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- Down on the farm, investors see big potential Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:32PMA new breed of gentleman farmer is shaking up the American heartland. Rich investors with no dirt under their nails are confident enough to wager big on a patch of earth.
- European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Retreat Since March Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:31PMEuropean stocks posted the biggest weekly drop since March as concern mounted that the sovereign- debt crisis will spread to Italy and Spain and as rating companies said they may cut the U.S.’s top credit rating.
- Trai speeds up 4G auction process Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:05PMThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has identified at least six blocks of 20 MHz spectrum each which can be auctioned to telecom companies for offering 4G services. 4G enables data speeds of 5-12 mbps on mobiles and is many times faster than 3G.
- Down On The Farm, Tulsa Investor, Others See Big Potential Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:16PMA new breed of gentleman farmer is shaking up the American heartland. Rich investors with no ties to farming, no dirt under their nails, are confident enough to wager big on a patch of earth.
- Investors see big potential in farming Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:12PMBraden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn’t even own overalls. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields was auctioned last summer, it was Janowski, a brash, 33-year-old software executive, who made the winning bid. It was so high — $4 million, 25 percent above the next-highest — that some farmers [...]
- Austen writing sells for £850,000 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:52AMA rare Jane Austen manuscript has sold for £850,000 at a London auction - three times more than its estimated price tag.
- European stocks drop on U.S. debt fears; DAX down 0.25% Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:29AMForexpros – European stock markets were broadly lower on Thursday, after ratings agency Moody’s warned that the U.S. may lose its top-notch credit rating and amid ongoing concerns over the region’s debt crisis.
- Europe Markets: Europe stocks drop on Italy, Moody’s warning Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:06AMEuropean equity markets drop further on Thursday after Italy sees its borrowing costs rise and Moody’s Investors Service put the U.S. credit rating on review for possible downgrade.
- Europe Shares Fall After Italian Bond Auction Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:54AMEuropean shares extended falls on Thursday morning, with banks turning negative after yields rose sharply in an Italian bond auction. The FTSEurofirst 300 [ .FTEU3 1088.41 -10.68 (-0.97%) ] index of top European shares was down 0.9 percent at 1,089.38 points, and had gone as low as 1,087.56.
- Last call for liquor monopoly? Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:00AMThe political landscape for selling state stores has changed dramatically since former Republican Govs. Dick Thornburgh and Tom Ridge tried it in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Nortel patents sale faces regulatory hurdle Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:21PMThe sale of Nortel Networks Corp. patents to a consortium led by Apple Inc. could face a federal review to gauge the landmark deal’s “net benefit” to Canadians.
- Housing Recovery Stymied as Government Works at Cross-Purposes Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:59PMSue Stamper, a business owner in Sacramento, wants to buy a home. After mortgage- financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac imposed the strictest loan standards in more than a decade, she doesn’t qualify
- U.S. housing recovery stymied by government Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:15PMGiving out unsupportable mortgages was a disaster, and now the danger is overreacting and making the standards excessively high
- Who Will Buy TiVo? Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:33AMTiVo posts a mixed quarter.
- Future Treasure Hunt website to be automated Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:05AMLITTLE ROCK — Work began last week on a website where Arkansans may be able to find and claim property or money they have lost.
- Egyptian Billionaire Cleared Of Corruption Charges Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 9:51AMAn Egyptian court has??cleared the chairman of Egypt?s second-largest real estate developer of
- Google Left Searching for New Patent Assets After Loss in Nortel Bidding Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 6:55AMGoogle Inc. (GOOG) ’s loss in bidding for the $4.5 billion portfolio of Nortel Networks Corp. patents last week means the Internet-search company will be looking to buy other inventions to build a bulwark against lawsuits targeting its Android system, patent brokers said.
- Business briefs: July 2 Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 5:08AMBorders says it has deal to sell
- Bank president to lead Elant Polo Picnic Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 4:04AMGoshen David S. MacFarland, president and CEO of Poughkeepsie-based Riverside Bank, has been named honorary chair of the Elant Polo Picnic to benefit the Elant Foundation, Elant Inc.’s fundraising arm.
- First Auction for Collector Watches at AUCTIONATA, the World’s Only Live Online Auction Platform Saturday, July 2, 2011 @ 3:33AMOn July 10, 2011, at 17:00 CET, the world’s first live online auction platform AUCTIONATA will be starting the first real-time auction for fine vintage timepieces.(PRWEB) July 02, 2011 On July 10, 2011, at 17:00 CET, the world’s first live online auction platform AUCTIONATA will be starting the first real-time auction for fine vintage timepieces. The offerers of the 150 watches on auction ...
- Asia Pacific region stock exchanges run mission critical applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 8:30PMRed Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that stock exchanges across the Asia Pacific region have chosen Red Hat as the preferred technology partner to pow
- Investment, at its peak Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:25PMCredit those wacky Austrians, but the next time Alaskans need money they can borrow an idea. Sell mountains. Maybe Alaska could too?
- Progress Software Reports Second Fiscal Quarter 2011 Results Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:09PMEnterprise Business Solutions Total Revenue up 37%; Non-GAAP Operating Margin at 30%; Company Increases Share Repurchase Authorization
- The Easiest Investments Ever Made Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 12:53PMIts not always easy to pick the right investment - here are just a few that generated huge returns for investors with the right timing and luck.
