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Employers looking at health insurance options
WASHINGTON – The new health care law wasn’t supposed to undercut employer plans that have provided most people in the U.S. with coverage for generations. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Full StoryA Tough Test Before Congress for Toyota’s Chief
WASHINGTON — There are no crown princes at the Ford Motor Company, its late chief executive, Henry Ford II, was fond of saying about the family business. But for a quarter-century, there has been a crown prince at Toyota. And now it is up to Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company’s founder, to steer his [...]
Full StoryGlobal Markets Rout Hits Asia
Mounting fears about tattered government finances in Europe drove the euro down and hammered stock markets across Asia on Friday following New York’s worst finish since November. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Full StoryApologetic Toyota Looking To Outside Quality Input
Toyota Motor Corp’s president apologized on Friday for safety problems and said the automaker would bring in outside experts to review quality controls, a highly unusual action for a company that has epitomized world-beating industrial standards. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]
Full StoryObama Maps a Way Forward For a Health Overhaul
President Obama on Thursday evening presented his clearest plan yet to move forward with comprehensive health care legislation, saying that he wanted to meet with Democrats, Republicans and independent experts, lay out the facts for the American people and then, he said, “I think that we have got to move forward on a vote.”Mr. Obama [...]
Full StoryToyota Carmakers
IN A race that matched Formula One for its predictability, Toyota Motor Corporation slipped past General Motors just under two years ago to become the world’s biggest carmaker. But even as Toyota built up the revs, all has not been well. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with [...]
Full StoryGreece’s Financial Crisis
THE Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, must feel like a man who finds a one-euro coin on the pavement only to discover he had earlier dropped a five-euro note. Worries about Greece’s public finances seemed to recede on January 25th when it raised €8 billion ($11 billion) in an issue of five-year bonds. Bookmark on [...]
Full StoryAmerica’s Economy News End Of 2009
America’s economy grew by 5.7% at the end of 2009. Yet it remains vulnerable. AFTER a tough start to 2010, Barack Obama could not have asked for better news on the economy to distract attention from his political difficulties. In the fourth quarter of last year American GDP grew by an impressive 5.7%, at an [...]
Full StoryDaily Indian Stock Market Outlook: FairWealth Securities
Weak global cues and RBI credit policy affected Indian market negatively in the earlier hours, but Indian Indices recovered in the second half session. SENSEX closed at 16357, up 51 points and Nifty at 4882, up 14 points from the previous close. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share [...]
Full StoryFTSE Plunges On Bank Regulation Fears
The FTSE 100 slumped Friday as investors were spooked by President Barack Obama’s promises to impose regulations on the US banking and financial sectors. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
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