Business Headlines Breaking Business News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com Receiver appointed to Old Southern Bank in Orlando The FDIC has been appointed receiver of the Old Southern Bank, in Orlando. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:18:24 -0500) U.S. stocks comatose as dollar dives The U.S. dollar was sharply weaker Friday as stocks drifted sideways. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:04:17 -0500) Louisiana regulator shuts Statewide Bank, founded in 1926 The Statewide Bank, headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, has been taken over by Home Bank, on the order of regulators. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:28:23 -0500) Park Avenue Bank is shuttered by regulators Regulators closed the Park Avenue Bank, of New York, New York, Friday and appointed the FDIC as receiver. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:09:26 -0500) New York hit by closure of LibertyPointe Bank The LibertyPointe Bank in New York, New York, has been closed by regulators. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:44:47 -0500) Australian banks gouging customers says RBA Australia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia says. (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:50 -0500) Obama wants the world to buy American The American president told the U.S. Export-Import Bank in Washington he was launching a new strategy to improve exports. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:31:39 -0500) Keep Economy Stable And Steady BEIJING - China's top parliamentary adviser said Saturday that keeping the economy stable and steady must remain the government's biggest priority this year. Jia Qinglin, the Communist Party's No. 4... (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:17:39 -0500) Stocks In Focus For Monday This is the right time for stocks Historically, there have been two particularly auspicious times to buy stock each year. Right now is one of them, writes Kevin Marder. (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:10:45 -0500) U.s. Stock Investors To Use Data As A Road Map NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock investors will look in the coming week to economic data for confirmation that the recovery is continuing, while banking on relative inaction from the Federal Reser... (Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:10:43 -0500) Royal Mail Quality Tests 'rigged' The postal watchdog is considering taking action against Royal Mail after finding quality tests had been rigged.Postcomm, acting on an insider tip-off, found that addresses involved in test deliveries... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:51:50 -0500) Australia's Pm Says Obama Visit May Be Shorter Than Planned SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Saturday said the planned visit later this month by U.S. President Barack Obama will be delayed and may be shorter than originally planned. "... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:45:02 -0500) Us Switches To Daylight-saving Time The U.S. and much of Canada will move to daylight-saving time from standard time on Sunday, when clocks will be moved forward by one hour. Regular items transmitted from these countries will appear o... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:59 -0500) China Studying Dual Listing Of Etfs With Hong Kong--paper SHANGHAI -(Dow Jones)- China is studying the possibility of dual-listing exchange-traded funds with Hong Kong, the state-run China Securities Journal reported Saturday, citing the country's top secur... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:57 -0500) Ebay's Paypal In Talks With Alibaba International Marketplace EBAY ) PayPal unit is in talks to add its online-payment system as an option on Alibaba.com Ltd's (1688.HK) new AliExpress international marketplace, according to people familiar with the situation.... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:44:55 -0500) Canwest Lp Proceeds With Sale Canwest Global Communications Corp. said yesterday it is moving on to the second phase of the bidding process for its newspaper division with several non-binding offers in hand. The country's largest... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:17 -0500) Text Messages That Self-destruct Shira Lazar talks to Jeffrey Evans who began Tiger Text, a texting application that allows the sender to control the lifespan of their text messages. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:53 -0500) Baby Sling Safety Warning The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating at least 14 deaths involving baby slings. Safety officials warned parents of the potential danger of carrying infants in them. Elaine Quijano re... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:40:51 -0500) Exxon Mobil To Proceed With Lng Project Papua New Guinea .Sales and purchase agreements with LNG buyers, and financing arrangements with lenders, have been completed, the company said on Saturday.Its affiliate, Esso Highlands Limited, is no... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:27 -0500) Wall Street Faces Fed Meeting With Momentum Wall Street stocks are set to build on nearly year-and-a-half highs as they face next week's key economic reports and the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting."We are in the process of te... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:25 -0500) Minnesota Nearly Out Of Money To Help Retrain Laid-off Workers Faced with a doubling of the number of laid-off Minnesota workers seeking help from state job retraining programs, the state's dislocated worker program is running out of money. While state officials... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:16 -0500) Best Buy, Opus Founders Launch Commercial Real Estate Venture Two of the Twin Cities' best-known businessmen have formed a joint venture company to invest in commercial real estate here and nationwide. Richard Schulze, founder of Best Buy Co. Inc., and Gerald R... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:15 -0500) From Three Local Authors Who Know Volumes Three folks with deep business roots in the Twin Cities have recently published interesting books. Robert MacGregor was a Presbyterian minister in southeast Minneapolis 50 years ago, who went from co... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:14 -0500) New Owner Plans To Finish Sexton Lofts The Sexton Lofts condominium development in downtown Minneapolis has a new owner that plans to complete units left unfinished when the project was hit with financial and legal problems. Minneapolis L... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:13 -0500) Blue Cross Is Sued Over Disclosing Woman's Records Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the state's largest health insurer, accidentally published a customer's personal medical information in a handbook prepared for 95,000 members of a popular hea... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:12 -0500) Buyout Rumors Push Supervalu Stock Up 6% Supervalu Inc. shares rose the most in almost a year and trading of bullish options surged to a record Friday on speculation that the Eden Prairie-based grocery chain will be acquired. The shares cli... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:54:10 -0500) Chile May Borrow Abroad, Tap Its Copper Savings To Rebuild March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Chilean President Sebastian Pinera plans to tap copper savings funds and may borrow abroad to pay for the estimated $30 billion cost of repairing damage caused by the 8.8-magni... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:38:13 -0500) Hold On To Your Wallets Missed Friday's Cavuto? Catch "The Deal" right here on FOXBusiness.com Around the clock to get the votes for a package whose price is out of this world. Here's the deal: Get the deal done. Now. So... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:21:14 -0500) Nortel Sales Decline As Customers Cut Spending (Reuters) - Bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp on Friday posted a 62 percent drop in quarterly revenue, as customers cut spending in the face of uncertainty about its bankruptcy proceedings and the shaky e... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:08 -0500) Wamu Reaches Settlement With Jpmorgan, Fdic Washington Mutual Inc. has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter 11 bankru... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:16:24 -0500) Hecker Won't Wipe Out $767 Million In Debt Besieged auto dealer Denny Hecker this week gave up his desperate court fight to get out of debt so he can focus his energies on staying out of prison. In a surprising twist, the defeated auto mogul ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:40:14 -0500) Qad 4q Revenue Drops, Verenium Loss Narrows On Trimmed Expenses (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Friday, March 12, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of QAD Inc. sank after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter re... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:23:53 -0500) Uk Liberal Democrats To Emphasize Need For Fiscal Responsibility LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Vince Cable, economic spokesman for the smaller U.K. opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, on Saturday will charge the main U.K. opposition part, the Conservatives, of wanting... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:40 -0500) Regulators Close Banks In Ny, Florida, Louisiana (Adds details on two additional failures.) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- State regulators on Friday closed small banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, bringing to 30 the tally of financial institution... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:40 -0500) When Archbishop, Pope Knew Of Sex-offender Priest VATICAN CITY -(Dow Jones)- A burgeoning sex-abuse scandal among German priests escalated on Friday with a disclosure by Pope Benedict XVI's former archdiocese, which said a priest known to the church... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:38 -0500) Nortel Reports Fourth-quarter Profit SAN FRANCISCO -- Nortel Networks Corp. said Friday it swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $1.78 billion, or $3.34 a share, from a loss of $2.14 billion, or $1.02 a share in the same period a year ear... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:35 -0500) Evolving Systems Board Chairman Steps Down EVOL ) announced Friday that the Chairman of its Board of Directors, Stephen K. Gartside, resigned, after serving on the board since January of 2004. Thad Dupper, the software solutions and services... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:33 -0500) Tax Q&a On Withholding, And Spouses Who Live Apart LOS ANGELES -- When you and your wife live and work in two separate states, how do you file your tax returns? And whose fault is it if your payroll department took too little withholding out of your ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:29 -0500) fda Panel Narrowly Backs Medtronic Device For Epilepsy (Updates with Medtronic comment in sixth paragraph). By Jennifer Corbett Dooren Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A Food and Drug Administration panel Friday narrowly backed the use of ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:05:28 -0500) Data, Fed To Test If Rally Has Legs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to next week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:33 -0500) Lehman Balance Sheet Massaging May Not Be Unusual That is the central question to emerge from the examiner's report, released late on Thursday by the bankruptcy court in Manhattan, which details examples of Lehman concealing assets and liabilities th... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:04:31 -0500) Microsoft Races To Plug Ie Hole After Exploit Code Released (Credit: Microsoft ) Microsoft said on Friday it is testing a patch to fix a new hole in Internet Explorer 6 and IE 7 following the release of exploit code on the Internet. With the announcement it... