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BLOOMBERG The euro rallied against the US dollar for the first time in eight months as concern eased that the 16-nation region’s sovereign-debt crisis will worsen and spread to the global economy. The US dollar dropped last month against all of its most-traded counterparts before next week’s...
Full Story: Taipei Times
Thousands of hackers will be able to break into the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS. The new software will allow experts to break into Android-powered phones to steal personal information from people who own smartphones which run the OS. Google will probably offer a patch to protect handsets...
Full Story: The New York Times
Obama blames GOP on small business lending billBreitbart2010-07-31President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force... WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30...
Save-A-Lot Opens Its Doors to Grocery Savings in HinesvillePR Newswire2010-07-31 New food store offers up to 40 percent savings on food compared to conventional grocers...
Investors' uncertainty leaves markets mixedThe Columbus Dispatch2010-07-31 NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. But despite the...
Chilly becomes money machine for Parsa farmersThe Himalayan2010-07-31Green chilly produced in Parsa is being sold at Rs.25 per kg....
ICICI Bank profit up 17 percent on better loansNewsvine2010-07-31MUMBAI — ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank, said quarterly profit rose 17 percent as it cut costs and eliminated bad loans amid revived credit demand in India's growing economy....
Britain's biggest companies are forging ahead with attempts to make their businesses more sustainable despite the worst recession since the 1930s, new research has found. The report shows that executives are serious about trying to halt damage wrought on the planet by the world's corporations. It...
The McLaren Group, owner of the eponymous Formula One team racing in today's Hungarian Grand Prix, has taken on debt for the first time in five years to fund its new factory where its new "super car" will be built. McLaren secured the loan of more than £40m from HSBC to pay for the new factory on...
Public sector procurement chiefs will exploit weak, existing contracts with suppliers to help push through cuts, experts warn, making government contractors even more at risk during the current austerity drive. The danger to firms, ranging from small teams of window cleaners right up to public...
More than half of the UK's top headhunters believe that women should not take...
Here's a strange one. I read that Tottenham Hotspur chairman, Daniel Levy, and failed property tycoon, Paul Kemsley, are suing two property developers for libel in the High Court. Apparently, Christopher Coomber and Dawn Burrus, are accused of sending an allegedly libellous document to the football...
