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NTSB: Plane Battery That Burned Not… – ABC News

NTSB: Plane Battery That Burned Not… – ABC News

Philadelphia Inquirer NTSB: Plane Battery That Burned Not…ABC NewsThe battery that caught fire in a Japan Airlines 787 in Boston earlier this month was not overcharged, but government investigators said…

Asia Stocks Rise This Week on China, U.S. Data and Yen’s Slide – Bloomberg

Asia Stocks Rise This Week on China, U.S. Data and Yen’s Slide – Bloomberg

Business Recorder Asia Stocks Rise This Week on China, U.S. Data and Yen's SlideBloombergAsian stocks rose this week, with the benchmark index capping its eighth gain in nine weeks, as…

Republicans make offer on hiking debt limit

Republicans make offer on hiking debt limit

House Republican leaders Friday offered President Barack Obama a three-month reprieve to a looming, market-rattling debt crisis, backing off demands that any immediate extension of the U.S. government’s borrowing authority…

Asian Shares Higher, Nikkei Soars on Weak Yen – Wall Street Journal

Asian Shares Higher, Nikkei Soars on Weak Yen – Wall Street Journal

Business Recorder Asian Shares Higher, Nikkei Soars on Weak YenWall Street JournalJapanese stocks started Friday with a substantial gain, reacting to a marked overnight decline in the yen, while other…

Canadian reportedly kidnapped in Colombia

Canadian reportedly kidnapped in Colombia

Leftist rebels kidnapped five gold prospectors doing exploratory drilling for a Canadian company — a Canadian, two Peruvians and two Colombians — before dawn Friday in a northern province, officials…

Boeing Closer to an Answer, but Not to Getting 787s Back in the Air – CNBC.com

Boeing Closer to an Answer, but Not to Getting 787s Back in the Air – CNBC.com

CNBC.com Boeing Closer to an Answer, but Not to Getting 787s Back in the AirCNBC.comWith 787 Dreamliners grounded around the world, Boeing is scrambling to devise a technical fix that…

Boeing halts delivery of Dreamliners – Sydney Morning Herald

Boeing halts delivery of Dreamliners – Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald Boeing halts delivery of DreamlinersSydney Morning HeraldTurbulent times for Boeing. US aerospace giant Boeing has halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner but says it will continue to…

Former mining exec gets 6 years in jail for faking test results

Former mining exec gets 6 years in jail for faking test results

The former head of a major Vancouver mining firm has been sentenced to six years in prison for faking data from a prospective gold mine and costing investors more than…

Overcharging batteries eyed in Boeing 787 mishaps – WSB Atlanta

Overcharging batteries eyed in Boeing 787 mishaps – WSB Atlanta

Economic Times Overcharging batteries eyed in Boeing 787 mishapsWSB AtlantaAll Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 "the Dreamliners" passenger jets park on the tarmac as Japan Airlines' Boeing 737 taxies by them…

Secret Fed transcripts show lax response to financial crisis

Secret Fed transcripts show lax response to financial crisis

U.S. officials at the Federal Reserve drastically underestimated the world economy’s likelihood to plunge into a financial crisis in 2007, according to transcripts of meetings from that time that were…