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Top Stories: Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida was established on September 14 2005, and had been operating just over four years. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:12 -0500Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton filed their results for the quarter on Friday, and both brought disappointing responses. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:18:34 -0500Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China will build an assembly line for its C919 jetliners in Shanghai. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:09:05 -0500The head of the world's largest miner, BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers, has said demand in developed nations remains sluggish for Australia’s resource products. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:27 -0500The UK government was forced to borrow £11.4 billion in October to meet its bills. Big News Network.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:07:03 -0500Air France-KLM has announced plans to cut 1,700 jobs by asking workers to take voluntary redundancy. Big News Network.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:21:52 -0500Sony’s LCD TV operations are in for a shakeup to improve profits. Big News Network.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:20:14 -0500SABMiller, the world's second largest brewer, has reported a fall in profits. Big News Network.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:18:33 -0500Taiwan’s government will decide by the end of the year whether high-tech investments with China will be relaxed. Big News Network.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:16:42 -0500The Santander banking group in the UK is providing a bank account with no fee. Big News Network.com Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:14:58 -0500The Alcoa School District is looking at officially discontinuing bus service to areas deemed dangerous to both buses and students. On Tuesday, the school board unanimously approved the plan. It would... WBIR Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:09:30 -0500WASHINGTON - Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb this year to the struggling economy and rising loan defaults. Th... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:09 -0500NEW YORK - "Going Rogue" is going big. Publisher HarperCollins said Friday that Sarah Palin's memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book. ... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:06 -0500RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina's state treasurer has unveiled rules banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency. Treasurer Janet Cowell also annou... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:06 -0500Hawaii stocks were mixed Friday, meanwhile Wall Street fell for the third day in a row as the dollar grew stronger. Hawaii stocks seeing declines: •... Pacific Business News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:48:12 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:25 -0500U.S. firm Abington IP recently announced on its website that it’s begun an investigation into Microsoft’s recent worldwide crackdown on modified Xbox 360 consoles by booting them from the Xbox Liv... Canada.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:15 -0500U.S. firm Abington IP recently announced on its website that it’s begun an investigation into Microsoft’s recent worldwide crackdown on modified Xbox 360 consoles by booting them from the Xbox Liv... Vancouver Sun Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:36 -0500US stocks have drifted downward for a third straight session, with the tech sector in focus after weak results from computer-maker Dell on the heels of a downgrade of key semiconductor stocks. The Daily Telegraph Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:11 -0500US stocks have drifted downward for a third straight session, with the tech sector in focus after weak results from computer-maker Dell on the heels of a downgrade of key semiconductor stocks. The Daily Telegraph Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:56 -0500US stocks have drifted downward for a third straight session, with the tech sector in focus after weak results from computer-maker Dell on the heels of a downgrade of key semiconductor stocks. The Do... The Courier Mail Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:50 -0500US stocks have drifted downward for a third straight session, with the tech sector in focus after weak results from computer-maker Dell on the heels of a downgrade of key semiconductor stocks. News.com.au Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:44 -0500JPM ) has reached a tentative settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit accusing the bank and other financial institutions of conspiring to force cardholders to resolve credit-card disagreements out o... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:20 -0500Economic data will take precedence over earnings next week. Home sales, gross domestic product, and personal income and spending will all be released early next week ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:18 -0500UPS ) announced its new rates on Friday, which will reflect an average net increase of 4.9% on all international shipments originating in the U.S., and on air express mail, the company said in a rel... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:16 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers, Florida was closed by financial regulators on Friday, becoming the 124th bank to fail in 2009 and the 12th in the state of Florida. ... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:14 -0500Maybe it’s the way reports of the dollar’s value are worded each day that gives rise to the visceral response when the U.S. currency tanks once a decade or so. The dollar is often written about ... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:11 -0500NEW YORK -- Bloomberg L.P. plans to close its Bloomberg Press operation, a small unit that publishes books, following its acquisition of BusinessWeek magazine, spokeswoman for the parent company said... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:09 -0500MRK ) new fertility drug Elonva. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency made the recommendation, which will be considered by the European Commission when... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:07 -0500NVAX ) said it plans to hold a public offering for 6.8 million shares of its common stock Friday, putting downward pressure on the stock’s price. The company will use the offering to raise $21 mi... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:05 -0500KIRK ) to a third-quarter profit, causing the company to raise its forecast for full-year revenue. For the quarter ended October 31, Kirkland's posted earnings of $5.6 million, or 27 cents per share... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:03 -0500BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors tempted to put money into star hedge fund manager John Paulson's new gold portfolio will have to commit at least $10 million and leave the money locked up for at least one... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:30:03 -0500New home sales in Toronto spiked last month, an early indication that construction may soon pick up for a housing market that is short on supply, not only in Canada's largest market, but most of the c... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:25 -0500Agrium Inc. has hit a major roadblock in its bid to buy a U.S. rival and create a dominant nitrogen fertilizer company. But sources said the battle is far from over and could last for several months .... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:23 -0500TORONTO -- Cossette Inc. announced Friday that Cosmos Capital Inc. made a private overture to the company to increase its recently sweetened offer to an even higher price of $8.10 per share. Cosmos, ... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:20 -0500A recovery in U.S. housing will have to wait at least until next year. The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquenci... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:19 -0500TORONTO -- Rogers Communications Inc. filed a preliminary prospectus on Friday that would allow the Toronto-based media and cable company to raise as much as $4-billion in debt securities. The new sh... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:17 -0500Microsoft Corp. has responded to a possible class-action lawsuit over banning up to one million Xbox 360 consoles from accessing its online gaming service, arguing the company is well within its right... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:29:16 -0500Each song on this Twitter-able album is represented by no more than 140 characters of code. Anyone with half a brain can put a song onto Twitter by pasting in the... Wired News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:50 -0500US stocks were also hurt by Dell after the computer maker reported a 54 per cent drop in its fiscal third-quarter profit. Dell closed down $US1.58, or 10 per cent, to $US14.29, weighing on the entire ... The Australian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:02 -0500Verizon Wireless, which he said accounts for about 30% of the company's revenue. He said RIM's new BlackBerry Storm 2 is an improvement over the previous model, but lacks some “compelling features t... Business Week Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:05:08 -0500Valero Energy has announced it is permanently shutting down its oil refining plant in Delaware City, with the loss of 550 jobs.The company says the closure of the 210,000 barrel a day plant will reduc... BBC Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:58:32 -0500Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday, compared with late Thursday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000 invested:... Tampa Bay Online Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:57:57 -0500(RTTNews) - Stocks moved mostly lower on Friday, as a lack of significant economic catalysts gave traders the further opportunity to cash in on recent gains ahead of next week's deluge of data. The ... Quote.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:57:48 -0500A Minneapolis jury dealt Fair Isaac Corp. a blow today when it ruled in favor of the company's credit-scoring competitors, VantageScore, Experian and TransUnion, in a three-year-old lawsuit brought by... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:56 -0500CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - More than 1,300 people have already voted on whether to let the Charles Town Races & Slots put table games in its casino.Early voting in Jefferson County began Nov. 13 and conti... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:55 -0500NEW YORK - The safe-haven dollar further strengthened Friday and Treasury yields hovered around their lows for the year as worries about the economy in 2010 diminished traders' appetites for risky be... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:54 -0500NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee's new law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled on Friday. Chancellor Cl... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:48 -0500ASUR ), a leading provider of workforce management software, today announced that it will release the results of its 2010 first quarter, ended October 31, 2009 on Thursday, December 10, 2009. As... Market Wire Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:48 -0500Dell, chip stocks may find action during late-trading session LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Dell Inc. shares are likely to stay in focus Friday evening after disappointing results from the persona... MarketWatch Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:13 -0500Ashok Nayak (left), HAL Chairman, presenting a memento to Robin Wilson, President, Business and General Aviation, Honeywell, at a press conference in Bangalore on Friday. The Hindu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:40 -0500City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 11/20/2009 - Earnings industry news provided by