- NUTS: Hackers Run Amok, Patent Wars Continue Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 12:05PMHackers are hitting governments agencies worldwide, while the build-up for Nortel?s bankruptcy
- Court to consider truck ban on road Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 10:41AMThe Johnson County Commissioners Court will conduct a public hearing on Monday and consider installation of a sign banning trucks on a county road near Lillian.
- FTC antitrust inquiry turns up heat on Google Sunday, June 26, 2011 @ 4:37AMGoogle may be entering a make-or-break phase in its colorful history.
- Google Confirms Antitrust Probe Of Business Practices Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 12:30AMGoogle has confirmed that federal regulators have begun a formal antitrust investigation into the company’s business practices.
- Google reaches critical juncture as Federal Trade Commission probes into heart of its business Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:35PMSAN FRANCISCO - Google may be entering a make-or-break phase in its colorful history now that U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance of Internet search and advertising to stifle competition. The probe by the Federal Trade Commission, conf
- Antitrust inquiry turns up heat on Google Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 7:51PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google may be entering a make-or-break phase in its colorful history now that U.S. regulators have opened an investigation into whether the company has been abusing its dominance
- Comba Telecom, Chloe, Oracle, DMCA, Paul McCartney: Intellectual Property Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 12:29AMComba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd. (2342) of Hong Kong was sued for patent infringement on its RET Antenna in China by Andrews LLC, which is seeking 12 million yuan ($1.85 million), according to a June 16 statement by Andrews parent CommScope Inc.
- Apple joins Intel, Google in race for Nortel patents Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 5:17PMApple has joined other bidders like Intel, Ericsson and Google for a trove of patents from Nortel Networks, the bankrupt maker of phone equipment in a sale slated for later this month.
- From dot-com to not-com Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 10:58AMNew era beckons as Internet braces for sweeping transformation of cyber-address naming system
- Internet braces for not-com addresses Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 1:34AMWASHINGTON -- Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."The organization that oversees the Internet address system is preparing to open the floodgates to a nearly limitless selection of new website suff ...
- Internet braces for not-coms Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 7:33AMComing soon to the internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."
- Dubai’s creditworthiness: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:20PMIs Dubai really a safe haven?
- DST Systems Gets Buyout Interest; Shares Surge Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:52PMShares of DST Systems surged nearly 22 percent after Reuters reported the diversified data processing company had received several buyout overtures from private equity firms in recent months.
- Century 21 hails iPhone app Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:00AMCentury 21 is the latest real estate agent to develop an iPhone application.
- Ericsson To Acquire Telcordia For $1.15 Bln Cash Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 9:25AMSwedish telecom equipment maker LM Ericsson Telephone Co. agreed Tuesday to acquire telecom software company Telcordia Technologies, Inc. from private equity firms Providence Equity Partners, LLC and Warburg Pincus for $1.15 billion in cash. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011, is expected to be accretive to Ericsson earnings per share within a year of ...
- Investor takes on Dana Warp Mill Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 12:18AMAleksandar Cook bought the Westbrook property on Monday for $2.5 million, and is moving on plans.
- Bill Bush: I Shot Andy Warhol: This Artweek.LA (June 13-19) Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 6:33PMSanta Monica Auctions | Continuing a summer-season tradition of more than 25 years -- 27 in fact -- this conspicuously eclectic salon-style event is still full of surprises.
- Bidding for Nortel’s last major assets could surpass $1B: analyst Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:10PMBidding for Nortel’s last major technology assets — including wireless patents — is expected to surpass the $900 million that Google has already offered and could attract tech giants like Apple Inc., chipmaker Intel and Research In Motion.
- Westbrook mill sold for $2.5 million Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 3:16PMSasa Cook, who took over a loan on the Dana Warp Mill last month, placed the only bid.
- Is the Carl Icahn Effect Wearing Off? Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 10:49AMCarl Icahn moves markets. But are markets wrong to listen to Carl?
- Norfield accepting donations for annual country church fair Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 9:26AMDonations are now being accepted for the 110th Annual Norfield Church Country Fair, which will be held on Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Grandma’s Attic is collecting — and — selling everything from planters to crock pots, sports equipment to glassware, in addition to games, toys, small electronics, household items and unique furniture. Grandma’s Attic is unable to accept computers ...
- Electric bills likely to go higher Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 12:16AMAs stricter environmental regulations approach, some power generators are choosing to shutter their coal-fired plants. Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few years.
- Renovo Services Unveils New Corporate Brands Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 2:26PMCHICAGO – Renovo Services, LLC, the vehicle transition industry’s most efficient single-source solution to the financial services industry, unveils its new brands and corporate identity. Now each of the companies’ service offerings has a unique brand and identity.
- US looking for revolutionary binary code system Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 11:13AMIt may be one the oldest, most basic components of software code but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to develop what they call revolutionary technologies for analyzing, identifying, and slicing binary executable components. Read more
- VIDEO: Royal night out at charity auction Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 5:19AMThe newly-wed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have attended their first official engagement. Kate and William were at a charity dinner in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
- The G-spot Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 9:13PMA new browser-based services fabric such as Googleâs appears to be the wave of the future--and threatens to leave Microsoft in the dust.
