Paswan to review steel prices, wants duty cut
Reuters India - But we’ll urge steel companies to moderate prices,” he told a news conference in New Delhi. The ministry will convene a meeting of steel makers next week to review the prices, he added. DUTY CUT Robust demand for steel from infrastructure and
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CNBC - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of
Microsoft-Yahoo Combo Could Reshape Web
FOX News - BOSTON — A combination of Microsoft and Yahoo could reshape the World wide web landscape for millions of Web users: Would the two companies join their on the internet portals? Could they rethink the desktop computer to integrate Web content more directly? The
The world’s economies have developed ever-closer links since 1950, in
BBC News - There have been losers as well as winners from globalisation, with China the biggest winner, and blue-collar workers the biggest losers. The changes have been driven by liberalisation of trade and finance, changes in how companies work, and
Grow beautiful roses in Florida’s climate
St. Petersburg Times - You can get these free from tree-trimming companies. Four times a year I feed the bushes with fish emulsion or my own homemade version. (I call this “John’s Jungle Juice,” and it introduces beneficial fungi and microbes. For information, e-mail me
Eyes on Google, Microsoft Bids $44 Billion for Yahoo
New York Times - The two companies, distant No. 2 and No. 3 players in World wide web search, previously considered combining into a more powerful force that would have the power and audience to take on Google, No. 1 by a wide margin in both World wide web search and on the internet
Financials Cause Slide in S&P 500 Profit
Forbes - It doesn’t take highly paid Wall Street analysts to figure out why corporate earnings are trending toward their worst performance in six years. With roughly half the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 having reported fourth-quarter results, banks
Fla. Anti-Smoking Ad To Run in Super Bowl
The Ledger - Florida’s anti-smoking campaign is paid for with money from the state’s lawsuit settlement with tobacco companies. The companies agreed in 1997 to pay the state billions of dollars over 25 years as reimbursement for tax money spent on treating sick
Getting juiced at wine tastings
Los Angeles Times - The latest buzz in the industry comes from the Temecula Valley, where 21 winery owners have imposed stiff new rules requiring that transportation companies police the hordes of customers they bring to the valley on a typical weekend. Before the rules
Lenders Check Zip Codes, Not Credit
The Ledger - David Berenbaum, executive vice president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a consumer advocacy group active in litigation against subprime mortgage companies, stated that “sound underwriting has nothing to do with geography. It is
Microsoft bids to purchase Yahoo
Reuters UK - Critics state the two companies have too many overlapping businesses — from instant messaging to email and advertising, as well as news, travel and finance sites — and both are weak in the Web search market, where Google dominates. “They have to do it
Employment Drops in a Pink Slip Blizzard
Seattle Times - Factories, construction companies, mortgage brokers and real-estate firms were among those eliminating jobs _ casualties of the housing bust and credit crunch. The government cut jobs for the first time since last July. All those cuts swamped job
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