Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit The New York Times | KABUL, Afghanistan — The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, shot back Wednesday at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of playing its own “double game” in the country and warning that the occupation was doomed...
Wall Street Shares Try to Push Higher The New York Times | Shares on Wall Street edged higher Wednesday after the government said businesses trimmed their inventories again in January. | The Commerce Department said that wholesale inventories fell 0.2 percent in January following a 1 percent drop in December. Sales rose 1.3 percent, however. That was the ...
Paragallo Convicted of Animal Cruelty The New York Times | Ernie Paragallo, the prominent thoroughbred breeder and owner, was convicted on 33 charges of animal cruelty Wednesday morning for starving and neglecting his horses on his Hudson Valley farm. | Judge George J. Pulver Jr. reached the verdict in the...
British pension agency will invest in private equity, infrastructure Gulf News | London: The British agency which takes over underfunded defined benefit pension funds when their sponsor goes bankrupt said it would invest in private equity and infrastructure to seek higher returns. | The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) yesterday s...
Foreign funds pump in $2.4 billion in 2 weeks The Times Of India MUMBAI: Since the day FM Pranab Mukherjee presented his Budget, foreign funds have been pouring money into the Indian stock market. Sebi data showed that since February 26, FIIs have pumped in over $2.4 billion into the Indian market. | In Indian cur...
5 States Posted Highs for Joblessness in January The New York Times | WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country. | The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher une...
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China's Exports Rise 46% The New York Times | BEIJING —China announced Wednesday that its exports climbed 46 percent in February from a year earlier. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from ...
Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan The New York Times | ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds, but it l...
Stock Futures Narrowly Mixed Ahead of Opening The New York Times | Filed at 8:14 a.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are continuing to search for direction Wednesday, after two days of relatively flat trading. Stock futures are narrowly mixed. ...
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security The New York Times | JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, police officals said on Wednesday, an admission that raised concerns about the coun...
An Old Essay Used to Explain a New Movement The New York Times | NEW YORK — The name Richard Hofstadter has been summoned up a lot lately in liberal opinion columns and the blogosphere as an eloquent and intellectually impeccable explanation for political developments like the Tea Party movement, the stard...
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran The New York Times | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visit follows recent trips to Riyadh by Secretary of S...
A guide to financial freedom for women The Times Of India On the occasion of International Women’s Day, ET gets three women money managers, who have been pros at managing (and growing) the wealth of lakhs of investors, to share a few tips with their fellow-women on creating a road map to a financially secure future. | Jyoti Vaswani, chief investment officer and director, fund management, Aviva Life Insu...
Euro lower at $1.3550 in European morning trade The Boston Globe | FRANKFURT-The euro is lower against the dollar amid ongoing concerns about Greece's finances and the strength of the eurozone economy. | The 16-nation euro bought $1.3550 in European morning trade Wednesday, down from the $1.3590 late Tuesday in New York. | The British pound is down to $1.4900 from $1.4987 while the dollar is almost unchanged at ...
