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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:34 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:34 -0500 30 U.S. stocks were only modestly higher Thursday despite leaders in Greece ratifying reforms that will pave the way for a deal between the debt-laden country, the European Union and the International Mo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359244/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:41:16 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359244/cs/1/ BEIJING China's inflation rose to 4.5 per cent in January with soaring food prices contributing significantly to the reversal of a five month trend of easing prices. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203358377/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:16:53 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203358377/cs/1/ US stocks traded in a very narrow range around the breakeven line Thursday as investors felt little thrilled after Greek political leaders had agreed on austerity cuts after a dangerous deadlock. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203363828/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203363828/cs/1/ LONDON - Oil and gas major BG Group plans to capitalise on strong global demand for liquefied natural gas to boost investments and growth prospects, the company said Thursday announcing $8.209 billion http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359245/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:53 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359245/cs/1/ ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has failed to garner support from his coalition partners for new austerity measures, necessary for a crucial 130 billion euros European Union bailout pack http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359231/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:37:04 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359231/cs/1/ NEW YORK - Profits of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation have risen sharply by 65 per cent in the quarter ending December, despite an ongoing investigations into the closure of the 'News of the World' http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359230/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:31:08 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203359230/cs/1/ LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's British arm has reached out of court settlements with 15 more phone hacking victims including politicians, sportsmen and celebrities in the scam, the high court w http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334354/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:16 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334354/cs/1/ BERLIN - German exports have grown 11.4 per cent to top one trillion euros in 2011 but a sharp decline towards the end of the year has triggered fears in Europe's biggest economy, according to fresh f http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334192/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:23 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334192/cs/1/ SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's chairman and three other board members have decided not to stand for re-election, giving in to the demands of its shareholders frustrated over the Internet company's declining http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333913/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:42 -0500 Bangladesh Sun.com http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333913/cs/1/ Cigarette maker Philip Morris International says its fourth-quarter net income grew nearly 8 percent as it commanded higher prices for its ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360455/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:36 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360455/ ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. said today it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360454/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:47:14 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360454/ NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures are falling after Greek leaders failed to accept the entire batch of new austerity measures demanded by creditors, leaving its bailout in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360456/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:52 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360456/ Microsoft has given details of the first version of Windows to be tailored to ARM-based chips, revealing that the OS will have a number of restrictions for app ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360450/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:35 -0500 ZDNet http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360450/ Taipei, Feb. 9, 2012 (CENS)--Hotai Motor Co. Ltd., local general agent of Toyotas and Lexus and the long-term No. 1 dealer in Taiwan, registered pretax earnings of NT$7.4 billion (US$246.6 million) ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360413/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:38:15 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360413/ Here's a bright spot in commercial real estate: Construction of data centers. This, according to Golden Valley-based Mortenson Construction. A recent report done by the firm notes the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360374/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:22 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360374/ Minnesota mortgage borrowers will have access to up to $280 million as part of a multibillion-dollar deal reached among the states, federal agencies and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360373/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:14 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360373/ Four days after being named "Agent of the Year," St. Louis Park insurance salesman Terry Sandvold was sacked last month by his longtime agency, The Prudential Insurance Agency of America. ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360375/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:11 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360375/ Denny Hecker addressed the media outside of ?the U.S. Court House in Minneapolis on Thursday afternoon. Hecker pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon to federal charges that he defrauded Chrysler ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360376/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:56 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360376/ Houston-based energy giant Calpine Corp. has reportedly shelved plans to sell its natural gas plant in Mankato. The company told the Mankato Free Press that it could not find a buyer with an ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360377/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:33:46 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360377/ NEW YORK -; Groupon had a lot to prove with its first earnings report as a public company. The 12 percent slide in its stock Thursday suggests investors wanted more. The online deals site on ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360365/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360365/ Borrowers who are struggling to pay their mortgages, are facing imminent foreclosure, or have been foreclosed upon may have a shot at benefits through ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360364/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:54 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360364/ In this Feb. 7, 2012 photo, Costco members pump gas outside a Costco Wholesale store in West Homestead, Pa. Wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles sharply in December although the gains are ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360363/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:51 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360363/ NEW YORK -; Oracle is paying $1.9 billion for Taleo Corp., a company that helps businesses manage their employees. The planned purchase of Taleo extends Oracle's offerings in the growing ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360367/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:44 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360367/ News ) beverages, reported Thursday a profit for the fourth quarter that increased from last year, reflecting revenue growth amid solid volume growth. Adjusted earnings per share matched ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360457/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:47 -0500 RTT News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360457/ 2/8/2012 8:38 PM ET (RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is trading notably lower on Thursday with investors pressing sales in several front line stocks across various sectors following some ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360458/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:35 -0500 RTT News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360458/ CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Apple will hold an event in March to launch its next iPad, AllThingsDigital reported Thursday, citing sources.Sources said the company has chosen the first week in March to ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360351/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:32 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360351/ WASHINGTON - The owners of the Mets want the Supreme Court to get involved in their attempt to recover money from Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Sterling Equities Associates, which owns the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360352/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:27 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360352/ DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford announced Thursday the retirement of Lewis Booth, its chief financial officer, as well as global products chief Derrick Kuzak.Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford also unveiled the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360354/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:22 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360354/ WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans filing initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 358,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.A survey of economists ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360355/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:19 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360355/ ATHENS, Greece - Greece has reached a tentative agreement on new austerity cuts demanded by creditors to release a (euro) 130 billion ($173 billion) bailout, hours before a crucial meeting of ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360356/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:16 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360356/ PepsiCo plans to cut 8,700 jobs, or about 3 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to offset high commodity costs and increases investment in advertising and marketing in North America. The maker of ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360357/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:12 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360357/ Groupon shares got slammed in after-hours trading last night, tumbling 15.58 percent after the daily deals titan posted an unexpected loss in the fourth quarter.The company, which had been dogged in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360358/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:09 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360358/ After 16 months of heated negotiations and arm-twisting, state and federal officials did it: They reached an agreement that could bring some financial relief to millions of homeowners whose ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360360/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:06 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360360/ EXCLUSIVE Caesars Entertainment shares soared 71 percent in their debut yesterday - but quietly, behind the glitz, America’s largest casino chain is selling some properties to raise $500 ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360359/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:03 -0500 New York Post http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360359/ PHOTO/ FILE A sorghum farm. Siaya County farmers are set to benefit from a new sorghum growing venture piloted by EABL in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360350/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:44 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360350/ The company that invented home photography has tossed in the towel on it.Eastman Kodak, the bankrupt inventor of the hand-held camera, plans to stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360420/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:20:16 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360420/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures rose Thursday as news that Greek officials had reached the austerity deal on which new loan funds are predicated buoyed the euro and as European central ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360245/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:25 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360245/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Hess Corp. led gains among petroleum producers as the broader energy sector moved mainly higher Thursday, but some oil drillers ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360246/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:18 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360246/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks stepped modestly higher Thursday, with the S&P 500 index returning to a seven-month high, as investors tried to gauge the impact of a Greek austerity ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360247/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:11 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360247/ Japanese Machine Orders fell 7.1 percent since last month and rose 6.5 percent since last year > Economic data is weaker than what analysts expected ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360427/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:05 -0500 MENAFN http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360427/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures advanced for a third day, as an austerity agreement in Greece and a decline in U.S. jobless claims fanned hopes of greater ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360248/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:05 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360248/ -15.58% shares tumbled as much as 17% at the open Thursday after equity analysts at Benchmark cut their rating on the online travel site to hold from buy. The move follows TripAdvisor's release ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360249/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:16:01 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360249/ "This deal certainly eases some of the near-term risks to the market, making high quality instruments like Treasurys slightly less appealing," said Kevin Giddis, president of Morgan ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360250/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:52 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360250/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cisco Systems Inc. and Groupon Inc. led a decline in tech stocks Thursday, offset somewhat by strong gains for shares of Akamai Technologies and a further advance for ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360252/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:47 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360252/ Bank of England's latest stimulus The Bank of England said it will buy another £50 billion ($79.1 billion) of U.K. government bonds with the aim of shoring up the fragile ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360251/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:43 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360251/ European Central Bank , meanwhile, offered no surprises and held steady on its key lending rate. A press conference with ECB President Mario Draghi will likely shed further light on the central ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360254/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:15:33 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360254/ Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto yesterday unveiled a 59 percent slump in annual net earnings to $5.8 billion and its chief refused his bonus due to write-offs from its aluminium business.An ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360461/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:27 -0500 Global Times http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360461/ Rio Tinto , received a bonus when he kept his job. His bet on Alcan in 2007 started to go sour almost from the moment $38bn in cash left Rio's coffers. The miner is still counting its losses on ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360319/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:24 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360319/ led the FTSE 100 fallers after a disappointing trading update which pointed to higher than expected debt levels.The maker of Splenda sweetener said