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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Nigeria Sun.com http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:23:47 -0500 30 U.S. stocks nudged higher on Tuesday, with a gain in the Dow Jones of 33 points. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203307752/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:09:10 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203307752/cs/1/ LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron Tuesday unveiled plans to club apprenticeships with higher education to remove the poor class tag often attached to the vocational training programme. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203306350/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:47:00 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203306350/cs/1/ Microsoft's iconic start button, which was introduced in Windows 95, is likely to be removed in the software firm's upcoming Windows 8 version, according to a report. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323111/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:40:06 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323111/cs/1/ London - Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group Tuesday announced plans to cut 900 jobs as part of wider plans unveiled last year to cull 15,000 posts across the company. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305972/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:13:38 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305972/cs/1/ TOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday that delivery of first Dreamliner aircraft originally expected by February end would be delayed as Boeing was removing a technical glitch in some of the fue http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305961/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:46:38 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305961/cs/1/ ATHENS - Unions in Greece went on strike against austerity measures Tuesday as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos tried hard to persuade leaders of his coalition government to accept the tough bailout pla http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305960/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:43:40 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305960/cs/1/ NEW YORK Mining giant Xstrata and Glencore, the world's biggest commodity trader, have announced a $90 billion all-share merger to create the world's fourth largest natural resources company. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305958/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:34:15 -0500 Nigeria Sun.com http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203305958/cs/1/ Citigroup (c) is set to become the first global bank to issue its own credit cards in China. http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203298496/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:11:48 -0500 ANI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203298496/cs/1/ LLOYDS Banking Group is to axe almost 1,000 jobs and close three offices. Sites in Romford, Newcastle upon Tyne and Scunthorpe will close, with the loss of almost 1,000 posts. The Accord union ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323299/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:56 -0500 IC Wales http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323299/ Denny Hecker's former attorney and a onetime business associate worry that the fraudster's move to solitary confinement may be the first step toward a transfer to a traditional prison. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323296/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323296/ Allina Hospitals and Clinics is changing its name to reflect a new mission that shifts the emphasis away from places we go when we're sick and onto disease prevention and personal vitality. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323297/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:20 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323297/ As part of its promise last year to improve the nutritional quality of the food it sells, Wal-Mart said Tuesday that it had devised standards to determine what is healthy and would label the foods ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323298/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:13:09 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323298/ Alcoa has launched a major review of its aluminium smelter in Geelong, sparking fears that 600 jobs could be axed in Victoria's second largest ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323307/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:09:50 -0500 SBS http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323307/ MEDIA INK If the economy is on the mend, someone forgot to tell the nation’s magazine-lovers. Of the top 25 glossy magazines in the country, all but four posted newsstand sale declines in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323290/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:10 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323290/ More than 2 million football fans streamed the Super Bowl live on their computers and iPads, NBC said yesterday.It was the first time the NFL’s title game was legally streamed and the network ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323291/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:08 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323291/ Sears shares got another boost yesterday - this time on unsubstantiated chatter that Chairman Eddie Lampert has tapped Goldman Sachs to sell the company.The surge, which sent the struggling ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323292/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:05 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323292/ HOUSTON - Lawyers for jailed financier R. Allen Stanford tried to persuade a jury here that his former money man was the real brains behind a scheme to bilk billions from investors, branding him a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323293/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:04:02 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323293/ Yahoo!, a month after hiring Scott Thompson as chief executive officer, added two directors and announced the departure of Chairman Roy Bostock and three others in a board shake-up aimed at spurring ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323295/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:03:59 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323295/ The fee would be waived if workers participated in a four-to-six week wellness program. Three Teamster locals, representing about 300 drivers, salesmen and warehouse workers at PepsiCo’s ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323294/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:03:55 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323294/ George Karatzaferis, Antonis Samaras, Lucas Papademos and George Papandreou should get around a table today to discuss Greece's second bailout. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323284/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:48:55 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323284/ Mothercare has poached LoveFilm chief executive Simon Calver to lead the turnaround efforts at the struggling high street chain.Calver, a former management consultant and branding expert, ran ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323283/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:48:46 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323283/ 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 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323303/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:46:05 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323303/ German exports, adjusted for work days and seasonal changes, fell 4.3% in the month of December, Destatis the federal statistics office said today. German exports gained 11.4% n 2011 to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323302/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:46:03 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323302/ posted a 3.6 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Wednesday on the back of brisk car sales worldwide and kept its full-year forecasts unchanged at the highest level among Japan's top ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323264/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:58 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323264/ Former U.S. senator Rick Santorum rejuvenated his presidential hopes on Tuesday with