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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/ en-us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:04 -0400 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:52:04 -0400 30 U.S. stocks were directionless Friday as traders lacked enthusiasm. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683483 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:45:31 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683483 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned that extra measures might need to be taken by governments around the world to boost economies. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683204 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:32:38 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683204 There has been a strong showing of growth in the Chilean economy, which is anticipating a 5.5% GDP expansion in 2010. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683203 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:24:37 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683203 The head of Emirates Airlines has said orders for the A380 jet from Airbus might not be enough, considering improving passenger demand in the region. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683202 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:21:15 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683202 Singapore Airlines has named its new CEO as Goh Choon Phong. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683205 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:34:24 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683205 The Anglo-Irish Bank is about to become two companies. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683109 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:48:57 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683109 The Labor Department in the US has revealed that more US jobs are being advertised. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683108 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:46:50 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683108 Air Zimbabwe pilots have been involved in a pay strike, demanding to be paid a full wage. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683107 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:45:16 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683107 The UK central bank has decided to leave interest rates at 0.5%, where they have been since March 2009. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683106 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:43:12 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683106 Japan and India have decided to sign a free trade agreement in order to scrap tariffs on 94 percent of traded goods. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683105 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:41:34 -0400 Portland News.Net http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683105 Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia Friday announced that its chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo would be replaced by Microsoft's Stephen Elop Sep 21. http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683320 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:40:22 -0400 IANS http://www.portlandnews.net/story/683320 NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is splitting the position of chief merchandising officer among four executives. The decision, which may not be permanent, raises some uncertainty about how t... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555249&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:37:25 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555249&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CHEYENNE, Wyo. - The governor of the state with the most greenhouse gas emissions per person is telling the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that state law forbids regulation of greenhouse gases.... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555225&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:26:29 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555225&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Firefighters work in a neighborhood following a massive gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Fire crews tried to douse the remnants of an enormous blaze and account for the... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555226&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:26:27 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555226&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- eResearchTechnology, Inc. (ERT), (Nasdaq: ERES), a global provider of technology and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555231&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:22:21 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555231&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Bob Diamond Just in case – just in case – you were still clinging on to any last vestige of faith that anyone, anywhere was actually intending to do something about patching up the regulatory net ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555220&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:06:30 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555220&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc With the public sector alone expected to shed 610,000 jobs by 2015, careers experts advise on how to move jobs or change career paths and turn redundancy into an opportunity http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555219&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:06:26 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555219&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The fate of Microsoft’s mobile business hangs on the success of its revamped mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. It’s fitting, then, that there has been so much speculation about the... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555217&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:04:41 -0400 Forbes http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555217&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc stocks benefited from increased oil imports to China, Bloomberg financial news reported.The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 47.53 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 10,462.77. The broader Standa... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555211&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:02:42 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555211&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones Industrials High: 10,471.28 Low: 10,403.17 Close: 10,462.77 Change: +47.53 Other Indexes Standard&Poors 500 Index: 1109.55 +5.37 NYSE Index: 7067.51 +33.14 Nasdaq Composite Index... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555232&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:58:17 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555232&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. won reversal of a ruling that granted class-action status to a suit by pension funds, unions and insurers who alleged that improper marketing of Zyprexa, it... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555215&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:58:13 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555215&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless plan to sell a tablet computer from Samsung Electronics Co. to rival the iPad, said three people familiar with the matte... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555213&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:58:12 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555213&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Remington Arms Co., the gunmaker acquired by Cerberus Capital Management LP in 2007, said its chief executive officer resigned, almost a year after parent company Freedom Group... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555214&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:58:12 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555214&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dubai World on Friday said it has received approval from 99 per cent of its creditors to restructure debt of about USD 25 billion. The intensifying debt turmoil at Dubai World had roiled global market... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555210&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:51:03 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555210&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc China will release August national economic data on Saturday, bringing forward the scheduled release by two days and inciting speculation that the data release could contain unexpected results with ma... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555230&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:18:58 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555230&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc C ) is facing another regulatory probe that could put pressure on the big bank to record losses on its deferred tax assets, FOX Business Network has learned. The probe by Neil Barofsky, the Special I... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555233&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:34 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555233&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc ETR ) said Friday its Indian Point nuclear-power station in New York was completely offline after the second of two operating units was shut because of a non-radioactive water leak. The 2,000-megawatt... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555234&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:31 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555234&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TORONTO (Reuters) - Couche-Tard iswilling to consider raising its $2 billion bid for Casey'sGeneral Stores, countering a higher offer from7-Eleven, if the process is fair, the Canadian-basedconvenienc... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555235&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:29 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555235&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc General Mills Inc said Friday that Sodima, the French dairy company from whichit licenses the Yoplait name, wants to renegotiate the terms ofan agreement the companies have had for more than 30 years.... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555237&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:14 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555237&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MET ) that had alleged the insurer misled policyholders over a common type of account that life insurers establish for beneficiaries as an alternative to paying out benefits in a single lump-sum check... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555239&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:11 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555239&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Apple said the program will end on Sept. 30. The case giveaway was instituted earlier in the summer following publicity over so-called Antenna-gate, referring to alleged antenna problems with the http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555238&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:08 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555238&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Jeffrey Hodgson and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The world economyfaces a long, hard slog toward recovery and could slide intodeflation and financial instability if leaders fail to de... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555240&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:04 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555240&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc IMO ) boosted its purchase price for benchmark 40-degree gravity light crude oil at Edmonton by C$13 a cubic meter to C$468 a cubic meter, effective Friday. The big energy company is now offering C$74... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555241&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:17:02 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555241&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Managed futures hedge funds outperformed peers employing other strategies in August, and proved themselves an "insurance" against falling equities, London-listed Man Group PLC (MNGPY, EMG.LN) said Fri... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555242&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:58 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555242&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc China , one of the region'stop trading partners. China's imports leaped in August, indicating high demandfor raw materials from Latin America, Brazil in particular. The Brazilian real bid stronger for... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555244&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:50 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555244&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- The estates of those who died this year might be allowed to be taxed as if they died in 2009, in order to resolve a problem created by the repeal of the estate tax, a Treasury Department ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555245&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:46 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555245&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Updates to close, adds quote) TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock indexended higher for the first time in four sessions Friday,supported by strength in oil prices following a shutdown of amajor ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555246&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:41 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555246&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO -- Patriot Coal Corp. said late Friday it cut its third-quarter sales volume estimates by 10% because of "sporadic downtime" at two of its mines and heightened regulatory oversight. Patr... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555247&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:37 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555247&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Nasdaq up 0.3 pct (Updates to close) By Edward Krudy NEW YORK(Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 closedthe week with their seventh gain in eight sessions in aturnaround period for stocks that has seen... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555248&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:16:34 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555248&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are using options to brace for big swings next week as Wall Street enters the peak of the most volatile month for stocks historically. http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555206&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:14:39 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555206&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that downside risks to global recovery have intensified due to recent turbulence in sovereign debt markets and continued weakness ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555207&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:14:38 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555207&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Before Friday, Stephen Elop wasn’t exactly a household name, even in his home country of Canada. Despite a resume that included stints running Macromedia Inc., a term as the chief operating officer ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555223&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:13:12 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555223&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CALGARY — Oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel on Friday after an oil leak prompted Enbridge Inc. to shut down a major export pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. Midwest.Enbridge spokespeople did n... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555224&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:13:08 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555224&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc IDG News Service — Hiring an American CEO isn't all Nokia has to do if it wants to succeed in the U.S., mobile industry analysts said on Friday. Stephen Elop, the former head of Microsoft's bus... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555216&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:12:53 -0400 CIO http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555216&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (AP) Americans want to be close to their cash. People are bailing out of bank certificates of deposit and parking their cash in checking and savings accounts that earn little or no interest but als... