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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Trinidad Times.com http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:58 -0500 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:15:58 -0500 30 The continuing row over bonuses is damaging Britain's reputation as a place to do business, leading international bankers have warned. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231183/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:40:41 -0500 IANS http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231183/cs/1/ Imogen Thomas was spotted in a dressed down look for her trip to Tesco in North London on Thursday - a far cry from her glamorous appearance at a party the night before. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231146/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231146/cs/1/ TOKYO - Japan's Panasonic Friday predicted staggering annual loss of $10.2 billion, joining rivals Sony and Sharp who have also forecast combined losses of $6 billion. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207545/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:59:12 -0500 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207545/cs/1/ LONDON - The eurozone's service sector has shown some growth, marginal though, for the first time in four months, raising expectations that a recession could be kept at bay. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207313/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:16 -0500 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207313/cs/1/ BRUSSELS - Several countries in Europe are facing gas supply crunch with severe cold weather driving up demand and drop in Russian supplies via Kiev, raising fears of a repeat of the 2009 crisis. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207228/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:08 -0500 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203207228/cs/1/ The closing of a locomotive plant in London, Ont., by U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar comes as the latest blow to Canada's struggling manufacturing sector.Facing new competition from ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238617/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:43 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238617/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors in U.S. stocks, which just wrapped up their best start of the year since 1987, are expected to shift their attention next week toward the ongoing euro-zone ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238616/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:24:30 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238616/ Hidden charges make it difficult for investors to compare funds. Now Fidelity is calling for a simple charging structure so the true cost is clear to ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238621/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:20:32 -0500 Guardian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238621/ The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors, and lounges with free Wi-Fi. In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or salons. The company announced its plans at the National Automobile ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238619/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:39 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238619/ A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238618/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:33 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238618/ Nelson Sarty was still on the Electro-Motive picket line after the plant announced it would shut down Friday, thinking about the job his family had built plans for the future around."It's ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:05:17 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238622/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238620/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:54 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238620/ Thousands of experts from the widely divergent fields of science and online marketing will convene in San Diego next week, when hundreds of troubled homeowners will also be in town in search of ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236967/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:33:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236967/ Whatever the outcome of tomorrow's Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots, several stocks with ties to the big game could be winners in the markets on Monday.The following four companies ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236966/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:31:48 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236966/ After you hear the tale of Thomas Mitchell, a retiree living in Arizona, you may suddenly have the urge to run to the phone and call your auto insurer. And perhaps even your life insurer. And your ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236960/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:47 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236960/ A U.S. law protecting whistleblowers at publicly traded companies does not cover employees of mutual funds, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday in a case involving two ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236959/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:41 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236959/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Lance Armstrong, the seven-time tour de France champion, and his professional bicycle racing team are no longer the subjects of a U.S. criminal probe, the U.S. attorney in Los ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236962/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:15 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236962/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s seven-month effort to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236963/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:13 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236963/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Julius Malema, leader of the youth wing of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, lost an appeal against charges of bringing the party into disrepute and sowing ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236965/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:11 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236965/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Kareem Serageldin, the ex-global head of Credit Suisse Group AG’s CDO business charged in a bonus- boosting fraud tied to a $5.35 billion trading book, was surprised by ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236964/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:08 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236964/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street’s biggest lobbying group is split over a proposed settlement of state and federal foreclosure probes, after a committee of money managers signaled it opposes ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236961/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:39 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236961/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cyber crime investigators ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235087/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:19:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235087/ Davie-Brown Index shows that people find Manning more appealing, aspirational, influential and trustworthy than Brady. Brady only beat Manning in the category of awareness, but there only by two ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235100/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:17:26 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235100/ With a huge lead in polls, Republican front-runner Mitt Romney appears poised for an easy win in Nevada on Saturday that would put him in firm command of the party's see-sawing presidential ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235097/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:35 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235097/ Police removed bedding and some tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235098/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:30 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235098/ 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 ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235099/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:49:52 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235099/ A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove U.S. stocks higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq hitting an 11-year high as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235103/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:54 -0500 IBTimes http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235103/ In this week's Your Money, Declan Curry looks at problems with pensions, considers the benefits of credit unions and gets some top tips on how to manage your ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235096/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:30 -0500 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235096/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); addOnload(userPref.renderAutoStartControls()); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235094/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:30:47 -0500 ABCNews http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235094/ By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc's results. Leitao is part of a cadre of amateur ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235102/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:47 -0500 SINA http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235102/ Caterpillar subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) has announced that it is transforming the lockout at its London, Ontario diesel-locomotive manufacturing facility into a plant closure. Six weeks ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233253/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:53 -0500 wsws.org http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233253/ The new SpringHouse Ministry Center is planning an open house Saturday, Feb. 4, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in south Minneapolis. This is a beautiful renovated church at 610 W. 25th Street in the former ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233249/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:01 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233249/ In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, Joe Stein tests a snowblower at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Ironwood, Mich.. The Toro company is testing here because of lack of snow in northern ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233250/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:55 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233250/ Issa-backed carmaker closes without energy aid Rep. Brian Bilbray, who said he worried about political pressure on the Department of Energy in approving $535 million in loan guarantees to ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233247/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:46 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233247/ This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed "friend" from a noun to a verb, is expected to ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233248/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:44 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233248/ ATHENS, Greece - Greece’s finance minister says negotiations for bailout deals must be completed by late Sunday. Evangelos Venizelos said talks in Athens with rescue creditors for a new (euro) ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:59 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233242/ INDIANAPOLIS -- Having salsa danced his way into the hearts of millions, Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is hoping to make his way into their closets with his men's clothing line.Started with ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233243/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:57 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233243/ SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Sony Electronics, the US arm of the Japanese consumer products company, has cut around 100 workers from its ranks over the past several weeks, AllThingsDigital has ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233244/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:54 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233244/ Walmart is finally opening the kimono. After decades of zealously guarding its sales data as top secret, the world’s biggest retailer has begun to make it available - most recently in a deal ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233245/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:52 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233245/ HOUSTON - Jailed financier R. Allen Stanford bribed Antiguan bank officials in exchange for their help in warding off American regulators scrutinizing his shady Caribbean bank, Stanford’s ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233246/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:49 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233246/ exploited and abused workers in China , for almost 18 months. Daisey played to small but appreciative crowds across the US, winning critical praise but stirring little trouble, not even with the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233236/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:54:14 -0500 Guardian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233236/ Microsoft . I’ll confess that while I was aware of the numbers I obviously wasn’t paying attention as this point hadn’t occurred to me. Parislemon ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233251/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:53:25 -0500 Forbes http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233251/ Nokia Concept Devices (Wikipedia) Apple have had a historic quarter, Android devices have the lions share of the market, so where now for Windows Phone? Let’s be honest here, Microsoft will ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233235/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:52:54 -0500 Forbes http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233235/ "I realize I am very fortunate, and in fact I am a member of the 1 percent," Mr. Ross wrote in an email. His rsum is studded with elite institutions: Yale, Columbia Law School and stints ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233226/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:46:07 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233226/ Syrian forces hammered restive neighborhoods in the city of Homs for hours with mortars and artillery Saturday, sending terrified residents fleeing into basements and killing more than 200 people in ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233227/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:46:01 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233227/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said talks with international creditors had made progress with two major issues still to be ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233230/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:45:30 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233230/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The European Central Bank is considering using its bond holdings to bolster Greece’s next rescue program and support efforts to contain the sovereign debt crisis, three ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233231/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:45:29 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233231/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama is asking Americans to press Congress to pass his new U.S. homeowner relief plan that includes a tax on financial companies that Republicans have already ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233232/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:45:26 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233232/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s statement that the "very poor" don’t concern him comes at a time when the portion of Americans living in ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233233/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:45:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233233/ ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has agreed with euro zone partners on how to recapitalize Greek banks after a planned bond swap, but has yet to resolve issues related to labor reform and spending cuts in ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233229/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233229/ NEW YORK – Trading in the riskiest