overwhelming victories over front-runner Mitt Romney in Republican nominating contests in Missouri and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323263/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:52 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323263/ Stephen Hester has revealed that the dramatic restructuring of Royal Bank of Scotland has cost 38 billion pounds ($60.5 billion) in a rallying memo to staff days after the embattled chief executive ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323262/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:45 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323262/ Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, is aiming for higher earnings this year as price hikes and cost-cuts are expected to help it offset the impact of the strong Swiss franc and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323261/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:37 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323261/ CNBC's Seema Mody and Jon Fortt have the details on a massive shake-up at Yahoo, with four board members leaving. Also, New York's AG abruptly cancelled a news conference over foreclosure ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323259/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:26 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323259/ Market volume has been on a steady dropoff since concerns over European debt re-emerged last August, even as stocks have been on an equally persistent climb. But rather than being prudent as they ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323258/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:21 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323258/ "One of the things you can do is protecting your long stock," he said, adding that he was buying February 460 puts. "If you want to use options for risk-management purposes, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323265/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:18 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323265/ Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani Partners, discusses Mitt Romney's flip-flop on issues, and why he has not yet endorsed the GOP front-runner, saying the vitriolic nature of the campaign is ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323266/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:37:14 -0500 CNBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323266/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The fate of Glencore International Plc’s 24.3 billion pound ($39 billion) offer for Xstrata Plc, already opposed by some shareholders, hinges on a small minority of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323275/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:48 -0500 Business Week http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323275/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., the casino chain saddled with more than $22 billion in debt, completed an initial public offering that gives the company a market value of $1.13 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323276/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:46 -0500 Business Week http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323276/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., which widened its loss forecast for the fiscal year, had its credit rating lowered one level by Standard & Poor’s because of falling prices, waning demand ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323320/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:44 -0500 Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323320/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd., Australia’s largest carrier, suspended use of one of its Airbus SAS A380 passenger jets for as long as a week after discovering cracks in wing ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323277/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:43 -0500 Business Week http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323277/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean lawmakers voted to impose greenhouse-gas limits on its large st companies, making it the third Asia-Pacific nation to set targets opposed by ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323278/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:42 -0500 Business Week http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323278/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party will present a plan for overhauling a constitution written after a 2006 coup that ousted her brother, a move that ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323279/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:40 -0500 Business Week http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323279/ Source: Reuters New Zealand shares rose, pushing the NZX 50 Index to a three-month high, after insurer Tower said it was mulling a capital return and retailer Hallenstein Glasson Holdings flagged ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323321/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:30:04 -0500 TVNZ http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323321/ NEW YORK — You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323272/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:28:35 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323272/ Honeywell expects a decline in its defense and space business but says it will weather U.S. military budget cuts through increased efficiency and other methods. The outlook and plans were detailed ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323319/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:26:09 -0500 UPI http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323319/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- United Microelectronics Corp., the world’s second-largest contract maker of chips, said fourth- quarter profit fell 82 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323281/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:14:25 -0500 BusinessWeek http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323281/ (Credit: Jay Greene/CNET) Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer told you all you really need to know about the importance of the company's Metro user ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323256/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:36 -0500 CNet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323256/ , continuing an expansion of the note-taking software beyond the company's own operating systems. "Mobile versions of OneNote are currently available on Windows ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323304/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:25 -0500 CNet http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323304/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares hit their highest level in more than five months on Wednesday and the euro hovered close to an 8-week high as investors kept hopes alive for an agreement on details of ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323267/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:02:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323267/ BEIJING (Reuters) - The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to a government job market plan for the period ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323268/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:59 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323268/ For all the outsize macroeconomic risks and the depressive effects of unwinding debts, markets have made an eye-catching rebound this year on the back of unprecedented monetary pumping by central ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323269/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323269/ MFGLQ.PK ) broker-dealer unit say at least $120 million in insurance policies for the company's executives should instead go toward filling a massive hole in their ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323270/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:49 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323270/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress made a mistake when it stripped away most of the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to police the holding companies of broker-dealers for risks, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323271/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:01:45 -0500 Reuters http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323271/ BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) flagged a potential expansion of its South African coal operations Wednesday, delivering