U.S. Stocks Rally Toward Earnings Season

U.S. Stocks Rally Toward Earnings Season


U.S. Stocks Rally Toward Earnings Season

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:30 PM PDT

Equity markets and oil pop higher as trades put double-dip fears aside.


Daily Dividend Report: BPT, AYE, COO, CBT, BCO

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:30 PM PDT

After the bell yesterday, the BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT) declared its quarterly dividend of about $2. 09 per share, a slight decrease from its prior dividend.


China renews Google licence

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:16 PM PDT

The Chinese government has renewed Google's licence to operate in China, the internet giant has said, ending a long-running stand-off between the two.


China renews Google licence

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:16 PM PDT

The Chinese government has renewed Google's licence to operate in China, the internet giant has said, ending a long-running stand-off between the two.


Spy mystery: Was NY columnist a wife betrayed? (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

Waldo Mariscal, left, and his half-brother Juan Lazaro Jr., sons of accused spy Vicky Pelaez, leave their home in Yonkers, N.Y., Friday, July 9, 2010. Lazaro Jr., 17, is a gifted pianist who has lived his whole life in the U.S., although he has spent considerable time in Peru, where his mother was born. Mariscal is an architect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Vicky Pelaez met her husband, Juan Lazaro — or so he called himself — some 30 years ago in her native Peru. She was a gutsy TV reporter, he a talented photographer and a karate black belt. "To her, he was a hunk," a friend says.



Burma and the Bomb: Is the Junta Trying to Join the Nuclear Club? (Time.com)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Burma's government is flush with cash, and new evidence suggests that the ruling junta is spending billions on outlandish military projects, including a secretive nuclear weapons program


Sahel region of Africa facing 'acute' food crisis: Oxfam (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:21 PM PDT

A woman picks spilled maize among sacks of grain in a grains market in the northern Nigerian town of Maiadua on the border with Niger on June 2010. Aid agency Oxfam warned Friday that the food crisis gripping the Sahel region of Africa was reaching disastrous levels and called on governments and the international community to act now.(AFP/File/Aminu Abubakar)AFP - Aid agency Oxfam warned Friday that the food crisis gripping the Sahel region of Africa was reaching disastrous levels and called on governments and the international community to act now.



Thoughts

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:20 PM PDT

On the business of life.


Tax Advice For LeBron: Move Your Domicile To Miami

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:15 PM PDT

He says he'll still live in Akron. If he's serious, it will cost him a bundle in taxes on games and endorsements.


Malaria's Tenacious Buzz

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:09 PM PDT

Even as the fight against malaria gains momentum, research reveals that malaria's tentacles continue to dig ever deeper.


Rwanda arrests newspaper director (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:44 PM PDT

A Rwandan young woman cries during the ceremony of the genocide anniversary, in Nyamasheke, Rwanda. Rwandan authorities have arrested the director of a privately owned newspaper on charges of incitement, denial of the 1994 genocide and contempt of the head of state, a police spokesman said Friday.(AFP/File/Jose Cendon)AFP - Rwandan authorities have arrested the director of a privately owned newspaper on charges of incitement, denial of the 1994 genocide and contempt of the head of state, a police spokesman said Friday.



Heavy on the Wallet

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

A look at the world's favorite foods and how they've fared during the past year


Small-Caps On Center Stage

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Outperform their larger brethren Friday.


Gold Heats Up, But Somer Miners Too Hot

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

Goldman Sachs downgrades a pair of miners.


Metals Move On Up

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:50 PM PDT

Mining companies that focus in silver, copper and others rally Friday.


Something Brewing at San Miguel?

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Big changes are afoot at San Miguel, the Philippines' best-known company.


Entry Requirement: $50 Million

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Henry Sy tops the list again.


Medical Stocks Lack Heart Friday

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT

Hospital and lab operators among the groups lagging the broader market.


