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 Chinese cars to be built in US
Shanghai News.Net
The Los Angeles Business Journal has reported that Chinese car maker BYD may build an assembly plant in Los Angeles County.
Eurotunnel results show a profit
Shanghai News.Net
Eurotunnel has announced a profit of 1.4 million euros for last year, despite the weather, a fire in the tunnel and poor economic conditions.
 Chinese passenger cars in strong demand
Shanghai News.Net
Chinese passenger car sales have climbed 55 percent from February 2009, with strong demand for smaller cars and four wheel drive vehicles.
Twin Cities Home Prices Are Up Again
Star Tribune
an average of the price of homes sold this month versus a year ago in the same month. If people buy slightly more expensive homes than they did a year ago (larger, more bedrooms, etc) you report that ...
Inventories Stayed Lean In January, Down 0.2%
Star Tribune
Inventories stayed lean in January, down 0.2% Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month. The dip in inventories unders...
Senators Proposing A Shield For Certain Lenders
Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Payday lenders, pawnbrokers, car dealers and other companies that make loans but do not hold bank charters would be shielded from the scrutiny of a proposed federal consumer protection re...
Us Stocks Gain On Financial Firms
New Kerala
New York, March 11: Major stock indices closed higher Wednesday amid gathering optimism about the US economy, with shares of financial firms leading the stock market.
Japanese Stocks Rise On Weaker Yen, Wall Street Gains
Earth Times
Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo climbed in Thursday morning trading following modest gains on Wall Street as Japan's export-oriented issues were bolstered by a weaker yen. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Avera...
Shinsei Said To Mull Canceling Merger, Selling Shares
Business Week
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Shinsei Bank Ltd., the Japanese lender backed by U.S. investor Christopher Flowers, may abandon its merger with Aozora Bank Ltd. and instead raise 75 billion yen ($830 million)...
Us Stocks Gain On Financial Firms
Sify
economy , with shares of financial firms leading the stock market. US wholesalers reported a drop of 0.2 percent in inventories in January, which was widely interpreted as a sign of rising demand....
Bank Of Korea Stands Pat On Policy Interest Rate
Fox Business
TOKYO -- The Bank of Korea kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 2% Thursday as the domestic economy "continued on a recovering trend." The decision had been widely expected. But the monetary po...
China's Consumer Prices Rise More Than Expected
Fox Business
HONG KONG -- China's consumer price index accelerated to a pace of 2.7% in February from the year-earlier month, driven by a surge in food prices, according to official data released Thursday. The in...
Update: Us Governors Ask Congress To Stop Epa Rules
Fox Business
(Updates with comment from EPA) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Governors of 18 U.S. states on Wednesday urged Congress to stop "harmful" Environmental Protection Agency regulation of greenhouse-gas emissio...
Australia Unemployment Rises To 5.3% In February
Fox Business
SAN FRANCISCO -- Australia's unemployment rate was at 5.3% in February, compared to a downwardly-revised 5.2% in the prior month, according to data published Thursday by the Australian Bureau of Stat...
Cavuto: Plan On More Speeches
Fox Business
Missed Wednesady's Cavuto? Catch "The Deal" right here on FOXBusiness.com Signed, sealed, and now waiting to be delivered. Here's the deal. The defense rests. President Obama's closing argument fo...
Gymboree Shares Up On 4q Beat, Strong View
Fox Business
GYMB ) shares were up more than 5% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the company posted fourth-quarter results that beat expectations and gave first-quarter guidance that topped estimates. Th...
Japan Shares Rise As Trading Firms Strengthen
Fox Business
TOKYO -- Japanese shares traded broadly higher Thursday morning in Tokyo with trading firms among the bigger advancers following strength in oil prices in New York. The Nikkei 225 was up 0.7% at 10,6...
Senate Passes $149 Bln For Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congression...
Gm Ceo Says U.s. Will Make Money On Bailout
Reuters
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June and could go public in a way that would allow taxpayers to make a profit ...
75 Years On, Bank Gets It Right On Inflation
Financial Post
Bank notes are counted and bundled for distribution across the country in this 1960 Bank of Canada photo. The newly constituted Bank of Canada took over responsibility for Canada’s currency 75 years...
Less Tropicana O.j. For Your Buck
CBS News
PepsiCo cites the deep freeze that hurt much of Florida's citrus crop as to why it is raising prices and shrinking packaging on its popular Tropicana orange juice.
Video: Bowling For Employment
CBS News
Losing a job in this recession can be traumatic, but for some it is an opportunity to follow a dream. Ben Tracy shows us one man whose dreams of professional bowling came true.
Video: Sugar To Replace Corn Syrup?
CBS News
High fructose corn syrup is used as a sweetener for many popular foods, but recently there has been a push to replace it by going back to sugar. Michelle Miller has the story.
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