Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 21, 2014
Some of Friday’s top stories: Bloomberg VW offers $9.2 billion to buy rest of truckmaker Scania, by Christoph Rauwald Cooling U.S. home sales only partly due to bad weather: economy, by Victoria Stilwell CNNMoney Detroit bankruptcy plan proposes slashing pension benefits up to 34%, by Chris Isidore and Melanie Hicken GM accused of deadly recall […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 20, 2014
Some of Thursday’s top stories: Bloomberg Consumer prices in U.S. increased at slower pace in January, by Shobhana Chandra UPS crash pilot told colleague schedule was ‘killing’ him, by Alan Levin and John Hughes Reuters Wal-Mart forecast disappoints, food-stamp cuts hurt customers, by Phil Wahba New York Times F.C.C. seeks a new path on ‘net […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 19, 2014
Wednesday’s top business stories: New York Times Lending where banks can’t, Blackstone thrives in Ireland, by Landon Thomas Jr. Reuters U.S. mortgage applications fall in latest week: MBA, by Rodrigo Campos Bloomberg Teenagers spurn working as school in U.S. takes priority, by Jeanna Smialek Signet Jewelers agrees to buy Zale for $1.4 billion, by Cecile […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 18, 2014
Tuesday’s top business stories: New York Times Candy Crush maker files for an I.P.O., by Michael J. de la Merced and Mark Scott Drug makers in $25 billion deal, by David Gelles CNNMoney 3,000 Americans ditch their passports, by Sophia Yan Why retailers aren’t protecting you from hackers, by Jose Pagliery Bloomberg Coca-Cola plans $1 […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 17, 2014
Monday’s top business stories: Reuters Iranian bank sues UK government for $4 billion over sanctions: court filing, by Clare Hutchison New York Times Labor regroups in South after VW vote, by Steven Greenhouse Saving an endangered British species: The pub, by Danny Hakim Bloomberg Asian stocks advance on record new lending in China, by Jonathan […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 14, 2014
Reuters Wells Fargo edges back into subprime as U.S. mortgage market thaws, by Peter Rudegeair and Michelle Conlin New York Times France and Germany lead euro zone to higher growth, by David Jolly Pandora suit may upend century-old royalty plan, by Ben Sisario Bloomberg Factory production in U.S. falls by most since 2009, by Jeanna […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 13, 2014
Some of Thursday’s top stories: New York Times Time Warner Cable and Comcast strike $45.2 billion deal, by David Gelles Facebook deal on privacy is under attack, by Vindu Goel Reuters Retail sales drop unexpectedly in January, by Lucia Mutikani GM recalls 778,562 compact cars in North America for ignition issue, by Ben Klayman Businessweek […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 12, 2014
Wednesday’s top business stories: New York Times Rival industries sweet-talk the public, by Eric Lipton Toyota issues recall for hybrids, over software glitch, by Hiroko Tabuchi Fortune Disabled workers left in the cold on minimum wage, by Claire Zillman Reuters U.S. auto industry quality slips for first time in 16 years: survey, by Ben Klayman […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 11, 2014
Tuesday’s top business stories: Bloomberg Yellen says recovery in labor market far from complete, by Joshua Zumbrun and Jeff Kearns Barclays cuts up to 12,000 jobs as quarterly profit falls, by Howard Mustoe and Gavin Finch L’Oreal to pay $8.2 billion to buy back stock from Nestle, by Matthew Boyle and Andrew Roberts New York […]
Talking Biz News Today — Feb. 10, 2014
Monday’s top stories: Wall Street Journal Yahoo to partner with Yelp on local search, by Douglas MacMillan and Daisuke Wakabayashi CNNMoney Toyota exit heralds end of Australia’s auto industry, by Charles Riley AOL reverses 401(k) cuts, CEO apologizes, by Mark M. Meinero Reuters Former Madoff aides get their day in court, by Joseph Ax Barclays […]
