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 BP scaling back oil response efforts
Phoenix News.Net
BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board vote.  Unemployment soaring for Spain
Phoenix News.Net
Spain's economy continues to take a hammering with the latest unemployment figures showing the highest levels in thirteen years. FDIC Shuts Banks in Fla., Ga., Ore., Wash.
CBS News
(AP) Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defa... Salazar Tours Rigs in Gulf, Keeps Drill Ban
CBS News
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, looks at blowout preventer controls as he tours the Murphy Front Runner deep water oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday. Japanese User Claims Twitter's 20 Billionth Tweet
ABCNews
Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. It came at 12:44 a.m. Sunday (1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT Saturd... Oil Spill Taints UC Berkeley's BP-Funded Research
ABCNews
In this July 30, 2010 photo, demonstrator Gene Bernardi holds a sign during a protest in Berkeley, Calif., to mark the 100th day anniversary of BP oil spill. BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of... Mass. House Approves Casino Gambling Bill
ABCNews
The Massachusetts House voted Saturday for a compromise bill that would create the most sweeping expansion of gambling in the state in four decades, even as Gov. Deval Patrick vowed not to sign the me... Coalition three months on: the budget
Guardian
budget in June was the most radical and controversial for a generation, laying out the fiscal gamble that is likely to make or break the first coalition government in postwar Britain.Flanked by Camero... China's biggest gold producer makes 3-fold profit
Times Of India
BEIJING: China National Gold Group Corp., the country’s biggest gold producer, has reported a three-fold increase in its profits to $228 million in the first half of 2010. But it did not clarify ... Your Wedding Gift Dilemmas Solved
CBS News
Guests spend an average of $60 to $120 on a wedding gift, depending on their relationship with the couple, according to TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com 2009 Registry Study. How to Be a "Super Saver"
CBS News
secrets of so-called "super savers," and what they have in common. According to her report, super savers delay gratification, have no impulse buys, have an absolute avoidance of debt, automate their ... China Setting Milestone as Economy Passes Japan's
ABCNews
China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. By... Paperwork Nightmare: A Struggle to Fix New Law
ABCNews
Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $6... Microsoft to challenge Yahoo Japan-Google deal
Business Journal
's search and advertising technology should be blocked. “We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competitio... It’s a recovery -- nod, nod, wink, wink
Financial Post
This time last summer, the idea of an American Idle reality TV series caught our fancy. Unfortunately, the show, if it were a reality and not a jest, could go into its second season this fall, along w... Insurance fraud rears its ugly head
Financial Post
The good news is automobile insurance in Ontario will not go up much under new rules that come into effect on Sept. 1, and might even go down slightly.The bad news is you are about to get less coverag... Obama Slams GOP's "Do-Nothing Policies"
CBS News
President Barack Obama places his order for a submarine sandwich with Carl Padavano, before meeting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday. Microsoft to challenge Yahoo Japan-Google deal
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
's search and advertising technology should be blocked. “We plan to present evidence to the Japanese FTC explaining why we believe that this deal is substantially more harmful to competitio... Dity Dozen: 12 Work-From-Home Schemes
ABCNews
Ellie Kay has ways to avoid the growing number of work-from-home scams. In July 2008 Teresa Yeast, of Platea, Pa., heard about Darling Angel Pin Creations through her sister who saw an ad in a local ... Eurazeo Picks Carlyle for Exclusive Talks on B&B
Business Week
July 31 (Bloomberg) -- Eurazeo SA, France’s largest publicly traded private equity firm, said it’s in exclusive talks to sell B&B Hotels, the budget chain it bought five years ago, to ... When Double Dippers Become Economic Party Poopers
ABCNews
They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back... Wall St faces volatile week with jobs report
Times of India
NEW YORK: US stocks are expected to face a volatile week as Wall Street awaits a key government jobs report expected to show unemployment at elevated levels. The government will release the Jul... AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar Tours Rigs, Keeps Drill Ban
ABCNews
The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above...
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