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TV personality embroiled in business row
Germany News.Net
Sharon Osbourne has been sued by a design company which has accused the reality TV star of breaching a jewellery deal by pulling out at the last minute.
Lucas Design International executives ...
Greek Crisis Talks for Debt Deal Pushed to Monday
CNBC
Leaders of parties supporting Greece's coalition government say crisis talks for huge new debt deals will continue Monday. Coalition backers held a five-hour meeting late Sunday with Prime ...
Iran Softens Line on Cutting Oil to Europe
CNBC
Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic ...
Wal-Mart greeters still greet, but duties change
The Seattle Times
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The role of the greeter at Walmart stores is evolving, and not everyone is happy. Officials have phased out greeters who worked overnight shifts, and greeters have been ...
Time to cheer, and heckle, the Super Bowl ads
MSNBC
By Kurt Schlosser Back in September, after "my" Buffalo Bills had just finished beating the New England Patriots to improve to 3-0 on the young NFL season, I was making much different ...
With Sparse Economic Data, Focus Returns to Europe
IBTimes
(Reuters) -- Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market ...
Technology for All Won't Boost Stock Markets
Forbes
This past week, in a discussion group with a top Indian tech executive, I raised the question: Isn’t innovation for the mass market, by which we mean driving technology down to a price where ...
With sparse data, focus returns to Europe
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give ...
Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...
Technology for All Won't Boost Stock Markets
Forbes
This past week, in a discussion group with a top Indian tech executive, I raised the question: Isn’t innovation for the mass market, by which we mean driving technology down to a price where ...
Romney Nevada Win Leaves Rivals With Few Options
CNBC
Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state's caucuses four years ago, kept his organization active and he could count on support from Mormons who ...
Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement
Business Journal
Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...
Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement
Business Journal
Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...
ET, the new alien scaring global markets
Reuters
(Reuters) - The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international ...
Battlegrounds for bringing Wall Street to justice
Japan Times
This much is clear: Despite rampant illegalities, bank fraud and countless cases of perjury, the response to date — at the federal level and from most, but not all, states — has been ...
People problems plague Gulf start-ups
BBC
The translation is done by the 400 freelancers recruited across the region - mainly in places like Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Despite knowing the turmoil of the Arab uprisings would not make for an ...
Debt questions answered by an expert
BBC
The number of people declared insolvent fell by 11% in England and Wales last year. However that still left nearly 120,000 people whose financial position reached crisis point. They had to declare ...
Qualcomm not talking about bribery probe
San Diego Union-Tribune
Qualcomm this week revealed a federal probe into the company's compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but declined to provide further details.In a conference call with analysts on ...
Premier Wen Says China Has Stake in Helping Europe
CNBC
China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and ...
Volvo Holds Steady Course as Earnings Rise
Business Week
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Volvo AB, the world’s second-largest truckmaker, stuck to its estimates for the North American and European heavy-vehicle markets this year as sales growth helped ...
Euro zone insists no Greek rescue without reforms
Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second ...
Government to oppose rail bonuses
BBC
Transport Secretary Justine Greening is to vote against bonuses for Network Rail bosses at the company's annual general meeting. The government claimed it would send a "very clear ...
Wall Street betting on last-minute debt deal
People's Daily
With no political deal in Washington on raising the U.S. debt limit just days before a crucial deadline, investors are increasingly worried about a downgrade of the country's top-notch credit ...
A Mortgage Tornado Warning That Went Ignored
CNBC
Years before the housing bust -- before all those home loans turned sour and millions of Americans faced foreclosure -- a wealthy businessman in Florida set out to blow the whistle on the mortgage ...
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