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77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say 
Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist with the Southern Nevada Health District. But they know ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Foreign donors open their wallets despite Myanmar problems 
The Myanmar junta's refusal to let in foreign aid workers has not stopped donors _ from billionaire Bill Gates to a small British travel company _ from trying to ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child 
It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman _ she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Obama picks ups 3 superdelegates, union endorsement 
The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Evangelist Franklin Graham visits China ahead of Olympics 
The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. Franklin Graham, also an evangelist, was speaking to reporters Friday during a visit to Beijing for meetings with the Communist Party-controlled Protestant church ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
Industries
Opening Glance: Health care equipment and supply stocks fall 
Health care equipment and supply stocks fell in early trading Friday, in line with the broader market, as oil prices surged and hefty losses at insurer American International Group renewed concerns about the health of the financial ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Opening Glance: Gold miners open lower in early trading 
Shares of gold companies opened lower Friday, even as the price of the precious metal increased but the broader market fell. Gold traded in London at $887.25 per troy ounce, up from $883.70 late Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.90 points, or 0.71 percent, to ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Canada reaffirms decision to block sale of space tech co. 
Canada confirmed its decision to block a foreign takeover of part of the country's premier space technology company MDA. Industry Minister Jim Prentice first turned down the $1.3 billion takeover bid last month for MDA's space division by Alliant Techsystems Inc., a U.S.-based munitions and rocket ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Regulators rescind capital requirement for H&R Block 
H&R Block Inc. said Friday that the Office of Thrift Supervision has rescinded its requirement that the company hold a 3 percent tangible capital reserve _ a restriction that had prevented the company from buying back ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Ormat Technologies to sell 3.1 million shares 
Shares of renewable energy company Ormat Technologies Inc. plunged Friday after it said it will sell 3.1 million shares to Lehman Brothers in a block ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
Global Markets
Stocks open lower as AIG reveals need for cash, oil surges 
Wall Street is down sharply in early trading as investors digest wider-than-expected losses at a big insurer and as oil climbs further into record ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Survey says executives see oil prices falling 
Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by year's end, a new survey ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Gold Investments Market Update 
A firm note tracked the Gold price overnight and it is currently $888.90. Closing above $880 adds to that positive tone and the next resistance level stands at $897. The London AM Gold Fix at 1030 GMT this morning was at $887.25, £453.906 and €573.604 (from $872.25, £445.48 and €568.61 ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
The Daily Resource 05/09/2008 
Precious MetalsGold was limp through the early London trading, but just before the New York session began it started up and continued higher through the early afternoon, peaking above $885 before easing to finish at $881.50, up $13.00. Overnight, gold has continued upward.Platinum took off in ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Asia markets fall; Nikkei drops 2 pct on Toyota's bad news 
Most Asian markets fell Friday, with Japan's key stock index dropping more than 2 percent following a bleak earnings outlook from Toyota. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index sank 2.1 percent to 13,655.3. Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 1.5 percent to 25,063.2, extending its losing streak to a ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
Forex
US trade deficit narrows in March on lower car and industrial supply imports 
US deficit in goods and services trade has narrowed somewhat in March, as imports decreased more than exports, according to data released by the US Commerce ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Market Moving News: USD/MAJ - May 9 
Usd/majors...Dlr has pared some its losses after U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $58.2 billion (median forecast was $61.2 billion) fm a downwardly-revised $61.7 billion in the previous ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
The Risk Today - May 9 
EurUsd Euro has been weak for the three weeks and broke yesterday 1.5400 low trading range. Psychological 1.5000 key level marks strong support before 1.4500 pivot point. Pivot point hold 1.6000 resistance ahead of key ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Dollar fell after BoE and ECB left rates unchanged - May 9 
The Euro rebounded on Thursday from a two-month low against the Dollar after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said inflation remains his top concern, signaling the bank won't cut interest rates anytime soon. ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Market caution returns 
Market reservations will discouarge carry trades, but heavy selling should be ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
Personal Finance
ALL BUSINESS: Buffett says economic and credit woes linger 
Warren Buffett's comments on the investment outlook usually resonate, and those over the weekend were no exception: Panic in financial markets may be through, but that doesn't means it's the end of the economic and credit ...
6 May 2008 - By - News
Don't count on gas tax cut lowering prices 
Sure, a gas-tax holiday seems like a good idea, at first. According to the presidential candidates touting it, it would yield cheaper gas, which in turn would produce less expensive packaging, food, ...
2 May 2008 - By - News
ALL BUSINESS: Don't count on gas tax cut lowering prices 
Sure, a gas-tax holiday seems like a good idea, at first. According to the presidential candidates touting it, it would yield cheaper gas, which in turn would produce less expensive packaging, food, ...
2 May 2008 - By - News
ALL BUSINESS: Investors on losing end when capital raised 
Financial company shareholders must feel like second-class citizens now, given how they are being treated as some banks raise capital. It's bad enough that investors in National City Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. have seen their stock holdings plunge in value and dividends crimped because of the ...
29 Apr 2008 - By - News
ALL BUSINESS: Credit-rating agencies still need ample staff 
Better a half-blind guard at the gate, than no guard at all. Credit-rating analysts have been sharply criticized for failing to properly assess the risk of mortgage-backed and other complex debt securities. That doesn't mean we don't need them doing the ...
25 Apr 2008 - By - News
 
Technology
Out of the Gate: Sonus climbs after swinging to 1Q profit 
Shares of Sonus Networks Inc. rose Friday after the Internet Protocol equipment and software maker said it swung to a profit in the first quarter, surprising ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Ahead of the Bell: US Solar Power companies 
A Citi Investment Research analyst began covering shares of U.S.-based solar power companies Friday, saying First Solar Inc. is one of the few companies that will weather sharp decline in ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Clear Channel profit surges, income flat from continuing ops 
Clear Channel Communications Inc. reported Friday its first-quarter profit soared due to asset sales, an investment gain and higher revenue, but earnings from continuing operations were ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
S&P cuts Citizens Communications Ratings On Credit Measures 
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its ratings on Stamford, Conn.-based telecommunications service provider Citizens Communications Co. to 'BB' from 'BB+' with a stable ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Windstream 1Q profit rises 24 percent on customer growth 
Broadband services provider Windstream Corp. said Friday its first-quarter profit climbed 24 percent on customer growth. Net income rose to $123.7 million, or 27 cents per share, compared with $99.9 million, or 21 cents per share, in the previous ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
Entertainment
LA judge rules in favor of Notorious B.I.G.'s family 
A judge has reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Jury selection set to begin in R. Kelly pornography trial 
Jury selection was set to start Friday in the long-delayed trial of one of urban music's biggest stars. Grammy-winning R&B singer R. Kelly faces child pornography charges, prompted by a videotape allegedly showing him having sex with a girl as young as ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Pace picks up `The Fall,' but won't push it too much 
Near as Lee Pace can tell, the best way to scare audiences away is to tell them how good something is. "I think people are really cautious about important movies," said Pace, who stars in "The Fall," opening Friday. "If you're told, `There's an important movie coming out,' people would rather chew ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Speedy new character debuts on new season of NBC's `Heroes' 
She's not just fast. She's very fast. Meet Daphne, the speedy new character on NBC's "Heroes," who plans to give the show's superhumans _ especially time traveler Hiro and his sidekick, Ando _ a run for their money when she debuts on the popular NBC series' upcoming third season, which went back ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
From couch to court, Gabriel Byrne charms in 'Camelot' 
He can't sing and he can't dance, but Gabriel Byrne can charm _ and he did while portraying the chivalrous King Arthur in "Camelot." After playing the tormented shrink Dr. Paul Weston in HBO's "In Treatment," the Irish actor went from couch to court, starring Wednesday in Lerner and Loewe's beloved ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
IBTimes Exclusives
FTSE up on Thursday
The FTSE 100 share index rose on Thursday following news that the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates at 5.0 per cent. The index was up 9.8 points to 6,270.8 by the end of the day (up 0.2 per ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Inbev profits drop 11%
Inbev, brewer of Stella Artois, said on Thursday that its profits had dropped 11 per cent to 249 million euros, in the first quarter of ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Royal Mail profits fall 30 Pct
Royal Mail Group said on Thursday that it had delivered "robust financial results" in the year ended 30 March 2008, despite "many ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Provident Financial has good start to 2008
Non-standard lender Provident Financial Plc said on Thursday that it had made a strong start to 2008, with customer numbers up 6.3 per cent in its core consumer credit division at the end of the first ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Signet sales hurt by poor US performance
Signet Group Plc said on Thursday that its sales dropped 2.5 per cent in the 13 weeks to 3 May ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
AP Live
Opening Glance: Health care equipment and supply stocks fall
Health care equipment and supply stocks fell in early trading Friday, in line with the broader market, as oil prices surged and hefty losses at insurer American International Group renewed concerns about the health of the financial ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Opening Glance: Gold miners open lower in early trading
Shares of gold companies opened lower Friday, even as the price of the precious metal increased but the broader market fell. Gold traded in London at $887.25 per troy ounce, up from $883.70 late Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.90 points, or 0.71 percent, to ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Out of the Gate: Sonus climbs after swinging to 1Q profit
Shares of Sonus Networks Inc. rose Friday after the Internet Protocol equipment and software maker said it swung to a profit in the first quarter, surprising ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Canada reaffirms decision to block sale of space tech co.
Canada confirmed its decision to block a foreign takeover of part of the country's premier space technology company MDA. Industry Minister Jim Prentice first turned down the $1.3 billion takeover bid last month for MDA's space division by Alliant Techsystems Inc., a U.S.-based munitions and rocket ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
Regulators rescind capital requirement for H&R Block
H&R Block Inc. said Friday that the Office of Thrift Supervision has rescinded its requirement that the company hold a 3 percent tangible capital reserve _ a restriction that had prevented the company from buying back ...
9 May 2008 - By - News
 
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