Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Business News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Vancouver Star.com http://www.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:30:01 -0500 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:30:01 -0500 30 The euphoria of last week, which sent major stock indice higher, was missing on Monday as traders once again focused on prospects for the world economy. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436988/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:35:11 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436988/cs/1/ Energy stocks have shown sharp losses on US stock markets at the beginning of the week. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437020/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:39:54 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437020/cs/1/ J.P. Morgan Securities analysts have predicted the US Federal Reserve will lower its policy rate to zero percent by January. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437019/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:10 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437019/cs/1/ Consumer confidence in banks has continued to slip. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437018/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:36:23 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437018/cs/1/ Volvo could be sold in the US automaker scramble to shore up cash reserves. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437017/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:35:18 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437017/cs/1/ Germany’s Interior Ministry has decided to launch tests over the next few weeks on full-body airport screening devices. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437016/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:33:41 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437016/cs/1/ It has been estimated that it will take at least a week to re-start Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport from the time demonstrators choose to leave. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436744/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:19:11 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436744/cs/1/ Scientists have developed a new revolutionary device that can harness energy from slow-moving rivers and ocean currents that might be able to provide enough power for the entire world. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436743/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:18:27 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436743/cs/1/ The United Nations climate chief is warning against what he calls 'cheap and dirty' power as a quick fix to the global financial crisis, saying it will lead to another economic disaster. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436742/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:17:29 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436742/cs/1/ Car dealerships in the US are likely to decline by about 900 in the current economic downturn. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436741/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:16:25 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436741/cs/1/ New York, Dec 2 (Xinhua) Share prices on the Wall Street plunged amid economic woes Monday as investors cashed in some of their gains from the big rally in the previous week. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437025/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:00:04 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/437025/cs/1/ The Japanese car industry has reported domestic sales of new vehicles in November plunged 27.3 percent from a year earlier. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436740/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:15:28 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436740/cs/1/ Pop diva Madonna's current 'Sticky & Sweet' world tour is set to rake in $282 million (185.7 million pounds), making it the biggest-selling solo jaunt ever. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436948/cs/1/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:50 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/436948/cs/1/ CANBERRA, Australia - The Australian government plans to increase the level of foreign ownership allowed in flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. but will not permit a takeover, according to a policy ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012350/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:04 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012350/ (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)Japanese men make their way past an electric market board in central Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled more than 5 percent in early trade Tues... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012353/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:38:10 -0500 Examiner http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012353/ Auto industry executives, from left, General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner; Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli; Ford CEO Alan Mulally; and Ron Gettelfinger, president of the UAW, testify on Capitol Hill in Was... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012368/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:15:32 -0500 CBS News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012368/ The boss at the biggest Minnesota-based bank says federal regulators will have to get some pension funds, endowments and other investors who own about three-quarters of the nation's mortgages to accep... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012349/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:12 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012349/ Although Microsoft Corp. has slowed the pace of its hiring, the company still added about 500 employees to its work force in November, according to a spokesman. To put the statistic in perspective, M... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012359/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:31:00 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012359/ Asian stocks tumbled as a deepening global recession drove down oil and metal prices and heightened concerns company earnings will collapse. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. lost 6.5% in Sydney after crude sa... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012371/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:12:49 -0500 WA Today http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012371/ The Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority said the holiday, to mark UAE Day, Arafat Day and Eid al Adha, would coincide with the government holidays announced today. After an hour of heavy sh... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012367/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:16 -0500 Dubai Chronicle http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012367/ HONG KONG -- Asian stocks were mainly lower Monday as dealers remained cautious ahead of a slew of economic data from the United States, while also awaiting decisions on interest rates across the worl... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012355/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:36:14 -0500 The China Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012355/ Look up at the sky Monday night to see a bright cosmic frown. The planets Jupiter and Venus will briefly align to form (nearly upside down) two eyes and a frowning mouth in the southwest. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012373/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:09:45 -0500 Wired News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012373/ TOKYO, Dec. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS AND PRICES) Japan's key Nikkei stock index fell below the 8,000 line Tuesday morning for the first time since Nov. 21 on mounting concern about t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012377/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:46:59 -0500 Breitbart http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012377/ MANILA, Philippines - Philippine shares tumbled Tuesday, dragged down by foreign selling following Wall Street's plunge overnight after a leading economic think tank declared the U.S. already in rece... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012351/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:06 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012351/ QUEENS, NY: The family of a Haitian American, killed when shoppers stormed a Wal-Mart store in Nassau, Long Island Friday, may sue the company. Danielle Damour, the sister of 34-year-old Jdimytai Damo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012361/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:24:00 -0500 NCM http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012361/ SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell to near a 3-year low below $49 a barrel on Tuesday in Asia, as more bleak US economic news and plunging stocks markets darkened investor expectations for crude demand. ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012357/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:32:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012357/ Mosaic Co., the world's largest producer of phosphates, said sales volume of the crop nutrient dropped 38 percent in the quarter ended Nov. 30 because of soft market conditions. Phosphate volume fell... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012348/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:09 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012348/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has been in a recession for a year, the nation's business cycle arbiter declared on Monday, while European leaders vowed to step up public spending to try to cu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012365/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:47 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012365/ LOS ANGELES : There are many ways to measure California's tanking economy: an 8.2 percent unemployment rate; a multibillion-dollar state budget gap; threatened endowments of the city's museu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012363/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:21:59 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012363/ MADRID -- Heavily indebted Spanish construction group Sacyr Vallehermoso said on Monday it was selling its toll road operator Itinere to a Citigroup infrastructure fund in a deal worth 7.88 billion eu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012354/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:37:02 -0500 The China Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012354/ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil slid to a 3 and a half year low under $48 on Tuesday, extending the previous day's sharp drop as signs grew the global economy is in worse shape than expected and after OPEC ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012364/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:46 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012364/ BEIJING, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares opened 1.99 percent lower on Tuesday in reaction to a Wall Street fall overnight. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012370/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:14:43 -0500 Eview Week http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012370/ WASHINGTON: Automakers seeking government help return to Congress this week with a new message but facing the same hurdles they failed to clear in November -- a proposal that can be sold to enough ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012379/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:44:43 -0500 Times Of India http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012379/ Retailers Monday took their deals online for Cyber Monday, working every angle possible to get skittish consumers to spend. Free shipping, 2-for-1 specials and merchandise discounted up to 60 perce... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012366/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:17:31 -0500 Newsday http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012366/ star tribune special report Sunday: In search of cheap food Monday: One speculator's wild ride Today: The ever-shrinking cereal box Wednesday: Cambodia's hunger Thursday: Cargill's reach and prof... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012347/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:48:14 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012347/ HONOLULU: Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc, the largest telephone company in Hawaii, said on Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection. The company had been working with creditors sin... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012381/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:44:29 -0500 Times Of India http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012381/ Sterling has fallen sharply against the dollar as yet more bad economic data points towards a prolonged recession and further interest rate cuts. The pound was down 5.2 cents to $1.486, its largest o... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012382/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:41:27 -0500 BBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20012382/ WASHINGTON - Most Americans sorely knew it already, but now it's official: The country is in a recession, and it's getting worse. Wall Street convulsed at the news — and a fresh batch of bad ec... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007299/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:28:45 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007299/ will take $316 million in after-tax charges to shore up money-market funds in the quarter that ends Dec. 31. But the money-management giant also said late Monday that it has gotten more breathing roo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007315/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:14 -0500 Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007315/ The future of New Star Asset Management, the £14bn unit trust group run by the maverick entrepreneur John Duffield, was hanging in the balance last night as it remained locked in talks with its ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007302/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:14 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007302/ Peril on the seas , November 20). The protection of the lives of seafarers is always the industry's greatest priority, and it is largely due to the industry's efforts that governments are at last star... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007304/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:18 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007304/ in November 2007 . He said the plant will continue to produce Lawry’s products until January, when McCormick & Co. will take over production. Wayman said he’s hopeful that Unilever wi... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007316/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:22 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007316/ Confirmation that the US is in a recession and signs pointing to a prolonged downturn sent Wall Street plunging once again today, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 700 points and more tha... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007313/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:28 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007313/ The Canadian Press December 1, 2008 - 7:33 p.m. TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (8,406.21... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007312/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:42 -0500 Canadian Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007312/ DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers led by General Motors Corp on Monday rushed to finish restructuring plans demanded by Congress before lawmakers reopen the debate this week on the $25 bi... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007326/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:57 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007326/ WALL Street stocks plunged overnight, giving back most of their gains from the past week, amid bleak economic news from around the globe including confirmation of a recession in the United States. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007323/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:59:28 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007323/ What factors went into the determination by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research that an economic recession began in December 2007? A recession begins at ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007333/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:37 -0500 Newsday http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007333/ Ford may sell its luxury Swedish marque Volvo as part of a strategic review of the business. The struggling carmaker made the announcement yesterday as the fragile state of the global motor industry w... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007308/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:02 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007308/ A growing number of Steve McGreens are souping up their gas-electric hybrids to make them go faster and handle better, while delivering stellar fuel economy. It isn't just gearheads busting their knuc... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007339/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:49:42 -0500 Wired News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007339/ Google Earth to do super-cool 3D-flyovers of your whole trip. Google Earth has some basic abilities to generate directions itself, but you can also bring multidestination maps over from http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007338/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:49:44 -0500 Wired News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007338/ (CBS) A dog may be man's best friend, but Peggy Parks would rather have an alpaca.The 49-year-old's future is riding on the llama look-alikes, CBS News correspondent Kelly Wallace reports. Do her frie... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007335/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:54:30 -0500 CBS News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007335/ When news broke that Timothy Geithner was Barack Obama’s pick for secretary of the treasury, the stock market jumped more than 6 percent in the space of an hour. Obviously, this was a good thing, bu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007321/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:07:53 -0500 MSNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007321/ NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co has said it will cut a total of 9,200 jobs at Washington Mutual, which it acquired September 25 after Washington Mutual became the largest US bank to fail amid the ong... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007341/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:22:22 -0500 Times Of India http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007341/ Compass, the British catering group, has been hit with a $200m (£130m) lawsuit alleging racial discrimination at one of its US businesses.The lawsuit claims that 11 black catering workers at the... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007305/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:08 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007305/ BayernLB plans to cut 5,600 jobs - 29% of its workforce - to weather the global financial crisis, the Bavarian state bank said yesterday. The five-year plan would affect at least 1,000 positions at th... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007301/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:09 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007301/ The charges stemmed from May 1998 when about 100 local villagers, protesting environmental damage and demanding compensation and jobs, staged a three-day occupation of Chevron's Parabe platform, nine ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007330/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:52 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007330/ December 01, 2008 — IDG News Service — Microsoft is making payback quicker on its Cashback program after the service suffered an outage Friday and failed to give some people discounts t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007334/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:07 -0500 CIO http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007334/ Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Pink Sheets:VTSS) today announced that it will need additional time to complete the review of its quarterly financial results for fiscal 2008 and to file quarterly... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007348/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:12 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007348/ The menswear retailer Moss Bros, famous for its formal suits, joined the ranks of struggling high-street retailers by issuing a profit warning yesterday in the face of "the challenging current trading... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007306/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:06 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007306/ Adding to the market's woeful day, the arbiter of U.S. business cycles declared that the United States entered recession in December 2007 and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. econom... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007325/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:57:02 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007325/ Results for the Third Quarter -- The Company recorded revenues of $20.3 million, compared with $19.1 million in the second quarter of 2008 and $13.3 million in the third quarter of 2007. -- The Co... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007350/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:10 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007350/ IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT; IDT.C) said that its first quarter of fiscal year 2009 conference call to discuss results for the three-month period ended October 31, 2008 has been scheduled for Monday,... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007349/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:11 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007349/ The FTSE 100 Index slumped by 5% today after last week’s spectacular gains were erased by a post-holiday hangover on Wall Street markets.Worries over the extent of American consumer spending over Th... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007314/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:24 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007314/ SE Financial Corp. (trading symbol:SEFL) (the “Company”), the holding company for St. Edmond’s Federal Savings Bank, announced net income of $212.7 thousand for the three months ended October ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007346/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:17 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007346/ Unit trusts and open-ended investment companies (OEICs) operate under well-defined rules. Investors buy units in a unit trust, which is managed by a fund management company. There has to be a clear se... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007303/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:16 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007303/ BARCELONA (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, will unveil an "interesting" phone to strengthen its product and service offerings later on Tuesday, a company official said late on M... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007329/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:53 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007329/ SWKS , an innovator of high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling mobile connectivity, today announced that the company expects revenue for the first fiscal quarter of 2009 to... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007352/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:07 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007352/ TSRA announced today the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) overseeing the International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought by Tessera against certain wireless manufacturers, Investigation No. 337-T... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007351/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:09 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007351/ WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Monday that the administration is looking for more ways to tap a $700 billion financial rescue program and will consult with Congress and the incomin... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007322/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:07:52 -0500 MSNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007322/ Alistair Darling yesterday stepped in to ensure that all savings at London Scottish Bank are protected after the troubled Manchester-based bank ended an 11-month battle for survival and called in the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007310/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:59 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007310/ /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) announced today that GAAP net earnings will finish above its forecasted range mainly due to the weakness of the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007347/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:14 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007347/ NEW YORK -- Gold prices and other commodities tumbled Monday, as confirmation that the nation is in a recession further unnerved investors already concerned about a drop off in demand for raw materia... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007300/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:56 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007300/ Close this WELLINGTON, Australia -- Asian shares are primed for heavy losses on Tuesday, following another deep sell-off on Wall Street, as economic worries continue to dog equity markets worldwide. F... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007317/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:10:35 -0500 Inquirer http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007317/ Summary of Q1 Fiscal 2009 Financial Results Fiscal 2009 Fiscal 2008 Sales $29,959,883 $25,742,373 Cost of goods sold $18,495,218 $15,484,307 Gross profit $11,732,094 $10,474,871 Operating expense... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007345/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:20:19 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007345/ Two things stoked Erin Nash’s anger when she trolled the malls last year. First, most stores trumpeted their “holiday” sales. Second, every sales clerk robotically wished their customers “Happ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007320/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:07:54 -0500 MSNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007320/ Wal-Mart crowd stampeding a worker, a lawyer has started a fund to help the man's family. "I am truly disgusted by this situation," said Al Marmero, who practices real estate law in http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007331/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:41 -0500 Newsday http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007331/ Land of Leather has been approached by several firms interested in snapping up the company at a bargain price.The furniture retailer, known for its cut-price deals, announced yesterday it had had a nu... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007307/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:04 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007307/ The number of business failures in Britain is likely to rise by 50% next year as firms struggle to keep their heads above water in the midst of the credit crunch.Accountants BDO Stoy Hayward said yest... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007309/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:19:01 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007309/ Thomas DiNapoli estimates that 225,000 private sector jobs could be lost over the next two years. Job hunters can get support from career centers through the state Labor Department and, for some, f... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007332/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:56:41 -0500 Newsday http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007332/ Troubled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has confirmed that it will cut 650 jobs from its UK workforce. The bank has has struggled since the onset of the financial crisis and has been forced to wri... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007356/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:19:27 -0500 BBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007356/ A press report stating that Microsoft has restarted talks to buy Yahoo's search business for 20 billion U.S. dollars "has no basis in fact," the San Francisco Chronicle said on Monday. The T... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007358/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:17:37 -0500 People's Daily http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20007358/ Factory workers smash an office during a protest at Kaida toy factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province on Nov. 25, 2008. Chinese authorities could be forced to roll back new tax rules that had threaten... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001465/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:03 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001465/ An attorney representing the sisters of a temporary worker trampled to death when thousands of customers stormed into a Wal-Mart store for bargains the day after Thanksgiving says the man had no train... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001474/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:07:16 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001474/ NEW YORK: Oil plunged more than 8 per cent to below $50 a barrel on Monday after OPEC deferred a decision on new supply cuts at a meeting over the weekend. The producer group delayed a decision ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001484/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:33:06 -0500 Times Of India http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001484/ PPM , a closed-end management investment company normally investing substantially all of its assets in a diversified portfolio of tax-exempt municipal obligations, with common and preferred shares ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001489/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:23 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001489/ All Associated Press news JACKSON CENTER, Ohio (AP) - Recreational vehicle and bus maker Thor Industries Inc. said Monday its fiscal first-quarter income plunged 87 percent, as demand dried up in the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001492/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:14 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001492/ Prebon in London, referring to the Group of Seven rich countries.A deluge of economic data and company reports on Monday suggested economic growth was slowing in powerhouse emerging markets China and ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001477/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:05:56 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001477/ Canwest Global Communications Corp. Monday named Paul Godfrey president and chief executive officer of the National Post.Gord Fisher will remain as publisher, and continue to focus on daily operations... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001459/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:15 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001459/ Canada's top equity exchange fell fast and hard on Monday as investors reacted negatively to news of a brewing coalition-government and more importantly a steep across-the-board drop in world commodit... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001457/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:20 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001457/ The majority interest of smallcap wireless firm Look Communications Inc. said Monday the company will seek a special shareholder meeting to approve its possible sale. Unique Broadband Systems, Inc., w... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001468/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:00 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001468/ Stock Buzz )-owned Countrywide Financial demanding that Countrywide buy every mortgage loan for which it agrees to reduce the payments under a predatory lending settlement agreement. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001452/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:13:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001452/ Prem Watsa, chief executive of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. Fairfax said it will bid $39 a share to take Northbridge Financial Corp. private in a deal worth $686-million. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001463/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:07 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001463/ PARIS - The Czech Republic, which replaces France at the helm of the European Union next month, isn't ignoring Canada-EU free-trade negotiations even though the issue isn't mentioned in Prague's decla... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001464/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:05 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001464/ Air Canada tapped its frequent flyer partner, Groupe Aeroplan Inc., Monday to help it through its looming liquidity issues as it heads into what is shaping up to be a difficult winter.The country's la... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001466/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:06 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001466/ (AP) The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday.The NBER — a private, nonprofit research organization — said its group... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001471/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:09:39 -0500 CBS News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001471/ CFI , today announced that it will provide an online, real-time webcast and rebroadcast of its fiscal 2009 second-quarter conference call on Friday, December 5, 2008. During this call Culp will re... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001490/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:20 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001490/ REX has interests in four ethanol entities and is a specialty retailer of consumer electronic products and appliances. As of October 31, 2008, the Company operated 105 retail stores in 32 states und... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001493/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:12 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001493/ /PRNewswire/ -- Varicent Software, an innovator and provider of incentive compensation management (ICM) and sales performance management (SPM) solutions, today announced record achievements for the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001496/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:03 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001496/ LONDON/BEIJING - European and Chinese industry activity slumped in November, Japanese officials said their economy was slowing rapidly and U.S. retailers slashed prices to lure shoppers as recession t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001469/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:11:56 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001469/ QLT Inc. has been given the go ahead by its board of directors to buy back up to US$50-million in stock.Through the "Dutch auction" tender offer, the Vancouver-based company says it will buy back the ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001467/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:12:01 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/20001467/