VIDEO: Markets jumpy over Spain bail out fears |
- VIDEO: Markets jumpy over Spain bail out fears
- Hong Kong survives Typhoon Vicente
- China's Hu calls for party unity as succession looms
- 'The Dark Knight Rises' Tops $88 Million Overseas, $248 Million Worldwide
- Top 10 List: The Greatest Living Business Leaders Today
- Majority of Companies Expanding Cloud Computing Skills: Survey
- U.S. commander accused of stalling Afghan hospital abuse probe
- China's Hu calls for party unity as succession looms
- Frenchman in Bo Xilai case in "good shape": embassy
- Frenchman in Bo Xilai case in "good shape": embassy
- VIDEO: Four killed in Spain wildfires
- 'The Dark Knight Rises' - A Comic Book Movie First, Meditation On Power Second
- Fight over ex-Gitmo detainee's book profits ends
- HIdden Truths About Reverse Mortgages
- 10 Big Cities Where Buying A Home Is Cheaper Than Renting
- Bank of America Tackles Women's Leadership in the Developing World
- How Do Blue States Expand Medicaid? By Paying Doctors Less
- Where Is Everyone? Biotech's Dwindling Number of Venture Firms
- VIDEO: Organising Olympic luggage
- Question after floods: Did China build too fast?
| VIDEO: Markets jumpy over Spain bail out fears Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:30 PM PDT Fears grow that Spain will need a bail out after its borrowing costs reach 7.5%.
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| Hong Kong survives Typhoon Vicente Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:38 PM PDT Stock market and offices due to reopen after gale-force winds and heavy rain lashed former British colony overnight.
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| China's Hu calls for party unity as succession looms Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:56 PM PDT
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| 'The Dark Knight Rises' Tops $88 Million Overseas, $248 Million Worldwide Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:41 PM PDT After a domestic opening weekend that ranks third-best in history and the largest non-3D opening weekend of all time, The Dark Knight Rises had a strong showing as well, taking more than $88 million in foreign markets. The final Batman film in Christopher Nolan's trilogy stands at $248 million in world [...]
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| Top 10 List: The Greatest Living Business Leaders Today Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:28 PM PDT With the passing of my dear friend Stephen R. Covey, I have been taking some time to consider many of the greatest business leaders who are wielding strong influence on the business world we live in today. So without further ado, I'd like to present my personal top 10 list of [...]
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| Majority of Companies Expanding Cloud Computing Skills: Survey Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:24 PM PDT Expect to see new categories of jobs arising from cloud computing, as well as new breeds of IT vendors. The rise of cloud computing in firms of all shapes and sizes means faster and broader access to computing resources. But it also means changes in job descriptions, and a need for [...]
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| U.S. commander accused of stalling Afghan hospital abuse probe Posted: 23 Jul 2012 10:08 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into waste, abuse and mismanagement at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul for political reasons, a former U.S. military official will tell Congress on Tuesday.    
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| China's Hu calls for party unity as succession looms Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:56 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for unity in the ruling Communist Party and unflinching backing for economic reforms in the face of "unprecedented challenges", as Beijing struggles with a scandal-hit leadership transition and economic slowdown.   
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| Frenchman in Bo Xilai case in "good shape": embassy Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:44 PM PDT
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| Frenchman in Bo Xilai case in "good shape": embassy Posted: 23 Jul 2012 09:44 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A Frenchman at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in two decades has met French diplomats in Beijing and is "in good shape", a spokesman for the French embassy said on Tuesday.   
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| VIDEO: Four killed in Spain wildfires Posted: 23 Jul 2012 08:44 PM PDT Hundreds of firefighters from Spain and France are struggling to contain a wildfire which has destroyed thousands of hectares of land on both sides of the border.
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| 'The Dark Knight Rises' - A Comic Book Movie First, Meditation On Power Second Posted: 23 Jul 2012 05:21 PM PDT Despite its brooding meditation on power and class disparity, The Dark Knight Rises is a comic book film first and foremost. That's a good thing.
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| Fight over ex-Gitmo detainee's book profits ends Posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:03 PM PDT
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| HIdden Truths About Reverse Mortgages Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:50 PM PDT Are unsuitable reverse mortgages to seniors a form of financial elder abuse? Some experts think so. Learn what they had to say in my report from the San Francisco Seventh Annual Conference on Elder Abuse. The dangers of reverse mortgage products are hidden and difficult to understand. Here they are. Consider reverse mortgages an option of last resort.
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| 10 Big Cities Where Buying A Home Is Cheaper Than Renting Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:50 PM PDT
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| Bank of America Tackles Women's Leadership in the Developing World Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:34 PM PDT Candace Browning Earlier this year, Vital Voices Global Partnership and Bank of America launched the Global Ambassadors Program, a multiyear effort to mobilize distinguished professionals to serve as mentors to emerging women leaders in developing countries such as Haiti, India, South Africa, and Brazil. Through the program, emerging leaders are paired [...]
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| How Do Blue States Expand Medicaid? By Paying Doctors Less Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:24 PM PDT The biggest health-policy debate in America right now is whether or not states should opt in to Obamacare's dramatic expansion of Medicaid, our government-run health care program for the poor. Governors from both parties are concerned that the costs of the expansion will be higher than projected, and that the federal government will back out of its funding commitments. But if you want to see the future of Medicaid, all you have to do is look at the blue states where progressives hold sway, where governments have expanded Medicaid by paying doctors less.
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| Where Is Everyone? Biotech's Dwindling Number of Venture Firms Posted: 23 Jul 2012 04:15 PM PDT The past few weeks have been full of bad news about biotech venture: the numbers were abysmal as venture investments into biotech during the first half of 2012 were off some 40% from last year. This drop can't be a good thing for the ecosystem. However, although concerning, it's not the reduced capital [...]
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| VIDEO: Organising Olympic luggage Posted: 23 Jul 2012 07:58 PM PDT Transporting the luggage and kit needed for London 2012 is a huge logistics operation, as Jon Brain reports.
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| Question after floods: Did China build too fast? Posted: 23 Jul 2012 06:57 PM PDT
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