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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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:48 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:48 -0500 30 Auditors, former executives, Barclays Bank, and Wall Street banks have copped a serve from a court-appointer examiner who probed the Lehman Brothers collapse. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611158/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:46:21 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611158/cs/1/ A surge in bank shares returned the major indices to the black Thursday, after rough sailing earlier in the day. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611129/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:30:00 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611129/cs/1/ Australia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia says. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611135/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:50 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611135/cs/1/ San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is expected to be nominated to become Ben Bernanke's deputy. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611171/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:58:08 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611171/cs/1/ The US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national capital. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611087/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:30:05 -0500 ANI http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611087/cs/1/ The American president told the U.S. Export-Import Bank in Washington he was launching a new strategy to improve exports. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611200/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:39 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611200/cs/1/ Sri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from China. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610746/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:24:36 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610746/cs/1/ There has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite union. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610739/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:55:56 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610739/cs/1/ The US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in February. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610737/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:42 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610737/cs/1/ 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. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610885/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:46:45 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610885/cs/1/ The Chrysler Group in the US has named a new executive to head the reintroduction of the Fiat brand to the local market. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610740/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:53 -0500 Vancouver Star.com http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/610740/cs/1/ WASHINGTON - Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061240/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:42:24 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061240/ CORE ), one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry in North America, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended D... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061229/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:56 -0500 Market Wire http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061229/ A worker pulls his rickshaw past a billboard of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in New Delhi. Photograph: R S Iyer/AP The third annual instalment of the http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061230/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:56 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061230/ Starbucks .Now the city's cappuccino and mocha starved citizens have mounted a Facebook campaign to join the list of 16,000 places on the planet with a Starbucks."They have got it everywhere but here,... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061231/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:54 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061231/ Far from facing extinction, the record industry is still a vital cog in the music-making machine, claims a report. But will the working relationship between artist and label ever be the same? http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061232/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:52 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061232/ Investors attention will turn to the US retail sales this afternoon to see whether the market's early rise can be maintained.At the moment the FTSE 100 is up 13.31 points at 5630. 57, with banks leadi... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061233/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:29:46 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061233/ Hands-on: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 . SCVMM 2008 R2 allows you to monitor actions and administrative tasks in batches through the use of the Jobs facility. Here, it displ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061241/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:25:28 -0500 Computerworld http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061241/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will discuss next week whether any Greek bailout should be funded by issuing EU bonds guaranteed by euro region governments, said three people ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061228/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:24:06 -0500 Business Week http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061228/ Sir Brian Pitman, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, has died at age 78, the British Bankers' Association said Friday. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061225/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:59 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061225/ Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking ma... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061247/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:41 -0500 Techworld http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061247/ WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar wit... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061243/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:40 -0500 MSNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061243/ Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro increased much more than expected in January.The 1.7% increase between December and January was the largest monthly jump since Eurostat star... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061209/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:30 -0500 BBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061209/ The technique, called "Repo 105", was used to temporarily remove $50bn (£33bn) of assets from the US investment bank's balance sheet in 2008, according to a one-year investigation. This gave the app... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061239/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:13:17 -0500 Sky News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061239/ Get your FREE membership now » MarketWatch Community is a free service that lets you discover, organize and share MarketWatch stories with other readers. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061244/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:45 -0500 Market Watch http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061244/ (Adds comments, context.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. Monetary Policy Committee will extend its quantitative easing bond-buying policy if necessary, Bank of England Chief Eco... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061248/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:11 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061248/ BBVA ) sees opportunities ahead, while chief rivals continue to grapple with troubled assets, BBVA Chairman Francisco Gonzalez said Friday. "There are several institutions with a great volume of tro... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061250/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:08 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061250/ The U.S. dollar fell versus major rivals Friday, with the euro breaking through important chart resistance after a stronger-than-expected rise in industrial output. The Japanese yen also strengthened... