Stock index futures point to small rebound – Reuters
Livemint Stock index futures point to small reboundReutersLONDON | Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:38am EST. LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wall…
Markets dragged lower by Italian election outcome
North American markets fell Monday and U.S. stocks had their worst drop in more than three months as the prospect of political paralysis in Italy raised the specter of Europe’s…
Stocks slide on Italian election uncertainty – USA TODAY
Philadelphia Inquirer Stocks slide on Italian election uncertaintyUSA TODAYInvestors suffered through the worst day of the year for stocks as fears heated up over the elections in Italy for prime…
IKEA Meatballs Pulled After Horse-Meat Traces Found – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal IKEA Meatballs Pulled After Horse-Meat Traces FoundWall Street JournalSTOCKHOLM—IKEA on Monday became the latest company to be drawn into Europe's snowballing horse-meat scandal, as the Swedish furniture…
Does New Brunswick have the answer to Canada’s pension funding crisis?
There’s no question that the buzz around New Brunswick’s new shared-risk pension plans is growing. We look at what they are and find out why this new kind of plan…
Yen, sterling slip, euro vulnerable to Italian elections – Reuters
Livemint Yen, sterling slip, euro vulnerable to Italian electionsReutersBy Anooja Debnath. LONDON | Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:25am EST. LONDON (Reuters) – The yen fell to a 33-month low against…
The perils of hiring like-minded people
Employers often look for employees who share traits with themselves. But that’s a recipe to miss out on other needed skills, Pierre Battah writes. CBC | Business News…
Pressure grows on Osborne to change tack – Financial Times
The Guardian Pressure grows on Osborne to change tackFinancial TimesGeorge Osborne is under pressure from both sides of the coalition to change the government's economic plan after the loss of…
Does it matter that the UK has been stripped of its AAA credit rating? – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Does it matter that the UK has been stripped of its AAA credit rating?Telegraph.co.ukSome politicians and commentators have forecast another “Black Wednesday”, with a full-blown sterling crisis and rampant,…
SNC-Lavalin hires outside exec to oversee business ethics
Troubled engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has hired a former Siemens executive to guide the company on ethics and matters of corporate governance. CBC | Business News…