mortgage-backed securities has more than doubled since the start of the year, encouraging once-shy investors to try to strike deals with motivated sellers, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233252/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:21:36 -0500 Fox Business http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233252/ The idea of hiking the OAS eligibility age from 65 to 67 has led to a huge political battle -- and lots of angry seniors -- but it's a stretch to call this a retirement ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233237/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:30 -0500 Financial Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233237/ Marie-Jose Lamothe learned her Facebook lesson the hard way. As the chief marketing officer for L'Oreal Canada, Ms. Lamothe understands that sampling is the cornerstone of cosmetics marketing, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233238/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:26 -0500 Financial Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233238/ Although many U.S. mega cap stocks are among the biggest and most successful companies in the world, their valuations have wallowed in mediocrity during the past 10 years. But as investors continue ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233239/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:21 -0500 Financial Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233239/ Maybe you can't make your child work, but you can make their investments work for you. If you have unregistered money, at least $100,000 makes it worthwhile, RBC Wealth Management says a ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233240/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:19 -0500 Financial Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233240/ Stung by criticism of its oil sands development, the federal and Alberta governments have stepped up to launch a new plan to improve environmental monitoring in the province. "The Alberta oil ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233241/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:18:15 -0500 Financial Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233241/ STOCKHOLM -; A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it. CyberForce used Twitter to claim ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231239/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29:34 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231239/ James Hamilton Answer: NO Raising taxes always has some undesirable consequences, regardless of who pays them. In the case of capital income, that income has already been taxed once through the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231240/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29:32 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231240/ The National Restaurant Association releases its industry forecast The National Restaurant Association has issued a rosy forecast for 2012, predicting that sales across the country will reach a ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231241/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:29:29 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231241/ BOISE, Idaho - The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, 18-year ride as the leader of Micron Technology Inc., where ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231238/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:26:16 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231238/ said on Friday said it fully backs its partnership with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group urged the retailer to reconsider hiring DeGeneres as a spokeswoman because she is a ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231233/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:09:22 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231233/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Zuckerberg may sell about $1.67 billion of Facebook Inc. stock in the company’s initial public offering to pay off taxes he will owe when he exercises options to buy ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231236/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:08:14 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231236/ The global economy received a boost after better-than-expected US jobs figures pushed the Dow Jones stock market index to its highest level since before the 2008 financial ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:54:35 -0500 Sky News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231242/ MP3 )The Facebook IPO was all the rage, but not for "Jill on Money" listeners, who wanted to talk about real estate, savings and annuities. If you want a quick summary of the Facebook IPO, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231232/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:36:55 -0500 CBS News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231232/ Last week was a pretty good one for the notion of privacy in America, which has increasingly become forlorn and tattered as a result of the advancement of digital technology. First, the Supreme ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231231/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:34:26 -0500 ABCNews http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231231/ A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since May 2008. The Nasdaq composite index hit an 11-year ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228031/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:49 -0500 The Ledger http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228031/ It was just what the stock market needed. When one of the most closely watched data reports showed a generally strong picture of the U.S. economy Friday, stocks on Wall Street picked right up and ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228034/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:08:04 -0500 Sacramento Bee http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228034/ The nine-member Monetary Policy Committee led by Governor Mervyn King will increase its bond-purchase program by 50 billion pounds ($79 billion) to 325 billion pounds, according to 35 of 51 ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228023/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:35 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228023/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world’s largest economy topped ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228026/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:32 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228026/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after the U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lease in three years, raising skepticism about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228025/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:29 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228025/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell against the yen, dropping from a one-month high, as an unresolved Greek debt-swap agreement with private bondholders added to concern the region’s fiscal ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228027/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:24 -0500 Business Week http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228027/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday -- home to the New York Stock Exchange -- by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228022/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:36:56 -0500 The Star http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228022/ An upbeat jobs report propelled U.S. stock indexes to dizzying highs Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 156.82 points or 1.23 percent to close the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228033/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:34:27 -0500 UPI http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228033/ SHANGHAI – The domestic investment arm of China's sovereign-wealth fund said Friday it will allow three major Chinese lenders in which it owns stakes to cut their dividend ratios by 5 ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228032/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:11:26 -0500 Fox Business http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228032/ Career fair attendees lined up at the Caterpillar company's booth on Friday. The company is adding 199 jobs to its Clayton plant in the next 5 ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228028/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:58:08 -0500 News & Observer http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203228028/ In 2003, Pat McGeary, manager of Benson Municipal Liquor Store, was trying to keep up with demand after a record sellout of 40 cases in the first week of Shakers' retail ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221629/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:58 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221629/ Lori Lund's two-year quest for a job has been a maddening tale of near-misses. Johnson & Johnson, Land O' Lakes and Kraft offered her positions, only to rescind after deciding to ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221630/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:53 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221630/ Home prices in the Twin Cities and most of the state sank last year as foreclosures took their toll, but outstate areas with strong employment and key industries experienced gains or softer ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221631/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:48 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221631/ 3M Co. has lost one and won one in its tangled legal battle with an investors group it had sued for allegedly trying to extort $34 million from the Maplewood-based company. In a ruling issued ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221632/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:42 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221632/ Delta Air Lines has reduced the price of a signature office campus in the Twin Cities -- the former home of Northwest Airlines. The Eagan complex, which includes two buildings spanning 550,000 ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221633/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:37 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221633/ Xcel Energy Inc. says it is willing to install $50 million in emissions controls on its Sherco coal-fired power plant to help reduce haze over Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221634/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:32 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221634/ Minnesota has suspended the debt collections license of an Illinois company that lost a laptop computer containing medical records of thousands of patients at Fairview and North Memorial hospitals ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221635/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221635/ The ringleader of a $2.2 million mortgage fraud ring was sentenced this week to six years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $1 million to two companies. Michael Hudalla, 45, of Mendota Heights, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221636/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:22 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221636/ Given the choice between a nearly certain prison sentence and seeing their 24-year-old son charged in a mortgage fraud scheme, Jim and Teresa Hoffman chose prison Friday, admitting that they duped ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221637/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:16 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221637/ Inspectors at the San Onofre nuclear plant will have to wait until the middle of next week to enter a reactor and search for a radioactive steam leak.Temperatures were still too hot -- 105 degrees ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221624/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:52 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221624/ Zachary Alan's proposed 60-story skyscraper design incorporates turbines propelled by prevailing offshore winds. It's seen here in the fog from the vantage point of the San Diego-Coronado ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221626/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:49 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221626/ Freedom is the lead ship in the Freedom-class of littoral combat ships. The 378-foot vessel was built in Wisconsin by Marinette Marine. US Navy For at least the fourth time in its young history, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221625/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:45 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221625/ FILE PHOTO: A consumer cuts coupons from the Sunday advertising circulars, the most common way that people find coupons. To reach even more consumers, marketers are also offering coupons online, in ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221627/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:43:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221627/ The biggest player in men’s accessories is about to get bigger.Randa Accessories - a New York-based firm that makes men’s belts, wallets, ties and luggage under brands like Levi’s, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221619/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:25 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221619/ !The NFL Network is adding five Thursday night games to its existing eight-game weeknight package - in part to entice more cable companies to pick up the channel - but non-subscribing cable ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221621/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:22 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221621/ Hard-charging New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman - thumbing his nose at an imminent global foreclosure settlement - charged Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America with using a ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221620/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:19 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221620/ Members of the battling Perelman family are squaring off against one another to seize control of the newspapers in their native Philadelphia. On one side of the battle, billionaire financier Ron ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:16 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221622/ Some day, the government is going to put out a good economic report and I’ll be able to say, "Yeah, that really is a good report." This isn’t that day. Everyone, of course, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221623/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:39:13 -0500 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221623/ PHOTO/ FILE A sorghum farm. Siaya County farmers are set to benefit from a new sorghum growing venture piloted by EABL in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221617/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:37:33 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221617/ With the Nasdaq Composite Index ending the week at an 11-year high, it's perhaps peculiar that the stock-market week was as much about a stock that has yet to trade publicly (namely, Facebook) ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221583/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:33:46 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221583/ The surprisingly strong U.S. jobs data, and the growing momentum of a 10-week stock market rally could act as a magnet for buyers, with little in the way of new economic reports in the coming week. ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221590/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:59 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221590/ CNBC's Bob Pisani and Art Cashin, of UBS, discuss the new highs on the Nasdaq and Dow, and the jobs number surprise. It came with two hefty upside revisions for the previous two months, which ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221591/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:48 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221591/ The millionaires, billionaires and companies giving big sums to political committees supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Barack Obama have important business with the next president. Some are ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221593/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:36 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221593/ LOS ANGELES - Federal prosecutors on Friday dropped an investigation centered on whether seven-time Tour De France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammates cheated the sponsor of their bike racing ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221595/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:22 -0500 CNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203221595/