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555202&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:09:35 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555202&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (AP) Talk about dog days: What should have been one of the best months of the year for Atlantic City's casinos instead saw revenue at the gambling houses fall by 11.3 percent. August was the first ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555203&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:09:31 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555203&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Paris Going Back to Jail? Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton is in more legal trouble, as she was officially charged with cocaine possession after an embarassing arrest in Las Vegas. CBSNews.com's Ken Lom... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555204&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:09:26 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555204&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (AP) Updated at 12:30 p.m. ET President Barack Obama insisted Friday that the U.S. economy is showing improvement from the deepest recession in decades but conceded the "progress has been painfully... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555205&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:09:22 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555205&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc PAY CZAR: The Obama administration said Friday it had picked Patricia Geoghegan, a Treasury Department lawyer, to replace Kenneth Feinberg as the government's pay czar. FOUR COMPANIES: She will be ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555197&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:03:47 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555197&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A top aide to Gov. Ed Rendell says the state is trying to help Pennsylvania's capital city avoid a rare default on a general obligation bond. Rendell's chief of staff Steve Crawford said Friday the... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555198&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:03:44 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555198&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Firefighters continue to battle hot spots in a neighborhood following a massive gas line explosion in San Bruno, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Fire crews tried to douse the remnants of an enormous b... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555201&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:03:34 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555201&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 invested: http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555218&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:45:04 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38555218&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc DENVER - Clean-tech company Evergreen Energy Inc. on Friday said its chairman resigned, eight weeks after being named to the post. The company's chief executive, Thomas H. Stoner, will take over the ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552114&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:06:51 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552114&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK - Investors opted for riskier assets Friday, moving out of the safety of Treasurys after another sign of economic expansion. Interest rates rose as bond prices fell slightly in a very light... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552115&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:06:47 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552115&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WICHITA, KS--(Marketwire - September 10, 2010) - Subscribers to our "Long-Term Portfolio" service (membership) invest in solid long-term companies. Are you making money on your portfolio? We have beat... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552106&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:56:08 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552106&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday approved rules expanding the scope of a new circuit-breaker pilot program aimed at preventing a repeat of the May 6 market ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552089&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:55:31 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552089&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Microsoft Business division President Stephen Elop's jump to Nokia leaves a leadership hole at the top of one of Microsoft's most profitable businesses. He is also the third lieutenant to exit Microso... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552099&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:38:27 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552099&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc FDI flow, the government on Friday proposed to allow foreign firms to bring in new technology and set up new independent business without clearance from their existing local joint venture partners. A ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552101&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:31:17 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552101&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MUMBAI:Consumer durable makers have decided against a hike in prices in the festive season,which sees a jump in sales, despite a rise in raw material prices. Steel makers like Tata Steel, http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552102&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:31:10 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552102&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc capital goods production . The figures released on Friday beat down fears of demand deceleration and lifted expectations of the economy notching an overall growth of over 8.5% but also reinforced the ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:31:07 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc If you believe the hype, Demand Media represents the beginning of the end for everything that’s noble about journalism. Coincidentally, Richard Rosenblatt’s company, which runs sites like http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:06:58 -0400 Wired News http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (Reuters) - All candidates vying to be the next so-called Sheriff of Wall Street say they will find the bad apples without overturning the applecart in the financial capital's fragile economi... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552072&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:05:43 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552072&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Investors will be watching Congress next week as lawmakers return from recess and begin their review of tax measures proposed by President Obama in an effort to get the economy growing again at a heal... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:01:07 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LEHMQ ) and Barclays PLC (BARC.LN, BCS) argued Friday over the credentials of their proposed expert witnesses in Lehman's multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the British bank, but both sides used the ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:01:06 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO -- PG&E Corp. shares dropped almost 8% on Friday after one of its natural gas pipes exploded in San Bruno, Calif. a day earlier, resulting in at least four deaths and damage to dozens of... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:01:03 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc DNB ) to divest some assets in a settlement of anticompetitive charges related to its acquisition of Quality Educational Data, its nearest rival in the education-marketing business. The company, which... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:01:01 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- The Colombian government revised the results of a June auction of rights to seek oil and gas and reduced the number of areas allocated to oil companies to 78 from 96, the head of ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552127&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:58 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552127&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Vikram Pandit hosted a lunch with some of his bank’s major investors .  Mayo recently stirred up controversy over the bank’s accounting practices, questioning how it’s been reporting tax cr... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552129&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:57 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552129&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BCE ), the beleaguered Canadian telecom giant, will own CTV, the country's largest television broadcaster, a major reversal of strategy as it plays catch-up to its domestic rivals. Montreal-based BCE ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552128&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:54 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552128&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LOS ANGELES -- Oil futures climbed Friday, with prices getting a lift in part on an upward revision to global oil demand for this year. Crude oil for October delivery finished 3% higher at $76.45 a ba... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552130&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:52 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552130&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CVX ). The energy sector lifted the broad market, with crude oil gaining 3% in part due to raised forecasts for global demand. The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index ( http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:48 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Barack Obama saidFriday he will "soon" announce his nominee to head a newconsumer financial protection agency, while offering praise forhis "dear friend" Elizabeth Warren, who has been seen as a keyco... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:44 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Securities and Exchange Commission . Akerson will get a base salary of $1.7 million, $5.3 million under GM's salary stock plan, and $2 million in restricted stock under the company's long-term incenti... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:40 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- Brazilian oil and gas company OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA (OGXPY, OGXP3.BR) declined to comment on reports it was close to farm-out agreements with two Chinese companies, saying t... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552137&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:28 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552137&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SFD ) will sell its 49% stake in the Butterball turkey business to joint venture partner Maxwell Farms, as widely expected, with the offer seen generating proceeds of about $175 million. Smithfield Pr... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552138&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:24 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552138&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. banking group is urging Basel Committee negotiators working on new international capital standards to ditch part of their proposal. http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552096&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:58:32 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552096&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. biotech company Genzyme Corp has begun laying off an unspecified number of employees, a move it said was unrelated to Sanofi-Aventis SA's takeover bid. http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552097&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:58:30 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552097&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc United Parcel Service aircraft are loaded with air containers full of packages bound for their final destination at the UPS Worldport All Points International Hub during the peak delivery day in Louis... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552098&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:58:28 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552098&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CALGARY — The world economy faces a long, hard slog toward recovery and could slide into deflation and financial instability if leaders fail to deliver on promises of reform, top policy markers said... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552108&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:57:03 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552108&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc One Toronto-based analyst said the translation "looks great" from BCE's perspective, even though the telecom firm is purchasing something it owned a decade ago and had largely sold off.The &... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:57:00 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Gold remains close to its all-time high, as fears over government money printing, solvency, and general economic fears make the shiny yellow metal more popular than ever. http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552111&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:57 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552111&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of a double-dip recession. High unemployment and a weak housing market are dragging down economic growth. But there's another major issue that isn't getting m... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552110&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:56 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552110&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc.’s Android software will become the world’s second most popular operating system for cell phones this year, leapfrogging rival offerings from Microsoft Corp., Research ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:53 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House September 10, 2010. With the threat of the Democrats losing control of Congress in the midter... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552112&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:56:50 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552112&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSM) ("GSM") announced today that it will report fourth quarter fiscal 2010 financial results and will discuss GSM's b... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552121&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:55:54 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552121&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Toys R Us Inc. posted a loss for its fiscal second quarter as its costs rose. The retailer said it lost $14 million, or 29 cents per share, in the quarter ending July 31. A year earlier, when the c... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552082&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:48:03 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552082&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Nokia Corp., up 18 cents at $9.94 The world's biggest handset maker replaced... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552083&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:47:58 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552083&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. on Friday said it bought a portion of Glacier Reinsurance AG's international and U.S. property and casualty reinsurance business. Endurance, based in Pembroke, Ber... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552085&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:47:52 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38552085&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:12 a.m. Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week: Monday No major announcements expected. Tuesday RICHFIELD,... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548788&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:00:57 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548788&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sun Country Airlines, the Mendota Heights-based leisure airline, said Friday that a bankruptcy judge has confirmed its reorganization plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The airline... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548746&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:19 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548746&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc HAVANA - Fidel Castro says his comments about Cuba's communist economic model were misinterpreted by a visiting American journalist. Appearing at the University of Havana on Friday, the 84-year-old ... http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548749&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:50:16 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.portlandnews.net/?rid=38548749&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc