Venice: Massive Tourism (And Now Huge Cruise Ships) Ruining City’s Priceless Charms
Venice attracts some 22-million visitors each year (for a city of only about 60,000 residents) and these figures keep climbing.
Honduras' Charter Cities: Potential Economic Miracles or New 'Banana Enclaves'?
Honduras is implementing a bold new plan to establish independent "charter cities" that will operate under separate laws in a bid to draw more foreign investment. Proponents says the plan will create thousands of jobs and spur economic development in the rest of Honduras, while critics say they will only open the door for corporations and other governments to exploit cheap labor and neoliberal tax laws.
South Korea Offers North Flood Relief, Seeking To Thaw Icy Relationship
Official aid from the South to the North often goes through the Red Cross as a matter of formality and convenience.
Qantas Move To Dubai Will Lower Costs, Help Stop Losses On Int'l Routes: Analysts
Dubai International is rapidly becoming a major international connection. For ailing Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN) the move of its European hub from Singapore to the UAE will help lower the cost of shuttling travelers back and forth between Melbourne or Sydney and London.
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It's been three years since the Great Recession technically ended, and still, unemployed Americans are struggling to find work.
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Culture in America is dead, largely because the middle-class does not care about such things.
Apple iPhone 5 Rumors: Alleged Sept. 21 Release Date Coincides With FedEx 'Surge'
Apple is all set to unveil its next-generation smartphone next Wednesday, but when can we expect to see the iPhone 5 on store shelves? Reports for the last several months have pegged Friday, Sept. 21 as the new iPhone's alleged release date, and a new report released Friday gives more credence to the rumors.
Judge’s Incendiary Remarks On Women Highlights India’s Domestic Violence Crisis
Activists have filed a formal complaint with the state’s chief justice and also introduced an online campaign to condemn the judge and remove him from the bench.
Apple Shares Set Record Highs Ahead Of iPhone Intro
Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, set new record highs Friday ahead of next Wednesday’s announcement of a new member of the iPhone family, perhaps the iPhone 5.
Google Shares Hit $700 For 5-Year High [HOLD for David Z…don’t move]
Shares of Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine and maker of Motorola phones, set an all-time record high of $700, slightly more than eight years after the Mountain View, Calif.’s initial public offering that raised $1.67 billion.
US Economy Adds 96,000 Jobs In Aug, Joblessness At 8.1%
The U.S. economy added a paltry 96,000 jobs last month, vastly fewer than economists were expecting. However, the fact that fewer Americans were seeking employment resulted in the unemployment rate falling to 8.1 percent.
Commodity Trader Glencore Raises Offer For Mining Giant Xstrata
Global commodity trader Glencore International PLC, which was within hours of seeing its proposed $80 billion purchase of mining giant Xstrata PLC rejected by shareholders, has raised the amount it is willing to pay, according to a report Friday.
Pre-Market Movers (Deutsche Bank, ING Groep, Rio Tinto, Cliffs Natural, Tata Motors, Bank of America, Audience, Pandora)
Deutsche Bank AG, ING Groep, Rio Tinto, Cliffs Natural Resources, Tata Motors, Bank of America Corp, Audience and Pandora Media are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.
Draghi's ECB Announcement - Spain A Stealth Loser, Italy A Silent Winner
While pundits and analysts dissected a myriad angles regarding the ECB's proposal, one lesser-considered issue has been how, following the announcement of the plan Thursday, it increasingly seemed Spain was being given the short end of the stick, while Italy was being favored, by the announcement.
Tipping Point: The Art Of Paying Gratuities At Restaurants
I have never been certain if tipping was simply a 'courtesy' or the 'law.'
European Markets Continue Upward Rally On ECB Move, German Export
The European markets continued the upward rally Friday, a day after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the widely anticipated bond-buying program aimed at lowering the struggling euro zone countries' borrowing costs.
US Stock Futures Signal Higher Open Ahead Of Nonfarm Jobs Report
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls and unemployment reports.
AAPL: Apple Scrip Continues To Surge As New Amazon Tablet Makes Debut; iPad Mini, Ecosystem To Provide Apple With Convincing Lead
As Amazon (AMZN) launched its much-awaited Kindle Fire Thursday attracting rave reviews, its top competitor Apple (AAPL) posted gains in the street ending the day at $676.27, gaining $6.04, almost 1 percent higher than the previous close.
