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Surprise fall in US unemployment

date: 2010-02-05 15:58:07 | Surprise, fall, unemployment

The US unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in January, to its lowest level in five months, official figures show.

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Dollar rises on surprise Fed move

date: 2010-02-19 22:59:45 |

Yahoo profits rise but sales fall

date: 2010-01-26 22:02:18 |

Toyota shares fall as woes mount

date: 2010-02-03 22:15:17 |

American jobs figures: Falling flat

date: 2010-02-05 10:51:50 |

Rio Tinto signs China mine deal

date: 2010-03-19 12:52:55

Rio Tinto signs a big West African venture deal with China, days before four of its officials go on trial in Shanghai.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Palm hit by slow sales

date: 2010-03-19 10:50:09

Computing veteran Palm is losing ground fast to the iPhone and Blackberry in the battle of the smartphones.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Rio Tinto signs China mines deal

date: 2010-03-19 10:19:54

Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Ex-Merrill boss takes over at CIT

date: 2010-02-08 17:51:31

The former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, John Thain, was at the heart of the bonus row - now he has a new job as boss of US lender CIT.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Green.view: Conflict conservation

date: 2010-02-08 12:27:15

Biodiversity down the barrel of a gunTHERE was a time when conservation meant keeping people away from nature. America’s system of national parks, a model for similar set-ups around the world, was based on the idea of limiting human presence ...

source: www.economist.com

SAP chief Leo Apotheker resigns

date: 2010-02-08 11:25:37

The chief executive of SAP unexpectedly resigns after his contract is not renewed, the company says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk


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Skills for the future: The plot so far

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

Are Britain’s new jobs cutting-edge and wealth-creating? Not on your nellieIF THERE is one thing that all main political parties agree on in this economic vale of tears, it is that Britain’s global future, ...

source: www.economist.com

Bagehot: The messenger not the message

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

Tories who think their policies are their main problem are mistakenIT IS often nicer to believe your destiny is in your hands than that your fate is sealed by nature or circumstance. So it has been with the Conservative ...

source: www.economist.com

Correction: Lilac Sky Schools

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

In “For whom the bell tolls” (March 13th) we said that Lilac Sky Schools had failed at Sawyers Hall College, which is now slated for closure. In fact, the firm was asked only to improve standards, and in ...

source: www.economist.com

East European economies: Fingered by fate

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

A region that a year ago looked as bad as Greece does now has averted catastrophe—but is not yet completely safeBELIEVE the headlines and Europe’s worst economic headache by far is Greece, financially ...

source: www.economist.com

Election campaigning: A tale of two constituencies

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

Why the election fight in Islington South mattersTHE number 4 bus starts its journey along the spine of Islington near the Whittington Hospital. Last month some 4,000 people met there to protest against proposals to ...

source: www.economist.com

PFInancing: The art of concealment

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:43

A parliamentary committee calls for the government to own up to what it owesACCOUNTING ruses to flatter balance- sheets are a bad idea, as Enron and Lehman have shown. Disquietingly, something similar has been going on ...

source: www.economist.com

The financial crisis and the future of regulation: Blame game

date: 2010-03-18 11:42:42

Two influential economists take a potshot at financial policymakers. Why don’t their criticisms add up?Freefall: America, Free Markets and the Sinking of the World Economy. By Joseph Stiglitz. Norton; 361 pages; ...

source: www.economist.com

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