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061249/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:05 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061249/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British Midland International, or bmi, a U.K. airline that operates from London's Heathrow airport, said Friday it will do all it can to assist British Airways PLC (BAY.LN) custo... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061251/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:02 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061251/ (Adds detail and comment.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The union representing British Airways PLC's (BAY.LN) cabin crew Friday announced strikes will take place later this month after... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061252/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:59 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061252/ NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- The rebound in India's economic growth is not solely driven by higher government spending and the government has taken steps to cool off prices, Finance Minister Pranab Mukher... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061253/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:57 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061253/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British Airways PLC (BAY.LN), a U.K. airline company, announced Friday that it is extremely disappointed that Unite has announced plans for a strike in the run-up to the Easter h... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061254/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:53 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061254/ "); } function setUserAsLoggedIn() { $('#username_link').show(); $('#username_link').html("WELCOME ("+$.cookie("p_UN")+")"); $('#signup_link').html(" http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061255/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:50 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061255/ Fitch Ratings-London-12 March 2010: Fitch Ratings has today assigned the Republic of Turkey's USD1bn eurobond, due on 30 March 2021, a 'BB+' rating. The eurobond has a coupon rate of 5.625%, with a y... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061256/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:47 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061256/ Fitch Ratings-London-12 March 2010: Fitch Ratings has today assigned the State of Israel's EUR1.5bn 4.625% 10-year bond a Long-term foreign currency rating of 'A'. The rating is in line with Israel's... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061257/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:05:43 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061257/ Job seekers fill out applications at a job fair in New York. Canada saw a net gain of 20,900 people finding work in February, Statistics Canada said Friday. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061234/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:58 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061234/ LONDON -- Global stocks rose to seven week highs on Friday led by bank shares after talks on U.S. banking reform collapsed, while speculation the Bank of Japan may soon ease monetary policy weighed on... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061235/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:56 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061235/ Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.4%, Dow Jones futures down 0.01% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.01%. Investors awaited U.S... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061237/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:55 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061237/ The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061236/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:54 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061236/ OTTAWA - Contrary to popular belief, the bulk of the country's manufacturing sector is able to "shrug off " wild swings in the Canadian dollar, whereas the services sector is the most exposed, an anal... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061238/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:51 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061238/ Crude Carriers Corp. raised $256.5 million in its initial public offering, the Greek shipping company said Thursday. The 13.5 million shares in the offering priced at the bottom of their expected r... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061205/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:32 -0500 ABCNews http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061205/ AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s initial public offering priced below expectations, resulting in $81 million in proceeds, the biotechnology company said Friday. AVEO, which develops cancer therapies, so... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061206/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:30 -0500 ABCNews http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061206/ World oil demand will rise this year due to surging economic activity in Asian countries, especially China, the International Energy Agency said Friday as it bumped up its forecasts. The Paris-base... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061207/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:28 -0500 ABCNews http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061207/ Johannesburg — LIFE assurance and wealth management group Sanlam lifted normalised headline earnings 133% to 218,9c per share in the year to December 31 after a stronger second half operationall... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061245/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:36 -0500 All Africa http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061245/ Europe's main stock markets rose Friday as investors awaited crucial economic data and tracked US attempts to rein in the banking sector, dealers said. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.32... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061246/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:29 -0500 Breitbart http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061246/ Former bosses at Lehman Brothers have been accused of using an "accounting gimmick" to hide billions in losses which helped bring about its collapse. The technique, called "Repo 105", was used to te... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061227/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:44:24 -0500 Ananova http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061227/ Business is booming at theme parks as people go on day trips instead of taking long foreign holidays, according to new figures. Despite cautious consumer spending, 1.2 million people visited a UK th... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061226/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:44:23 -0500 Ananova http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061226/ FRM , a worldwide technical services firm, will hold a conference call to discuss its 2009 financial results today, March 12, 2010, at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (2:30 p.m. Central). The speakers’ au... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061212/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:50 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061212/ Tom Chieffe , President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "With fourth quarter sales relatively consistent with the prior year, the impact of the ongoing weakness in the housing markets was cons... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061213/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:49 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061213/ $0.81 per share in 2008.Net income attributable to Apco was slightly lower than 2008 as the favorable effects of increased sales volumes and lower exploration expenses were more than offset by the com... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061216/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:46 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061216/ March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AES Tiete S.A. (Bovespa: GETI3 and GETI4; OTC: AESAY and AESYY) today announced its results for the year of 2009.Comments by Mr. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061218/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:46 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061218/ March 12 , /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo S.A. (BM&FBovespa: ELPL3, ELPL5 and ELPL6; OTC: EPUMY and ELPSY), announced today its results for 2009.Comm... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061217/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:45 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061217/ March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DJSP Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: DJSP, DJSPW, DJSPU), one of the largest providers of processing services for the mortgage and real estate industries in http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061219/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:44 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061219/ http://www.schiffnutrition.com/press_conference_calls.asp , and the webcast will be available through April 13, 2010. If you do not have Internet access, the dial-in number will be 800-299-8538 for ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061222/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:38 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061222/ WDR approved a quarterly dividend on its Class A common stock of $0.19 per share payable on May 3, 2010 to stockholders of record as of April 5, 2010. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061223/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:37 -0500 CNBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33061223/ HONG KONG — Asian stocks were mixed Friday as investors held out for additional clues to the strength of economic recovery. European shares rose in early trade. Markets in Asia opened highe... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059026/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:15:05 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059026/ Windows 7 operating system (OS) launch Microsoft Corp. has downgraded vulnerabilities it recently issued patches for. That's good news, say researchers at anti-virus firm Symantec Corp., as it's a sig... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059015/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:56:39 -0500 IT Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059015/ The Financial Services Authority will pursue a 'proactive strategy designed to intervene earlier' as part of an attempt to end misselling scandals http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058945/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:50 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058945/ fashion brand worn by David Beckham and High School Musical's Zac Efron has priced its initial public offering at 500p a share, valuing the firm at £395m.It is the http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058944/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:49 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058944/ Readers attacked suggestions that the snow was partly for the UK's economic woes. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters An unusually high count of reports and statistics dominated the week but, while f... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058943/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:47 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058943/ music industry and a source of endless fascination outside. Business leaders still regularly moan that illegal downloads are destroying their livelihood, especially if representatives of government ar... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058946/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:53:46 -0500 Guardian http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058946/ Eurozone industrial production surged in January; December was revised up; Chemical sector boosted Irish production by 15.3% in month By Finfacts Team Mar 12, 2010 - 11:37:45 AM > http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059010/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:52:50 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059010/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactiv... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059009/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:52:47 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059009/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Cheyne Capital Management (U.K.) LLP, a hedge fund firm which oversees $5.5 billion, is betting on an improvement in Britain’s real estate market. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058940/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:48:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058940/ Microsoft has lost an appeal against a court judgement that told it to pay $240m (£160m) in damages.In August 2009, a US court awarded the damages to i4i which claimed Microsoft had infringed it... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058938/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:03 -0500 BBC http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058938/ The technique, called "Repo 105", was used to temporarily remove $50bn (£33bn) of assets from the US investment bank's balance sheet in 2008, according to a one-year investigation. This gave the app... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059006/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:36:55 -0500 Sky News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059006/ The 26-year-old singer has been "very involved" in creating a 17-piece womenswear line, which is mostly pink and black, the company said. The collection includes "dangerously short" pencil skirts and... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059005/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:36:54 -0500 Sky News http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059005/ Submit your comment Bell Equipment, which manufactures and distributes a wide range of materials handling equipment such as articulated dump trucks, front end loaders and graders, on Friday reported a... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059008/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:56 -0500 Business Report http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059008/ LONDON -- Carrefour was cut to underperform from neutral by Credit Suisse, which expects more investments to keep market share as the supermarket operator combats its "still considerable French price... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059016/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:53 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059016/ HONG KONG -- Guangdong Development Bank said Friday it is considering an initial public offering this year, according to a published report. The mid-sized Chinese lender, in which Citigroup Inc. owns... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059019/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:49 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059019/ The sale of Canada's largest English-language daily newspaper chain has attracted some of the country's financial heavyweights as potential suitors. Among the shortlist of bidders for Canwest Limited... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058948/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:48 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058948/ Potash Corp. dramatically improved its first quarter earnings guidance Thursday. The company said a sharp rebound in potash demand will help it earn between $1.30 and $1.50 a share. The new estimate ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058947/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:46 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058947/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- EMIS Group PLC, a U.K. supplier of software and related services to GP practices, said Friday it is planning an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange's AIM with an... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059017/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:46 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059017/ NEW YORK -- Back in 1976 after he bought the New York Post, a confounded Rupert Murdoch asked the chairman of Bloomingdales why the upscale department store didn't advertise in his paper. According t... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058949/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:43 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058949/ "); } function setUserAsLoggedIn() { $('#username_link').show(); $('#username_link').html("WELCOME ("+$.cookie("p_UN")+")"); $('#signup_link').html(" http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059020/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:43 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059020/ Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat A.T. chief executive, admitted Thursday that his efforts to restore the profitability of the country’s largest tour operator fell flat this winter after just about ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058950/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:40 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058950/ UBS ) has stepped up its lobbying efforts for a U.S.