Obama meets with CEOs of Wal-Mart, Verizon
Friday, 31 July 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama had lunch with the chief executives of four major companies on Friday, the White House said in a statement.
Archive for July, 2009
Magazine Preview: Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch
Friday, 31 July 2009
How American cooking became a spectator sport, and what we lost along the way.
UDPATE 1-ING sells part of Chilean business to Vida Chile
Friday, 31 July 2009
AMSTERDAM, July 31 (Reuters) - Dutch financial services
group ING Groep NV sold its annuity and mortgage
businesses in Chile to Corp Group Vida Chile, S.A. for an
undisclosed sum, it said on Friday.
ING, which announced a "Back to Basics" program in April
that includes plans for 8 billion euros in asset sales, said the
Chilean business that it is selling had about 35 million euros
in pre-tax earnings in 2008.
Polyurethane Swimsuit Ban Is Set
Friday, 31 July 2009
FINA, the international swimming federation, responded to pressure and announced the controversial polyurethane suits will be banned sooner than planned.
Shuttle Back After 16-Day Mission
Friday, 31 July 2009
The shuttle Endeavour closed out a grueling space station assembly mission with a smooth Florida landing on Friday.
UPDATE 1-Holcim rejects Venezuela’s compensation offer
Friday, 31 July 2009
ZURICH, July 31 (Reuters) - Swiss cement maker Holcim
said on Friday Venezuela's compensation offer for its
nationalized unit was not acceptable.
UPDATE 2-Steel Partners blank-check firm buys Wash. bank
Friday, 31 July 2009
* Latest financial institution bought by blank-check firm
Buffett reaps $1 billion profit on Chinese carmaker
Friday, 31 July 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc has realized a $1.02 billion paper profit on a 10-month-old investment in BYD Co after shares in the Chinese car and battery maker quintupled.
US, UBS delay tax secrecy trial
Friday, 31 July 2009MIAMI - THE US government and Swiss banking giant UBS reached agreement in principle on 'major issues' in a tax secrecy case, attorneys said on Friday as they agreed to delay the start of a diplomatically sensitive trial.
Indian airlines threaten strike
Friday, 31 July 2009MUMBAI - INDIA'S private airlines have threatened to suspend all domestic flights for one day next month as part of plans to seek financial assistance from the government, their industry body said.