Financial News USA. TAIYUAN CITY, China, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- -- Revenue up 33% Ye... Financial News USA Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:36 -0500Computerworld - Microsoft has launched new betas for its free Office suite and for the "streaming" technology it will use to deliver some paid versions of Office 2010 next year. As first reported by... Computerworld Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:26 -0500. The agency’s Trade Adjustment Assistance program helps people who are unemployed due to competition from foreign trade. Honeywell International... Business Journal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:01 -0500. The agency’s Trade Adjustment Assistance program helps people who are unemployed due to competition from foreign trade. Honeywell International... The Business Journal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:57 -0500Microsoft issued an official response to news of Google releasing its Chrome Operating System to open source for developers. Although the Chrome OS will not be available to end users for at least anot... eWeek Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:46:00 -0500Kennett, Missouri (CNN) -- A woman accused of cutting in line in a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers took the stand Friday and denied all charges in the racially charged cas... CNN Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:05 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- UPS said late Friday that it will hike its rates by about 4.9% for ground packages in 2010. It will also implement a net increase of 4.9% on its air express and international shipmen... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:45 -0500NEW YORK - U.S. stocks on Friday tallied mild losses to finish mostly lower for the week, as disappointing results from computer maker Dell Inc. dented the technology sector. "Investors are dating th... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:44 -0500Government regulators and financial professionals appear to be coming to a realization that one possible way to save struggling banks is to turn to private equity firms, which not only have the finan... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:43 -0500NEW YORK -- Crude futures fell Friday for a second session, reducing their weekly gains as a rebounding dollar and weaker stock markets continued to weigh on commodities trading. Crude for December d... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:40 -0500General Motors filed for bankruptcy protection in June, the company shed thousands of jobs, cost investors millions and – again – lawyers walked off with wads of cash for restructuring the troub... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:39 -0500LOS ANGELES -- Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded its corporate family rating on Sprint Nextel Corp. to Ba2 from Ba1, saying the wireless-services provider's ability to stem the deteriora... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:37 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy's return to growth in the third quarter was less brisk than previously thought as the trade deficit worsened and companies still aggressively cut inventories, a... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:49 -0500Industry experts expect a strong turnout on Black Friday, which falls on November 27 this year, as deep discounts lure shoppers after more than a year of subdued spending. But they caution it will not... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:48 -0500Jim Flaherty, the finance minister, said on Friday any action to bring the budget back into balance would likely center on the the 2,500 programs the governments runs outside transfers to the ... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:02 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc has won a seat at the smartphone table. Two years after the Web search leader announced its plan to barge into the market, a dozen phones are using Google's Android mobile... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:01 -0500WASHINGTON -- The number of mass layoffs reported by U.S. employers fell last month from September, a government report showed on Friday, suggesting job losses were close to bottoming. The Labor Depa... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:59 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will meet with the union and management of AbitibiBowater, a forestry company in bankruptcy protection, to deal with a pension shortfall. "The federal fin... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:57 -0500. The agency’s Trade Adjustment Assistance program helps people who are unemployed due to competition from foreign trade. Honeywell International... Business Journal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:29:57 -0500MUMBAI: Indian equities are expected to move higher over the next 12 months, as surprises in companies’ growth could trigger earnings upgrades, said HSBC. But the bank has an ‘underweight’ ra... Times of India Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:25 -0500Earlier this week, the inspector-general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, aka, the bank bailout fund, released his report on the 2008 rescue of the American International Group, the insurer. ... Times of India Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:17 -0500A longitudinal study of thousands of US hospitals suggests that increasing the levels of medical IT may modestly improve the quality of treatment, but it doesn't actually help with costs, and may even... Ars Technica Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:20 -0500I've noticed a disturbing trend in what entrepreneurship in America is becoming. Over the past decade, we have been creating more non-employer businesses and fewer employer businesses per capita. (Emp... BusinessWeek Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:06:46 -0500CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia's tax modernization project is back on, but that doesn't mean businesses and individuals should necessarily expect