Apr
07
2011
{“s” : “^dji,^ixic,^n225,bbby,ge,gs,supg”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} On Thursday April 7, 2011, 5:02 am EDT (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 trading little changed. * The Labor Department releases first-time …
Apr
07
2011
Thu Apr 7, 2011 4:30am EDT * U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 SPc1, for the Dow Jones DJc1 and for the Nasdaq 100 NDc1 trading little changed. * The Labor Department releases first-time claims for jobless benefits for the week …
Apr
06
2011
BOSTON (By Scott Malone) – U.S. regulators privately have expressed doubts that a few of the nation’s nuclear power plants are prepared for a Fukushima-scale disaster, undercutting their public confidence since Japan’s nuclear crisis began, documents released by an independent safety watchdog group show. Internal Nuclear Regulatory Commission e-mails and memos obtained by the Union …
Apr
06
2011
The near collapse of the economy that trigger the worldwide crisis was due partly to financial institutions suddenly lacking access to funding markets, and liquidity drying-up across securities markets. Many financial institutions were unable to roll over or obtain short term funding without sustaining significant losses. This threatened to sink them. Financial institutions didn’t consider …
Apr
06
2011
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats have defeated a Republican effort to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from controlling the gases blamed for global warming. In a 50-50 vote, the Senate rejected a measure by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma. It’ll have repealed a 2009 finding by federal scientists that climate change …
Apr
06
2011
Clout in Washington isn’t about winning legislative battles — it’s about with the intention that they never happen in any respect. The oil and gas industry has that sort of clout. Despite astronomical profits during what were lean years for many everyone else, the oil and gas industry continues to learn from massive, multi-billion dollar …
Apr
06
2011
Each year, we hear the newest, discouraging figures at the glacial progress women have made in cracking the male-dominated board rooms of corporate America. In line with a contemporary Catalyst study, women hold only 3 percent of the CEO positions and 15 percent of the board positions among Fortune 500 companies. It’s time to ask …
Apr
06
2011
Grub Street New York: The Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams, is asking to distribute as much as one million dollars in micro-loans this year, right through its Brewing the yank Dream program, which lends out amounts from $500 to $25,000 to food, beverage, and hospitality entrepreneurs. Read the complete story ‘; var coords …
