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Yahoo! News: Business: Japan's intervention hints fail to stop yen rally (Reuters)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:28:54 -0400

Reuters - Japan's government sharpened its rhetoric on foreign exchange intervention on Wednesday as a rise in the yen to a 15-year high underlined concerns that the currency's strength could threaten the economic recovery.

Yahoo! News: Business: BP probe to spread blame for spill: report (Reuters)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:19:49 -0400

Reuters - BP Plc's internal probe of the deadly April 20 blowout that unleashed the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill will assign blame to BP as well as other companies involved in the well's operations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Yahoo! News: Business: Obama pitches spending and tax incentives in Ohio (Reuters)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:16:59 -0400

Reuters - President Barack Obama will push billions of dollars in new business tax incentives and spending on big construction projects on Wednesday, as he tries to convince a balky Congress to pass measures intended to spur the economy and create jobs.

Yahoo! News: Business: Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union (Time.com)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:40:00 -0400

Time.com - A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in the entire European market

Yahoo! News: Business: Asian shares slip as rising yen hits Nikkei (Reuters)

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:29:10 -0400

Reuters - Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, with Japan's big exporters among the heaviest losers as a rise in the yen to a new 15-year high threatens to erode their overseas earnings.

Yahoo! News: Business: Suddenly, a raft of tax-break proposals from Obama (AP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:00:06 -0400

AP - President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for business sound like ideas that have enjoyed broad Republican backing in the past. But in today's toxic political atmosphere, he's unlikely to get much — if any — GOP help.

Yahoo! News: Business: HP sues to stop ex-CEO Hurd joining Oracle (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:39:50 -0400

Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co sued former Chief Executive Mark Hurd and asked a court to block him from joining Oracle Corp, saying his hiring by the rival technology firm puts HP's trade secrets "in peril."

Yahoo! News: Business: Flow International posts small 1Q loss (AP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:15:31 -0400

AP - Flow International Corp., a maker of industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning, nearly washed away a first-quarter loss.

Yahoo! News: Business: Bullish or Bearish? The World's Greatest Investors Debate. (The Motley Fool)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:47:20 -0400

The Motley Fool - The bears and bulls were battling as ferociously as ever over the past month. Let's dive right into the debate, through the words of some of the world's greatest investors.

Yahoo! News: Business: Sinochem approaches Temasek on Potash bid (Reuters)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:05:06 -0400

Reuters - China's state-owned Sinochem Corp has invited Temasek, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, to join a consortium that may bid for Canada's Potash Corp , the world's largest fertilizer supplier, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.