Air Canada ruling on bumping passengers called a 1st step
A ruling that orders Air Canada to better compensate passengers bumped off flights has been lauded by consumer advocates, but also called one small step in the battle to protect…
Costa Rica: Digital currency site founder arrested – Wall Street Journal
San Francisco Chronicle Costa Rica: Digital currency site founder arrestedWall Street JournalSAN JOSE, Costa Rica — The founder of the Liberty Reserve digital currency business has been arrested in Spain…
Home Prices Rise, Putting Country in Buying Mood – New York Times
New York Times Home Prices Rise, Putting Country in Buying MoodNew York TimesAmericans are in a buying mood, thanks largely to the housing recovery. Multimedia. Graphic · Housing's Rise and…
Youth unemployment threatens stability of Europe, ministers warn
The labour and finance ministers of several European countries warned of dire consequences for the continent Tuesday if more is not done to alleviate the staggering rates of unemployment among…
7 charged in $6B online money-laundering case – Businessweek
Economic Times 7 charged in $ 6B online money-laundering caseBusinessweekNEW YORK (AP) — Calling it perhaps the biggest money-laundering scheme in U.S. history, federal prosecutors charged seven people Tuesday with…
GE investing billions in fracking technology
U.S. corporate giant General Electric is investing billions of dollars in the new boom of oil and gas drilling that relies on a controversial extraction method known as fracking, saying…
JGBs extend losses after lacklustre 20-year auction – Reuters
Telegraph.co.uk JGBs extend losses after lacklustre 20-year auctionReutersTue May 28, 2013 2:38am EDT. * BOJ's Miyao offers no concrete steps to maintain bond market stability * 10-yr futures extend losses…
Nikkei extends losses, dollar steady versus yen – Reuters
Livemint Nikkei extends losses, dollar steady versus yenReutersBy Chikako Mogi. TOKYO | Mon May 27, 2013 8:24pm EDT. TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese stocks fell while the dollar held steady against…
Israeli electric car pioneer Better Place shuts down
Better Place, the pioneering Israeli maker of electric cars headed by former software whiz kid Shai Agassi, announced plans to liquidate Sunday after burning through almost a billion dollars and…
Valeant to buy contact-lens giant Bausch & Lomb for $4.5 billion – Los Angeles Times
Valeant to buy contact-lens giant Bausch & Lomb for $ 4.5 billionLos Angeles TimesValeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Canada's largest publicly traded drug maker, is continuing an acquisition spree with an…
