Protests held across world against genetically modified foods, Monsanto
Posted by: harry68
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 23:31:45 -0700 | business-news
Many protesters in about 300 cities and 44 countries have hit the streets against genetically modified foods in general and Monsanto Co. the seed giant, in particular. One such protest was held in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday. According to...
California's New Problem: Too Much Money
Source: The New York Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 19:19:22 -0700 | business-news
California Faces a New Quandary, Too Much Money Max Whittaker for The New York Times Advocates for the disabled demonstrated in Sacramento to press state lawmakers to restore spending on social programs. After years of grueling battles over state budget...
Newport Beach has trouble keeping track of its art pieces
Source: Los Angeles Times
Newport News :: VA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 20:01:41 -0700 | business-news
Newport Beach will probably change the way it tracks its art pieces after discovering some pieces unaccounted for. Previously, the city hadn't regularly updated its inventory, and as of Wednesday, five pieces donated to the city or purchased at a...
Bankia sells City National Bank
Source: DAWN
Madrid :: Spain | updated 2013-05-25 21:34:37 -0700 | business-news
Spain's bailed-out lender Bankia on Friday announced it would sell City National Bank of Florida to Chile's BCI for around 683 million euros. The bank said in a statement it had made provisions in late 2010 to cover losses of...
Buddies hope co. brews up business revival in Attleboro
Source: Boston Herald
Amherst :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 22:14:16 -0700 | business-news
Two Attleboro buddies are brewing up a new hard cider company they hope will give their hometown a crisp, economic boost. Jeremy Quaglia and Kyle Schmitt, both 23, have spent their nights and weekends over the past year concocting Homestead...
3 Teeth-Whitening Products That Actually Work
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 17:18:28 -0700 | business-news
Remember that episode of Friends when Ross be-bops his way around a black-lit dance club with his glowing smile as the center of attention (and the butt of all the jokes)? That slightly irrational fear has kept me from whitening...
Why I'm Not Binge Watching 'Arrested Development'
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 17:16:47 -0700 | business-news
Unless you've been living under a rock (or don't care about pop culture), you know that the beloved but little-watched TV series Arrested Development is making its return this weekend. At 12:01 am PST Sunday, all 15 episodes of season...
BofA's Michelle Meyer On The Mass Exodus From The US Workforce That Will Continue For Decades
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 16:21:03 -0700 | business-news
Bank of America economist Michelle Mayer has put out a long, new note one of the more controversial subjects in economics these days: The Labor Force Participation Rate. The Unemployment Rate has been grinding down, but everyone has noticed that...
In One Chart, Here's How Investors Are Massively Giving Up On Commodities
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 16:21:00 -0700 | business-news
One of the big themes of the year has been the selloff in commodities...Whereas past commodity downturns have been closely associated with declines in risk assets, there's a sense this time of the "supercycle" coming to an end. And indeed...
IDB unit steps up...
Source: Arab News
Dushanbe :: Tajikistan | updated 2013-05-25 16:17:58 -0700 | business-news
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group, approved the annual report and the financial results for 2012 at its 20th annual meeting held recently in Dushanbe...Despite these challenges, the corporation's business insured numbers remained strong at $ 3.07 billion, which is comparable...
Majid Al-Futtaim eyes $...
Source: Arab News
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-25 23:38:15 -0700 | business-news
UAE's Majid Al Futtaim Holding (MAF) sole franchise of hypermarket chain Carrefour in the Gulf said it foresaw capital investments of up to $1 billion this year as it steadily expanded its foothold in the region. This did not include...
Value of Kingdom?s construction contracts...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-25 16:17:48 -0700 | business-news
29 am The magnitude of contracts within the construction sector continues to illustrate the Kingdom's appetite for heavy capital expenditures as about SR 49.1 billion worth of contracts were awarded during the first quarter of 2013.
Six-day surge ends at...
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2013-05-25 16:17:58 -0700 | business-news
24 am The Saudi stock market was in the red yesterday, reversing after a 6-day surge and dropping more than 29 points for the day...It plunged to a maximum 64 points from the level of opening bell yesterday.
Business › Visa, Mastercard ask court to rule 'swipe' fees legal
Source: Japan Today
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 16:06:10 -0700 | business-news
U.S. credit card giants Visa and Mastercard have sued retailers that rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees and asked the court to rule the fee practices weren't illegal. The latest legal maneuver comes after years of legal battles over...
China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang warns EU against telecoms sanctions
Posted by: usmansafi
Beijing :: China | updated 2013-05-25 23:18:28 -0700 | business-news
Premier Li Keqiang criticised the European Union over its plans to investigate alleged anti-competitive behaviour by Chinese makers of mobile telecommunications equipment and to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China, state media reported. Xinhua reported late on...
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