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Lehman, Bear Stearns Join List of $100 Stocks: Taking Stock Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The numb... Lehman, Bear Stearns Join List o
Lehman, Bear Stearns Join List of $100 Stocks: Taking Stock
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The number of U.S. stocks selling for $100 a share or more has doubled since Google Inc. reached that milestone in its first day of trading almost 16 months ago. To reach new investors, some of those companies may choose to divide and conquer.
The 24 stocks to eclipse the century mark since August 200...
The State Liberals, if elected next year, will scrap controversial building laws that require ann... Libs would axe building au
The State Liberals, if elected next year, will scrap controversial building laws that require annual health and safety audits on all commercial buildings.
The move was one of five building and construction policy initiatives released yesterday that Opposition Leader Rene Hidding said would save the industry $3 million a year.
Tourism operators, farmers and scouts have all raised co...
Certainly, a lot of us want to have a blissful retired life but sadly, only a few of the many mak... Retire rich and in style!!
Certainly, a lot of us want to have a blissful retired life but sadly, only a few of the many make an attempt to ensure that their retirement phase would be something that they would look forward to than fear the arrival of it. The irony lies in the fact that everyone wants a secured and a comfortable retirement, in fact it forms the central aspect of a dream that everyone hopes to live it some...
In the United States, US$95 billion is spent each year on servicing claims following accidents or... Investcorp acquires automo
In the United States, US$95 billion is spent each year on servicing claims following accidents or damage to the 225 million vehicles that drive on US roads. Insurance companies, collision repair facilities and independent appraisers need services to help them manage these claims effectively. CCC provides them with vital software and information that helps them estimate claim costs and communica...
The Bank of Nova Scotia said Monday it had agreed to put up $6 billion in a revolving credit faci... GMAC asset sale to boost b
The Bank of Nova Scotia said Monday it had agreed to put up $6 billion in a revolving credit facility earmarked for the purchase of loans originated by GMAC.
The credit facility will represent a committed source of funding for up to $20 billion of GMAC retail automotive contracts through October 2010, the bank said in its announcement. The initial purchase of $3 billion will be made later...
When Egypt's famous boy king arrives in South Florida on Dec. 15, he will be bearing candy, and ... Modern marketing key to Tut
When Egypt's famous boy king arrives in South Florida on Dec. 15, he will be bearing candy, and it will be on sale at your friendly local shopping mall.
The one-pound boxes of chocolate bearing a gold-colored image of King Tut are the product of a promotions partnership with California-based See's Candies. The chocolates represent just one of dozens of corporate teams that Fort Lauderda...
Named after John Langdon Down, the first physician to identify the syndrome, it is the most frequ... Earlier Down syndrome test
Named after John Langdon Down, the first physician to identify the syndrome, it is the most frequent genetic cause of mild to moderate mental retardation and associated medical problems. It occurs in one out of 800 live births, in all races and economic groups. It is a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra chromosome-- a third chromoso...
Mrs Hamida Kaldine said her daughter had written a letter to President Thabo Mbeki's wife, Zanel... Air crew member appeals to
Mrs Hamida Kaldine said her daughter had written a letter to President Thabo Mbeki's wife, Zanele, begging for her intervention.
She wrote: "I'm losing my willpower, and my strength has become weakened. I'm losing my patience. I want to come home. I miss my family, who are in distress at the moment."
Ruwayda said on Sunday in a telephonic interview that there was "little hope at ...
Combined with a companion survey on manufacturing, published last Thursday, the data suggests the... Euro service sector growth
Combined with a companion survey on manufacturing, published last Thursday, the data suggests the euro zone's quarterly economic growth rate could rise to 0.7 percent in the last quarter of this year after 0.6 in the third quarter, according to NTC Research which compiles the surveys.
The RBS/NTC Services Purchasing Managers' Index covers around 2,000 companies in businesses ranging fro...
Archipelago Resources insures future revenues as gold prices soar LONDON (AFX) - AIM-liste... Archipelago Resources insures fu
Archipelago Resources insures future revenues as gold prices soar
LONDON (AFX) - AIM-listed gold miner Archipelago Resources PLC has moved to protect 137 mln usd in future revenues as gold prices soar.
It paid 2 mln usd to purchase 'put options' for a third of its current gold reserves, equivalent to 300,000 ounces, at the Toka Tindung mine in Indonesia.
Of these options, a...
