US / Canada

Yell Drops Most in Three Months After Sales Fall 15% in Quarter

Yell Group Plc fell the most in almost three months after the publisher of the U.K.’s yellow pages said sales declined 15 percent in the fourth quarter.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Business Week)

Chinese Tourists to New Zealand Outspend Visitors From U.S.

Chinese tourists in New Zealand outspent U.S. visitors last year for the first time on record, according to a government report released in Wellington.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Business Week)

Europe Now Better Prepared Should Greece Default, Schaeuble Says

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Europe is better prepared for a Greek default than two years ago, jacking up pressure on Greece to hold to its pledges and find the savings needed to wi

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Business Week)

Zinc Glut Rising to Two-Decade High Threatens Rally: Commodities

The largest glut of zinc in almost two decades is threatening to curtail a rally in prices as record production expands inventories to the highest since at least 1984.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Business Week)

Twitter slaps limits on stock sales

While Facebook prepares to go public, Silicon Valley's other buzzy social startup, Twitter, is doing everything in its power to stay private. In pursing that goal, it has slapped its shareholders with

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (CNN Money)

Stocks we love

Celebrate Valentine's Day with 7 lovable stock picks, including Qualcomm, Mastercard and Priceline.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (CNN Money)

Fox 'course correction' rankles some

Conservatives are grumbling that the cable channel is no longer speaking for them as it once did.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Politico)

Obama targets key voters with budget

His plan shows the practicalities of an election-year budget and his narrow political space.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Politico)

Europe Markets: Europe stocks fall after ratings downgrades

Most European stock markets pull back Tuesday, after Moody’s Investors Service late Monday downgraded six European countries and cut outlooks on three.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (MarketWatch)

News of the World’s Thurlbeck Named Hackers to Save His Job

Neville Thurlbeck, the former chief reporter at News Corp.’s News of the World, said he was minutes away from being fired in July 2009 when his name was linked to the phone-hacking scandal that

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Business Week)

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