-Swiss tax deal over confidential bank data, urging parliamentary representatives to vote for passage of the deal. According to a document seen by... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059022/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:38 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059022/ TORONTO -- Goldcorp Inc. delivered a solid fourth quarter as it continues to keep costs in check and benefit from near-record gold prices. The Vancouver-based giant reported adjusted Q4 earnings late... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058951/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:37 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058951/ MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is weighing whether to boost its investment in Toronto-area toll highway 407-ETR after Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced Thursday it would put a 10% s... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058952/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:34 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058952/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries pegged the value of its reference basket of 12 crude oils at $77.76 a barrel Thursday, down 4 cents from $77.80 a barrel Wednesd... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059023/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:34 -0500 Fox Business http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33059023/ TORONTO -- Giant industrial outfit Siemens AG announced Thursday it is closing its gas turbine plant in Hamilton, Ontario, cutting 550 jobs as the operation is relocated to Charlotte, N.C. The move i... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058953/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:32 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058953/ The Toronto Stock Exchange stayed close to home throughout most of Thursday's trading session, eking out a small gain by the end of it as several different developments cancelled each other out in ter... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058954/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:30 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058954/ DETROIT -- Sales incentives, including zero-percent financing offers, have boosted Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. sales by nearly 50%t in early March, an industry tracking service and dealers said Thursday.... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058955/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:28 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058955/ MADRID -- Debt-laden Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial said it has put 10% of its 407-ETR motorway in Canada up for sale and will use the proceeds to invest in new toll road projects and pay down... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058957/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:27 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058957/ LONDON -- London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S. fields. The compa... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058956/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:25 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058956/ OTTAWA -- Canadian home prices rose 0.4% between December and January, the same growth rate for the third consecutive month, according to a Statistics Canada report Thursday. The index saw the bigges... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058958/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:24 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058958/ Shares in Transat AT collapsed Wednesday after the travel tour operator reported a much weaker-than-expected first quarter result Wednesday and issued a gloomy outlook for 2010. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058959/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:22 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058959/ A pedestrian walks past the headquarters of Siam City Bank Pcl in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thanachart Bank, 49%-owned by Bank of Nova Scotia, has agreed to pay US$1-billion for a 47.6% stake in ... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058960/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:20 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058960/ OTTAWA -- Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very s... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058961/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:17 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058961/ Carlos Slim Helu's US$53.5-billion hoard puts him ahead of Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, left, who had held the title of world's richest 14 of the past 15 years. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058963/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:11 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058963/ Investment firm Sprott Inc. reported a 39% drop in fourth quarter profit Thursday, primarily on lower revenues. For the period ended Dec. 31, Sprott earned a profit of $13.3-million (9 cents a sh... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058964/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:08 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058964/ LONDON/GENEVA -- HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, said a theft of data by a former employee affected up to 24,000 Swiss client accounts, dealing a hefty blow to the reputation of its private bank. The ba... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058965/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:05 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058965/ Oil has rallied to within sight of its 2010 high this week, but the physical crude markets in Asia and Europe are telling a more bearish story about oversupply and sluggish demand. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058967/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:03 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058967/ Insured mortgages provider Xceed Mortgage Corp. swung to a first-quarter loss, hurt by negative fair-value adjustments related to its discontinued business line of uninsured mortgages. The company po... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058966/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:29:02 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058966/ Toronto Stock Exchange broke a two-day skid Wednesday as some international developments helped lure investors back into the market. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.3 points, or 0.4%, to... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058969/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:58 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058969/ Marrying content to networks has become the vogue with cable and Internet companies to differentiate themselves from peers. The consensus among industry watchers, failing to see any strong upside in v... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058970/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:56 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058970/ Viterra Inc. says it will buy Viterra says it will buy Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Inc., the third-largest dry pasta producer and one of the largest durum wheat mills in North America. http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058971/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:53 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058971/ Former Victoria investment advisor Ian Thow has been sentenced to nine years in prison for 20 counts of fraud totalling $8-million. When he gets out, Thow will still have a bankruptcy hanging over his... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058973/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:46 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058973/ SAN ANTONIO -- General Motors Co will pay back roughly US$8-billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, its chief executive said on Wednesday, more quickly than the automaker had prom... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058976/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:43 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058976/ DETROIT -- Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed... http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058975/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:28:42 -0500 Financial Post http://story.vancouverstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33058975/