Tell us your jobless story
Jobless in Utah with unemployment benefits about to run out? Unemployed and willing to tell your story? Contact the Tribune’s Mike Gorrell at mikeg@sltrib.
Layoffs lead to fewer corporate blood donors in US
9, 2009 photo, Tatiana Sepulveda takes donated blood from Adrien Quiles at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Fla.
US Dollar Under Pressure Despite Rise in US Consumer Confidence, Wholesale Sales
This is article is released weekdays under the heading “Daily Fundamentals” at 5pm EST on www.dailyfx.com• Japanese Yen Domination Highlights Lingering Risk Aversion as Equities, Carry Trades, Commodities Fall • British Pound Gains as UK Input Prices Rise by Most Since June 2008 • Euro Little Changed Despite Hawkish ECB ...
Biocon, US firm to jointly make drug for diabetes
Bangalore, Sep 11: India’s biotech major Biocon Friday entered into a strategic tie-up with the US-based Amylin Pharmaceuticals to jointly produce a peptide hybrid molecule for treating diabetes.
Crisis pushes US to 2nd in global competitiveness poll, Switzerland No.1
The United States has lost its place as the world’s most competitive economy, mainly because of the financial crisis and accumulated fiscal deficits, according to a survey released Tuesday.
Did Ben Bernanke save US from depression?
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke arrives for the G20 finance ministers meeting at the Treasury in central London on Saturday.
The Haggler: Didn’t Want to Pay Us That $42? Prove It
A customer says he checked “no” when offered ticket insurance online. The insurer says he must have clicked “yes,” because it charged him,.
Toys R Us profit grows in 2Q
Toys R Us Inc. on Friday said that its net income more than doubled in its second quarter on improved margins and cost controls.
US seeks global pact on bank capital
THE US is seeking tough new global capital rules for banks by the end of 2010 to help prevent another financial crisis.
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Credit Suisse eyes US hedge fund unit
CREDIT Suisse, looking to push further into hedge fund investing, is in talks to acquire a US business with $US11 billion in assets.
Oil steady near $68 amid mixed US demand signs
Oil prices bobbed above $68 a barrel Thursday in Asia as mixed U.S. crude inventory data shed little light on demand.
US Olympic Team adds big sponsor in P&G
The Procter & Gamble Co., the world’s largest advertiser, has signed on to be a major sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team for the upcoming Winter and Summer Games.
US makes US$4b from banks
THE US government has hauled in about US$4 billion in profits from large banks that have repaid their obligations from last year’s federal bailout, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Lehman Brothers UK sues US arm for 61bn
Administrators for the UK arm of Lehman Brothers are set to claim $100bn from its US parent, which has been criticised for hanging the London operations out to dry when the bank collapsed.
Toys R Us’ trade-in offer triggered by safety recalls
“Cash for clunkers” is over, but Toys R Us Inc. is offering parents cash for cribs.
July new US home sales up 9.6 percent
Sales of new homes surged 9.6 percent in July, another sign the housing market is climbing back from the historic bottom it reached early this year.