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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Philippine Times.com http://www.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:25 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:25 -0500 30 U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday with problems surfacing in Greece over austerity measures planned by the government. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392325/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:59 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392325/cs/1/ BEIJING - China's exports and imports in January have recorded more-than-expected decline, triggering fears about the global financial crisis which may have contributed to the drop in its economy. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392316/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:15:35 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392316/cs/1/ MADRID - The Spanish government Friday approved a new decree to usher in labour market reforms to tackle an all time high unemployment of nearly 5.3 million. http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392322/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:44:34 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392322/cs/1/ WASHINGTON- In a settlement that will bring relief to over a million house owners in the US, five of the biggest American banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion gover http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392321/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:31:19 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203392321/cs/1/ BRUSSELS/ATHENS As Eurozone put forth fresh conditions for Athens to secure a 130 billion bailout package violent protests broke out in Greece against the austerity measures and four ministers were re http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203391236/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:44:43 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203391236/cs/1/ LONDON - Strong indicators of Britain's property market looking up to be are seen with a rise in those investing for renting out and first time buyers making a strong return, while loan defaults leadi http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203391183/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:39:14 -0500 Philippine Times.com http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203391183/cs/1/ ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE'-dur-muhn), a lead investigator into the mortgage collapse that wobbled the U.S. economy, says he won't take the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393532/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:09:30 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393532/ FILE - In tis Aug. 4, 2011 file photo, Delta Airlines luggage carts sit idle at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Higher fares helped Delta Air Lines Inc. produce a ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393468/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:37 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393468/ Just Listed brings you the latest news and information from the Twin Cities-area commercial and residential real estate market and beyond from veteran reporters Jim Buchta and Janet ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393469/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:32 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393469/ In vetoing lawmakers' lawsuit regulation measures Friday, DFL Gov. Mark Dayton reached beyond the four bills to call Republican lawmakers too extreme to lead. "It is hard for me to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393470/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:25 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393470/ ValueVision Media said Friday that it expects fourth quarter revenue to fall 18 percent to $148 million, due to continued weakness in consumer electronics. The Eden Prairie-based electronic ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393471/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:19 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393471/ In this photo of Feb. 4, 2012, a cargo ship, owned by German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, crosses New York Harbor. The U.S. trade deficit widened in December, reflecting a jump in imports of autos ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393466/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:55:10 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393466/ The controversial drama "Shame" has already made $10.5 million worldwide despite its NC-17 rating. But, it's only taken in $3.5 million in the US for domestic distributor Fox ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393459/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:43 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393459/ Stock exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Friday that it was well positioned for 2012 and beyond despite a tough near-term outlook for trading volume and currencies, as it reported an almost 19 ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393458/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:41 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393458/ Citigroup was forced to take a loss of at least $50 million after two former traders were accused of manipulating global interest rates, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday, amid a worldwide ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393460/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:39 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393460/ WASHINGTON -- The US trade deficit widened for the second straight month in December, pushed higher by rising oil prices and imports of cars and planes, official data revealed Friday.The US deficit ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393461/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:36 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393461/ The 800-pound PepsiCo succession gorilla is still in the room.While many on Wall Street were hoping CEO Indra Nooyi yesterday would promote execs or otherwise make clearer a succession plan, the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393464/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:33 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393464/ EXCLUSIVE NBC entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt is looking to slim down his bloated marketing department as part of an overhaul of the struggling Peacock Network, The Post has learned. In the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393463/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:30 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393463/ LinkedIn’s popularity is on the rise. The social-networking site for business professionals saw its shares jump more than 8 percent in extended trading after it posted fourth-quarter results ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393462/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:27 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393462/ Nearly five years after the housing market collapsed and millions were evicted, American homeowners may finally get some relief under a massive $25 billion settlement aimed at putting an end to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393465/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:24 -0500 New York Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393465/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold prices declined Friday, moving alongside other commodity and equity markets, as the U.S. dollar and U.S. bonds were the safe-haven investments of choice after ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393355/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:45 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393355/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Stocks in the videogame sector sank across the board Friday after data showed a strong decline in industry retail sales during January -- even worse than Wall Street ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393356/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:39 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393356/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- LinkedIn Inc. and NYSE Euronext shares are likely to remain active in after-hours trading on Friday following strong gains during regular ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393357/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:35 