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- June, 22, 2014 from BBC News - BusinessSupermarket chain Morrisons announces further price cuts in its latest effort to win back customers.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsFRANKFURT (Reuters) - The chief executive of Siemens said on Sunday the German engineering group was ready to resume negotiations with Alstom and the French state should they fail to agree terms with the French firm's suitor, General Ele...
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisSaudi Arabia's Almarai, the Gulf's biggest dairy company, and U.S. soft drinks giant PepsiCo will invest at least $345 million in Egypt over the next five years.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsMILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury leather goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo expects group results to improve in the second half of 2014 from the first six months on the back of strong demand in China and in global travel retail, its chief e...
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisCristina Stenbeck sounds more like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur than the head of one of Sweden's most venerable family-controlled investment groups
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsSTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish-American heiress Cristina Stenbeck's bet on the red-hot e-commerce business has caught the eye of investors, although doubters question the future of her Kinnevik group in a sector where new players emerge a...
- Submitted by Mike Krieger of Liberty Blitzkrieg blog , One of my favorite lines about the current oligarch theft continuing to occur throughout the world is courtesy of the “Artist Taxi Driver,” who likes to state: “Thi...
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisMore than a million Honda Motor Co Ltd vehicles could be subject to an upcoming recall for Takata air bags that are at risk of exploding
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsTOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - A year ago, Japan's Takata Corp, the world’s second-largest maker of auto safety parts, believed it had finally contained a crisis more than a decade in the making.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsPARIS (Reuters) - There was dual cause for back-slapping in President Francois Hollande's Elysee Palace late on Friday night.
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisA.T. Kearney's study scores developing nations on how important it is is for retailers to plant their flag there.
- June, 22, 2014 from CNNMoney.com - International NewsHave you been picturing that destination on the top of your bucket list for years?
- June, 22, 2014 from CNN/MoneyHave you been picturing that destination on the top of your bucket list for years?
- June, 22, 2014 from CNN/MoneyLess than six months after it rose above 16,000 for the first time, the Dow is close to crossing another milestone.
- June, 22, 2014 from CNNMoney.com - International NewsLess than six months after it rose above 16,000 for the first time, the Dow is close to crossing another milestone.
- June, 22, 2014 from Inc.com
Life Is Good CEO Bert Jacobs emotionally describes his mother's legacy of positivity and how it permeated his business. - June, 22, 2014 from BBC News - BusinessDavid Cameron will call for an "unprecedented" vote on any bid to rubber stamp Jean-Claude Juncker as European Commission president, a Downing Street source says.
- Back in 2006, after the second US invasion of Iraq culminated if not with the discovery of the WMDs (which were the pretext for the invasion in the first place), but the unearthing (literally) and kangaroo court trial of Saddam Hussein, ...
- One month ago we showed that when it comes to the cost of basic (and not so basic) health insurance, the US is by far the most expensive country in the world and certainly among its "wealthy-nation"peers (in a world in which indebtedness...
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisThe average driver of a new vehicle spends about $28 less per month for gas than a new car buyer just three years ago.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsSPIELBERG Austria (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle aims to boost its share of direct commodity purchases to ensure it keeps a tight grip on quality and supply chains, Chairman Peter Brabeck told an Austrian newspaper.
- June, 22, 2014 from BBC News - BusinessAmazon customers will be able to collect parcels from railway stations under a deal struck with click-and-collect venture Doddle.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iraq will be foremost in investors' minds in the coming week as oil price risk has returned to markets, complicating the task for central banks whose policies are beginning to diverge for the first time since the glo...
- June, 22, 2014 from Top News and AnalysisU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks over Egypt's crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and the threat which the conflict in Iraq poses to the Middle East.
- June, 22, 2014 from NYT > International BusinessThe prime minister's best bet is to convince Greece's creditors that he is not wobbling on reform and that they should complete the debt deal by year-end.
- June, 22, 2014 from NYT > International BusinessMichele Sofisti is chief executive of Sowind Group, a subsidiary of Kering that owns the watch brands Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard.
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Citroen's C4 Cactus is more than just another compact car. It's a manifesto on wheels for the brand's move down-market as parent PSA Peugeot Citroen struggles to return to profit.
