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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0500 30 U.S. stock indices lightened up on Monday, interrupting a multi-week uptrend. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280180/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:28:36 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280180/cs/1/ NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275614/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:17:45 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275614/cs/1/ NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280818/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:05 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280818/cs/1/ Telecom sits on the top of the incredible India story. But the mess, evident in the award of second generation (2G) licences, shows how at least six principal characters worked overtime to deface it. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203262625/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203262625/cs/1/ BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a cooperative. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203279652/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:43 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203279652/cs/1/ ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for Greece. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275612/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:09:56 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275612/cs/1/ BEIJING - China's Monday asked its airlines not to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU). http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275609/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:28 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275609/cs/1/ BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings soared past analyst estimates as the company's Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286439/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:54:26 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286439/ All that glitters is not gadolinium. Even so, that mineral and its 16 "rare earth" cousins -- found in everything from batteries to catalytic converters -- do help make the modern world ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286401/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:30 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286401/ POOF GO THE PROFITS: Companies in the S&P 500 earned an estimated 5.8 percent more last quarter than a year ago. Since the start of 2010, profits have grown five times as fast in an average ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286400/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:44:25 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286400/ Carlsbad's ViaSat posted fiscal third quarter earnings on Monday that met Wall Street analysts' expectations, but the company fell short on revenue because of slower orders from its ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286396/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:51 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286396/ COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Redbox, Bob Mudge, right, president of Verizon Consumer and Mass Business Markets, and Paul Davis, CEO of Coinstar, Inc. announced today, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286397/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:47 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286397/ In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286399/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:41 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286399/ James Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global, said on Monday his investigators have now traced most of the $105 billion in transactions made at the bankrupt securities firm in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286393/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:05 -0500 New York Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286393/ CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Coinstar Inc., NCR Corp., Yum Brands and Coca-Cola Co. are among the stocks that could see active trading on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286350/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:32:42 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286350/ (0) Comments Water-meter manufacturer Badger Meter Inc. on Monday reported a deeper-than-expected drop in earnings and sales in the latest quarter. The company, which plays an active role in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286438/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:29:22 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286438/ PepsiCo is scheduled to announce its earnings on Thursday, February 9. Once again the snack segment, and not the core soft drink business, is expected to lead the growth. Recent acquisitions in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286382/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:24:23 -0500 Forbes http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286382/ Deutsche Bank ended up with a pre-tax loss of EUR351 million ($460 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing to an end a difficult year for the German ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286383/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:23:49 -0500 Forbes http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286383/ Wall Street investors couldn't even manage their own money in the economic crisis of 2008, so now, post-crisis, we are way less inclined to allow them to manage ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286412/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:16:55 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286412/ Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to repeat his case Tuesday for a long period of low rates, and he'll keep markets guessing about whether the Fed will do more quantitative ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286359/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:58 -0500 CNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286359/ The rapid increase shows that ETS -- which allow you to trade market indexes, sectors, commodities and currencies as easily as a share of stock -- have become the preferred method for retail and ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286360/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:50 -0500 CNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286360/ , is expected to report weaker quarterly earnings on Tuesday, hurt by a stronger yen and recent floods in auto-making hub Thailand, but investors will be hoping for an upgrade to its full-year ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286420/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:44 -0500 CNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286420/ Growth of social media company, Facebook depends on its relationships with other companies. CNBC's Julia Boorstin has the details on who is "friending" ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286361/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:43 -0500 CNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286361/ ] were really warranted, especially the 2% spike in the after market.Earnings were certainly bullish; no question there. The owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains says its fourth-quarter ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286362/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:35 -0500 CNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286362/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A Hawaiian theme park that propped up the economy of a rural Japanese town in Fukushima prefecture for 45 years was forced to close after the March 11 earthquake. Almost a year ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286373/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:05 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286373/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- MF Global Holdings Ltd., the futures broker that filed the eighth-largest bankruptcy in October, faced a $310 million margin call on its final day that exceeded its market ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286374/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:03 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286374/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Democrats will try for a second time to prohibit fracking for natural gas in the most densely populated U.S. state, after Governor Chris Christie vetoed a ban in ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286375/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:14:00 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286375/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., the casino chain saddled with more than $22 billion in debt, is planning an $18.1 million initial public offering that some analysts say ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286376/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:58 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286376/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) --　Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average retreated from a three-month high as Greek politicians struggled to meet the conditions for a bailout, reviving concern the debt- ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286377/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:55 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286377/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Noble Group Ltd. named Yusuf Alireza, formerly co-president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Asia- excluding-Japan unit, as chief executive officer to lead Asia’s ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286378/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:53 -0500 Business Week http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286378/ Follow this company in San Jose. The store has been under renovation for some time but posters went up in the past week announcing that it will be a Microsoft store. The San Jose store ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286405/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:13:18 -0500 Business Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286405/ Follow this company said on Monday it has sued smart thermostat developer Nest Labs Inc. for patent infringement. The lawsuit filed at United States District Court for the District of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286404/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:12:59 -0500 Business Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286404/ Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286440/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:03:59 -0500 RTB News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286440/ National Automobile Dealers Association shows the average price for a secondhand ride will go up by just under 2 percent this year, for an average of $11,850 for cars or $19,050 for light trucks. ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286414/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:24 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286414/ The maker of Legos has come out with a more feminine version of their popular blocks, but many people aren't happy about it. KNBC's Vikki Vargas ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286413/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:21 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286413/ By Rob Neill "Times when we didn’t understand each other … discord and blame …"Clint Eastwood was reading from a script during this ad for Chrysler on Super Bowl ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286415/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:20 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286415/ Wall Street closed lower Monday as investors found little reason to extend a five-week rally on lingering uncertainty over whether Greece would accept the terms of a bailout.Another deadline lapsed ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286416/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:17 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286416/ By now, the nationalist version of last week's closing of the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive plant in London, Ont., has been firmly established in the public mind, told and retold in a ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286421/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:56:39 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286421/ The Canadian Auto Workers union says laid-off workers may occupy the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London if the parent company, Caterpillar, does not offer the workers what it deems to be adequate ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286422/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:55:45 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286422/ YUM.N ) reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's view after accelerating sales and operating profit at established restaurants in China helped ease worries that growth in its ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286364/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:26 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286364/ The French and German leaders told Greece time was running out as it attempts to get a deal on a debt restructuring plan, and warned Athens it would only get its second bailout if it delivers on its ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286365/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:22 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286365/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn Mayer said its lenders agreed to loan the studio $500 million to retire debt it took on when it emerged from bankruptcy about a year ago and to expand its film ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286366/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286366/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress made a mistake when it stripped away most of the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to police the holding companies of broker-dealers for risks, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286367/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:17 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286367/ BAC.N ) won class-action status for their lawsuit accusing the bank of fraudulently misleading them about the 2008 takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co and the size of Merrill's losses and bonus ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286368/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:15 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286368/ The French and German leaders told Greece time was running out as it attempts to get a deal on a debt restructuring plan, and warned Athens it would only get its second bailout if it delivers on its ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286369/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:13 -0500 Reuters http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286369/ At 10.10 (AEDT), the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.8 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 4289.