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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:51:01 -0400 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:51:01 -0400 30 A new bill to tighten regulation of US banks is unlikely to get a kind reception from some Republicans when it is unveiled on Monday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612133/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:41:46 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612133/cs/1/ The International Energy Agency has announced a large demand from China for oil. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612131/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:36:31 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612131/cs/1/ Car brands Vauxhall and Opel are to receive a guarantee from the UK government. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612132/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:39:08 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612132/cs/1/ Japan is trying to increase its budget travel reach with the opening of a new airport at Ibaraki. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612130/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:34:46 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612130/cs/1/ A court-appointed examiner in the US has released a document on the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, suggesting some former executives could face criminal charges. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612129/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:32:14 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612129/cs/1/ India’s mega-rich are fast exceeding figures from last year, in which Forbes Magazine said there were 24 billionaires in India. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612034/cs/1/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:28:34 -0400 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/612034/cs/1/ Californian prosecutors have launched lawsuits over Toyota’s defective motor vehicles. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611860/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:15:51 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611860/cs/1/ The BBC has reported that Lloyds Banking Group has been encouraging its borrowers to pay off their mortgages early. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611859/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:12:54 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611859/cs/1/ The Portuguese government's tough budget passed the parliament just prior to the weekend, with approval for an austerity plan aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted by the EU. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611858/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:11:04 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611858/cs/1/ Russian plane maker, Sukhoi, has announced it will build more than 1,000 stealth fighter jets within four decades, many of them for India. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611857/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:08:20 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611857/cs/1/ The UK Home Office has announced a new security office to police its borders. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611856/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:06:47 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611856/cs/1/ The president and CEO of software maker Adobe Systems, Shantanu Narayen, has been awarded less compensation this year due to the value of the company declining. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611855/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:04:57 -0500 Australian Herald.com http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611855/cs/1/ The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange closed up a whisper yesterday, following Wall Street's weekend trend. The TA-25 index crept up 0.1% to 1,210 points, just 1.7% off its record high, while the broader TA-100... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123331/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:18:21 -0400 Haaretz http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123331/ Borrowers are struggling to repay much smaller amounts of debt than in previous years, according to one of the UK's biggest debt counselling charities.Although more than half – 98,705 – of the deb... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123327/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:17:54 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123327/ Europe matters to Britain, but not to the extent that it will feature in the general election campaign, since none of the major parties want a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty and UK membership of the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123328/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:17:51 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123328/ Response, 11 March). He berates me for claiming that RBS is involved in financing Canadian tar sand exploitation in Alberta. Sadly for him, the bank then chooses the very day his response is published... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123329/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:17:50 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123329/ • Bank's bulletin comes amid fears of double-dip recession• Fears of "job loss recovery" as firms begin to shed staff retained during the recession http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123330/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:17:48 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123330/ March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Money market interest rates at five-month highs show the Federal Reserve is laying the groundwork to siphon a record $1 trillion in excess cash from the banking system and send... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123325/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:13:17 -0400 Business Week http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123325/ March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks rose for a third day after a gauge of commodity-transport fees had the biggest gain this year and U.S. retail sales unexpectedly increased. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123326/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:13:16 -0400 Business Week http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123326/ TOKYO (MarektWatch) -- Southern California prosecutors filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp. Friday, claiming that the company hid evidence that its vehicles had defects, con... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123332/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:55:02 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123332/ TOKYO -- Japanese shares climbed Monday morning in Tokyo as a weaker yen provided support for shares of exporters. The Nikkei 225 was up 0.3% at 10,779.44 and the broader Topix was at 940.36, up 0.4%... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123333/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:55:01 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123333/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K. policymakers have been pleasantly surprised that the jobless toll hasn't climbed higher during the economic slump, but it could rise further if the recovery in demand is wea... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123334/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:55:00 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123334/ NCR ) has bagged a growing convenience-store chain as the next retailer to roll out its Blockbuster Express-branded DVD-rental kiosks. Sheetz, a closely held, Altoona, Pa.-based chain that has march... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123335/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:59 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123335/ SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- China Minzhong Corp. Ltd. launched late Friday a preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority Of Singapore for a listing on the island state's main board and a person fa... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123336/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:57 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123336/ LOS ANGELES -- Australian shares meandered in early Monday morning action, reflecting limited market cues and a mixed closed for Wall Street's previous session. In the early minutes, the benchmark S&... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123337/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:55 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123337/ TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Eisai Co. (4523.TO) plans to begin sales of lymphoma and leukemia treatment Bendamustine in Japan this summer, the Nikkei reports. Without citing where it obtained the information... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123338/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:54 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123338/ "); } function setUserAsLoggedIn() { $('#username_link').show(); $('#username_link').html("WELCOME ("+$.cookie("p_UN")+")"); $('#signup_link').html(" http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123339/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:53 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123339/ CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- The Australian government will tender to buy a further A$100 million in water entitlements, this time in the Lower Balonne River in Queensland, Climate Change & Water Minis... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123340/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:53 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123340/ ATLANTA -(Dow Jones)- Longer-term data from a study examining stents placed in a crucial artery that fuels the heart's main pumping chamber continued to show a similar impact on patient survival as b... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123341/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:51 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123341/ (Reuters) - BYD Co, the Chinese car and battery maker backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, posted a forecast-beating fourth-quarter result on Sunday, as Beijing's policy initiatives boosted dema... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123321/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:54:00 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123321/ German Interior Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble speaks during a presentation of charity sport stamps at the Finance Ministry in Berlin February 10, 2010. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123320/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:53:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123320/ ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), considered the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, said the global economy still faces "considerable uncertainty," in its first annual r... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123322/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:53:58 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123322/ ' +title_span +'' + google_ads[i].line1 + ' '; if (clickable_background == 0){ s += ' '; } s += google_ads[i].line2 + '' +google_ads[i].line3 + ' '; if (clickable_background == 1){ s += ' '; } ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123318/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:51:23 -0400 CBS News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123318/ Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not prevent heart ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123317/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:50:00 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33123317/ ATLANTA - Key results from a landmark federal study are in, and the results are disappointing for diabetics: Adding drugs to drive blood pressure and blood-fats lower than current targets did not pre... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121764/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:52:52 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121764/ Dodd 's offering, and particularly the left. Two Republican ideas expected to make Dodd’s final cut are creating a consumer-protection agency inside the Federal Reserve and giving a veto on t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121765/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:49:57 -0400 Politico http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121765/ Rob Lloyd, who has appeared on Channel 4's Secret Millionaire, met Portsmouth fans today and received a cautious welcome. Photograph: Philip Hollis/Channel 4 The property tycoon fronting a consortiu... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121763/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:41:51 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121763/ March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. is scrapping first-class cabins complete with sheepskin-covered mattresses, while Air France-KLM Group is ripping out some of its cheapest seats as airlines... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121762/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:37:19 -0400 Business Week http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121762/ (Adds more context.) LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. financial authorities are looking for ways to restart securitization markets to plug the funding gap that will open up as support schemes launched d... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121766/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:20:05 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121766/ BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- Argentina oil and gas company Bridas Energy Holdings, or BEH, on Sunday confirmed that China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited, or CNOOC ( http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121767/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:20:04 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121767/ FILE - In this file film publicity image released by Disney, Helena Bonham Carter is shown in a scene from the film, "Alice in Wonderland." (AP Photo/Disney, File) (AP) Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121758/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:15:14 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33121758/ Q We are a small two-person team that develops educational applications for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac. Apparently, our largest demographic is students, and we want to find a way to reach our the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120320/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:16:47 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120320/ Eurozone FMs are expected to agree a bailout package for Greece when they meet in Brussels on Monday. Officials said a framework deal to support Greece through a refinancing of debt was likely to... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120318/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:56:53 -0400 Times Of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120318/ In severing those ties, Amazon blamed a new state law requiring it to collect up to an estimated $4.6 million in online sales taxes a year, which will help the state close a $1.3 billion budget shortf... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120327/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:54:28 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120327/ BEIJING - China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept "basically stable." http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120324/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:54:25 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120324/ Demotix is a new type of wire service designed to make it easier for international news stories by citizen journalists and freelance reporters to make it into the mainstream media. The U.K. company i... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120321/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:46:49 -0400 Wired News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120321/ FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120317/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120317/ Banking Codes & Standards Board of India (BCSBI) is an independent and autonomous banking industry watchdog that ensures consumers of banking services get what they are promised. Created by RBI in ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120323/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:37:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120323/ It’s difficult to say how many in India understand English. But it might be fair to say, as a Microsoft release recently did, that about 95% of the countrys population prefers working in their re... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120322/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:37:06 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33120322/ Scott McGlasson, who makes handmade furniture and interiors, operates his Woodsport business out of an old St. Paul warehouse, replete with sawdust and sweat. "I never thought of myself as a 'lu... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118913/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:52:44 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118913/ One strategy suggested for Minnesota's growth is to give tax breaks to investors to encourage more venture development. Is this needed and is it wise? Do you really need venture capital (VC) to creat... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118914/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:52:43 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118914/ WASHINGTON - The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a single regulator the power t... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118915/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:52:41 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118915/ It is a waste of time to "watch" stocks. The ups and downs of the stock market have far more to do with how much newly printed "funny money" the Fed has decided to give away to its... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118911/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:45:35 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118911/ CHENNAI: With economic activity picking up in Europe and across many other countries, Indian ports have registered growth for the seventh consecutive month in February over the corresponding period... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118912/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:33:29 -0400 Times Of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118912/ It is widely expected that the Fed will keep the fed funds rate, its key lending rate, at a historic low near zero when it meets on Tuesday. That means investors and analysts will again pore over the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118918/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:31:16 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118918/ "Alice in Wonderland" took in nearly as much as the rest of the top-10 movies combined. "It's like this great divide between the No. 1 and 2 films, which says that without 'Alice in Wonderland' in the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118919/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:31:14 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118919/ ABT ) device designed to improve a leaky heart valve without major surgery met its safety and effectiveness goals in a key study released Sunday. Abbott hopes to win Food and Drug Administration app... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118920/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:20:15 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118920/ A former money manager facing fraud charges acknowledges in a newspaper interview that evidence indicates he was trying to fake his own death when he parachuted from his private plane that later crash... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118908/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:15:18 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118908/ Paul Goulet hopes Connecticut will help him get from under nearly $8,000 he's borrowed for college after losing his job in a paper manufacturing plant. Goulet, 55, is a student in environmental stu... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118909/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:15:17 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118909/ This sprawling metropolis is built atop one of the richest oil basins in the world. Wells dot the city landscape, some hidden behind hollow building facades much like a Hollywood movie set, or, in the... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118910/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:15:16 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118910/ NEW DELHI: IBM, the world’s largest IT services company, has accused Microsoft, the world’s largest operating system manufacturer, of sponsoring an India report released last week that criticis... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118916/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118916/ MUMBAI: The Indian financial markets as well as policy makers will be in a position to better assess data on employment along with other macro-economic data, with the National Statistical Commissio... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118917/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:05 -0400 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33118917/ Q I'm a bit shy at work, and I want to change that. In meetings I'll often have ideas and be afraid to speak up. Then someone else mentions the same thing and gets a lot of recognition. What should I ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117587/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:42 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117587/ John Risdall has been a fixture in Twin Cities advertising since the "Mad Men" days. Yet the founder of New Brighton-based Risdall Marketing Group is hardly living in the past. His focus i... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117586/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:41 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117586/ After a particularly brutal winter, what more certain sign of the coming season than that great American tradition of baseball's spring training? Minnesotans are especially excited about the opening ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117590/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:40 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117590/ Airlines are pushing back against new rules that give fliers more rights. They are threatening to cancel scores of flights in response to a new rule that would prohibit airlines from keeping passenge... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117589/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:39 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117589/ Because we're just a snowball's throw from the Arctic Circle here in Minnesota, the increase in daylight this time of year is dramatic. Almost day by day, the sun feels warmer as it climbs higher and ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117588/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:38 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117588/ WASHINGTON - The House's chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn't rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as th... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117591/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:25:35 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117591/ Higher rates are still months away, Chairman Ben Bernanke and other Fed officials have signaled in appearances on Capitol Hill and in speeches. They've indicated that low rates are still required to f... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117592/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:25 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117592/ "I don't want to protect institutions that are engaged in essentially speculative activity," says Paul Volcker, chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117594/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:24 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117594/ But the profits have come at substantial taxpayer expense while often delivering dubious benefits to students, according to academics and advocates for greater oversight of financial aid. Critics say ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117593/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:22 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117593/ (Adds detail.) VIENNA(Zawya Dow Jones)--The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, is "unlikely" to raise its assigned quota level in line with its current production level this year... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117595/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:52:28 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117595/ ABT ) cholesterol drug TriCor failed to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes among diabetics in a large government-sponsored study, reinforcing doubts about the drug's usefulne... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117597/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:52:21 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117597/ Investment grade, junk, “munis” and treasuries. Whether it’s an individual issue, an ETF or mutual fund, bond investors can’t seem to get enough. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117578/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:51 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117578/ Under the Income Tax Act, a taxpayer who objects to an assessment has to file a “notice of objection, in writing, setting out the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts.” http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117581/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:49 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117581/ Anyone who has been riding the Toronto subway for the past 10 or 20 years could not have been surprised by this week's news that Canada's population will be almost one-third visible minorities by 2031... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117579/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:46 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117579/ Alberta Energy minister Ron Liepert says “industry will tell you they need to pace their development better than they did in the past” in the oil sands. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117580/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:44 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117580/ In the run-up to the April 3 launch of Apple's iPad tablet computer, all appears calm. But behind the veil that obscures all Apple product debuts, the company is making last-minute changes to its book... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117584/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:42 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117584/ track her progress. When I embarked on a challenge not to spend a single frivolous dollar in March, I was already mourning the loss of steaming cups of takeout coffee, online shopping sales and a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117583/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:40 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117583/ In Sex, Bombs and Burgers: How War, Porn and Fast Food Created Technology as we know it, author Peter Nowak, senior writer, science and technology for CBCNews.ca, and a former Financial Post reporter,... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117582/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:39 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117582/ MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is weighing whether to boost its investment in Toronto-area toll highway 407-ETR after Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial announced Thursday it would put a 10% s... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117585/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:37 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117585/ Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates. Higher rates are still months away, ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117575/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:47:11 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33117575/ SMOKE SIGNALS: Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the mending economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates. LOW RATES STILL NEEDED: F... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116358/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:58:02 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116358/ WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers may signal at their meeting this week how and when the improving economy will lead them to start raising record-low interest rates. Higher rates are still m... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116359/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:58:01 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116359/ Waste management company Augean is seeking to use a site in the village of King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, to store up to 250,000 tonnes of radioactive debris a year http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116354/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:47:12 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116354/ March 15 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rebuffed calls for the yuan to appreciate, risking a further downturn in relations with the U.S. where lawmakers and economists say his stance is ham... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116353/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:41:18 -0400 Business Week http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116353/ "I do think there's merit to their first-round conclusion," said Dr. James McClurken of Temple University in Philadelphia. He is chairman of the American College of Cardiology's annual conference, whe... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116360/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:35:44 -0400 MSNBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116360/ BOSTON -- Want a reason not to buy and hold mutual funds? See the last 10 years. Want a reason to invest for the long haul? See the last 20.Fund critics can use the last decade to say that fund inves... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116363/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:23:52 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116363/ (Adds Finance Ministry comment, background.) FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- Germany's Deutsche Bundesbank opposes using its gold reserves to back a possible European monetary fund, the central bank said Sun... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116361/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:23:51 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116361/ Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES BIRMINGHAM, England -(Dow Jones)- The U.K.'s Liberal Democrats moved to calm investors' fears of a rudderless government following the next election after two newspaper opinion... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116362/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:23:51 -0400 Fox Business http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116362/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors will try to tack another leg on to the year-long U.S. stock rally, looking to this week's economic data and statement from the central bank for evidence the recovery is ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116352/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:22:53 -0400 Reuters http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116352/ Investment grade, junk, “munis” and treasuries. Whether it’s an individual issue, an ETF or mutual fund, bond investors can’t seem to get enough. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116355/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:22:17 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116355/ Under the Income Tax Act, a taxpayer who objects to an assessment has to file a “notice of objection, in writing, setting out the reasons for the objection and all relevant facts.” http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116356/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:22:15 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116356/ Anyone who has been riding the Toronto subway for the past 10 or 20 years could not have been surprised by this week's news that Canada's population will be almost one-third visible minorities by 2031... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116357/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:22:14 -0400 Financial Post http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116357/ The White House is backing down from trying to get senators to remove some special deals from the health care bill. Senior adviser David Axelrod says the White House only objected to deals that aff... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116351/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:18:47 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116351/ In this Feb. 18, 2010 photo, Prem Kalra, 72, looks on with his old Bajaj super scooter, as a motorcyclist moves past in New Delhi, India. Once there was the waiting list to buy Bajaj scooters, a wait ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116348/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:18:43 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116348/ In this computer graphic released by BRC Imagination Arts, an introductory theater shows the "Spirit of America," a video of classic American landscapes, welcomes in Chinese by ordinary Americans and ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116347/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:18:42 -0400 ABCNews http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33116347/ NEW DELHI - It was a purchase to be remembered. There was the years-long waiting list to buy it and the jealous stares once you finally got it home. There was the pride of that first ride when, weav... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115229/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:25:29 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115229/ SHANGHAI - For millions of Chinese, the USA pavilion's show at the Shanghai World Expo will be the closest they'll ever come to an experience of America. What they'll get — apart from long wai... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115230/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:25:27 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115230/ AIG , by promising the deal will bolster its revenue by an estimated $700m (£461m) a year.In a series of crucial meetings with investors, key members of the Pru management team have made clear they a... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115228/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:13:58 -0400 Guardian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33115228/