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BUSINESS / NEWS Wed May 28, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Sales of new homes rose in April for the first time in six months although the unexpected increase still left activity near the lowest level in 17 years. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday that sales of new homes rose 3.3 percent in April to a se.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 12:51pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- The world's richest are getting younger and richer with more Russians and Indians cropping up among the 946 people on Forbes magazine's 2007 billionaires list unveiled on Thursday. The number of billionaires is 19 percent higher than last year when the.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 4:50pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- CA broad-based fare increase, initiated last week by Delta Air Lines Inc. (Other OTC:DALRQ - news) and matched by U.S. rivals, has unraveled, prompting experts to say on Monday that the chances for further fare hikes are fading... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 29, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

BusinessWeek -- What's behind the current food shortages: Is the increase in ethanol production to blame or is hoarding the problem? As world rice prices set new records daily, the World Bank has warned that the crisis could further impoverish 100 million people (Busi.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Apr 23, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

CNN -- Volkswagen said Wednesday that improved sales helped lift its first-quarter net profit by more than 25 percent and predicted a substantial increase in demand from Asia, Europe and South America. The Wolfsburg-based company, Europe's biggest car maker by s.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 7:41am neoform

CNN -- The Bank of England raised interest rates to a six-year high of 5.5 percent on Thursday, its fourth quarter percentage point increase since last August. All 61 analysts polled by Reuters had predicted the move which takes borrowing costs to their highe.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Wed Apr 18, 2007 @ 4:22pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- India's IT giant reported a 41% revenue increase for the year, propelling revenues past the $4 billion milestone. India's IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) hit a milestone this week, crossing US$4 billion in revenues for the first time... Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:35pm neoform

FOX News -- Consumer prices last month shot up by the largest amount in nearly a year, driven by big increases in the cost of gasoline and other energy products. The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March, the biggest increase since a simil.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 12:25pm neoform

Washington Post -- Wall Street began the week with a strong start Monday as better-than-expected profits at Citigroup Inc. and a healthy increase in consumer spending renewed investors' optimism about the economy. The Dow Jones industrials rose nearly 100 points. Earning.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 12:25pm neoform

Washington Post -- Vacancy rates continued to creep up in the Washington area commercial office market for the first quarter of the year, but rents increased. A report by Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate firm, said vacancy rates rose from 9.5 percent in the l.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Oct 19, 2006 @ 10:59am neoform

CNN -- Oil climbed to $58 on Thursday on expectations that OPEC would cut production by at least 1 million barrels per day, the first reduction in more than two years... Read More