Top After-Market NYSE Movers (Cooper Co, Sturm, Cedar Realty, Lloyds Banking, Barnes & Noble, Infoblox, Pandora, ExactTarget, Calpine)
The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Cooper Companies, Sturm, Ruger & Co, Cedar Realty Trust, Lloyds Banking Group and Barnes & Noble, Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Infoblox Inc, Pandora Media, Resource Capital Corp, ExactTarget and Calpine Corp.
Top After-Market Nasdaq Movers (Smith & Wesson, Ulta Salon, Vical, Bazaarvoice, MAP, Audience, Mattress Firm, Accuray, Envivio, Aceto)
The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Thursday were Smith & Wesson Holding Corp, Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc, Vical Inc, Bazaarvoice and MAP Pharmaceuticals. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Audience Inc, Mattress Firm Holding Corp, Accuray Inc, Envivio Inc and Aceto Corp.
Asian Stocks Rally On ECB Move, China Stimulus Plan
Asian stock markets rallied Friday after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the widely anticipated bond-buying program aimed at lowering the struggling euro zone countries' borrowing costs.
Air India Receives First Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Air India took delivery of its first Boeing 787 commercial widebody airplane on Thursday at Boeing Co's final assembly plant after a months-long dispute between airline and manufacturer over compensation for a four-year production delay.
Barack Obama: Top Ten Most Surprising Statements From Acceptance Speech
Barack Obama: Top Ten Most Surprising Statements From Acceptance Speech
Do Democratic Presidents Historically Pull Nation Out Of Fiscal Rut?
The 2012 campaign has focused on a myriad of social and ideological issues, with some smatterings of tax policy and truckloads of mudslinging. A new book argues voters should look past the obfuscation and consider what is best for their wallet. Its authors claim history has proven one thing: when it comes to economic success, the left has had the upper hand.
Asian Shares Rise After ECB Move, Awaiting US Payroll Data
Asian shares rose and the euro steadied Friday after the European Central Bank outlined its bond-buying scheme to help calm the euro zone's debt crisis, while firm U.S. data fed speculation of a strong jobs report later in the day.
South African Labor Unrest Threatens Platinum And Gold Production
In the wake of a strike that left 34 platinum miners dead after clashes with police, South African unions continued to refuse to work, disrupting production of the metal in the country that accounts for 75 percent of global exports and spilling over to impact gold miners.
Billionaire Leon Cooperman Predicts Romney Win Better For Stock Market Than Obama Victory
Leon Cooperman, the billionaire founder of Omega Advisors, and Jack Bogle, the retired CEO and founder of Vanguard, are having it out over what the 2012 presidential election's impacts will be on the stock market.
Costco's Shares Touch Record High After Founder Lauds Obama
Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) stock price touched an all-time high on Thursday, a day after co-founder and former CEO James Sinegal addressed the Democratic National Convention.
Culture Clash: Amazon Tribe In Venezuela Alleges Illegal Gold Miners Massacred Village Residents
Members of the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon claim that a massacre took place in a settlement in Venezuela, where they say Brazilian miners killed nearly 80 people, seeking to gain unlicensed access to their lands.
China To Boost Growth With $127B Of Infrastructure Spending
China has unveiled plans to build dozens of new subway and inner-city rail transit links, data from the country's top economic planning agency show, in a new move to stimulate its slowing economy.
Texas Sporting Goods Store Offers Free Handgun For Facebook Likes
Sportman's Elite, a local sporting goods retailer that sells firearms and hunting equipment in El Paso, Texas, will be giving away a handgun to one of its Facebook fans once the page reaches 300 "likes."
African Astronauts? Sudan’s Bashir Calls For African Space Agency
Some critics question the need for a poor region like Africa to even consider such an expensive project as going into space.
Amazon Debuts Kindle Fire Upgrades, “Paperwhite”e-Reader
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. 1 e-retailer, announced a new model of its Kindle Fire tablet, priced at $159 and available Sept. 14, as well as a new version of its e-reader dubbed Paperwhite, priced at $179 and $119.
Emirates Agrees To Revenue-Sharing Pact With Qantas, Ending Deal With British Airways
Emirates, the world’s largest airline by international passenger traffic, has agreed to a revenue-sharing pact with Qantas Airways Ltd. (Sydney: QAN), Australia's largest airline and the oldest continually operated airline in the world, leaving Emirates' former partner British Airways out in the cold.
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