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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Toronto Telegraph.com http://www.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:00:01 -0400 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:00:01 -0400 30 Traders knocked off early Thursday ahead of the July 4 weekend. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378226/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:08 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378226/cs/1/ In the US, General Motors has plunged 74 percent in the past nine months, giving the Dow Jones Industrial Index its biggest stock decline. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377992/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:51:07 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377992/cs/1/ The Dow Jones Industrial Average has slipped into a bear market for the 12th time since 1962. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377993/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:52:05 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377993/cs/1/ Next week’s G8 summit is likely to concentrate on world food prices. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377991/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:48:47 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377991/cs/1/ The interim government of Bangladesh, in running an anti-corruption drive, has inadvertently caused a slide in Bangladesh's domestic and foreign investment. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377990/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:47:33 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377990/cs/1/ Famous Hollywood star, Elizabeth Taylor and her business partner, Kathy Ireland, have closed the doors on the House of Taylor Jewelry. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377989/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:46:25 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377989/cs/1/ American Airlines, in reducing flights to cover record high fuel costs, says it will probably have to cut 900 flight attendant jobs. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377988/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:45:01 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377988/cs/1/ A single person living the UK now requires a pre-tax income of £13,400 to achieve an acceptable standard of living. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377987/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:39 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377987/cs/1/ German bank, IKB, which nearly went bankrupt after the US subprime housing crisis, has posted an annual loss of just 24 million euros. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377986/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:41:47 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377986/cs/1/ US legislators are still hoping to impose sanctions on China over what they say is its undervalued yuan currency. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377985/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:40:16 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377985/cs/1/ Disney, the iconic US movie and theme-park group is about to launch new European television channels. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377984/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:17 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377984/cs/1/ London, July 3 : Jie Zheng (24), the first Chinese tennis player to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon, has decided to donate all her earnings from the tournament towards the welfare of people in her home province Sichuan, which was rocked by a massive earthquake killing around 60,000 people. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378035/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:05 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378035/cs/1/ Wall Street stock indices suffered major losses as oil futures hit a new record during Wednesday trading. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377857/cs/1/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:00:30 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377857/cs/1/ Breaking with its traditional business model, software giant Microsoft Wednesday introduces a subscription service for the Office productivity suite, a set of programs that is the company's biggest earner after its Windows operating system. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377853/cs/1/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:00:04 -0400 Toronto Telegraph.com http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377853/cs/1/ With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar t... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951307/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:55 -0400 Wired News http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951307/ WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware judge has granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial. Vice-chancellor John Nobl... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951203/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951203/ NEW YORK – Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for fleecing investors of more than $2.4 billion in a fraud that destroyed the world... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951877/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:39 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951877/ HARTFORD, Conn. – General Electric's aviation unit said Thursday it bought a Czech company that will help it make inroads into the fast-growing market for small twin-engine turboprop aircraft. ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951876/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951876/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted it slightly. ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951066/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:06:30 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951066/ The Royal Navy's biggest ever warships will finally begin to take shape on Thursday with the long-awaited signing of contracts to build two new super carriers. The ceremony, aboard HMS Ark Royal in ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951681/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:38 -0400 Ananova http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951681/ NEW YORK – Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores. The Institute fo... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951875/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:36 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951875/ Sir Alan Sugar has stepped down as chairman of Amstrad, the company he founded 40 years ago. But the entrepreneur, best known in recent years as the star of reality TV show The Apprentice, does not ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951682/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:37 -0400 Ananova http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951682/ As counterintuitive as it may seem in this age of iPods and digital downloads, vinyl -- the favorite physical format of indie music collectors and audiophiles -- is poised to re-enter the mainstream, ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952153/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:54 -0400 Wired News http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952153/ All PR Newswire news COSTA MESA, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TROY Group, Inc. (OTC: TROY.PK) announced today that financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended Ma... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951949/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:42:15 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951949/ NEW YORK – Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose wh... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949815/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:16 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949815/ WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it has set final duties of up to 300 percent on refrigerator magnets from China to offset unfair pricing and government subsidies. The ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949782/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949782/ San Francisco - Yahoo is holding separate talks with the same business partners courted by Microsoft in its takeover bid of the company, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The talks come amid ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949797/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:14:29 -0400 Earth Times http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949797/ MUMBAI: Students of a marine engineering course run by an Uran-based institute in the Maharashtra's Raigad district are now facing deportation from Britain, as the fees paid by them via the institu... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950605/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:11:56 -0400 Times Of India http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950605/ BOSTON – A former broker with UBS AG filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging the firm forced him to resign after he cooperated with state regulators investigating sales of risky investments to... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949259/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949259/ PARIS – A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said Thurs... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948390/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:18 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948390/ Stock Buzz ) ERJ-145 aircraft for Delta, and will keep those aircraft after September 1. Delta said it plans to award a portion of the routes ExpressJet flies to another, unnamed carrier. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950761/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:07:35 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950761/ That will not spare the central bank the difficult task in the coming weeks of explaining its decision to increase euro zone rates by a quarter-point to 4.25 percent. Perhaps the hardest question t... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948422/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:17 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948422/ NEW DELHI – The Indian government's bid to secure political support for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States stalled Thursday when a key regional party asked for more time to make a de... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949260/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:16 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949260/ BRUSSELS, Belgium – Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday. Speaking at... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948513/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:15 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948513/ WASHINGTON – Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 perce... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948459/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948459/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Detectives with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office say they believe they now know the identity of the man suspect of stealing a television from a Wal-Mart this past wee... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948423/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:56:07 -0400 WAFB 9 http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948423/ COVINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky judge has declared a mistrial in the case of two lawyers charged with defrauding clients of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement. The ruling came Thursday after j... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949254/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949254/ SYDNEY, Australia – Global mining company BHP Billiton said Thursday that U.S. antitrust regulators had granted partial approval for its $170 billion hostile takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto. ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949263/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:11 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949263/ NEW YORK – Analysts at JPMorgan painted a bleak picture for Detroit's automakers Thursday, suggesting General Motors Corp. might need to raise $10 billion, Ford Motor Co. could be forced to sell... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948480/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:10 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948480/ INDIANAPOLIS – Flooding from a creek caused more than $100 million in damage last month to a research and development center for the diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. But the center should ret... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949258/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:23 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949258/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, I... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949502/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949502/ BOSTON – An investment vehicle controlled by activist shareholder Carl Icahn said Thursday it has acquired a majority interest in auto parts supplier Federal Mogul Corp. Icahn Enterprises Hol... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949255/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:21 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949255/ FRANKFURT – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB has no bias on future policy moves after it raised interest rates for the first time in over a year on Thursday, taki... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949262/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949262/ WINDHOEK, Namibia – A Namibian prosecutor says a new judge will be appointed to hear the extradition case of businessman Jacob “Kobi” Alexander. Deputy State Attorney Nixon Marcus... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948446/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:24 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948446/ The increase was bigger than economists were expecting. They were forecasting claims to rise to around 385,000. A year ago, jobless claims stood at 322,000. The four-week moving average of claim... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948461/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:08 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948461/ BERLIN – A clear statement by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations on oil prices would be a “definite” help, a German government source said on Thursday. Ahead of a G8 m... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948418/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:06 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948418/ NEW YORK – Oil prices briefly soared to a new high near $146 a barrel Thursday, extending the previous day's record-shattering rally before easing somewhat as the dollar gained ground against th... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949257/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949257/ As the valuations of U.S. newspaper publishers plunge and investor interest wanes, the ranks of stock analysts who rate their performance are thinning. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949501/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:12 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949501/ NEW YORK – Tired of pumping his cash right back into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his native Pakistan. Gas... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948619/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:13 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948619/ SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president called Thursday for an end to a long-running dispute over American beef imports, saying it was time for the nation to concentrate instead on overcomi... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949264/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:07 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949264/ SALT LAKE CITY – Starting next month, it will be “TGIT” for Utah state employees. As in: “Thank God It's Thursday.” In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the stat... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949256/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949256/ All Associated Press news NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Spectrum Control Inc. hit a two-year low on Thursday after the maker of electronic-control products said its second-quarter profit sank 21 percent a... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949328/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:24:38 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949328/ WASHINGTON – Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947144/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947144/ By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. staffing and jobs services companies' shares were little changed on Thursday, after a government report showed employers cut jobs for the sixth straight month, b... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946939/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:49:59 -0400 Earth Times http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946939/ Indians have emerged as second only to Americans as foreign employers of the British people. Tata's JLR deal has moved India into becoming the UK's second highest foreign employer for 07-08; Indian... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947966/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:48 -0400 Times Of India http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947966/ Private hospitals in India often recruit doctors working in the National Health Service (NHS). These include Indian doctors who came to the UK some years ago and are now choosing to return home for... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947967/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:51 -0400 Times Of India http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947967/ KFT will release its second quarter financial results on July 28, 2008, at 7 a.m. EDT and will host a conference call at 8 a.m. EDT that day. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947960/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:45 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947960/ Up to 1,000 jobs are set to be lost at housebuilder Barratt Developments in another blow to the troubled UK property market. Barratt, which employs 6,700 staff, has begun a consultation process wit... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948129/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:36:29 -0400 BBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948129/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - An even gloomier scenario may be in store for an already ailing U.S. housing market if the overall economy slips into a recession, according to UBS Securities analysts. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948148/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:28 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948148/ Many more job cuts, likely totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel costs. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948152/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:56:11 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948152/ CE , a global, integrated chemical company, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its 2008 second quarter results on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Centr... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947958/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:47 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947958/ All PR Newswire news TEL AVIV, Israel, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RADCOM Ltd. ("RADCOM" or the "Company") (NASDAQ and TASE: RDCM) today announced that it will report its financial results for ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947959/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:46 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947959/ “It was great,” Farrell said. “The best part is it was resolved peacefully.” Israel, 49, was due in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday morning. He asked during a court a... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945495/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:02 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945495/ NEW YORK – Aetna Inc shares dropped 5 percent and Health Net Inc tumbled 10 percent after a Goldman Sachs analyst slapped “sell” ratings on the two health insurers' stocks Thursday. ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945319/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945319/ Shares of Penn National have been under pressure for several months amid investors' concerns that the terms of the deal might be revised or that the buyout firms would fail to get funding for the deal... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946583/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946583/ For the nine months ended June 30, 2008, ALJ (Pink Sheets:ALJJ) posted revenue of $133.4 million as compared to revenue of $111.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007. For the quarter e... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946327/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:03 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946327/ US firms cut workers for a sixth month in June, official figures show, stoking fears that the world's largest economy was heading towards a recession. The economy lost 62,000 non-farm payrolls in J... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946565/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:54:23 -0400 BBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946565/ AMRB today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss second quarter 2008 financial results. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946329/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946329/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-pr... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946585/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:49 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946585/ Linspire sent minority shareholders a three-paragraph letter last month announcing the agreement, and former Linspire Chief Executive Kevin Carmony, who left the company in August, posted it on the In... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944254/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944254/ (Reuters) - Calyon Securities's Ray Neidl widened his second-quarter and 2008 loss estimates for some large U.S. carriers, and forecast an industry-wide loss of about $6.5 billion for the year, say... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946582/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946582/ ' ) announced today it has entered into an agreement with PNG Acquisition Company Inc., an entity indirectly owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946328/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946328/ San Diego hotels, restaurants and attractions might benefit this holiday weekend from a whole lot of gloom and doom. Record-breaking fuel prices. Sky-high airline ticket prices. Fires raging in Nor... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942780/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:58 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942780/ LONDON: London's Brent crude oil hit 146 dollars a barrel for the first time on Thursday, as traders reacted to Middle East tensions, falling US crude reserves and the weak dollar. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944344/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:06:19 -0400 Times Of India http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944344/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut workers from their payrolls for a sixth straight month in June for the longest losing streak for the labor market since 2002, and a jump in first-time claims ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946584/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946584/ MADRID: India expects to finalise a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran, Oil Minister Murli Deora told on Thursday. "We discussed this here again yesterday," De... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944342/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:06:25 -0400 Times Of India http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944342/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. The l... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942732/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:27:42 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942732/ CHKP , the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that it will release its second quarter financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, befo... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946330/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:00 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946330/ . The world record was set by 33-year-old Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, during a U.S.-Canada clash over the Fourth of July weekend. Mitchell took more than six hours to complete the game at... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944757/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:37:42 -0400 Wired News http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944757/ www.emcinsurance.com . EMC Insurance Group Inc., the publicly-held insurance holding company of EMC Insurance Companies, owns subsidiaries with operations in property and casualty insurance an... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946325/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:05 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946325/ The Los Angeles Times said it plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments, amid a continuing industrywide slump in ad sales. The paper will undergo a mak... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944252/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:56 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944252/ Lenders are doing too little, too late to help distressed borrowers avoid foreclosure, according to a report issued yesterday by the California Reinvestment Coalition. “The backdrop for all o... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944253/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:00 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944253/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures were little changed on Thursday as oil climbed to a record and investors awaited U.S. non-farm payrolls data for June for clues whether the weak economy has moved cl... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944840/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:01:22 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944840/ PARIS (Reuters) - A French judge has ordered U.S. carrier Continental Airlines and five individuals to stand trial over the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, a prosecutor's state... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944844/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:01:19 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944844/ - Awarded 'Fastest Growing Retail Network - 2008' in India, by Business Sphere NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium India Acquisition Company, Inc. ("MIAC") http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944335/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:33 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944335/ DEI , a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that it plans to release its 2008 second quarter earnings results after the close of the stock market on Tuesday, August 5, 2008. A l... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944333/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:31 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944333/ All Associated Press news NEW YORK (AP) - Software maker Corel Corp. said Thursday fiscal second-quarter earnings tumbled 60 percent due to rising sales and market costs and a slight increase in stock... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944332/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:30 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944332/ Deswell reported that net sales for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2008 were $31.5 million, compared to $30.4 million for the same quarter of 2007, an increase of 3.8%. Revenues at Deswell http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944331/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:33 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944331/ Management will conduct a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (ET) that evening. The call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by logging on to the "Investors" section of Evergreen ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944337/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:27 -0400 CNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944337/ A bit of deja vu is creeping into recent media reports of Microsoft whispering into the right ear of News Corp. and Time Warner's AOL about potential partnerships, while Yahoo is whispering in their l... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942733/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:55:22 -0400 CNet http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942733/ Several music stars and composers gathered in Brussels on Thursday to campaign against proposed changes to the rules governing music copyright. The European Commission is considering whether to end... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944809/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:43 -0400 BBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944809/ China's cabinet has approved a plan to ensure grain production keeps pace with strong domestic demand and overcomes challenges such as climate change. China aims to reach and maintain annual grain ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944808/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:42 -0400 BBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944808/ Gone are the days when "crunch" was just something you did with a biscuit. The credit crunch has become such a major issue for households that it has entered into the official lexicon. The lates... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944810/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:54:40 -0400 BBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944810/ ) may take another 7 billion Swiss francs ($6.9 billion) of write-downs in the second quarter and could have to raise further capital, according to Jeremy Sigee, an analyst at Citigroup. Sigee said ... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940055/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:22:13 -0400 Market Watch http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940055/ (Reuters) - Stock futures point to a higher opening on Wall Street, following a sell-off in the previous session and ahead of key monthly jobs data.* At 5:26 a.m. EDT, S&P 500 futures were up 0.3 perc... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940058/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:19:42 -0400 Earth Times http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940058/ Avangate, full service provider for electronic software distribution and reseller management for software vendors is present, second year in a row, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners' Conference... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940054/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:28:17 -0400 PR Web http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15940054/ LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday inflation was becoming the top economic focus of many countries around the world as oil and food prices take their toll. http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942204/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:28:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942204/ Crude oil climbed to yet another record, more than $144 a barrel yesterday, dashing hopes that the recent slowdown in gasoline price increases would last. At pumps locally, gasoline jumped by a frac... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15941388/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:16:40 -0400 Newsday http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15941388/ FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates on Thursday for the first time in more than a year and analysts are keen for any hint on whether one hike will be en... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942205/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:28:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942205/ Record high gas prices are drawing new attention, this time to the competitive tribe of drivers dedicated to squeezing every last mile out of a tank of fuel — and that hasn't necessarily been a good... http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15941068/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:16:57 -0400 MSNBC http://story.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15941068/