operating profit in the third quarter was in line ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360320/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:17 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360320/ London Stock Exchange and build a terrorist training camp have been jailed.Three of the Islamist extremists, who planned to raise funds for the camp in Pakistan and recruit Britons to attend it, ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360323/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:05:00 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360323/ Pharmaceuticals companies are owed EUR12bn (10bn) for unpaid medicine bills in the eurozone - half of that in Spain - according to a senior executive, who said that the industry was counting on the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360322/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:55 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360322/ For policymakers who have been eagerly awaiting a "rebalancing" of the UK economy for at least five years now, it's welcome news that our trade gap with the rest of the world narrowed ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360324/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:49 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360324/ Why play it safe? playwright Simon Stephens finds it troubling that audiences have become more conservative since the recession. Photograph: Eamonn ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360325/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:42 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360325/ are set to merge . The outcome would be a commodities conglomerate integrating production and trade valued at about $90bn. Yet that number does not adequately reveal the power the combined company ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360326/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:36 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360326/ Thomson Reuters -where, it seems, just about every journalist of a certain age and experience is going to work, or wants to go to work - drops a passing remark about how, at Thomson Reuters, they ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360327/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:29 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360327/ booksellers and Amazon has hotted up this week, with the booksellers joining together to announce that they will not be selling any of the titles published by the online retailer.The opening salvo ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360328/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:20 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360328/ Economists say they are encouraged by recent manufacturing data. Pictured: Cadbury creme eggs move down the production line at the chocolatier's factory in Birmingham. Photograph: Simon ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360329/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:04 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360329/ No country has been more assiduously targeted by the UK's ambitious new commercial diplomacy than India. David Cameron and five other cabinet ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360330/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:58 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360330/ Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), but the organisation warned there will be "a higher number of people facing more serious problems in 2012".The total number of homes taken into ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360331/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:43 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360331/ BG will slash its shale gas production as prices slide. Pictured: a natural gas drilling platform owned by its US rival Chesapeake. Photograph: Robert ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360332/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:36 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360332/ has fallen 5.9p to 156.6p after the company said revenues for the six months to December fell 25% to $253m, with production down 14% after safety stoppages and other problems at its South African ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360333/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:31 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360333/ Manufacturing output rose five times faster than expected , up by 1% on the month in the strongest growth for seven months, according to the Office for National Statistics.But economists cautioned ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360334/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:03:27 -0500 Guardian http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360334/ FINRA Fines and Suspends Client Associate For Altering IPO Forms .'; In addition to analyzing the underlying Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (';FINRA';) settlement of ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360422/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:49 -0500 Forbes http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360422/ European Central Bank President Mario Draghi told a press conference in Frankfurt today following the decision of the governing council to leave the benchmark rate unchanged at 1% that the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360387/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:44 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360387/ Obama administration announces $25bn foreclosure deal with 5 mortgage banks; Weekly jobless claims dip By Finfacts Team Feb 9, 2012 - 4:28 PM ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360388/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:00:38 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360388/ But critics from both parties accuse House Republican leaders of caving in to investment firms by eliminating a proposal to regulate people who try to pry financial information from ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360285/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:44 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360285/ BOSTON - Workers stashed money away in their 401(k) retirement plans at a faster clip last year but didn't get an immediate reward for their savings strategy. Fidelity Investments, the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360287/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:38 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360287/ Twice a year, fashion designers and industry experts from around the world converge for runway shows in New York, London, Paris and Milan to show off and take in the newest looks for thespring and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360286/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:31 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360286/ The move represented a drop of 15,000 from the previous week's total. Claims have been a fairly steady trend lower, reflected last week in the Labor Department's announcement that the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360288/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:25 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360288/ estimates that his administration will release next week underpin its forecasts on the path of budget deficits and the national debt. But the economic assumptions, including the jobless rate and ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360289/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:18 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360289/ executives who helped steer the U.S. automaker through the financial crisis will retire by April 1, thinning the ranks of potential candidates who could replace Chief Executive Alan Mulally in ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360292/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:49:02 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360292/ European Union officials are moving to ask India to further intensify the pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program. India, which imports 12 percent of its oil from Iran, has not jumped on the ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360295/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:48:38 -0500 CNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360295/ Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The patchwork quilt of U.S. state laws on same-sex marriage, which Washington is now poised to legalize, leaves gay and lesbian Americans with different rights depending on ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360307/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:47:11 -0500 Business Week http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360307/ Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- T. Rowe