 7550, erasing 10 years' gains China DailyPeople's Daily Online |
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| California median home price drops 34 percent - BusinessWeek |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - California median home price drops 34 percentBusinessWeek - 18 minutes agoBy ALEX VEIGA Despite an increasingly uncertain economy, homebuyers in California kept snatching up foreclosed homes last month, dragging down the median home price by 34 percent from a year ago, a real estate tracking firm said Thursday.Sacramento home sales dip in October Bizjournals.comBay Area home prices dive, sales soar San Francisco ChronicleLos Angeles Times - FOXNews - Santa Rosa Press Democrat |
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