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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Hong Kong Herald.com http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:25:09 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:25:09 -0500 30 The continuing row over bonuses is damaging Britain's reputation as a place to do business, leading international bankers have warned. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231183/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:40:41 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231183/cs/1/ Over 500 million Indians will need new homes in almost a decade, close to the needs of China, North America and Western Europe put together, as the government and urban local bodies focus more on cons http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243197/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243197/cs/1/ Iran will stop its oil exports to Europe, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Saturday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231152/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203231152/cs/1/ Sharon Osbourne has been sued by a design company which has accused the reality TV star of breaching a jewellery deal by pulling out at the last minute. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239903/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239903/cs/1/ Qualcomm this week revealed a federal probe into the company's compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but declined to provide further details.In a conference call with analysts on ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251478/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:36:10 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251478/ China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251475/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:19:50 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251475/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Volvo AB, the world’s second-largest truckmaker, stuck to its estimates for the North American and European heavy-vehicle markets this year as sales growth helped ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251477/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:09:49 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251477/ BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers told Greece it could not go ahead with an agreed deal to restructure privately held debt until it guaranteed to implement reforms to secure a second ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251476/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02:26 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251476/ Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) to sell off its Indian foreign exchange business, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.The sale is part of Thomas Cook's planned divestments of non-core ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251481/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:59:36 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251481/ LONDON – Alshair Fiyaz, a Pakistani textile billionaire, is working on a bid for collapsed clothing chain Peacocks, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.The paper said Fiyaz is ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251482/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:59:31 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251482/ CAPE TOWN – U.K.-listed Anglo Pacific PLC (APF.LN ) is a rare breed for a mining sector-focused company.It's primary business isn't running a mine or owning a deposit, but securing ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251483/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:59:27 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251483/ Transport Secretary Justine Greening is to vote against bonuses for Network Rail bosses at the company's annual general meeting. The government claimed it would send a "very clear ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251474/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:53:25 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251474/ The war on cloud intensified as Microsoft Office announced its decision on Tuesday to go cloud in an attempt to compete with its immediate but not last competitor, Google Docs.Microsoft holds a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251480/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:23 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251480/ With no political deal in Washington on raising the U.S. debt limit just days before a crucial deadline, investors are increasingly worried about a downgrade of the country's top-notch credit ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251479/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:23 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203251479/ Years before the housing bust -- before all those home loans turned sour and millions of Americans faced foreclosure -- a wealthy businessman in Florida set out to blow the whistle on the mortgage ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250262/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:59 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250262/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- International Consolidated Airlines Group SA’s British Airways unit and Ryanair Holdings Plc were among airlines cutting hundreds of flights from London after snow ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250266/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250266/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A winter storm battered much of Italy, bringing arctic temperatures to the north and snow as far south as Naples, disrupting transport and commerce across the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250267/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250267/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Lancair IVP aircraft that Micron Technology Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Appleton was piloting when he died yesterday is known for its performance and a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250268/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:17 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250268/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Chrysler Group LLC will continue pursuing loans from the U.S. Energy Department while the failure of companies that have borrowed from government programs may prolong the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250269/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:15 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250269/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai stocks rose to the highest in more than four months on bets earnings will beat expectations and after the U.S. jobless rate slid to the lowest level in three years, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250265/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:35:47 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250265/ LONDON – Xstrata (XTA.LN) Chief Executive Mick Davis and Chairman Sir John Bond may be at risk of being voted off the company's board if a significant premium isn't offered as part ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250270/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:26:41 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250270/ Greek PM Lucas Papademos is set to meet the party leaders of his coalition to try and win support for a proposed 130bn euros ($171bn; 108bn) EU rescue. Mr Papademos wants their backing for reforms ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250261/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:20:40 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203250261/ PARIS (Reuters) - France's finance minister said on Sunday talks were moving "relatively well" on the private sector portion of a Greek bailout, but discussions designed to bring its ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203249377/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:37:12 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203249377/ "When I travel to New York, I am always struck by the percentage of Caucasians in the banks there. Here in Tokyo it's overwhelmingly Japanese. But in London you have the whole world ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247460/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:29 