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BA says its planes are still flying even with strikeBA says its planes are still flying even with strike
British Airways cabin crews are now in strike mode, over job cuts and changes to work...


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Little inflation reported in USLittle inflation reported in US
Economic reports in the US have shown the economy is likely to grow slowly for the next few...
Greek PM asks for fairer debt interestGreek PM asks for fairer debt interest
The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, has warned his country may not be able to pay the interest on its debt without more commitments from the...
Rumours abound in China about GoogleRumours abound in China about Google
Google may yet leave China according to media reports within the...
Denmark’s aid programs leave out Latin AmericaDenmark’s aid programs leave out Latin America
Denmark’s Minister of Development, Soren Pind, has told Latin American countries they will be eliminated from the Danish International Development Agency economic aid...
Cruise ships turn toward Buenos AiresCruise ships turn toward Buenos Aires
The Buenos Aires Tourism Board is celebrating the 2009/10 cruise season, in which 11% more visitors came to the city by...
Air traffic control protocols to improve congestionAir traffic control protocols to improve congestion
A new air traffic system has been created by NASA and partners for air traffic...
Dubai offers kids deal on EmiratesDubai offers kids deal on Emirates
Family visitors to Dubai will now be able to take two children under 16 on Emirates Airlines for...
China May Report Trade Deficit In March, Minister Says, While Rejecting Pressure On Currency
BEIJING - China could report a trade deficit in March, the country's commerce minister said Sunday as he rejected U.S. pressure to ease currency controls and blamed Washington for the Sino-U.S....
The Next Stage Of Australia's Resources Boom Has Arrived: Gas
KARRATHA, Australia - First gold, then coal and iron ore. Now, a new bonanza is about to be unleashed from beneath Down Under: Australia's got gas. Projects being ramped up to tap huge undersea...
Tips From A Wall Street 'generosity Coach'
NEW YORK — Kathy LeMay lives in the college town of Northampton, Mass., with a mortgage and a 2005 Honda Accord hybrid that she's paying off mainly by counseling billionaires and others on how...
Ba And Unions Claim Cabin Crew Strike Victory
BA claimed 1,157 cabin crew ignored the first day of the three-day stoppage yesterday and reported for duty - equivalent to 97% of Gatwick and 52.5% of Heathrow staff. ...
5th Update:house To Hold Standalone Vote On Health Bill
(Updates with further detail.) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. House Democrats have decided to hold a standalone vote on the Senate-passed health-care legislation, dropping a more complex proposal...
Cabin Crew Strike At British Airways Looms
British Airways cabin crew is set to start at midnight Friday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed. BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh said it was...
Icahn Tries Hostile Takeover Of Lions Gate
(AP) Activist shareholder Carl Icahn raised the stakes in his yearlong dispute with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday, launching an all-out bid to take over the movie studio following...
Video: Financial Notebook: Jobs Bill
Katie Couric reports on the latest financial news, as Congresses has passed a $20 billion bi-partisan bill designed to create employment for millions of Americans still out of...
Data Puts Another Prius Crash In Question
Toyota Defect Disputed Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean...
Lowering Your Odds Of Facing Irs Audit
Avoiding the Dreaded Tax Audit Financial adviser Ray Martin joins the Early Show to share tips on how to prevent raising red flags when filing taxes and avoiding an IRS...
Jobless Claims Dip Slightly For 3rd Week
The average number of weekly jobless claims remains above the 400,000-to-425,000 level that many economists say it must fall below before widespread new hiring is...
Porsche Named Most Dependable In Study
Complaints Over Fixed Toyotas Jump to 105 (AP) Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates...
Complaints Over Fixed Toyotas Jump To 105
Toyota Defect Disputed Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean...
Programmers Indicted In Madoff Fraud
Former computer programmer for Bernard Madoff, Jeroma O'Hara, left, exits Manhattan Federal Court with his attorney Gordon Mahler following his arraignment, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, in New York. Ohara...
Video: Indiana Town's Struggle Continues
As President Obama is about to sign a bill to create jobs, an Indiana town has been desperate for them. Seth Doane returns to Elkhart, Ind., to see how they are doing since the...
Video: Controversial Reform Strategy
Congressional Democrats may not have enough votes to enact health care reform, but Sharyl Attkisson reports that a contentious strategy may permit passage of...
Video: Hard Sell For Health Reform
President Obama has lobbied House Democrats who are still undecided over an impending vote concerning health care reform legislation. Nancy Cordes...
