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  • New Israeli software could revolutionize finance industry

    The Sydney News.Net

    Using a new technique, Layered Voice Analysis, can decipher whether CEOs are lying or not, a study reveals. Duke University and University of Illinois researchers turned to an Israeli firm ...

  • Houses need to be built for half billion Indians within 10 years

    The Sydney News.Net

    Over 500 million Indians will need new homes in almost a decade, close to the needs of China, North America and Western Europe put together, as the government and urban local bodies focus more on ...

  • TV personality embroiled in business row

    The Sydney News.Net

    Sharon Osbourne has been sued by a design company which has accused the reality TV star of breaching a jewellery deal by pulling out at the last minute. Lucas Design International executives ...

  • Real estate rewind

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    An aerial of the Mickelson home in Rancho Santa Fe. Photo courtesy of Susan Bartow. Two local celebrities have put their homes on the market, and a debate between those for and against real estate ...

  • Gingrich Pledges to Press On as Romney Wins Nevada Caucuses

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Newt Gingrich vowed to continue his fight for the Republican presidential nomination a day after Nevada handed him a second consecutive defeat, saying contests in the South ...

  • ‘Chronicle’ Tops Box Office With $22 Million in Receipts

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- "Chronicle," the film about three teens who acquire psychic powers, opened as the top movie in theaters in the U.S. and Canada, taking in $22 million for News ...

  • Greece’s Papademos, Leaders Agree on Framework for Talks

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos and the three political party leaders supporting him agreed to take spending cuts this year equal to 1.5 percent of GDP, according to an ...

  • Celeb real estate: Own Johnny Cash's home

    MSNBC

    When Scarlett Johannson and Ryan Reynolds announced their engagement in 2008, it seemed like an A-Lister match made in Hollywood heaven, akin to the beautiful pairing of Brad and Jennifer Aniston. ...

  • Europe's shadow darkens outlook

    Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A renewed focus on Europe's banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January ...

  • TiVo shares appear to be discounted: report

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - TiVo Inc is trading at a compelling discount and could be a possible acquisition target by Microsoft or Google, Barron's financial newspaper reported on ...

  • Greece debt talks to continue Monday

    Financial Post

    PARIS – Critical talks on a Greek debt rescue will over-run until Monday, the country's leaders said, but some ruling coalition members denounced the pressure to pass harsher austerity ...

  • Greek coalition parties say crisis talks for debt deal to continue Monday

    Star Tribune

    ATHENS, Greece - Crisis talks on a debt deal for Greece among the three leaders of parties supporting the coalition government were suspended and will continue Monday. Greece is racing to finalize ...

  • Olympus shareholders given chance to quiz board members

    Guardian

    Olympus , the Japanese camera maker suing 19 current and former executives over accounting fraud, has told the Tokyo stock exchange it will hold an emergency shareholders' meeting on 20 ...

  • Stores pull Caterpillar boots to protest plant closure

    CTV

    LONDON, Ont. -; A national casual clothing chain has pulled Caterpillar boots from its London, Ont., stores after the heavy-equipment giant shut down a local locomotive plant. Mark's Work ...

  • Greek Crisis Talks for Debt Deal Pushed to Monday

    CNBC

    Leaders of parties supporting Greece's coalition government say crisis talks for huge new debt deals will continue Monday. Coalition backers held a five-hour meeting late Sunday with Prime ...

  • Iran Softens Line on Cutting Oil to Europe

    CNBC

    Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic ...

  • Wal-Mart greeters still greet, but duties change

    The Seattle Times

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The role of the greeter at Walmart stores is evolving, and not everyone is happy. Officials have phased out greeters who worked overnight shifts, and greeters have been ...

  • Time to cheer, and heckle, the Super Bowl ads

    MSNBC

    By Kurt Schlosser Back in September, after "my" Buffalo Bills had just finished beating the New England Patriots to improve to 3-0 on the young NFL season, I was making much different ...

  • With Sparse Economic Data, Focus Returns to Europe

    IBTimes

    (Reuters) -- Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market ...

  • Technology for All Won't Boost Stock Markets

    Forbes

    This past week, in a discussion group with a top Indian tech executive, I raised the question: Isn’t innovation for the mass market, by which we mean driving technology down to a price where ...

  • Romney’s ‘Very Poor’ at Highest in 35 Years as Safety Gaps Grow

    Business Week

    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 ...

  • Good job news met with optimism, skepticism

    MSNBC

    Job fairs are still crowded, but at 8.3 percent, unemployment is at a three-year low. Whether the job market feels stronger depends on your ...

  • With sparse data, focus returns to Europe

    Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give ...

  • EARNINGS PREVIEW: European Steelmakers Face Tough Year End

    Fox Business

    CAPE TOWN – European steelmakers are expected to post lower earnings for the last quarter of the year compared to the same quarter a year earlier after rising global steel consumption in the ...