Price Group Inc. has posted a profit every quarter since going public in 1986, in part because the firm sat out the dot-com boom in the 1990s and scaled back mortgage ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360309/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:47:08 -0500 Business Week http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360309/ EnPro Industries Inc. reports fourth-quarter net income of $2.6 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, down from $6.3 million, or 30 cents per share, in the same period of 2010. The results ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360381/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:45:29 -0500 Business Journal http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360381/ New Zealand's five major banks enjoyed core earnings growth of 25 per cent in the second half of their 2011 financial years compared with the previous six months, almost entirely due to the move ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360415/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:18 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360415/ a $25 billion settlement reached by state and federal officials with the nation's biggest banks.The short answer is, you probably won't know right away.According to details laid out ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360397/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:37 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360397/ The U.S. labor market got another jolt of good news Thursday when the government reported new claims for jobless benefits dropped to almost the lowest they have been in four ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360398/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:34 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360398/ By msnbc.com staff and wire report The U.S. Postal Service reported quarterly losses of $3.3 billion, and says that at the rate it's going, it will run out of money by October.The agency was ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360399/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:30 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360399/ It’s a lot of positive thinking for a group that has had sustained double-digit unemployment. At the end of last year the jobless rate among workers aged 18 to 24 was 16.3 percent, compared to ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360400/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:27 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360400/ WASHINGTON  — The Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that as part of the larger $25 billion foreclosure settlement agreed to by U.S. banks and states that it was imposing penalties ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360401/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:09 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360401/ Home-brewed coffee lovers, take note: More than a million popular coffee makers are being recalled after dozens of reports of the brewers spraying hot liquid, coffee grounds or tea leaves onto ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360403/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:29:04 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360403/ The CEO's waterworks probably made the boys in the boardroom wince. After all, the "guys on my team" had previously asked Dina Dwyer-Owens not to cry during speeches, she said. But ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360405/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:55 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360405/ By Paul A. Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau Two of the most senior and respected members of the Ford Motor Co. management team will retire, the automaker announced Thursday morning. But CEO Alan ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360406/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:50 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360406/ A Fort Worth semiconductor engineer who sent his resume to the president after a social media chat is still looking for work. Darin Wedel, who was laid off three years ago, has turned down ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360408/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:47 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360408/ Groupon has surprised Wall Street by failing to make a profit since becoming a publicly-traded company in late 2011.The daily deals website’s first earnings ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360409/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:43 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360409/ U.S. stocks moved higher Thursday after Greek leaders clinched a long-stalled deal on reforms and data indicated the U.S. labor market continued to improve.Futures reversed losses and turned ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360404/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:40 -0500 MSNBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360404/ Microsoft may launch the consumer preview (read: "open beta") of Windows on February 29th. Members of the press recently received an invitation to a special Windows 8 customer preview ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360428/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:26:24 -0500 Techworld http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360428/ Kodak says it will leave the industry that it created by closing its camera division as it attempts to rebuild under bankruptcy protection. The Rochester, N.Y.-based company says it will stop ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360310/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:24:30 -0500 CBC News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360310/ George Cope, chief executive of BCE, holds up a new Samsung tablet. BCE posted a 53% jump in earnings in its latest quarter. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360311/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:24:27 -0500 CBC News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360311/ The aerospace engineering company made over 1.16bn in 2011 and said it expects to deliver further growth in 2012. Its order book grew to a record 62.2bn, up 5%, helped by significant orders from ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360370/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:14:44 -0500 Sky News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360370/ The firm, which owns whisky, beer and vodka brands such as Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff, said sales in the UK were falling behind the rest of Europe. But despite the fall, Diageo posted a 12% rise ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360372/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:14:42 -0500 Sky News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360372/ "He says that action to tackle big bonuses is 'anti-business'. It is not. "It is pro-business to demand responsibility at the top and an end to the something-for-nothing culture ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360371/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:14:39 -0500 Sky News http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360371/ PepsiCo, based in Purchase, New York, expects to cut 8,700 jobs, or 3 percent of its global workforce, across 30 countries as part of a plan to save an extra $1.5 billion over the next three ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360441/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:19 -0500 Reuters http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360441/ (Reuters) - Big U.S. media companies bought back record amounts of their own shares in the last year, with cash generated by cable television networks that drew strong viewership and advertising ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360442/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:15 -0500 Reuters http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360442/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks turned lower on Thursday as initial enthusiasm faded over a long-stalled Greek deal and data indicating an improving U.S. labor ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360297/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:12 -0500 Reuters http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360297/ KKR.N ) reported a sharp decline in fourth-quarter earnings as a drop in carried interest, driven by mark-to-market valuations of its assets, more than offset higher fee ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360443/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:12 -0500 Reuters http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203360443/