Posts Tagged ‘stock’

Four Board Members Ditch Yahoo

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Chairman Roy Bostock and others expected to step down.

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Four Board Members Ditch Yahoo

David Choe, the art world’s soon-to-be Facebook millionaire

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

One of the most interesting stories to come out of the Facebook IPO windfall is that of David Choe, the scrappy street artist who was given the choice of cash or stock for the murals he created in the company’s first headquarters. Read full article > >

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Dow Has Best Day Since Crash

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Stocks react to positive jobs numbers.

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Dow Has Best Day Since Crash

Dow Has Best Day Since Crash

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Stocks react to positive jobs numbers.

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Dow Has Best Day Since Crash

Four admit planning London bomb

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Four men have admitted planning an al-Qaeda inspired plot to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange.

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Democratic Senators to Push ‘Buffett Rule’

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

In an effort to regain public trust, the Senate voted Monday to take up a bill that would prohibit members of Congress from trading stocks and other securities on the basis of confidential information they receive as lawmakers.

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Democratic Senators to Push ‘Buffett Rule’

Decapitated man ‘had been shot’

Friday, January 27th, 2012

A man found decapitated and burnt in Stockport died from a shotgun wound to his head and another head injury, tests reveal.

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Critic’s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Penn South, a housing development in Chelsea, and the ill-fated Pruitt-Igoe project in St. Louis shared a type of housing stock but little else.

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Critic’s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales

Petroplus share trading suspended

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Trading in Petroplus, the owner of the Coryton oil refinery in Essex, is suspended on the Swiss SIX stock exchange on Monday.

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New attacks on Israeli websites

Monday, January 16th, 2012

A Saudi computer hacker is blamed for attacks on the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national airline, El Al.

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New attacks on Israeli websites

As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

Kindles, Nooks and iPads can do many amazing things, but they can’t bump you ahead in line at the Reston Regional Library. In fact, if you want to borrow a book, it may be quicker to put down your sleek new device and head into the stacks. Read full article > >

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As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves

Talk: Wael Ghonim Has No Regrets

Sunday, January 15th, 2012

The Google executive who helped start the Egyptian uprising takes stock.

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Talk: Wael Ghonim Has No Regrets

Nurse held in triple murder probe

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

A nurse arrested on suspicion of tampering with medical records at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, is further arrested on suspicion of murdering three patients.

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Nurse held in triple murder probe

Rumor of N. Korean nuclear explosion prompts brief stock panic in South

Friday, January 6th, 2012

TOKYO — A rumor that an explosion occurred at North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility set off a brief panic Friday in the South Korean stock market, illustrating one of the ways in which Seoul is vulnerable to its neighbor. South Korean government officials found zero evidence that an explosion had actually occurred, and a visiting U.S. diplomat in Tokyo said he’d heard nothing to suggest the rumor was true. Radiation-monitoring devices in the region showed no unusual activity. Read full article > >

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Barnes and Noble Nook spin-off talk proves off-key

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Shares of Barnes and Noble plummeted Thursday following the company’s announcement that it will explore options to spin-off its Nook digital unit. Company stock had fallen over 20 percent in morning trading, a response to a company release that also disclosed that Barnes and Noble has lowered its yearly revenue guidance. Read full article > >

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