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247460/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. House committee voted to stop letting gasoline-tax revenue be used for mass-transit projects, over opposition from groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247458/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:17 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247458/ Olympus Corp's digital camera is seen through a show window which bears rain drops and reflects lights from traffic at an electronic shop in Tokyo December 6, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247463/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:58:25 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247463/ LONDON (Reuters) - After a blockbuster January for both equities and bonds - rallies that caught many in the market by surprise - investors will be paying keen attention to the world's central ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247457/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:58:17 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247457/ MELBOURNE – Chemicals and explosives maker Orica Ltd. (ORI.AU) said Sunday it is ready to resume the restart of its troubled Koorangang Island ammonia plant north of Sydney after repairing one ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247461/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:55:30 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247461/ KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia, the world's No. 2 palm oil producer has set its duty-free export quota for crude palm oil at 3.6 million metric tons for the year ahead after several weeks of ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247462/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:55:27 -0500 Fox Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203247462/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Cairo and two people were reported killed in Suez as unrest persisted following violence at a soccer match this week ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245997/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:55 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245997/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell against the yen, dropping from a one-month high, as an unresolved Greek debt-swap agreement with private bondholders added to concern the region’s fiscal ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245998/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:53 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245998/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world’s largest economy topped ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245999/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:22:51 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245999/ Boeing is not releasing many details about the problem or inspections. In a statement, Boeing said it "..has found that incorrect shimming was performed on support structure on the aft fuselage ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203246000/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:16:47 -0500 MSNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203246000/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245996/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:13:29 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245996/ Although the Euro closed just -0.5% against the US Dollar this past week, any upside momentum in the pair stalled in the run up to 1.3250 levels. With the Greek debt-swap talks dragging onto next ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245994/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:47 -0500 AME Info http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203245994/ Boeing is not releasing many details about the problem or inspections. In a statement, Boeing said it "..has found that incorrect shimming was performed on support structure on the aft fuselage ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244675/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:29 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244675/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney won yesterday’s Nevada caucuses, solidifying his status as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination and giving him fresh momentum before a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244676/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:44 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244676/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- China’s economy may be headed for a "rough landing," Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244678/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:31:40 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203244678/ Dear John: I had placed an order to sell 50 shares of Apple stock on the day the company was recently reporting quarterly earnings. My order was "good-til-canceled," or GTC, as they say in ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243562/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:17 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243562/ TECH CORNER If you’re looking to save your own money or that of your employer when you buy a business lunch, a cup of coffee with a client or even travel purchases, you might consider using ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243561/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:15 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243561/ Finally, someone has forced New York’s foreclosure king to say he’s sorry.The stunning apology was delivered by Steven J. Baum’s attorney, Vincent Doyle, in a Poughkeepsie ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243563/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:14 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243563/ Now that the tech industry’s nerds have gotten their revenge against Hollywood’s bid to pass anti-piracy legislation, don’t look for a sequel in 2012.Congress scuttled ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243565/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:07 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243565/ The good news for millions of out-of-work Americans: Job prospects are improving, with the unemployment rate showing a surprise drop to a three-year low of 8.3 percent.The bad news: Many job-seekers ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243566/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:01:02 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243566/ Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of presidential rivals suddenly struggling to keep ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243559/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:47:16 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243559/ stock markets . And uncertainty is something that market participants dislike intensely. It makes them jittery. They then end up trading on every headline, be it good news or bad news, causing ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243567/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:20:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203243567/ Java Coleman was transferred to Ohio last year after Nestle decided to shutter its health care products plant in St. Louis Park, displacing more than 200 workers. It was a tough transition: Coleman ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242007/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:13:02 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242007/ Last year's flooding in Thailand was a mammoth natural disaster. And now, because a vital segment of the electronics industry clustered in a Thai flood zone more than two decades ago, the Twin ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242008/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:53 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242008/ From early retirement packages to cutbacks in hiring, 3M Co. says it is constantly looking for ways to lower its costs. But at least one expense is being spared the scalpel: its fleet of corporate ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242010/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:48 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242010/ Curtis Carlson Nelson, grandson of a Minnesota business