a vote of confidence in the country just days after it unveiled plans to exit a ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323308/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:52 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323308/ HONG KONG – Canada's Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. has secured US$350 million from three cornerstone investors including a Chinese sovereign wealth fund for its up to US$700 million Hong Kong ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323309/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:48 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323309/ MUMBAI – About 16 million shares of ICICI Bank Ltd. (532174.BY) were sold in multiple block deals Wednesday on the National Stock Exchange at an average price of INR925.00 each, two dealers ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323310/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:46 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323310/ BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) Wednesday said its financial first-half profit fell 5.5%, the first dip in two years for the world's biggest mining company as it was hit by rising costs, production ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323311/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:42 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323311/ China will likely give banks a longer grace period to meet stricter capital requirements that are aimed at curbing credit risks, the 21st Century Business Herald reported Wednesday, citing a person ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323312/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:38 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323312/ DOW JONES NEWSWIRESDespite an uncertain economic environment, small-business owners are more optimistic about growth opportunities in 2012, with a larger number of them planning to increase their ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323313/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:33 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323313/ SYDNEY – Australia's government claims in court filings that it has the legal right to enforce plain packaging on the tobacco industry, setting up what's likely to be prolonged legal ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323314/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:29 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323314/ PERTH – Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (FMG.AU) plans to explore for new commodities in a area of the country not known for iron ore, quietly laying the foundations for ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323315/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:25 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323315/ SYDNEY – National Australia Bank (NAB.AU), one of the country's four largest lenders, on Wednesday priced A$1.5 billion in fixed and floating rate 2017 notes, reopening the market to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323316/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:56:20 -0500 Fox Business http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323316/ Disney shares fell 1.8 percent to $40.28 in after-hours trading.The operator of television networks ESPN and ABC, a movie studio and theme parks, posted fiscal first-quarter revenue of $10.8 ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323322/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:53:15 -0500 IBTimes http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323322/ Canadian crude oil is being sold at a steep discount over concerns that pipelines and refineries are unable to keep up with rising production. Western Canada Select has fallen steadily over the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323286/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:51:18 -0500 Financial Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323286/ Hunter Harrison, former chief executive officer of Canadian National Railway Co. (CN), stands for a photograph during a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. town hall meeting in Toronto on ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323287/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:51:14 -0500 Financial Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323287/ Mick Davis began his discussion of the biggest mining deal in history in an unusual way: by ripping his advisors. "An advisor is somebody who gives you advice on what you would like to do, and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323288/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:51:11 -0500 Financial Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323288/ As plans to build a natural gas liquefaction (LNG) hub on the British Columbia coast move closer to reality this year, the market is buzzing with talk of new partnerships and takeovers involving ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323289/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:51:08 -0500 Financial Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323289/ Canada's benchmark stock index posted its second negative close of the week on Tuesday as base-metal producers tumbled on reports from China and Germany that suggested slowdowns in demand. U.S. ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323306/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:48:43 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323306/ Employers added permanent jobs for the first time in four months in January, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). The REC said its measure of permanent staff ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323250/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:50 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323250/ India has reached an agreement with Iran on how to continue paying for its crude oil imports, as US-led sanctions against Iran are tightened. India will pay 45% into Indian bank accounts opened by ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323251/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:46 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323251/ Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney looks set to offer last minute changes to his budget in an effort to secure opposition support. The government's 30bn spending plans are likely to be ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323252/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:44 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323252/ A company linked to the Chinese news agency Xinhua has begun trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange. The move comes after an existing listed company, Tsun Yip Holdings, acquired Xinhua TV ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323253/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:46:40 -0500 BBC http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323253/ Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as Greece appeared close to a deal with creditors to cut its massive debts and avoid a chaotic ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323282/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:55 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323282/ The Higher College of Technology (HCT) in Oman, in collaboration with Microsoft, recently announced the launch of Microsoft Live@Edu system during a ceremony at the HCT ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323273/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:46 -0500 AME Info http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323273/ US stocks held steady in the green on Tuesday afternoon on growing confidence about the US job market and hope that Greece will reach a debt deal. The Dow Jones industrial average is on pace to ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315189/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:18:42 -0500 Business News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315189/ In case you can't tell which foods at Wal-Mart are healthful, the world's largest retailer will make it obvious right on the package with a "Great For You" label. Wal-Mart, which ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315162/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:01 -0500 The Ledger http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315162/ DIS-N reported a quarterly revenue increase that fell short of Wall Street expectations as media networks and theme parks gained, but revenue at its movie studio declined.Disney shares fell 1.8 per ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315114/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:15:49 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315114/ The role of the Minneapolis law firm Fredrikson & Byron in the business affairs of convicted businessman Tom Petters is under scrutiny. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315146/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:45 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315146/ NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, sending the Dow industrials to their highest close since 2008, as Greece reportedly neared accord on budget cuts, job openings rose in America and the Federal ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315147/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:41 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315147/ HOUSTON - Less than two years ago, the British oil company BP was worried about its very survival as a seemingly unstoppable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatened to destroy its finances and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315148/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:35 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315148/ Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. on Wednesday posted a 33 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings, blowing past Wall Street's profit and sales expectations and assuaging fears about a spike in ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315149/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:30 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315149/ QI'm having trouble when I go from my Yahoo e-mail to other websites using Internet Explorer 9. For example, when I accessed a Publishers Clearinghouse website, the screen broke into three ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315150/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:25 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315150/ SAN JOSE, CALIF. - On the Internet, Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. have both become superpowers. But until recently, they have often looked more like 90-pound weaklings in Washington, D.C. That is ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315151/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:21 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315151/ SOUTH COUNTY -; A 45-year-old woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 61 charges in what prosecutors said was a massive real estate scam centered in the South Bay.Dianne "Harmony" Brown was ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315137/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:16 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315137/ The future of San Diego's skyline -- and neighborhoods -- depends in part on how $6.5 billion in leftover redevelopment plans are acceptable to the state. - Eduardo ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315138/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:13 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315138/ Next ViaSat of Carlsbad has filed a federal lawsuit against the builder of its new $400 million high-capacity Internet satellite for breach of confidentially agreements and patent infringement.The ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315139/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:08 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315139/ San Diego's Illumina rejected Roche's $5.7 billion takeover offer on Tuesday, calling it "grossly inadequate." The decision by gene mapping company's board of directors was ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315141/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:06 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315141/ NEW YORK -; Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE McClatchy Co., up 48 cents at $2.72 The publisher of the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315142/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:10:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315142/ In this Feb. 6, 2012 photo, The Disney Soda Fountain & Studio Store marquee is seen on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Walt Disney Co. releases quarterly financial earnings Tuesday, Feb. 7, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315143/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:59 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315143/ CAREER OPPORTUNITY: All those apps being made for smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network are helping the U.S. economy lower its unemployment rate. A study released ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315140/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:52 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315140/ A debate over listing data continues between real estate brokers and websites like Zillow and Trulia as the San Diego region's Multiple Listing Service seeks to control content to outside ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315144/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:48 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315144/ Profit excluding some items was 79 cents a share, Coca-Cola said. That exceeded the 77-cent average estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315235/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:05 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315235/ BURBANK, Calif. -- Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 12 percent due to higher fees paid to its ESPN cable network and improved results at its US theme parks and ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315134/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:04:00 -0500 New York Post http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315134/ CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Among the stocks that could see active trade in Wednesday's session are CVS Caremark, Time-Warner and Wyndham ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315072/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:26 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315072/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of NCR Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices were up sharply on Tuesday leading the tech sector to modest ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315073/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:57:19 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315073/ The company's year-end earnings totalled $65.5 million compared to $6.8 million in 2010. Year-end revenues also increased to $1.75 billion, up from $1.52 billion the previous ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315169/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:55:54 -0500 Knox News http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315169/ Hundreds more banking jobs could be at risk after National Australia Bank (NAB) said it was taking a much more pessimistic view of the UK economy and was launching a strategic review of its wholly ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315173/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:50:04 -0500 The Independent http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315173/ Misys said on Tuesday they have agreed on several key terms on a possible all-share merger that could create one of the world's largest standalone financial software companies.Under the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315115/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:14 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315115/ A paper by a Dutch intern reveals that in 2010 it took just 12 weeks to get Mac OSX's kernel ported from Intel to ARM as part of a 'larger project'. Like Microsoft and Windows 8, ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315116/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:12 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315116/ GlaxoSmithKline has been pulling cash out of some eurozone countries in case the debt crisis takes a turn for the worse.Speaking at the drugmaker's annual results presentation in London, the ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315117/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:06 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315117/ Glencore was "Everest". The name was apt - both Sir John Bond, the chairman of Xstrata, and Simon Murray, the chairman of Glencore, are keen mountaineers.Bond's daughter Annabelle is ... http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315120/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:02 -0500 Guardian http://story.nigeriasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203315120/