EC veto makes UPS drop plans to buyout TNT Express
ATLANTA / AMSTERDAM - United Parcel Service, Inc. Monday announced that it was withdrawing its 5.2 billion euro ($7 billion) offer to buyout Amsterdam based TNT Express as the European Commission ...
View ArticleOECD optimistic about global economic outlook
LONDON - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Monday presented an optimistic forecast of economic revival in 2013 stating that majority of industrialized countries are ...
View Article2013 the Mayan Calendar and the end of the world
The Mayan calendar that many say predicted the end of the world this December of 2012 was a little off. Actually, it was quite late. In truth, the world ended approximately two decades ago. Oh, we ...
View ArticleThere is good news in the world
In this day and age it is very hard to find sometimes some really good news in the world and that everybody is encouraged by and agrees with. In some parts of the world it is hard to find good news ...
View ArticleIs Your Business Ready for a Flu Outbreak
-; Flu is reaching epidemic levels this year. A flu outbreak affects more than individual's health. Communities, schools and businesses will all be impacted by the virus. Will your business be ...
View ArticleChristopher Banks raises earnings guidance after promising fourth quarter
Women's clothier Christopher & Banks raised its financial guidance Tuesday, Jan. 15, a welcome sign of strength during the holidays that follows months of distress at the Plymouth-based ...
View ArticlePuget Sound cities move ahead with online business license and tax portal
Five Puget Sound cities are moving ahead with plans to launch a shared website for companies to get business licenses and pay taxes, among other things. Bellingham, Bellevue, Everett, Seattle and ...
View ArticleCanadas Most Undervalued Predictable Stocks from New Global Coverage
Canadian Premium Membership can get all the data about companies trading on Canada's stock exchanges. To introduce the new feature, here is a look at Canada's most predictable, ...
View ArticleFlorida companies ring up $24.8M in sales at German trade show
Florida companies, including two from Orange County, reported $24.8 million worth of sales at Medica, a German medical products and technology tradeshow. Locally, CT Imaging Technology Inc., which ...
View ArticleAd of the Day Coca-Cola
Overall, the ad spins the issue so many different ways that it's difficult not to see all of them as thinly veiled attempts at manipulation. And it's easy to imagine the marketing bogeyman ...
View ArticleSt. Charles could offer incentive for new RV business
St. Charles officials will consider offering an incentive to lure a recreational vehicle dealer to town.During a city council committee meeting Monday, city staff recommended offering an economic ...
View ArticleSuspicious package that prompted FBI office evacuation deemed safe
Federal Bureau of Investigation office.Officer Allison Diller said they received a call from the FBI about 11:43 a.m. about a package at 850 Trafalgar Court. Hours later a bomb squad blew up the two ...
View ArticleShooting Hunting And Outdoor Trade Show Draws Gun Advocates To Las Vegas To...
Will Michaels of Homer, La., examines a Bushmaster M4 A3 Carbine 300 AAC Blackout rifle at the Bushmaster exhibit during the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Tradeshow, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, in Las Vegas. ...
View ArticleLoophole used by MF Global targeted by U.S. accounting body
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The group that sets U.S. accounting standards proposed tightening an accounting rule that brokerage MF Global used to obscure its exposure to risky European sovereign debt ahead ...
View ArticleAnalysis Once reliable technology sector drags down earnings
NEW YORK (Reuters) - This earnings season, the U.S. technology industry is in an unusual position - dragging corporate America down, rather than lifting it ...
View ArticleTesco withdraws burgers after horse meat found in samples
LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket chain Tesco said on Tuesday it had withdrawn a number of beef burgers from sale after samples were found to contain horse DNA in tests. The burgers that had ...
View ArticleU.S. Shiffrin secures third World Cup slalom win
DOMINIC EBENBICHLER/Reuters FLACHAU, Austria (AP) -- American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin won a World Cup night slalom on Tuesday, the third victory in her first year on the circuit. ...
View Article7DAYS published Host of expensive items for sale at World Luxury Expo
The world’s most expensive bed, a golden shisha stand worth a smoking Dhs350,000 and a Dhs170,500 uzi used in Al Pacino’s classic shoot ‘em-up ...
View ArticleWal-Mart to hire 100000 vets boost US sourcing
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer and nation's largest private employer, is making a pledge to boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers and hire more ...
View ArticleUnitedHealth Earnings Preview What We Are Watching
UnitedHealth Group is set to release its earnings Thursday, and we expect Q4 2012 earnings to be relatively lukewarm compared to its past quarters of better than expected growth. We anticipate UNH ...
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