legend, is prepared to acknowledge that he'll spend his foreseeable future under mounds of debt that he likely will never repay. Nelson, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242009/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:43 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242009/ It's the oldest trick in advertising's toolbox. If you want to sell a car, television or power tool to a man, drop an attractive woman into the ad. Vladas Griskevicius can't say for ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242013/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:38 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242013/ A deputy dean of the London School of Economics is one of the four finalists competing to be the next dean of the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Randall S. Peterson ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242012/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:32 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242012/ QI am about to turn 70. My spouse is younger than me. We both have IRAs that we are trying to leave alone as much as possible. I realize I need to begin withdrawing from my IRA by the end of this ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242011/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:27 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242011/ Banks use various methods to calculate average bank balances, which figure in whether consumers get charged a checking account fee, but all of those methods keep consumers in the dark. (Robert ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242014/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:12:22 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242014/ Greece on Saturday warned it had just one day left to clinch the bailout plan with political leaders and impatient lenders who accuse it of dragging its feet on promised ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242004/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:41 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242004/ 1 of 2. Micron Technology Inc. COO Mark Durcan listens to a question during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242005/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:38 -0500 Reuters http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203242005/ US infrastructure firm, General Electric, has signed an agreement with the government to modernise Kenya's transport, health and aviation ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239997/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:16:08 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239997/ The chief of the world's second-biggest consumer goods company has defended his position on scrapping the firm's final salary pension ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239998/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:11:52 -0500 The Independent http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239998/ "We still do well in February - it's bonus season," says Holly Midwinter-Porter of Boodles, an upmarket jeweller opposite the Bank of England in the heart of the City of ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239989/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:10:10 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239989/ Some of this year's payouts will be as startling as ever, but as anger over rewards in the financial sector explodes across front pages, attitudes are shifting even in the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239990/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:10:05 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239990/ I could blame it on the launch of Timeline (Facebook's now mandatory reboot of users' profile pages) or the forthcoming mega-IPO. Or even claim I was taking some high-minded stance (a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:59 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239991/ For technology entrepreneurs, Seedcamp is an opportunity to acquire investment for their fledgling companies. But what makes the money men want to sponsor ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239993/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:51 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239993/ Reckitt Benckiser when it reveals its full-year numbers. The rather anonymous business behind under-the-sink brand names like Cillit Bang, Finish, Dettol and Vanish may not be the most glamorous ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239992/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:44 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239992/ Whether or not the social network achieves a $100bn valuation, a glance at the flotation prospectus should convince right-thinking investors to steer ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239994/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:38 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239994/ year after its (Rupert-visionary) launch, it's natural to look again at The Daily , Murdoch's non-newsprint newspaper on an iPad or Android tablet near you. How's it doing? 100,000 ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239995/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:31 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239995/ The only advantage of being 10 years older than Lord Justice Leveson is that you can remember, first hand, why some of the things that mystify him came to pass. Bits of history, in short: the bits ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239996/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:09:25 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239996/ The possibility of a sovereign default by Greece cannot be ruled out, Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the single currency zone, said in a German magazine on ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239986/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:02:16 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203239986/ The closing of a locomotive plant in London, Ont., by U.S. heavy equipment maker Caterpillar comes as the latest blow to Canada's struggling manufacturing sector.Facing new competition from ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238617/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:43 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238617/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors in U.S. stocks, which just wrapped up their best start of the year since 1987, are expected to shift their attention next week toward the ongoing euro-zone ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238616/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:24:30 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238616/ Hidden charges make it difficult for investors to compare funds. Now Fidelity is calling for a simple charging structure so the true cost is clear to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238621/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:20:32 -0500 Guardian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238621/ The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors, and lounges with free Wi-Fi. In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or salons. The company announced its plans at the National Automobile ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238619/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:39 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238619/ A major winter storm that dumped two feet of snow on the Denver area marched eastward on Saturday, buffeting the Central Plains with heavy snowfall and wind gusts of 25 miles per ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238618/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:33 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238618/ Nelson Sarty was still on the Electro-Motive picket line after the plant announced it would shut down Friday, thinking about the job his family had built plans for the future around."It's ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238622/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:05:17 -0500 Windsor Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203238622/ Thousands of experts from the widely divergent fields of science and online marketing will convene in San Diego next week, when hundreds of troubled homeowners will also be in