  • IIF Chief Dallara Arrives At Greek Prime Minister's Office

    Fox Business

    Lucas Papademos ' office late Sunday.Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute for International Finance (IIF), along with Jean Lemierre, a senior adviser ...

  • Federal budget, deficit and consumer credit, sentiment on tap

    CBS News

    jobs report is so last week. This week, we turn our attention to the federal government. You might have noticed it's the political season, so no doubt politicians of all stripes will harp on ...

  • Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement

    Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal

    Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...

  • Technology for All Won't Boost Stock Markets

    Forbes

    This past week, in a discussion group with a top Indian tech executive, I raised the question: Isn’t innovation for the mass market, by which we mean driving technology down to a price where ...

  • A Financial Wipeout That Really Didn't Have to Happen

    CNBC

    Bobby L. Hayes, an engineering entrepreneur in Incline Village, Nev., used to trust financial institutions. This is the story of why he no longer ...

  • Romney Nevada Win Leaves Rivals With Few Options

    CNBC

    Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state's caucuses four years ago, kept his organization active and he could count on support from Mormons who ...

  • Era of Food Prices Always Falling Seen at End on Population

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The era of food prices always falling has come to an end with the world population set to add another 2 billion people, according to Cargill Inc., the U.S. farm commodities ...

  • Clinton Calls for ‘Immense Pressure’ on Assad After UN Veto

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will work with its allies to put "immense pressure" on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down after Russia vetoed a resolution aimed at ending ...

  • Saudi Aramco Raises March Oil-Price Differentials to Europe

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world’s largest crude exporter, raised differentials used in determining its official selling prices for all grades to customers in Northwest ...

  • Toronto, Union Reach Preliminary Agreement Averting Strike

    Business Week

    Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The city of Toronto and its municipal workers reached a preliminary agreement on job security and benefits, avoiding a strike that would have disrupted garbage pickup and snow ...

  • Weibo Platform Boosts Tudou as Web Gamers Climb: China Overnight

    Business Week

    Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Tudou Holdings Ltd. surged the most ever in New York, driving an index of U.S.-traded Chinese stocks to a seventh weekly gain, after the company announced an improved video ...

  • Zuckerberg May Sell $1.67 Billion in Facebook Stock to Pay Taxes

    Business Week

    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 ...

  • Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement

    Business Journal

    Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...

  • Cisco earnings eyed for more improvement

    Business Journal

    Follow this company earnings on Wednesday are being watched for more signs of improvement for the networking equipment giant. Analysts expect the San Jose-based company (NASDAQ:CSCO) to ...

  • Glencore, Xstrata hammering out final deal details

    Reuters

    XTA.L ) are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry's largest ever takeover, which could be announced as early as ...

  • ET, the new alien scaring global markets

    Reuters

    (Reuters) - The United States is coming to be seen as a global threat, acting unilaterally with aggressive new market rules that critics say will hurt U.S. firms, foreign banks, and international ...

  • EBRD Mirow: Greek Growth Needed Or Debt Cuts Won't Suffice-Report

    Fox Business

    ROME – Greece urgently needs to kickstart economic growth or debt reduction alone won't be enough to put the euro-zone member on a sustainable footing, the head of ...

  • Battlegrounds for bringing Wall Street to justice

    Japan Times

    This much is clear: Despite rampant illegalities, bank fraud and countless cases of perjury, the response to date — at the federal level and from most, but not all, states — has been ...

  • People problems plague Gulf start-ups

    BBC

    The translation is done by the 400 freelancers recruited across the region - mainly in places like Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Despite knowing the turmoil of the Arab uprisings would not make for an ...

  • Debt questions answered by an expert

    BBC

    The number of people declared insolvent fell by 11% in England and Wales last year. However that still left nearly 120,000 people whose financial position reached crisis point. They had to declare ...

  • Qualcomm not talking about bribery probe

    San Diego Union-Tribune

    Qualcomm this week revealed a federal probe into the company's compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but declined to provide further details.In a conference call with analysts on ...

  • Premier Wen Says China Has Stake in Helping Europe

    CNBC

    China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and ...

  • Volvo Holds Steady Course as Earnings Rise

    Business Week

    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 ...

  • Euro zone insists no Greek rescue without reforms

    Reuters

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second ...

  • Thomas Cook To Sell Indian Foreign Exchange Business-Report

    Fox Business

    Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) to sell off its Indian foreign exchange business, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.The sale is part of Thomas Cook's planned divestments of non-core ...

  • Pakistani Bidder Emerges For Retailer Peacocks - Report

    Fox Business

    LONDON – Alshair Fiyaz, a Pakistani textile billionaire, is working on a bid for collapsed clothing chain Peacocks, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.The paper said Fiyaz is ...