Toyota: Prius In Ny Crash Yielding Data
Toyota Defect Disputed Toyota engineers are questioning the validity of a Calif. man's claims to have lost control of his Prius as it unintentionally accelerated to over 90 mph on a freeway. Dean...
Bernanke Pushes To Retain Bank Oversight
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, before the House Financial Services...
Sec Probing Firms' Actions Pre-meltdown
In this March 11, 2009 file photo, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Mary Schapiro testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the...
Gm Exec Upbeat About Profitable 2010
In this Oct. 22, 2009, file photo, Chris Liddell, then-CFO of Microsoft Corp., yells as he tries to fire up a crowd of Microsoft employees. Now CFO of General Motors Co., Liddell told reporters...
Congress Gives Final Approval To Jobs Bill
Senate Passes Jobless Aid, Tax Breaks (AP) Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday. The...
Google Partners In China Get Antsy
FT: Google, China at Impasse (AP) Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google's China search engine have appealed for information on its future and say they might want compensation if it is...
Feb. Wholesale Prices Plunge .6 Percent
(AP) Prices at the wholesale level plunged in February by the largest amount in seven months as a big drop in energy prices offset higher food costs. The Labor Department said Wednesday that...
Virgin Gives Stranded Passengers Refund
Passenger Rights Cleared for Takeoff (CBS/ AP) Virgin America has offered refunds to "Dancing With the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba and other passengers who were stranded for hours on a grounded...
Bernanke To Wage Battle For Fed Powers
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2010, before the Senate Banking hearing on the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the...
$200m Jackson Deal Safe Bet For Sony
record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years probably isn't a huge gamble for the company that will pay the money out, Sony Music...
Video: Tea Party Storms D.c.
Members of the conservative tea party movement protested Democratic senators inside the U.S. Capitol in opposition to President Obama's health care reform plan. Chip Reid...
Pepsico: No Sugary Drinks In World Schools
PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood...
Honda To Recall 400k Vehicles Over Brakes
2007 Honda Elements sit on the lot of a dealership in Littleton, Colo. in this November, 2006 file photo. Honda said March 16, 2010 said it will recall 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small...
Obama Urges Party Unity To Pass Health Care
President Barack Obama, left, with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA., right, during his visit to Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats, in Washington, Saturday, March 20, 2010. (AP...
Police: Boy, 16, Made Racial Comment At Nj Walmart
Gloucester County, New Jersey prosecutor Sean Dalton, right, listens as Washington Township Police chief Rafael Muniz, left, answers a question Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Washington Township, N.J.,...
Thousands Of Ba Flights Canceled As Crew On Strike
A member of the Unite union, supporter of the British Airways strike, chants slogans at a picket line at Heathrow Airport in London, Saturday March 20, 2010. British Airways canceled more than 1,000...
Update: Brazil Min: Us Demands Threaten Idb Capitalization
CANCUN, Mexico -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. government on Saturday surprised members of the Inter-American Development Bank by laying down new conditions before putting extra money into the multilateral...
Imf Paints Grim Picture Of Fiscal Tightening Needs
John Lipsky, first deputy manager of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speaks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California March 12,...
Iadb Eyes $80 Billion Capital Increase To Fill Coffers
(Reuters) - Member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank could hand the regional lender a capital increase of $80 billion to replenish its coffers, Colombia's finance minister said on...
Teen Arrested For Wal-mart Racial Announcement
W ASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A 16-year-old boy patronizing a Wal-Mart store in southern New Jersey took over the public-address system and ordered black people to leave, angering customers and...
Want To Save $50,000? Try A Three-year College Degree.
Carmen Lookshire is halfway through her first year of college, but she already has her studies mapped out – and is looking at graduation in just two more...
All The Latest Advice For Ba Passengers
As British Airways cabin crew stage their three days of strike action, the airline claims to have been able to reinstate a number of cancelled flights. BA had originally cancelled more than 1,000...
Tories: We'll Claw Back Billions From Banks
David Cameron has committed the Tories to a new tax on banks as both main parties battle to convince voters they would claw back billions from taxpayer-funded bailouts. The Opposition leader...
Idb Split On Capital Plans As U.s. Pushes Reform, Bernardo Says
March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank are split on recapitalizing the region’s biggest infrastructure lender, as U.S. officials condition support for any...
The Way We Live Now: Who Needs Wall Street?
of six Wall Street banks. In the wake of the street’s disaster, he found refuge at a boutique brokerage and has lately taken to startling his peers with the question “What part...