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393357/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday, jeopardizing a sixth week of gains for the S&P 500, on worries that efforts to keep Greece from defaulting were falling ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393358/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:31 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393358/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices jumped Friday, pushing yields down from their highest levels in at least two weeks, after European leaders said Greece needed to do more before they would ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393359/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:26 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393359/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures declined Friday after the International Energy Agency cut its outlook for global oil demand, and investors turned jittery yet again on Greece and its ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393360/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:19 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393360/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar rose on Friday, reversing losses in recent days, after euro-zone finance ministers delayed approval of a crucial bailout package for Greece, pushing traders ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393361/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:15 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393361/ Markets grow uneasy over Greece Markets react Friday to the latest developments surrounding Greece's austerity package and prospects for a bailout package passing muster with European leaders. ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393362/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:11 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393362/ That's a nagging question for investors, who have watched Vertex's once-bright star fade as the shares of rival hepatitis C-drug developers turn supernova. But Vertex shares could get a ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393364/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:43:02 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393364/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Canadian stocks traded lower Friday, pulled down by a bout of risk averseness following stumbles for the much-awaited Greek agreement on austerity measures and as ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393363/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:42:55 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393363/ Q4 2011 Q4 2010 Gross premiums written* —— $1.356 bn $1.408 bn Full year - 2011 2010 $7.292 bn $6.762 bn Net premiums earned —- $1.476 bn $1.377 bn Full year - 2011 2010 ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393440/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:37:02 -0500 Insurance Journal http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393440/ Uganda 's president Yoweri Museveni has officially distanced himself from the noxious anti-homosexuality bill that has resurfaced in the country's parliament, saying that he cannot ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393432/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:37 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393432/ Greece on Thursday night was stark: there will be no new bailout - and the Greek nation will go bankrupt - unless Athens finds a further EUR325m of budget cuts, on top of the EUR3.3bn of austerity ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393431/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:30 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393431/ slumped nearly 17% after it warned its full year results would not meet expectations.The company said its business in Panama was facing increased competition and lower demand from corporate clients, ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393433/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:24 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393433/ Thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Greece on Friday to protest against the terms of the country's second bailout package. Here, a group hold the Greek flag in front of the Athens ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393435/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:11 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393435/ After the mass downgrade by S&P of European sovereigns last month, the remaining AAA-rated countries - including Germany - are more determined than ever to show their fiscal ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393436/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:34:07 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393436/ Barclays has reported a fairly anaemic return on capital of 6.6% - and returns are a benchmark for bonus payouts. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393437/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:49 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393437/ In a recovery, construction leads the way. Its a truism of economic analysis that construction, while only a small part of the economy at around 7%, gives GDP a strong push out of a recessionary ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393438/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:33:42 -0500 Guardian http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393438/ TORONTO -; The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union is accusing Caterpillar Inc. of not following the rules in its 2010 takeover of a London, Ont. locomotive plant it has decided to shut down. ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393521/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:27:43 -0500 CTV http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393521/ With many investors convinced stocks are going higher, economic data improving and Greece's debt crisis moving toward some kind of conclusion, now could be the perfect time for a market ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393381/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:39 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393381/ , has made so much money for clients that he has become the barometer by which other bond traders are judged. His West Coast perch, prescient calls on the U.S. economy and devotion to yoga only ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393380/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:30 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393380/ Martin Rapaport's "Diamond Price Statistics Annual Report -- 2011," every $1,000 spent on a 5-carat diamond 10 years ago would have returned $1,645 in 2011. A decade-long diamond ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393383/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:14 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393383/ A technical bug caused Citi, the nation's fourth largest bank by deposits, to double the charge for customer payments in recent months. Some customers using their iPads to settle their cable ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393384/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:19:08 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393384/ "Most analysts thought consumer confidence would lose steam in February after the CB's CCI fell in January," said Vimombi Nshom, an economist at IFR economics. The Thomson ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393386/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:53 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393386/ The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester reports that CIM Group of Los Angeles has filed an objection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court opposing Kodak's move to get court approval to terminate its naming ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393388/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:37 -0500 CNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393388/ ROCHESTER, New York -- Picture it: Except for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393502/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:12 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393502/ NEW YORK -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is suing several units of Citigroup Inc. to recover US$2.5 billion it transferred to a backup account at Citi months before seeking bankruptcy court ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393503/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:55 -0500 The China Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393503/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Florida, the U.S. state with the highest percentage of troubled mortgages, may collect almost one-quarter of the national $25 billion foreclosure settlement. For Cheryl ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393403/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:07 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393403/ Daimler -a move Enders derided as overbearing state involvement. EADS has kept voting control largely to Daimler and Paris-based publisher Lagardère, which also votes the French ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393404/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393404/ Members of the House of Representatives should "oppose any floor amendments that would modify any of the truck size and weight provisions" in the five-year, $260 billion highway ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393405/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:17:01 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393405/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air Force may buy as many as 18,000 iPad 2s in what would be one of the military’s biggest orders of computer tablets, accelerating Apple Inc.’s inroads ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393406/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:58 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393406/ Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Oracle Corp. made its second acquisition in three months, agreeing to buy human-resources software company Taleo Corp. for about $1.9 billion to expand in cloud computing and ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393407/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:56 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393407/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- A skin cancer drug sold by Eisai Co. reversed signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, a study found, setting the stage for tests to see if the treatment can ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393408/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:53 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393408/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The International Energy Agency cut its 2012 global oil demand forecast for a sixth month as a "darkening" economic outlook reduced prospects for growth amid supply ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393409/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:52 -0500 Business Week http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393409/ Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393399/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:16:16 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393399/ Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is proposing to build its third Walmart in Sioux Falls at the northeast corner of 69th Street and Cliff Avenue, according to a letter sent to neighborhood residents.Sioux Falls ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393402/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:12:24 -0500 Argus Leader http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393402/ This ain't your father's Windows. Though if you want to, you can still make that faster, sleeked-up new Windows look like the old one. Call it the morphing hybrid of operating systems ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393400/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:11:52 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393400/ By Allison Linn When it comes to churning out young workers with college degrees in math and science, the United States lags well behind other advanced democracies, ranking just behind Turkey and ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393483/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:46 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393483/ Stocks tumbled Friday as the most recent flare-up in Greek negotiations for a financial bailout package put the S&P 500 on track to snap a three-day winning streak.The Dow Jones industrial ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393484/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:42 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393484/ What happens if something happens to the CEO?In the case of Micron Technology, the loss of the company’s chief executive, Steve Appleton, led to a drop in the stock price and a scramble to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393485/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:39 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393485/ Here are some details about who pays how much in taxes. Wealthier Americans pay higher taxes than middle- or low-income earners; according to the latest Internal Revenue Service data, Americans ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393486/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:32 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393486/ meetings can make you stupid was the most popular story of the week, read by more than 150,000 people and generating hundreds of comments, shares and retweets.Anyone who has ever worked in an office ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393489/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:24 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393489/ WASHINGTON  — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393488/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:20 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393488/ By Reuters DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators have opened a preliminary investigation into consumer complaints of driver's side door fires in 2007 model year Toyota Camry sedans and RAV4 ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393491/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:15 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393491/ California real estate market and a few price cuts, Elijah Wood, Penelope Cruz and Anna Kournikova have finally shed their multimillion dollar ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393492/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:12 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393492/ According to a Bloomberg News report , renowned fund manager Bill Gross, who runs the world’s biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management, has increased his holdings of Treasuries to ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393493/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:01:08 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393493/ Many Americans still are holding off on buying homes in some of the country’s most expensive cities. While home prices fell 23 percent on average in the largest cities since the housing crisis ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393490/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:56 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393490/ How many more times are the headlines include "worry about Greece" and "Consumers upbeat"? The "Holiday season" was unbelievably great until after it was over and the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393495/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:50 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393495/ Kids are collecting machines. Give them something cute, fun and - most importantly - cheap, and they will use every cent of allowance and every begging tactic in the book to own the whole ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393496/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:46 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393496/ By Paul A. Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau It’s not rocket science. Well, maybe it is. Using his other big venture, the Space X rocket factory, as a background, Tesla Motor Co. CEO pulled the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393497/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:43 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393497/ By Roland Jones With the Dow Jones industrial average flirting with 13,000 -- a level not seen since May 2008 -- even "Dr. Doom" is stepping back from the ledge."We’re a ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393498/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:40 -0500 MSNBC http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393498/ FSLR.O ) said the U.S. Department of Energy has not released loan funds for a big California solar project because of construction permit issues, sending its shares down as much as 11 ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393526/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:34:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393526/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns about weak incomes weighed on consumer confidence in early February, but rising optimism over the jobs market should help to support spending and the broader ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393390/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:34:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393390/ BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts securities regulators said on Friday that they were subpoenaing Bank of America for documents to determine if the lender knowingly overvalued assets in certain ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393391/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:59 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393391/ LinkedIn -- started in the living room of ex-PayPal executive Reid Hoffman in 2002 and officially launched in May 2003 -- is similar to Facebook in trying to connect people with each other but is ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393527/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393527/ GSVC.O ) priced its offering of 6 million shares at a deep discount to boost its stake in Facebook Inc and fund its investments in other internet companies such as Twitter and ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393528/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:51 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393528/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economists in a survey see the unemployment rate falling much faster this year than previously expected, an improvement in the jobs market that could help President ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393392/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:47 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393392/ (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court upheld a $371.2 million award in favor of C.R. Bard Inc in a long-running patent infringement dispute with W.L. Gore & Associates over vascular ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393530/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:46 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393530/ So if Greece eventually succumbs to a disorderly default, spreading contagion, or if Portugal cannot re-enter the bond markets as planned in late 2013, Lisbon will be able to count on a second round ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393396/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:36 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393396/ TRLG.O ) lost as much as a quarter of their value on Friday after the company forecast weak 2012 results, prompting at least two brokerages to downgrade the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393529/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:35 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393529/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Disney Channel -- home to bubbly fare from "Hannah Montana" to "High School Musical" -- has emerged as a potent global engine for Walt Disney Co after ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393394/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:33:28 -0500 Reuters http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393394/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks fell in tandem with the broader U.S. equities market Friday, with First Solar Inc. and Arch Coal Inc. trading particularly weak at ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393500/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:29:35 -0500 Market Watch http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393500/ We have a number of confusing and seemingly conflicting items on the table today. One of them is the alternative universes of the stock and bond markets lately. We simply do not understand how the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393524/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:26 -0500 FXstreet http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393524/ Lucas Papademos said on Friday, adding that cabinet members who disagree have no place in the government. "We cannot allow Greece to go bankrupt," Papademos told a cabinet meeting. ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393511/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:20 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393511/ Credit Suisse Group AG (CS, CSGN.VX), taking aim at the "overreaching and egregious control that the lenders are trying to exert on the company."In a Thursday filing with U.S. Bankruptcy ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393510/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:17 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393510/ Rio Tinto PLC (RIO.LN), the mining company, said Friday that it acquired 600,000 ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 3,752.8 pence per share.Copyright © ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393512/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:12 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393512/ Dow Jones )- Tom Enders, the incoming chief executive of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. (EAD.FR), is pressing ahead with plans to centralize the aero-defense group's headquarters ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393513/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:09 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393513/ LIMA – Southern Copper Corp. (SCCO), one of the world's biggest producers of the red metal, said Friday that it expects to produce 640,000 tons of copper in 2012.In 2011, Southern ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393516/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:05 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393516/ NEW YORK – Massachusetts' securities regulator on Friday subpoenaed Bank of America Corp. (BAC) in connection with its involvement in two loan securities that resulted in $150 million in ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393515/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:01 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393515/ LONDON – State-owned German development bank KfW priced a GBP250 million tap of its 2.75% bond maturing 2015, one of the banks running the deal said Friday.That takes the total size of the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393514/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:57 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393514/ Temple-Inland Inc. (TIN), but the companies agreed to divest three containerboard mills as a condition of government approval.The Justice Department filed a proposed settlement in a federal court in ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393517/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:53 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393517/ Phil Gramm has retired as vice chairman of the firm's investment bank division but will take on a role as a consultant for the bank.Gramm, who joined UBS in 2003, said he plans to work on a few ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393518/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:25:48 -0500 Fox Business http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393518/ company's official blog . According to NPD's statistics Microsoft managed to shift in-excess of 270,000 consoles in January 2012. The figure marks the thirteenth month in row that the ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393534/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:21:35 -0500 IBTimes http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393534/ ATHENS -- Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity on Friday as a demand too far by the IMF and EU, but Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it had to decide within ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393442/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:11 -0500 Financial Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393442/ "We have never been good at making our savings and retirement a priority," Marianne explains. "We have lived in the moment and dealt with savings secondarily. We have had to refinance ... http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393444/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:20:05 -0500 Financial Post http://story.philippinetimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203393444/