Forbes.com: Logistics News Gray Skies Ahead For Alcoa Ruthie Ackerman Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:35:00 -0000
The aluminum producer announces grim Q3 results.
Cleveland-Cliffs Nears Buyout Ruthie Ackerman Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0000
The iron ore miner voted against its largest shareholder, Harbinger, raising its stake.
Timken Tantalizes Investors Ruthie Ackerman Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:03:00 -0000
The maker of bearings and alloys raised its third-quarter guidance, but is maintaining its fourth-quarter outlook.
BBC News | Business | World EditionMarkets surge after crisis talks Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:31:11 -0000
European and Asian stock markets react positively to efforts by world leaders to stem the financial turmoil.
UK banks' £37bn bail-out unveiled Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:43:32 -0000
The UK government says it is to inject a total of up to £37bn into Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and HBOS.
Nerves over Iceland stock market Mon, 13 Oct 2008 03:48:55 -0000
UK investors with deposits in Iceland's failed banks will take a keen interest in the re-opening of the country's stock exchange.
NYT > World BusinessBritain Props Up Banks as Fed Leads Funding Effort Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:51:19 -0000
Britain began propping up banks with taxpayer funds while the Fed and three European central banks said that they will offer financial institutions unlimited dollars to ease the banking crisis.
U.S. Missteps Are Evident, but Europe Is Implicated Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:24:25 -0000
Experts say lenders in Europe all too willingly embraced many of the riskiest practices of their American counterparts.
Markets Rise in Europe and Asia on Vows of New Capital Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:41:42 -0000
Banking stocks led equity markets higher in Europe and Asia after European leaders announced plans to inject new capital into troubled banks and to guarantee interbank lending.
washingtonpost.com - Ithaca, NY, wants to be America's 1st podcar city AP Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:56:45 -0400
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some.
Saddled With Debt, Some Decide to Torch Vehicles Dan Morse and Matt Zapotosky Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Burdened by debt and driving home from a night of gambling in West Virginia, Sergio Lopez launched a scheme that at the time must have seemed like a good idea.
Airport Board's Travel Spending Has Few Limits Amy Gardner Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Members of the governing body of the publicly owned Dulles International and Reagan National airports have spent hundreds of thousands of the agency's dollars traveling to conferences around the world with little oversight and few, if any, rules.
Upscale Farmers Market Reaps Disappointment Jenna Johnson Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400
There are no pickups at National Harbor's American Market. No dirt-caked potatoes or grotesquely misshapen heirloom tomatoes. Everything is clean, colorful and tastefully displayed under matching white tents.
Balancing Defense and the Budget Dana Hedgpeth Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400
At the Walter E. Washington Convention Center last week, Army soldiers, Pentagon weapons buyers and defense company representatives milled about a cavernous trade show floor for a look at the latest military equipment and gadgets.
Beyond merger talks, GM eyes federal funds Reuters Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:45:28 -0400
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - What's good for General Motors Corp (GM.N) is good for the country.
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