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 5.5 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 4359.1.On the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286394/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:41:21 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286394/ +1.82% late Monday reported fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations of $31.5 million, or $1 a share, compared with $11.7 million, or 68 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose to $520.5 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286352/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:36 -0500 Market Watch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286352/ -1.61% on Monday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $28.4 million, or 12 cents a share on revenue of $152.6 million, compared with a profit of $47.3 million, or 20 cents a share, on $173.3 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286353/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:25 -0500 Market Watch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286353/ Australian securities exchange Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) to begin exploration activities on the Mount Frosty copper project in the far northwest of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286425/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:48 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286425/ UBS AG (UBS, UBSN.VX).UBS Financial Services Inc. alleged that Pericles Gregoriou failed to repay money due to the firm under the terms of a promissory note signed in September, 2007, according to ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286429/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:44 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286429/ DOW JONES NEWSWIRESNEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Risk assets retreated and safe-haven investments reclaimed higher ground Monday as the latest negotiations in Greece stalled.But while investors who had ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286428/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:41 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286428/ BP , BP.LN) refinery in Whiting, Ind.The larger of two fluid catalytic cracking units, or FCCU, at the 405,000-barrel-a-day refinery returned to service on either late Friday or early Saturday after ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286427/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:37 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286427/ Australian securities exchange said Tuesday that its Thiess Pty. Ltd. unit received a six-year mining contract from Oz Minerals Ltd. (OZL.AU) worth A$1 billion (US$1.07 billion).Copyright © ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286430/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:33 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286430/ perspective on just how much $46.33 billion is. Some more information has emerged in the last few days that helps put Apple's earnings in a slightly different perspective. The release of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286424/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:32 -0500 Web Pro News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286424/ Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (RBS.LN), the Australian Financial Review reports Tuesday, without saying where it got the information.RBS told the paper that it was in talks with two potential ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286431/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:30 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286431/ Dow Jones )- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (GAPTQ) on Monday laboriously moved closer to final approval of its plan to exit what has been an equally laborious bankruptcy, with the company ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286432/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:27 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286432/ SYDNEY – National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB.AU) said Tuesday that it is reviewing its U.K. businesses after a deterioration in that country's economic outlook."It is clear that the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286433/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:22 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286433/ Wall Street dealers are teeing up about $1.8 billion in commercial real estate bonds backed by just a single borrower in the coming weeks as sales of traditional multiloan deals have been scarce, ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286434/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:17 -0500 Fox Business http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286434/ report showing the U.S. economy adding 243,000 jobs and a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent was welcomed news for the Obama administration and the president's reelection ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286441/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:34:04 -0500 IBTimes http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286441/ Death may mark the end to life, but it's just the beginning of some great profit opportunities. One of the biggest players in the U.S. funeral services industry, however, has failed to live up ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286387/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:34 -0500 Financial Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286387/ Royal Bank of Canada, the country's largest lender by assets, raised mortgage rates to reflect higher funding costs, ending a promotional rate three weeks before it was set to ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286388/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:31 -0500 Financial Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286388/ ';A source has told us that they are not looking to launch a huge store with thousands of square feet,'; writes Good e-Reader editor Michael Kozlowski. ';Instead they are going the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286389/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:27 -0500 Financial Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286389/ The idea of hiking the OAS eligibility age from 65 to 67 has led to a huge political battle -- and lots of angry seniors -- but it's a stretch to call this a retirement ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286392/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:16 -0500 Financial Post http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286392/ Microsoft will scratch the 17-year-old Start button from Windows 8, according to reports based on a purported leak of the latest beta build. First reported ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286380/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:31:50 -0500 CIO http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286380/ (MoneyWatch) Now that Super Bowl ads have become as closely watched as the action on the field, a new crop of analysts has sprung up: The Monday Morning Mad Men. Around the water cooler they submit ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286349/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:27:49 -0500 CBS News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286349/ Honeywell International Inc. on Monday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Nest Labs Inc. and Best Buy Co. Inc., which sells a Nest thermostat that competes with ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286372/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:26:03 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286372/ The number of empty shops on UK High Streets is set to rise in 2012, a report has said. The Local Data Company (LDC) said the increase would come because of weak consumer confidence, rising ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286354/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:52 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286354/ The mortality rate in England and Wales improved again in 2011, which could have a knock-on effect on pensions, actuaries have suggested. The number of deaths fell to 484,000, according to official ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286355/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:47 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286355/ The early life of Charles Dickens was blighted by poverty. Confined as a small boy to a boot blacking factory by the fecklessness of his father, he went on to become the most successful writer of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286357/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:39 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286357/ NEW YORK: Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package required for the country to get more bailout loans. On an ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286410/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:17 -0500 Times of India http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286410/ Credit: Target ABC News’ Christina Ng and Lauren Effron report: Mere hours after Target released designer Jason Wu’s limited-edition collection in-store and online Sunday, the fashion ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286348/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:22:56 -0500 ABCNews http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286348/ During a typically animated Super Bowl party in suburban Chicago Sunday, the chatter came to an abrupt halt when that trademark voice–in an urgent, raspy whisper–knifed through the air ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286347/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:22:53 -0500 ABCNews http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286347/ Off '; ascObj.innerHTML = ascntrlStr; } } userPref.autoStart = userPref.getAutoStart(); baseURL = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets'; pageId = '15523533'; playlistIds = ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286346/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:22:49 -0500 ABCNews http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286346/ Q3 earnings (to be announced on February 9) weakness is unlikely to materially impact the current rally (over40% year to date) in the stock. While a headline loss (on restructuring charges) could ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286411/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:21:24 -0500 Times of India http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286411/ National Australia Bank's cash earnings in the first quarter of its fiscal year are up eight per cent but the bank says higher funding costs are impacting its business.NAB on Tuesday reported ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286435/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:20:19 -0500 The West Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286435/ The Australian market looks set to open flat after closing higher on Monday but following a dismal showing on Wall Street overnight.At 0635 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286436/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:20:06 -0500 The West Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286436/ BMY ) lowered their earnings estimates for fiscal 2012. The pharma major reported lower-than-expected earnings and revenues in the final quarter of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286437/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:17:15 -0500 Nasdaq http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286437/ Key barometers in the Treasury market late Monday, compared with late Friday. Price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $100 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286385/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:02:21 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203286385/ to 50 per cent over the next year and a half. That's up from their earlier call of 25 per cent to 30 per cent, and largely due to the fact that they believe the support of euro area creditors ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280955/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:35 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280955/ Target.com president Steve Eastman has joined Polaris Industries Inc. The Edina-based manufacturer of snowmobiles, ATVs, and motorcycles said Eastman will run its parts, garments, and accessories ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280972/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:41 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280972/ WASHINGTON - California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280974/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:36 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280974/ BERKELEY, Calif. - Berkeley is considering taking its $350 million account out of Wells Fargo, saying the bank is partly to blame for the nation's financial crisis. The council voted last ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280975/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:49:26 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280975/ Pig is the most consumed animal in the world, I recently read. And right now the J-in-the-B has Bacon Shakes. Introduced on Thursday, each U.S. store is getting a limited quantity ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280968/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:06 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280968/ SAN DIEGO -; A federal judge appeared skeptical Monday of arguments that orca whales that perform at SeaWorld are being held as slaves and that their confinement violates the constitutional ban on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280967/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:48:03 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280967/ Ben Bridge Jeweler is offering a free box of Seattle Chocolates with the purchase of a diamond pendant (like the one above in sterling silver, $99). - Ben Bridge Jeweler/courtesy ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280969/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:58 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280969/ This undated frame grab provided by WotWentWrong.com shows the company's home page on its website. Online dating sites and apps for hooking up on the go are abundant. But breakup tech ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280970/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:56 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280970/ Michael Marletta The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla began the new year with a new president who is facing an old and daunting problem -- raising money.Michael Marletta must help Scripps ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280971/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:52 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280971/ LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Wall Street late Monday will look for an increase in quarterly earnings and sales at fast-food company Yum Brands Inc., while lower earnings and higher revenue are ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280926/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:37:35 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280926/ Counterpunch February 6, 2012 On September 25, 2011, just eight days after the Occupy Wall Street protests began in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, the much acclaimed CBS News program, 60 ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280918/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:05 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280918/ Greece appeared intent on taking make-or-break talks over a EUR130bn (108bn) rescue programme for the debt-choked country down to the wire tonight as officials announced that the discussions would ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280956/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:05 -0500 Guardian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280956/