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 Fund-poor schools close in Missouri
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In the US, the school board in Kansas City has decided to close 26 of the city's 59 public schools to keep the district afloat financially. Earnings Schedule For Week Of 03/15/10
Sign on San Diego
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:08 a.m. Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week: Monday No major releases. Tuesday NEW YORK - Discover Financial... Senators Question $1 Million Pay For Charity's Ceo
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010, file photo, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., arrives to vote on the Senate Jobs Bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. A group of Republican senators is questioning high salari... Energy Stocks: Energy Stocks Give Back Early Gains
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks fell off their opening gains Friday as a report on shrinking optimism among U.S. consumers dragged the broader stock market into the red and trimmed an ear... Greece Debt: Eu Agrees Bailout Deal
Guardian
Protesters wearing masks during a demonstration in central Athens, against government austerity measures. Photograph: Vassil Donev/EPA The eurozone has agreed a multibillion-euro bailout for News Corporation Bid Rumour Lifts Bskyb Shares By 5%
Guardian
was in demand as speculation ran round the market that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation wanted to take the satellite broadcaster private.News Corporation owns just over 39% of BSkyB and analysts said... Wall Street Stocks Climb On Major Bank Cheer
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U.S. stocks staged an 11th hour rally Thursday after the head of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit, said he was sure the major bank was on track for a sustainable recovery, lifting sentiment.After opening most... Obama Delays Trip As Health-care Faces New Hurdle
Business Week
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Asia to work on health-care legislation as Republicans claimed a parliamentary victory in their effort to derail the measure. Cf Industries, Terra Agree To $4.7 Billion Merger
Business Week
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- CF Industries Holdings Inc. will acquire Terra Industries Inc. for about $4.7 billion after topping a bid from Yara International ASA and fending off its own hostile suitor dur... Wall St Seeking Reprieve From Trading Rules
New Zealand Herald
WASHINGTON - Wall St banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said... Blunt The E-mail Interruption Assault At Work
MSNBC
Within the heart of your company, saboteurs lurk. Disguised as instruments of productivity, they are subverting your staff's most precious resource: attention. Incessant e-mail alerts, instant message... Consumer Sentiment Dips Amid Job Worries
MSNBC
NEW YORK - U.S. consumer sentiment declined slightly in early March, with Americans less positive about the job outlook, a survey released on Friday showed. Loonie Soars On Jobs Report
CBC News
A strong jobs report pushed the Canadian dollar to its highest point in nearly two years on Friday. The Canadian dollar was trading at 98.35 cents US a little before noon Friday, up 0.72 of a cent. Vauxhall Gets Uk Loans Guarantee
BBC
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced a 300m-euro ($412m; £270m) loan guarantee to the European arm of General Motors (GM).The money will help secure operations at the carmaker's two V... China's Stern Warning To Google
BBC
China's top internet official has warned that Google will "pay the consequences" if it continues to go against Chinese law.Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with Chi... New Mortgages Halve As Tax Break Ends
Sky News
Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said their figures "emphatically demonstrated" the impact that this decision had on the market. The drop was even worse among first-time buyers, with the number of m... Goldman Says It's Never Used Repo 105 Transactions
Fox Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- Goldman Sachs Group said Friday that it has never used a transaction known as repo 105. The examiner investigating the collapse of Lehman Brothers said repo 105 used a clause in acco... Charles Schwab Says 1q Earnings Will Fall Short
Fox Business
SCHW ) said Friday its first-quarter earnings will fall short of expectations due to a 14% drop in trading during February, the first month the company offered lower fees as an incentive for investo...
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