lower taxes in the near future. "Tax moderni... Star Tribune Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:43 -0500LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Canadian stocks narrowed losses Friday afternoon as the U.S. dollar reduced its earlier gains, giving materials shares and prices room to dig out of deeper deficits. ... MarketWatch Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:20 -0500Ashok Nayak (left), HAL Chairman, presenting a memento to Robin Wilson, President, Business and General Aviation, Honeywell, at a press conference in Bangalore on Friday. The Hindu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:40 -0500Hovis has used nostalgic images of a bygone Britain in its advertising but previously sourced up to 75% of its wheat from Canada Britain's farmers were given a boost today when bread maker Hovis ann... Guardian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:52 -0500Protesters at the Washington office of Goldman Sachs this week demand that the bank's bonuses and compensation go to help prevent foreclosures. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images... Guardian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:50 -0500• US confectioner has moved thousands of jobs to Mexico in three-year restructuring• Company's intentions towards Cadbury, a potential bid target, remain unclear... Guardian Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:48 -0500., which coordinates its North American operations from Jacksonville and employs about 280 here, reported $101.3 million in earnings. That was down 33 percent from the third quarter of last year, and ... Business Journal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:38 -0500., which coordinates its North American operations from Jacksonville and employs about 280 here, reported $101.3 million in earnings. That was down 33 percent from the third quarter of last year, and ... The Business Journal Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:02 -0500NEW YORK -- Gold futures rose Friday for a sixth straight session to a new record high, marking their third weekly gain, as continued worries over a weaker dollar and global inflation encouraged inve... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:20 -0500NEW YORK -- With more than a month to go until 2009 ends, companies have already sold more debt this year than in any previous year, analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report release... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:18 -0500VRGY ) saw its stock climb 10% Friday after the semiconductor testing company reported fiscal fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company also issued a better-than-exp... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:17 -0500USAA Financial Planning Services has been asking folks what movie title best describes their holiday budget. "It's a Wonderful Life," said 29% of 1,000 adults polled. The National Retail Federation ... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:16 -0500SAN FRANCISCO -- The Norwegian Institute of Public Health said Friday that it has found a mutated version of the H1N1 virus in three patients in Norway, two of whom died. The institute suggested this... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:15 -0500BOSTON -- Larry and Brenda of Pilgrimport, N.Y., were in the Real Deals Dollar Store in Lyons last week, looking for a way to cut their heating bills. They had brought along a newspaper ad, hoping to... Fox Business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:11 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors bet on growth on Friday, bumping up shares in two newly listed companies with strong trajectories while remaining neutral or down on two others whose prospects are murki... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:14 -0500New York (Reuters) - Sales of existing U.S. homes likely rose for second consecutive month in October, reaching their highest level since July 2007, according to a Reuters poll, as buyers scrambled to... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:12 -0500NYX.N ), LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a let... Reuters Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:10 -0500Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday there will be no room for “major new” spending programs in next year’s budget outside of what is to be spent as part of the two-year, $46.6-billion stim... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:06 -0500OTTAWA - The number of Canadian bankruptcies jumped by an annual rate of 43.3% in September, as consumers continued to take the brunt of the economic downturn. The Office of the Superintendent of Ban... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:05 -0500If you had bought gold for, say, US$350 an ounce in the early 1980s, you would have made no money on it for close to 20 years. Factor in inflation during that time and you would have lost close to ... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:04 -0500Nouriel Roubini said investors are "chasing commodities" and there is a risk of new asset bubbles emerging as stock markets and commodity prices surge amid record-low lending rates. "There is a begin... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:02 -0500The Toronto Stock Exchange was down Friday, headed for a second straight day in the doldrums if things didn't pick up, as oil prices fell on a stronger U.S. dollar. At midday, the S&P/TSX composi... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:01 -0500Adidas AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, will start selling a new range of 400-euro (US$595) mountaineering jackets next year as it aims to capture a larger share of the growing out... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:57 -0500OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on Thursday threatened Canada's big banks and credit card companies with regulations if they don't get on board a proposed voluntary code of conduct designed to... Financial Post Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:55 -0500 |
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