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:03:33 -0500) Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. Announces Upcoming Release Of Year End 2009 Earnings And Conference Call IRVINE, Calif. - (Business Wire) Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IMPM), a Maryland corporation, or the “Company,” announces the scheduling of a conference call and live webcast o... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:03:10 -0500) Calif. Prosecutor Sues Toyota Over Defects Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announces the filing of a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. during a news conference Friday at the Orange County District Attorney Office ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:18 -0500) Contractor Plans Liens Against Citycenter Owners The primary contractor for the newly completed $8.5 billion CityCenter complex told the joint venture's owners that it intends to file mechanic's liens to collect on $492 million in construction bills... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:11 -0500) Celanese To Raise Prices On Emulsions Chemical company Celanese Corp. on Friday said it would increase the prices on some emulsions in North America. The company, based in Dallas, said it would increase the price of all vinyl acetate h... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:09 -0500) 'jpmorgan, Citigroup Triggered Lehman Collapse' NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup Inc helped cause the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings by demanding more collateral and changing guarantee agreements, according to a court-ordered rep... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:59:34 -0500) Rates Trade In Tight Range On Uneven Economic Data The yield on the 10-year Treasury note that matures in February 2020 fell to 3.70 percent in late trading from 3.73 percent late Thursday. Its price rose 8/32 to 99 11/32. The 10-year yield is tied to... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:53 -0500) Bond Market Seeing Biggest Boom In Decade The domestic bond market is heating up, with nearly 20 percent in profit from bond investment possible due to the sharp decline in interest rates after a surge in the wake of the 2008 global financial... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:30 -0500) Philip Morris International Declares Dividend NEW YORK ? Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 58 cents per share. The dividend is payable on April 9 to stockholders of record on ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:53:34 -0500) Founder Of Leeann Chin Restaurants Dies At 77 The namesake of the popular Leeann Chin Chinese restaurants has died. Chin, 77, died Wednesday in Seattle, Wash., after a long illness, a company spokeswoman confirmed. When Chin opened the first Le... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:24 -0500) Contractor To Seek $492m From Owners Of Las Vegas Citycenter; Mgm Mirage, Dubai Dispute Amount LAS VEGAS - The primary contractor for the newly completed $8.5 billion CityCenter complex told the joint venture's owners that it intends to file mechanic's liens to collect on $492 million in const... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:22 -0500) Lehman's Accounting Gimmick Helped Firm Hide Debt, Examiner Says; Could It Mean Legal Trouble WASHINGTON - An accounting gimmick called Repo 105 provided financial relief for Lehman Brothers in the months before its spectacular collapse, an autopsy of the once-venerable Wall Street house has ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:44:21 -0500) Rates Trade In Tight Range On Uneven Economic Data NEW YORK -- Interest rates were mixed in the bond market Friday after uneven economic reports gave investors conflicting signals.Long-term Treasury prices rebounded after sliding Thursday. The rise i... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:36:47 -0500) Unthinkable Hiring More Tax Inspectors | Editorial Lennon and McCartney's song-cum-professional assassination, Taxman : "If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat / If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet." And it is true that eye-watering cuts in public ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:09 -0500) Perfect Storm Has Led To A Race To The Bottom | Felicity Lawrence We are where we were: that's the insiders' view. The EHRC report has simply put an official stamp on what many of us have known – and been deeply worried about – since early 2000. A combination of... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:08 -0500) Fraudsters' Home Insurance Scam Needs To Be Addressed . Actually, fraudsters apply for insurance in someone else's name to receive policy documents which can be used as proof of address when opening a bank account. It's possible a fraudster got the reade... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:06 -0500) 'i'm Not A Slave, I Just Can't Speak English' – Life In The Meat Industry A third of workers in the meat processing sector in England are migrants. Some told the inquiry they worked every day of the week in shifts that lasted 16-18 hours. Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Ge... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:04 -0500) Violence And Abuse Rife In Food Factories A third of meat factory workers interviewed for the report said they had experienced or witnessed verbal abuse. Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images Thousands of workers in Britain's lucrat... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:02 -0500) Powerless To Act For My Mother Despite Holding Power Of Attorney I operate three accounts for my 84-year-old mother under power of attorney. In November I tried to move £6,000 electronically from Halifax to Abbey but the transaction failed because of a technical f... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:31:00 -0500) Tickets Chargeback Hits Wrong Note At Blameless Record Shop A festival due to happen in Brighton last year was cancelled at the last minute. I sold 300 tickets through my record shop. The promoter declared himself insolvent and customers wanted their money bac... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:30:56 -0500) Qad 4q Revenue Drops, Verenium Loss Narrows On Trimmed Expenses (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Friday, March 12, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of QAD Inc. sank after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter re... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:25:31 -0500) Barclays’ Lehman Bid Faced U.k. Fsa Review Of Liquidity Issues March 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. financial regulator told Barclays Plc in September 2008 that an acquisition of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. might damage the balance sheet of one of the country&rsquo... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:25:18 -0500) Wamu Settles With Jpmorgan, Fdic WILMINGTON, Del. - Washington Mutual Inc. has tentatively resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding comp... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:18:36 -0500) Partisan Concerns Loom In Senate For Wall Street Reform (CNN) -- In the U.S. Senate, the progressives are restless. A handful of them are making it known that Democratic leaders shouldn't take their votes for granted when it comes to Wall Street reform. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:16:18 -0500) Portugal Passes Austerity Budget Portugal's parliament has approved an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro currency.The government hopes that by reducing the country's deb... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:13:12 -0500) Lloyds Aids Mortgage Overpayments Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging its borrowers to pay off their mortgages early.Customers on variable rate deals can, for one year, overpay their mortgages by up to 20% of their loans. Ultra-low in... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:13:11 -0500) Interns 'exploited By Employers' Thousands of young people are being exploited by employers who get them to work without being paid, the TUC has claimed.More and more graduates are accepting so-called internships, or extended work ex... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:13:09 -0500) Lloyds Aids Mortgage Overpayments Lloyds Banking Group is encouraging its borrowers to pay off their mortgages early.Customers on variable rate deals can, for one year, overpay their mortgages by up to 20% of their loans. Ultra-low in... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:13:05 -0500) Fla., La. Bank Failures Raise Year's Tally To 30 SAN FRANCISCO -- The closures of Florida's Old Southern Bank and Louisiana's Statewide Bank on Friday brought the tally of bank failures for the year to 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:06 -0500) Ebay's Paypal In Talks To Team With Alibaba International Marketplace EBAY ) PayPal unit is in talks to add its online payment system as an option on Alibaba.com Ltd's (1688.HK) new AliExpress international marketplace, according to people familiar with the situation.... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:05 -0500) Us Switches To Daylight-saving Time The U.S. and much of Canada will move to daylight-saving time from standard time on Sunday, when clocks will be moved forward by one hour. Regular items transmitted from these countries will appear o... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:05 -0500) Apple Gives Coo Timothy Cook $5 Million, Share Bonus AAPL ) awarded Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook a cash-and-stock bonus worth $22 million for filling in while Steve Jobs, the consumer electronics giant's chief executive, was on medical leave. ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:04 -0500) Alion Science & Tech $300 Million Senior Notes "); } function setUserAsLoggedIn() { $('#username_link').show(); $('#username_link').html("WELCOME ("+$.cookie("p_UN")+")"); $('#signup_link').html(" (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:05:00 -0500) Data, Fed To Test If Rally Still Has Legs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to next week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:03:56 -0500) Lehman Report May Point Way For Criminal Charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An explosive report by a court-appointed examiner on the collapse of Lehman Brothers may prove to be a roadmap for prosecutors to bring criminal cases against the investment ban... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:03:55 -0500) Apple Coo Gets $22 Million Reward As Jobs Stand-in SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has awarded its chief operating officer a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company while Chief Executive Steve Jobs was on 6-months' medical leave last y... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:03:54 -0500) Agrium Shares Jump As Cf Gets Terra The nitrogen wars are over, and Agrium Inc. is moving on to different opportunities. Friday, U.S. fertilizer companies CF Industries Holdings Inc. and Terra Industries Inc. agreed to merge in a US$4.... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:03:01 -0500) Calif. Prosecutor Sues Toyota Over Defects Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas announces the filing of a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. during a news conference Friday at the Orange County District Attorney Office ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:56 -0500) Court Oks Tv Rules For Cable 0 Comments (AP) A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:52 -0500) Boys And Girls Club Execs' $1m Pay Probed Boys & Girls Clubs of America , raising issues that could jeopardize millions in federal funding for the national charity. The four senators said they were concerned that the chief executive of a c... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:00:51 -0500) ‘euthanasia’ Needed For Failing Financial Giants J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday that a special bankruptcy process is needed to handle failures of the nation's global financial institutions. "Think of it as euthanasia," ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:59:39 -0500) Middle-class Nyc Apartment Complex Sold At Auction The developer of a high profile middle-class Harlem apartment complex has lost ownership of the property after defaulting on the mortgage. A lawyer for Laurence Gluck confirmed Friday that Wells Fa... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:59:22 -0500) Regulators Shut Banks In Ny, Florida, Louisiana Regulators on Friday shut down banks in New York, Florida and Louisiana, raising to 30 the number of failures this year of federally insured banks. (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:59:17 -0500) Ba Row Escalates After Strike Dates Revealed A row between British Airways and unions has escalated further following the announcement of a seven-day walkout by cabin crew. Strikes have been set for three days from March 20 and for four days f... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:02 -0500) Storrie Steps Down As Pompey Chief Exec Peter Storrie has stepped down as chief executive of Portsmouth Football Club. A statement from the club's administrator Andrew Andronikou revealed Mr Storrie had left "in the best interests of the ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:01 -0500) Second Union Votes For Easter Rail Strikes The threat of Easter rail strikes has increased after a second union voted in favour of industrial action in a row over plans to axe 1,500 maintenance jobs. The Transport Salaried Staffs Association... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:01 -0500) Lehman Slated Over $50bn 'account Gimmick' Former bosses at Lehman Brothers have been accused of using an "accounting gimmick" to hide billions in losses which helped bring about its collapse. The technique, called "Repo 105", was used to te... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:00 -0500) Scrappage Scheme Dents Used Car Sales Last year's sales figures for used cars were the worst in nearly a decade, new research has shown. The fall is being blamed on the recession and the Government's car scrappage scheme, with buyers en... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:42:59 -0500) Fred Perry Back To Black With Amy Collection Amy Winehouse has designed a clothing range for Fred Perry, bringing her edgy style to the classic British fashion label. The 26-year-old singer has been "very involved" in creating a 17-piece women... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:42:59 -0500) Cruise Control Helps Ship Beat The Gap A skilled ship's captain has managed to squeeze a new vessel through a narrow shipyard entrance. It's not an easy first day at work but the 'conveyance', as it's officially known, is a rite of passa... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:42:58 -0500) Counterpath Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Financial Results March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CounterPath Corporation ("CounterPath" or the "Company") (OTCBB: CPAH; TSX-V: CCV), a leading provider of desktop and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, tod... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:59 -0500) First United Corporation Announces 2009 Financial Results And... FUNC , a financial holding company and the parent company of First United Bank & Trust, today announced a net loss attributable to common shareholders for the year ended (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:55 -0500) Global Telecom & Technology Announces Fourth Quarter And Full Year... GTLT , a leading global network integrator that provides its clients with a broad portfolio of wide-area network, IP transit and mobility services, announced today its plans to release results for ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:55 -0500) American Biltrite Reports 2009 Results American Biltrite Inc. (NYSE Amex: ABL) reported its results for 2009 today. Net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 were $307.9 million, down 17.9% from $375.1 million for 2008. The net loss... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:37:54 -0500) Whirlpool, Zumiez, Ltx-credence, Intrepid Potash Among Big Market Movers Friday NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSE:Whirlpool Corp., down 53 cents at $86Whirlpool said that it has won a p... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:51:05 -0500) Atp Reports 376% Reserve Replacement, Earnings ATP Oil & Gas Corporation issued its annual 2009 results, a 376% reserve replacement ratio, and announced that its major deepwater Gulf of Mexico development, the Telemark Hub, is on schedule for ... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:48:55 -0500) Canadream Corporation Reports Third Quarter Earnings Of $1.9 Million Or 10.5 Cents Per Share Revenues for the nine months of $19.6 million is 4% lower than last year, cash flow from operations of $5.0 million (27 cents per share) is 23% lower than last year, net income and comprehensive incom... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:46:46 -0500) Advance In Stocks Stalls In U.s.; Commodities, Dollar Drop March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Most U.S. stocks fell, halting a global advance, and commodities retreated as a drop in American consumer confidence overshadowed an unexpected increase in retail sales. The do... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:34:09 -0500) Chile May Tap Savings, Sell Debt To Pay Quake Losses March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Chile plans to tap its copper savings funds and may borrow abroad to pay for the estimated $30 billion cost of repairing damage caused by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that stru... (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:34:09 -0500)