town in search of ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236967/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:33:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236967/ Whatever the outcome of tomorrow's Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots, several stocks with ties to the big game could be winners in the markets on Monday.The following four companies ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236966/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:31:48 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236966/ After you hear the tale of Thomas Mitchell, a retiree living in Arizona, you may suddenly have the urge to run to the phone and call your auto insurer. And perhaps even your life insurer. And your ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236960/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:47 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236960/ A U.S. law protecting whistleblowers at publicly traded companies does not cover employees of mutual funds, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday in a case involving two ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236959/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:41 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236959/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Lance Armstrong, the seven-time tour de France champion, and his professional bicycle racing team are no longer the subjects of a U.S. criminal probe, the U.S. attorney in Los ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236962/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:15 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236962/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Greece’s seven-month effort to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236963/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:13 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236963/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Julius Malema, leader of the youth wing of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, lost an appeal against charges of bringing the party into disrepute and sowing ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236965/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:11 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236965/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Kareem Serageldin, the ex-global head of Credit Suisse Group AG’s CDO business charged in a bonus- boosting fraud tied to a $5.35 billion trading book, was surprised by ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236964/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:08 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236964/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street’s biggest lobbying group is split over a proposed settlement of state and federal foreclosure probes, after a committee of money managers signaled it opposes ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236961/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:39 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203236961/ The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cyber crime investigators ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235087/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:19:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235087/ Davie-Brown Index shows that people find Manning more appealing, aspirational, influential and trustworthy than Brady. Brady only beat Manning in the category of awareness, but there only by two ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235100/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:17:26 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235100/ Police removed bedding and some tents on Saturday at an "Occupy" protest site just blocks from the White House, enforcing a no-camping rule at a public square that has housed protesters ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235098/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:30 -0500 CNBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235098/ A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove U.S. stocks higher on Friday, with the Nasdaq hitting an 11-year high as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235103/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:54 -0500 IBTimes http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235103/ In this week's Your Money, Declan Curry looks at problems with pensions, considers the benefits of credit unions and gets some top tips on how to manage your ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235096/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:30 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235096/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); addOnload(userPref.renderAutoStartControls()); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235094/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:30:47 -0500 ABCNews http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235094/ By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc's results. Leitao is part of a cadre of amateur ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235102/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:00:47 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203235102/ Caterpillar subsidiary Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) has announced that it is transforming the lockout at its London, Ontario diesel-locomotive manufacturing facility into a plant closure. Six weeks ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233253/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:53 -0500 wsws.org http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233253/ The new SpringHouse Ministry Center is planning an open house Saturday, Feb. 4, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in south Minneapolis. This is a beautiful renovated church at 610 W. 25th Street in the former ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233249/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:06:01 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233249/ In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, Joe Stein tests a snowblower at the Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Ironwood, Mich.. The Toro company is testing here because of lack of snow in northern ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233250/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:55 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233250/ Issa-backed carmaker closes without energy aid Rep. Brian Bilbray, who said he worried about political pressure on the Department of Energy in approving $535 million in loan guarantees to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233247/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:46 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233247/ This Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, shows of worker inside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook, the social network that changed "friend" from a noun to a verb, is expected to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233248/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:44 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233248/ ATHENS, Greece - Greece’s finance minister says negotiations for bailout deals must be completed by late Sunday. Evangelos Venizelos said talks in Athens with rescue creditors for a new (euro) ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233242/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:59 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233242/ INDIANAPOLIS -- Having salsa danced his way into the hearts of millions, Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz is hoping to make his way into their closets with his men's clothing line.Started with ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233243/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:57 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233243/ SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Sony Electronics, the US arm of the Japanese consumer products company, has cut around 100 workers from its ranks over the past several weeks, AllThingsDigital has ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233244/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:54 -0500 New York Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203233244/