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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/ en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:26:08 -0400 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:26:08 -0400 30 Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s travel. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682446 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:32:42 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682446 http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682445 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:30:42 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682445 Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this year. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682432 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:21:42 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682432 This week’s BD25 million issues of Government Treasury Bills, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, were oversubscribed by 308%. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682454 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:43:40 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682454 President Obama is to call for business investment tax breaks. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682161 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:32:18 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682161 The management team at the Kia automobile headquarters in South Korea has undergone a change following recalls of popular makes of cars. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682163 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:35:56 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682163 George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights group. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682162 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:34:07 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682162 French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement age. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682160 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:29 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682160 UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally over. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682159 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:40 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682159 An increase in Asian travel has seen a greater need for pilots. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681959 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:21:19 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681959 There has been a sharp decline in UK car sales. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681960 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:18 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681960 Toyota Prius has become the top-selling car in Japan for August. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681947 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:18:58 -0400 Sierra Leone News.Net http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/681947 The Australian Cricketers Association has urged players to refuse to sign Cricket Australia contracts next year as a row has erupted over an attempt to take 10 per cent of their earnings from the Indian Premier League. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682249 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:10:33 -0400 ANI http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682249 Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal reported. http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682147 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:10:03 -0400 IANS http://www.sierraleonenews.net/story/682147 Five years ago, a small addiction treatment center in Wayzata got a large donation from a local businessman named Tom Petters. It was the biggest donation ever received by the Retreat -- $1 million. ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:11:22 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GEORGETOWN, Texas - Authorities are searching for possible victims after two mobile homes and a house in central Texas were swept away by floodwaters dumped by the remnants of Tropical Storm Hermine ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:11:19 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file photo, Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell, arrives a federal court in Lynchburg, Va. The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing pla... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:09:01 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The financial sector led U.S. stocks higher early Wednesday as the market recovered some of the previous session's losses. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474087&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:53 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474087&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- ZymoGenetics Inc. was in the spotlight Wednesday as shares of the biotech group shot up 84% on news that Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will acquire the company for $9.75 a share. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474088&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:49 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474088&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks rose on Wednesday, with gainers including Staples Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp., after both stocks were upgraded to buy by Goldman Sachs. Phillips-Van He... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474090&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:46 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474090&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices declined on Wednesday, pushing long-term yields up, before the government sells $21 billion in 10-year notes, the second major auction of the week. Yield... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474089&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:41 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474089&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks bounced back from the previous day's declines as concerns about European bank health subsided. The Dow Jones Industrial Average http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474091&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:38 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474091&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude oil futures traded slightly lower on Wednesday, amid concern that an upcoming report will show supplies are rising. Crude oil for October delivery recently fell 12... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474092&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:33 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474092&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Afghan security forces used batons on unruly customers scrambling to withdraw their savings today from the country's biggest bank, which is mired in a scandal of corruption and mismanagement.Kabul Ban... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474107&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:51:07 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474107&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc could be on the acquisition trail, it appears, and in the same potash sector as rival BHP Billiton.But the deal - if it happens - is nowhere near the scale of BHP's $39bn hostile pursuit of Canada's P... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474108&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:51:05 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474108&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Announcing its annual results, Barratt Developments warns that trading conditions remain tough and says that it will not reinstate dividend payments http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:51:03 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc On 1 January 2009, 31.9 million foreign citizens lived in the EU27 member states, of which 11.9 million were citizens of another EU27 member state. The remaining were citizens of countries outside ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474129&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:48:52 -0400 Finfacts Business News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474129&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc UK manufacturing grew for the third month in a row in July maintaining its recovery from the deep plunge it suffered during the recession. The annual rate is at the highest since 1994. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474128&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:48:48 -0400 Finfacts Business News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474128&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, TD today announced that the State bank guarantee for short term bank liabilities, including corporate and interbank deposits as well as debt securities woul... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474127&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:48:46 -0400 Finfacts Business News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474127&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid knows who's to blame for the sickly economy. And it's not him. In his latest TV ad Tuesday, the Democratic leader says Wall Street, former President George W. Bush, ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474131&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:46:49 -0400 Deseret News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474131&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TORONTO - Iamgold Corp. (TSX:IMG) says it has appointed longtime energy industry player Stephen Letwin as president and chief executive officer effective Nov. 1. Letwin, who has held various position... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474134&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:57 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474134&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc faulted its own engineers for the fatal drilling-rig blast that triggered a record U.S. oil spill and said contractors Transocean Ltd. and Halliburton Co. share the blame... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474099&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:55 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474099&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s proposal to provide immediate deductions for the full cost of new equipment will encourage companies to game the system just to get the tax benefi... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474100&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:53 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474100&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc named Simon Dingemans, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. investment banker, as chief financial officer at a time when the U.K. drugmaker is counting on acquisitions... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474102&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:52 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474102&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Oil traders are showing increasing confidence that U.S. economic growth will rebound next year as they take advantage of the widening gap between current prices of crude and con... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474101&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:51 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474101&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The Bundesbank last week asked German President Christian Wulff to dismiss Sarrazin, saying his remarks damaged the central bank’s reputation. Any disciplinary action might run astray of Europea... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474103&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:50 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474103&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Anglo Irish Bank Corp. will be split into two banks by Ireland’s government and part of the lender will be wound down over time or sold. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:49 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. remains open to negotiations with Iran even as sanctions intended to constrain the country’s nuclear program begin, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today i... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474105&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:48 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474105&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc ’s fourth quarter did little to derail a strong fiscal year for earnings and sales at the slipper maker. The Pickerington company told investors Wednesday it lost $1.6 million, or 15 cents a sh... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474126&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:40:52 -0400 Business Journal http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474126&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Microsoft will release a special edition Xbox 360 bundle this November packaging the company's long-awaited Kinect motion control device.The limited edition bundle will include a 250 GB Xbox 360, the ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474130&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:33:03 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474130&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Oracle Corp offered its new president, Mark Hurd, former head of ewlett-Packard Co, a salary of $950,000 and a bonus of up to $10 million for fiscal 2011, plus stock options. Oracle, the world's No... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:31:39 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The sector grew 0.3% in July compared to June, lifting growth over the three-month period to 4.9% compared to last year. It was the highest rate of annual growth since 1994 as firms continued to defy... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:17:50 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Richard Branson is providing a welcome boost to the Scottish capital which has suffered large-scale job cuts. Virgin Money said the new jobs would bring its total workforce to 500. The new jobs come... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:17:46 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Microsoft on Wednesday is launching Redu, a Bing-powered site that aims to act as a "homeroom" for people interested in learning more about the state of American schools. The Web site, to which Micros... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474093&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:13:06 -0400 CNet http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474093&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Royal Bank of Scotland have downgraded their world growth estimate for 2011 for a second time, moving to below 4%, a decline of roughly half a point from its first downward revision made in July. In a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474138&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:16 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474138&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc People often buy a condominium unit partly because they don't need to worry about cutting the lawn or fixing the roof--their condo association takes care of maintenance and repairs for them, with thos... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474139&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:11 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474139&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Recasts, updates official prices) By Michael Taylor LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Copper traded flat on Wednesdayas global growth jitters and concerns about the health of theEuropean banking system offs... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474140&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:08 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474140&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Neal Armstrong LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The yen struck a fresh 15-yearhigh against the dollar and the Swiss franc hit an all-time peakversus the euro on Wednesday as a flare-up in worries over eu... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474141&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:06 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474141&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc OTTAWA (Reuters) - The value of Canadian buildingpermits issued in July dropped by 3.3 percent from June, inline with market expectations, on weaknesses in bothresidential and nonresidential sectors, ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474142&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:03 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474142&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Dow Jones )- The October loading program for North Sea Forties Blend crude oil schedules the loading of 17.4 million barrels, up 1.2 million barrels from September, a trader who had seen the loading p... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474143&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:03:02 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474143&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK -- The dollar recovered against the Japanese yen on Wednesday after touching a fresh-all time low against the currency in Asian trading hours as Japanese officials sounded a growing alarm abo... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474144&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:59 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474144&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc * Concern over European bank sector weighs on risk appetite* Gold eyes record as haven buying, seasonality converge* Silver climbs to fresh 2-1/2 yr high (Updates prices, adds background) By Amanda Co... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474146&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:57 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474146&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (Updates to confirm appointment; adds new details) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former AIG ChiefExecutive Officer Martin Sullivan, who was ousted three monthsbefore the U.S. government bailed the insurer out,... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474145&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:53 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474145&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obamawill push billions of dollars in new business tax incentivesand spending on big construction projects Wednesday, as hetries to convinc... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474147&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:50 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474147&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc BMR ) has agreed to buy five San Diego life-sciences properties for $132.9 million, increasing the rentable area of its portfolio there by 29%. Commercial real-estate investment trusts in general have... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474149&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:43 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474149&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women's clothing retailerTalbots Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterlyprofit as tighter inventory management boosted margins, but itsshares fell as sales missed http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474150&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:39 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474150&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc CHICAGO (Reuters) - Navistar International Corp , the biggest U.S. truck maker, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit Wednesday as strong sales of armored fighting vehicles to the U.S. mil... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474152&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:36 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474152&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK -- Oil futures wavered around $74 a barrel Wednesday amid underlying worries that slower economic growth in the second half of the year could undercut energy demand. Crude futures for Septemb... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474151&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:32 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474151&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc NEW YORK -- Treasury prices edged lower on Wednesday, pushing yields up, before the government sells $21 billion in 10-year notes, the second major auction of the week. Also putting pressure on bonds,... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474153&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:28 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474153&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc China Mobile shares fell themost in a year after Vodafone sold its stake in the company for$6.5 billion, nearly double what it paid, but analysts expectthe stake sale to have no major impact on the Ch... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474154&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:25 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474154&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican win in even onechamber of the U.S. Congress would create a huge shake-up inWashington, with far-reaching implications. Here are somequestions and... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474155&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:20 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474155&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc By Claire Sibonney TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was littlechanged against the greenback on Wednesday as investors waitedto find out whether the Bank of Canada will hike interest ratesfor th... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474156&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:02:17 -0400 Fox Business http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474156&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc The frontrunners to succeed Stephen Green, set to become a British government minister in January, are said to be former Goldman Sachs banker and HSBC non-executive director John Thornton, 56, and cur... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474095&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:11 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474095&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc ) is open to talks about selling assets to Russian companies as part of its $30 billion fund raising programme to help pay for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the group's Russia chief said on Wednesday. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474096&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:09 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474096&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc TLB.N ) posted lower-than-expected quarterly sales and its shares fell 11.6 percent as efforts to keep inventory lean and preserve margins left it short of items to sell. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474097&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:00:07 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474097&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Oracle Corp. said its newly appointed president, Mark Hurd, will be paid an annual salary of US$950,000 and the former Hewlett-Packard chief will be eligible for a target bonus of US$5-$10 million und... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474111&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:23 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474111&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney will probably raise borrowing costs today for a third and final time this year before pausing to gauge the strength of the economic recovery, economists said.Fourte... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:20 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc OTTAWA -- The value of Canadian building permits issued in July dropped by 3.3% from June, in line with market expectations, on weaknesses in both residential and nonresidential sectors, Statistics Ca... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474117&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:17 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474117&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc A pair of housing units are shown for sale in San Francisco, California, August 24, 2010. Sales of previously owned U.S. homes took a record plunge in July to their slowest pace in 15 years as the win... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:14 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Calgary-based energy transportation giant Enbridge Inc. has invested US$23.8-million in a geothermal project in eastern Oregon, U.S. Geothermal Inc. said Wednesday.Enbridge made the investment for a 2... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474118&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:06 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474118&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc FRANKFURT -- Leading bankers played down concerns an uneven economic recovery and planned stringent new capital rules could plunge the sector into more ructions.Speakers at Germany’s annual Banks in... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474119&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:04 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474119&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Portugal’s borrowing costs increased at an auction of 661-million euros (US$839-million) of bonds due in 2013 and 378-million euros of bonds due in 2021.The securities due September 2013 were issued... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474120&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:03 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474120&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Global regulators decided to introduce higher capital requirements over a five- to 10-year period starting in 2013, a German central bank official said.The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision draft... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474121&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:59:00 -0400 Financial Post http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474121&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MangoLanguages.com to see whether your public library grants you free access to its courses in 22 foreign languages and 14 courses in English as a second language. UNIVERSITY WEBSITES AND APPLE'S I... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474085&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:54:54 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474085&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Ireland's government privately debated Wednesday how to proceed with its plans for protecting the nation's struggling banks and in particular whether to keep pouring billions into nationalized Anglo I... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474082&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:51:35 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474082&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc House Minority Leader John Boehner weighs in on proposed business incentives. Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of ec... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474084&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:51:28 -0400 ABCNews http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474084&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc We've lots of in house knowledge and contacts, so we're in a position to help. We can save you time whilst generating more business for the Suppliers listed on www.AZoM.com. Doing this helps to cement... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474135&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:28:33 -0400 AZoM http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474135&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Tuesday, misstated the period against which bond issuance was compared in the first paragraph. It was also misstated in stories at 2 p.m EDT and 2:50 p.m EDT Tuesday. The correct version follows:) http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474094&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:19:36 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474094&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc GIS ) said Wednesday it expects first-quarter results to be in line with its expectations and also reaffirmed its fiscal 2011 adjusted earnings forecast. At the Barclays Capital Back-to-school Consu... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:18:19 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc (RTTNews) - Stocks futures are pointing to a modestly higher open Wednesday, as a solid bond auction in Portugal, one of the eurozone's key areas of concern, has helped to lift sentiment as the marke... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474137&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:17:50 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38474137&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc While the nation's job market struggles to shake off the long-running recession, Minnesota is moving toward recovery much more quickly. Since the state's unemployment rate peaked at 8.4 percent in Ju... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:54:42 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471124&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc WASHINGTON - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471126&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:54:38 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471126&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LONDON - Shares in BP PLC tracked slightly higher after the release of an internal report on the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that deflects much of the blame onto rig owner Transocean L... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:54:35 -0400 Star Tribune http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471125&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SMITHFIELD, Va. -- Smithfield Foods Inc. says higher selling prices for pork and improvement in hog market prices helped it return to a profit in its fiscal first-quarter. CEO... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:52:11 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471133&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Coca-Cola has opened a new manufacturing, bottling and warehousing plant in Lisburn, Co Antrim. 600 people will be employed at the facility. In 2005, Coca-Cola announced its decision to consolidate ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:51:35 -0400 RTE http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471136&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc MEDW ) today reported that revenues for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2010 were $13.3 million, a 25 percent increase over the $10.6 million reported for the fourth quarter one year ago. Fourth-qua... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471114&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:46:17 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471114&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Strong Australian mineral export earnings in the June quarter helped stem the 2009-2010 export earnings fall as a result mainly of lower coal and iron ore prices and Australian dollar appreciation. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471118&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:45:16 -0400 Mine Web http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471118&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar weakened versus most major rivals Wednesday as equities turned higher and the euro held its ground amid revived worries about Europe's banking sector. The ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:43:01 -0400 MarketWatch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471104&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Let us say first that yes, on balance, I probably think that the Bush tax cuts should be repealed for everybody, or nearly everybody. I don't say that lightly, because I understand that a return to th... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471115&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:35:54 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471115&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc , which despite competition from BP following the release of its internal report into the Gulf of Mexico disaster, is holding its position as the leading riser in the FTSE 100.Apart from the price upg... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:35:51 -0400 Guardian http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471116&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China overtook the U.S. to lead a quarterly index of the most attractive countries for renewable energy projects for the first time, according to a list compiled by the global a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471110&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:27:44 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471110&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Blair cancelled a reception scheduled for tonight at London’s Tate Modern Gallery to mark the publication of his memoirs after the threat of protests. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471112&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:27:43 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471112&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss franc traded near a record against the euro and the yen was close to a 15-year high versus the dollar as concern that European banks will struggle amid a slowing recov... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:27:43 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471113&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc National Stock Exchange index Nifty ended with a gain of 3.85 points at 5,607.85. While Infosys Technologies, the second heaviest in the 30-stock Sensex pack, gained Rs 16.50 at Rs 2,872.05. http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:21:01 -0400 Times Of India http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471109&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc He may have been the champion of your hearts, ladies. But he wasn't the No. 1 on Advertising Age's rankings. A little over five years ago, YouTube ushered in a new genre of video advertising, one that... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471131&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:16:55 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471131&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc “Who is Lady Gaga?” asked a neighborhood mom recently. “She’s the Madonna of 2010,” I explained. Lady Gaga trades on the fact that there remains a market for calculated outrageousness just a... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:16:53 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471132&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen revealed food price inflation rose to 3.8% last month, the highest level since July 2009. The increase followed a 60% rise in the price of wheat prompted b... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:03:31 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471122&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc download Flash from the Adobe download website. The FTSE 250-listed company is in the process of appointing KPMG as administrators after it suspended trading of its shares on Tuesday. Connaugh... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:03:28 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471123&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Microsoft VP Michael Park draws a diagram showing what he says is the strength of the company's strategy--the fact that the company is playing in so many parts of the market from server software t... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471134&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:58:32 -0400 CNet http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471134&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc -3.67% ) said Wednesday that its swung to a fiscal third-quarter profit of $137 million, or $1.83 a share, from a loss of $12 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 29% to $3.22 ... http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471135&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:50:32 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.sierraleonenews.net/?rid=38471135&cat=3a8a80d6f705f8cc