The Decision Brings Big Numbers for ESPN

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:36 PM PDT

The audience for ESPN's exclusive sit-down with LeBron dwarfs their exclusive Tiger sit-down this pa


10 Things Every College Grad Needs To Know About Money

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 02:32 PM PDT

Crucial advice from ''the reality check lady,'' who teaches seniors at Stanford University about personal finance.


Extending Broadband Service to the Disconnected

Extending Broadband Service to the Disconnected


Extending Broadband Service to the Disconnected

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:17 AM PDT

A $7.2 billion federal stimulus package will help extend high-speed access to more poor and rural sections of the United States.


Dodgers’ Fate Hinges On Owners’ Divorce

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:27 AM PDT

For months, the dissolution of the marriage of the Dodgers' owners has riveted Los Angeles.


New Steps May Fully Contain Spill, Official Says

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:09 AM PDT

A new cap and an additional ship may contain the oil flow into the gulf by Monday, Adm. Thad W. Allen said.


Japan’s Disgruntled Voters Head to Polls

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:46 AM PDT

As Japan prepares for midterm parliamentary elections on Sunday the lack of a party with clear momentum has left political opinions divided in a way not seen in recent times.


Japan’s Disgruntled Voters Head to Polls

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:45 AM PDT

As Japan prepares for midterm parliamentary elections on Sunday the lack of a party with clear momentum has left political opinions divided in a way not seen in recent times.


India moves to clean up site of deadly 1984 Union Carbide gas leak

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:43 AM PDT

NEW DELHI -- A month after seven former Union Carbide employees were given two-year jail terms for their role in the deadly gas leak in Bhopal a quarter-century ago, a senior Indian official met with survivors' groups Friday with a new plan to clean up the abandoned factory site.


India - Gas leak - Bhopal disaster - Machinery and Tools - Tools


Five quits Project Canvas scheme

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:55 AM PDT

Channel Five pulls out of Project Canvas - the development of an internet connected TV set-top box.


Soldier killed in explosion named

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:25 AM PDT

A British soldier killed by an explosion in Afghanistan has been named by the Ministry of Defence.


Netanyahu meets Shalit's parents

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:12 AM PDT

Israeli PM says "millions of people" pushing for captured soldier's release.


'Dead Mandela' picture sparks row

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:21 AM PDT

A painting showing the body of Nelson Mandela undergoing an autopsy sparks criticism from South Africa's ruling African National Congress party.


East African net fault identified

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:32 AM PDT

Repairs to the faulty undersea cable, that brought high-speed net access to East Africa, will take at least two weeks.


Deported spies arrive in Moscow

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Ten people who spied for Moscow in the US arrive in Russia after being deported in the biggest spy swap since the Cold War.


Pope Names New Leader of Order Beset by Scandal

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:40 AM PDT

Archbishop Velasio De Paolis was appointed to take control of the Legionaries of Christ, whose founder was found to have molested underage seminarians.


U.N. Condemns Korean Ship Sinking

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 09:35 AM PDT

The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a formal statement condemning the attack on a South Korean warship without directly blaming North Korea.


Bettencourt Adviser's Offices Raided

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 07:48 AM PDT

Police searched the offices of the financial adviser to France's richest woman as part of a growing scandal that includes allegations she gave cash illegally to President Sarkozy's campaign.


Earliest evidence of pet tortoise

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 09:57 AM PDT

The earliest archaeological evidence of a tortoise kept as a family pet in Britain is unearthed by researchers.


Sports of The Times: Venom From Cavs Owner Validates James’s Exit

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 11:01 AM PDT

By lashing out with a personal attack, Dan Gilbert managed to make LeBron James a sympathetic figure.


UK reviewing Russian spy passport

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 09:35 AM PDT

The Home Office is "urgently reviewing" whether to deprive Russian spy Anna Chapman of her British passport.


Prince will attend WWI reburial

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Prince Charles will attend the reburial of the last of the WWI soldiers recovered from communal graves in France, it has been announced.


Rosetta probe to pass by asteroid

Posted: 09 Jul 2010 10:21 AM PDT

The Asteroid Lutetia will become the largest space rock to be visited by a probe when the European Rosetta mission flies past it.