- June, 22, 2014 from International Business TimesAmerican Apparel gave Dov Charney a choice: Step down as CEO and he could remain a consultant for the company in a creative role or face firing.
- June, 22, 2014 from Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | theguardian.comFrom child car seat and satnav charges, to pricey fuel and repair bills, it pays to tackle the car hire traps before you leave home Continue reading...
- June, 22, 2014 from Reuters: Company NewsDUBAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch of their accuracy.
- June, 22, 2014 from World News & AnalysisRussia's Vladimir Putin voiced limited support for Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, but told President Petro Poroshenko there had to be talks with the rebels to prevent the truce coll...
- June, 22, 2014 from Business | New York PostBanks and mortgage servicers that made phony Federal Housing Administration insurance claims to the feds could owe as much as $500 million in penalties and damages — for New York...
- June, 22, 2014 from Business | New York PostWhile the sessions at the Cannes Lions were all about native advertising, or sponsored content, it was perhaps appropriate that Robin Thicke sang “Blurred Lines” at Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman’s...
- June, 22, 2014 from Business | New York PostDear John: About your idea of paying student athletes: What a misguided bunch of hokum! How much are you planning to pay the wrestling team? Girls field hockey? They don’t...
- June, 22, 2014 from World News & AnalysisOne of the two hopefuls in Indonesia's presidential election has been accused of being a closet Christian, the other of being a foreigner and unfit to lead the nation.
- June, 22, 2014 from Business | New York PostIt’s the greatest migration of wealth ever to hit humanity: The unprecedented flood of money, four times the size of the US gross domestic product, that will be passed along...
- June, 21, 2014 from World News & AnalysisSunni fighters have seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers a century ago, a move that could bolster the insurgency.
- June, 21, 2014 from Business | New York PostWhile Fed Chair Janet Yellen painted a somewhat optimistic picture of an “improving” unemployment situation at her presser Wednesday, she and her Fed cohorts ought not to be too impressed...
- June, 21, 2014 from World News & AnalysisBritish online fashion retailer ASOS said on Saturday it had been forced to suspend orders and take down its website following a fire at its main warehouse which police believe was started deliberately.
- Until two days ago, I hadn’t spoken with Yishai Fraenkel since last August. I had just published a Forbes magazine cover story about Israeli-Palestinian joint ventures in high-tech (as well as efforts to bring Israeli Arabs and ultra-ort...
- June, 21, 2014 from Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | theguardian.comNatsem study finds Coalition's paid parental leave scheme less effective help than cheaper childcare Continue reading...
- Authored by Mark E. Jeftovic, CEO easyDNS Technologies ; originally posted at DollarVigilante.com , Ghandi was once asked, "What do you think about Western Civilization?" to which he famously replied "I think it's a go...
- June, 21, 2014 from CBC | Business NewsThe board of Alstom SA has unanimously approved GE's $17 billion offer to buy the French company's power generation business, the companies announced Saturday.
- In the aftermath of the incongruous attempt by Michelle Obama to curry social media support with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, many were left scratching their heads: was this meant to be a legitimate attempt at foreign policy? If so, ...
- June, 21, 2014 from Reuters: Business NewsBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's state oil producer, YPF, said on Saturday that since it is an "independent" company its assets cannot be embargoed by so-called holdout investors who are demanding full payment following the country's...
- June, 21, 2014 from CNN.com - BusinessRumored for years, the long-awaited smartwatch from Apple may finally become reality in a few months.
- June, 21, 2014 from Reuters: Company NewsBUENOS AIRES, June 21 (Reuters) - Argentina's state oil producer, YPF, said on Saturday that since it is an "independent" company its assets cannot be embargoed by so-called holdout investors who are demanding full payment following the ...
- June, 21, 2014 from BBC News - BusinessJob prospects for young and low-skilled workers outside full-time education are deteriorating "rapidly", a report by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) concludes.
- The highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date when measured by share price gains are NetScout Systems (NASDAQ:NTCT) up 42.18%, Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO) up 31.20%, Zendesk (NYSE:ZEN) up 30.75%, Akamai (NASDAQ:AKAM) up 29.76%, Act...
