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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Charlotte Star.com http://www.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:00:01 -0400 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:00:01 -0400 30 It was a typical day on Wall Street Tuesday with bears again dominating trading. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396499/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:25:43 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396499/cs/1/ Cars kicked by camels and damaged by nut-wielding squirrels are among some of Britain's most bizarre insurance claims. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396108/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:47:29 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396108/cs/1/ Venezuela has said it will seize local plants and offices belonging to Mexican cement giant Cemex. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396101/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:22:18 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396101/cs/1/ In the UK, the number of properties up for rent has jumped with home owners deciding to rent rather than sell in a depressed market. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396100/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:19:51 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396100/cs/1/ The New York Times has reported that Google's YouTube Internet video site has started attracting advertising from media companies including CBS and video-game maker Electronic Arts. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396099/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:38 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396099/cs/1/ Apple aficionados have are trying to convince BlackBerry users to change over. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396098/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:13:16 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396098/cs/1/ In the UAE, Etihad Airways will launch flights to the Russian capital Moscow from its Abu Dhabi home base on December 1st this year. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396097/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:10:28 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396097/cs/1/ The Pakistan minimum export price of $750 per tonne of non-basmati rice is likely to be lifted. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396096/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:06:23 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396096/cs/1/ The Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki is hoping to sign many newoil deals by next year when global oil companies will be given their first major commercial access to the OPEC member's fields in nearly four decades. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396095/cs/1/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:04:19 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396095/cs/1/ London, Aug 16 : Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, who completed Heath Ledger's role in his final movie, have donated their pay to his two-year-old daughter. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396298/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:49 -0400 Charlotte Star.com http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/396298/cs/1/ August 19, 2008 - 2:18 p.m. (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Aug. 19, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp. posted a 7.6 percent drop in second-quarter profit T... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022244/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:54 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022244/ the Windows 7 operating system says there are 25 'feature teams' of about 100 employees each working on the upcoming replacement to Windows Vista. Windows 7 teams work on anything from external featu... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022254/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:55 -0400 Computerworld http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022254/ WASHINGTON – The agency which brought you the “do not call” registry – thus bringing a measure of peace to American dinner tables – has now decided to tighten rules restr... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022270/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022270/ WASHINGTON – Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday. The Labor Department r... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022262/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:42 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022262/ CRAWFORD, Texas – The White House Tuesday said it was not considering a second economic stimulus package at the moment. “With regards to a second stimulus, I don't think that we are the... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022268/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:55 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022268/ let down (sic). I can't believe that they are moving it back by nearly eight months!" Potter fans are also airing their grievances on social networking sites like http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022257/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:53:34 -0400 Wired News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022257/ NEW YORK – U.S. consumers have been buying significantly fewer cell phones but paying higher prices for them, according to a research firm. The NPD Group said in a report Tuesday that 28 mill... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022261/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:41 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022261/ NEW YORK – Oil prices rebounded Tuesday, jumping back above $115 barrel after the dollar weakened against the euro and a rally in heating oil attracted new buyers into energy markets. Light, ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022266/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:45 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022266/ Housing transactions in the UK are set to fall 60% below the worst period of the early 1990s when the UK was last in recession, according to research out today.Based on http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022273/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:28:18 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022273/ Advertisers not ready to miss out Bigg Boss Season 2 "He is in the top tier of athletics and now he's going to get his tryout as a personality," said John Sweeney, director of sports communication... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022286/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:20 -0400 Times Of India http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022286/ The Birmingham Post is switching from broadsheet to a tabloid format as part of sweeping changes to Trinity Mirror's Midlands publishing operation, which will also see 65 editorial posts axed.In a rad... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022275/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:28:05 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022275/ ASPEN, Colo. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve must be ready to take action if slowing economic growth fails to curb inflation stemming from higher food and energy prices, one of its top policy-mak... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022288/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:09:02 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022288/ (MSFT) is simplifying its licensing policy for big customers, lifting restrictions against moving applications to different servers in corporate data centers. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022293/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:48 -0400 Morning Star http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022293/ For days, stories of the U.S. swimmer's successes were splashed on front pages from Asia to South America; he was the talk of network morning shows and innumerable blogs. At least 40 million in the U.... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022251/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:14:15 -0400 MSNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022251/ By Walter BrandimarteNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday as financial shares declined on renewed credit worries and a report showed inflation is still a threat to the econo... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022284/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:18:22 -0400 Earth Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022284/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - EDGAR, the computer database for filing documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is giving way to a new system that aims to let investors more easily analyze ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022290/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:56 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022290/ ISSC announced today the Company will host a conference call on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 8:30 AM eastern time to discuss its fourth quarter business outlook. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022310/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:14 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022310/ WASHINGTON – General Dynamics Corp. said Tuesday it will buy Jet Aviation for about $2.25 billion in cash, part of the defense contractor's push to expand its private civilian jet business and t... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022265/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022265/ All Associated Press news BASEL, Switzerland (AP) - Shares in Swiss specialty chemicals maker Ciba plunged nearly 16 percent Tuesday after the company posted a $553 million loss for the second quarter... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022309/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:13 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022309/ Photograph: Getty Bob Dylan's "apocalyptic opening lines" to All Along the Watchtower tell the story of today's "uncertain" commercial property market, according to the chief executive of developer http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022278/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:28:00 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022278/ LONDON--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growing independent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerous partnerships with many of the t... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022281/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:22:42 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022281/ Short trading in those 19 stocks reverted to rules governing other shares on August 13 as the SEC experiment against abusive short selling expired. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022291/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:58 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022291/ /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spindletop Oil & Gas Co. (OTC Bulletin Board: SPND) (the "Company") has released its earnings for the six months ended http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022307/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:11 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022307/ America's beleaguered housing market suffered more gloom today when it was revealed that the number of new housebuilding projects started last month tumbled by 11% to the lowest annual rate in more th... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022274/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:28:02 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022274/ The big three American Internet companies are facing what could be trouble in India, trouble that could also spill over into problems back home. India has a serious gender-imbalance problem; many Indi... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022282/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:08 -0400 Business Week http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022282/ All Associated Press news ST. LOUIS (AP) - Agriculture conglomerate Cargill Inc. on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter net profit of $1.05 billion, driven by its global grain transportation unit a... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022305/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:09 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022305/ LONDON – The number of American tourists visiting Britain dropped by 120,000 in a year, British government figures showed, amid a general slowdown in the U.S. economy and a weaker dollar. The... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022267/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022267/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle Group CYL.UL said on Tuesday its Chairman Louis Gerstner will retire and become a senior adviser to the company's buyout funds. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022292/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:09:01 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022292/ NEW YORK – General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will extend employee discounts to everyone on almost all of its 2008 and some of its 2009 models as it seeks to clear its remaining inventory of 2... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022259/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:49 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022259/ WASHINGTON – Construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, but some economists said the drop could aid the slumping housing sector by helping reduc... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022263/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:43 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022263/ Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff Two economic reports for July released on Aug. 19 fueled financial market fears that the U.S. economy is becoming mired in the swamp of stagflati... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022283/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:19:18 -0400 Business Week http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022283/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Corn futures rose more than 2% Tuesday to the highest in nearly three weeks as traders bought up the commodity on speculation that corn prices have become cheap. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022253/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:08:05 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022253/ -(Dow Jones)- The investment-grade corporate bond market's focus on financial institutions continued Tuesday amid ongoing concerns of more hardship ahead. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022295/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:52 -0400 Morning Star http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022295/ PHILADELPHIA – US Airways wants to offer year-round service between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, Israel. The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline announced Tuesday it is applying to start service in July... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022264/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022264/ And you thought Google's got the goods on you. Sure, the Web search leader keeps tabs on the searches that emanate from your PC. But consider the data dossier that could be drawn up on users of Appl... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022285/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:14:19 -0400 Times Of India http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022285/ NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Storm-tossed financial firms are throwing their treasures overboard just to stay afloat. After years of rapid growth, the big players on Wall Street are downsizing. Stung by bill... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022280/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:49 -0400 Fortune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022280/ LOS ANGELES – A research firm says home prices in the San Francisco Bay area plunged 29.3 percent in July to a 53-month low. MDA DataQuick says in its report Tuesday that the median price for... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022269/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:54 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022269/ /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX:TUN), today announced that the Company will release complete first quarter fiscal 2009 financial results on http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022308/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:12 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022308/ Conference Call: Management of IBSG International will host a conference call on August 19, 2008 at 10:00 am. EDT to discuss the company's financial results and achievements. Those who wish to p... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022302/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:03 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022302/ WASHINGTON (AP) _ Wholesale inflation surged in July, leaving prices for the past year rising at the fastest pace in 27 years, according to government data released Tuesday.The Labor Department report... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022252/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:13:33 -0400 Newsday http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022252/ (T)he new offering, Premier Ultimate, is aimed at the company's largest customers. Via the new program, Microsoft works with customers to create a three-year roadmap, including a suggested set of serv... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022299/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:02:12 -0400 CNet http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022299/ ASI Lloyds (ASI), a subsidiary of Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. and an admitted Louisiana insurer, has launched an investor, rental and seasonal dwelling policy for Louisiana proper... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022255/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:05:41 -0400 Insurance Journal http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022255/ By Ellis MnyanduNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell 1 percent on Tuesday on a report showing sharply higher inflation, which could threaten the economy, and more worries that financial companies face ste... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022248/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:17:10 -0400 Earth Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022248/ All Associated Press news NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. sank to an all-time low Tuesday after the cell phone design company warned of lower sales fro... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022312/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:16 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022312/ All Associated Press news SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Raven Industries Inc., an industrial and agricultural products manufacturer, reported Tuesday double-digit growth in second-quarter revenue and profi... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022301/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:03 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022301/ It's been a slow, painful separation that's taken decades: divorcing Microsoft from its reliance upon per-processor licensing of its software. Today, the company took another hard step toward turning ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022250/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:16:18 -0400 Beta News http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022250/ Los Angeles police shot a man when he allegedly stabbed a SWAT officer with scissors after barricading himself inside an office at the Wal-Mart in Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall.Special Weapons and... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022247/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:54 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022247/ Excluding some asset impairment and severance costs, Saks lost 22 cents per share, while analysts, on average, expected a loss of 19 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022289/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:08:55 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022289/ NEW YORK – The Associated Press has settled a copyright lawsuit against a company that aggregates and redistributes news online. The AP had accused Moreover Technologies Inc. and its parent c... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022258/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:48 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022258/ August 19, 2008 - 2:19 p.m. (AP) - Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Aug. 19, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP) — Stuffed animal maker Russ Berrie and Co. said Tuesday it lost $12... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022245/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:55 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022245/ Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the firms that finance more than half the mortgages in the United States, remained under pressure today amid renewed fears that Washington could be preparing an e... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022277/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:28:16 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022277/ Apriso, a leading provider of adaptive software solutions for global Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM), today announced its fifth consecutive record revenue quarter, reflected in year-over... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022306/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:10 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022306/ DBTB , a media and entertainment company, will host its second quarter investor conference call and associated Webcast on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 4:15 p.m. (EST)/1:15 p.m. (PST). Conference... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022311/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:15 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022311/ August 19, 2008 - 2:26 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have warned General Electric Co. over lax quality control standards at a plant that makes computer software for medical imaging. Th... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022246/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:56 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022246/ based long term care, home care and management company, today reported financial results for its second quarter of 2008. Revenues for the quarter ended http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022303/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:04:06 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022303/ “This is not just a new name for EDGAR, this is a fundamental change in the way the SEC collects, manages and distributes information,” Cox told a news conference Tuesday. The investor ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022271/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:44:51 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022271/ Fortune 500 ) shares fell more than 6% in premarket trading.The Framingham, Mass.-based office supply company said revenue rose about 3% and earnings per share fell about 15% in the quarter, compared ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022279/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:38 -0400 Fortune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022279/ The U.K's biggest retailer saw its market share fall from 31.8% in the same period last year. However, Asda saw its market share rise to 17% from 16.8% in the same period of last year. Asda is a sub... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022294/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:05:35 -0400 Morning Star http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022294/ , either by the hardware vendors like Dell, or by customers. That is a massive number. Ironically, it's a number that works to the short-term advantage of Microsoft's top and bottom lines, but it sti... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022298/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:02:07 -0400 CNet http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022298/ Oil has fallen below $112 a barrel after Tropical Storm Fay avoided oil operations in the Gulf of Mexico. US light sweet crude fell $1.07 to 111.80 a barrel, while in London, Brent crude slipped by... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022296/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:31 -0400 BBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17022296/ American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. , Bloomberg News is reporting. Using cash from the sale of its assets, the former Melville-based company will pay nothing or less than 1 percent to many cred... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016497/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:24:11 -0400 Newsday http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016497/ Interest-rate futures traders are less convinced that the U.S. central bank will have grounds to raise its benchmark borrowing rate by the end of the year amid continued weakness in the housing indust... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016500/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:18:06 -0400 MarketWatch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016500/ Imperial Capital Bank has entered into a written agreement with federal and state banking regulators to fix several potential trouble spots found in a recent examination, including reducing its exposu... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016512/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:17 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016512/ Posted on: Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 09:01 CDT ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytomedix, Inc. (AMEX:GTF) today announced that The Wall Street Transcript (TWST) has published an in-d... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016490/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:47:02 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016490/ KNDI ), one of China's leading designers, manufacturers and exporters of all terrain vehicles (ATVs), utility vehicles (UTVs) and its number one exporter of go-karts, which has recently launched it... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016520/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:45 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016520/ All Associated Press news MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Medtronic Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit rose 11 percent on double-digit growth in its spinal and cardiovascular businesses, the medical device maker s... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016553/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:00 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016553/ LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stocks extended losses on Tuesday afternoon following data that showed U.S. housing starts hit a 17-year low in July and U.S. producer prices rose a higher-than-expect... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016492/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:34:02 -0400 Market Watch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016492/ LOS ALTOS, CA--(Marketwire - August 19, 2008) - Internet Research Group (IRG) today announced the release of its latest report on technology infrastructure, "Why Microsoft Virtualization is Differen... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016521/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:28:30 -0400 Market Wire http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016521/ JRN announced today that for the seventh period ended July 27, 2008, total revenues for its Publishing and Broadcast groups of $31.77 million decreased 6.7% compared to $34.03 million reported f... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016554/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:02 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016554/ Microsoft on Tuesday announced a change in its licensing policy to make it easier for businesses that want the ability to shift server software that is running in a virtual machine from one physical m... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016543/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:07:03 -0400 CNet http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016543/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Tuesday as fears that the U.S. housing slump will spawn more losses for the financial sector caused investors to pare back risk. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016526/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:13:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016526/ ' We expect to see The Singing Machine on the shelves of some new major retailers this season including Target, Circuit City and Radioshack. We hope that our new relationships with these key cus... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016557/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:08 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016557/ /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Guangzhou Global Telecom Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GZGT), a mobile phone handset, pre-paid calling card distributor and provider of value-added mobile services in the PRC, rep... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016546/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:08:53 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016546/ Though it's not the biggest item on the agendas of either campaign right now, the next U.S. President will face the challenge of sweeping finance market reform from the moment he enters office; the cr... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016514/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:32:36 -0400 Forbes http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016514/ Microsoft Corp. will begin alpha-testing the next version of Office in November or December, according to a blog posting by a Microsoft employee. Microsoft is calling for people to be part of a techno... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016503/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:15:43 -0400 Computerworld http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016503/ SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks were mostly in the red in early trading Tuesday as the sector added to the previous session's losses and awaited Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarterly earnin... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016495/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:33:42 -0400 Market Watch http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016495/ Fourth Quarter Results: In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, company-wide revenue totaled $17.6 million compared to $19.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2008, a decrease of 9.1%. Revenu... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016555/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:04 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016555/ The rate of inflation in Zimbabwe jumped to just over 11,250,000% in June, official figures show. "It gained 9,035,045.5 percentage points from the May rate of 2,233,713.4%," said state media quoti... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016539/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:06:25 -0400 BBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016539/ The Alliance & Leicester (A&L) bank has warned of "significant external risks" to itself if Banco Santander's planned takeover is rejected by shareholders. More than 560,000 A&L shareholders are be... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016537/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:06:23 -0400 BBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016537/ ' s decision to move forward with its acquisition plan in China which began in 2007. The increase in revenue and profitability for 2008 was mainly attributable to the acquisition of Shanghai Aoh... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016551/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:08:58 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016551/ TOKYO – Japan's central bank chief said Tuesday he expects the world's second-largest economy to stay stagnant for the time being but denied it was headed toward the sort of deep slump that crip... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016505/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:08 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016505/ NEW YORK – A research firm says U.S. consumers bought significantly fewer cell phones in the second quarter. The NPD Group said in a report Tuesday that 28 million cell phones were sold in th... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016510/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:15 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016510/ Power equipment supplier Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has set an ambitious target to increase earnings from exports six-fold to Rs 8,000 crore in the next four years. http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016522/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:24:02 -0400 Business Standard http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016522/ A court challenge is being made by a union over the terms on which the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is said to be seeking to shed 5,000 civilian jobs. Prospect, which represents 16,000 defence profess... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016536/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:06:23 -0400 BBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016536/ shocked the City in July by warning that sales and profits were tumbling , confirmed this morning that it wants to cut staff benefits.M&S refused to comment on speculation that it could be plannin... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016516/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:34:16 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016516/ The number of homes and apartments being built in the US sank in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, government figures show. Builders started work on 965,000 properties, on an annualis... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016540/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:06:28 -0400 BBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016540/ A satellite the size of a double-decker bus and weighing six tonnes was launched into space early today, completing a decade-long $1.5bn (£805m) investment by London-listed communications company Inm... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016518/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:34:29 -0400 Guardian http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016518/ New Delhi, Aug 19 : Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), with interest in personal and home care products and food and beverages, Tuesday said it wants partnerships with state bodies and NGOs to market fast ... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016502/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:16:28 -0400 New Kerala http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016502/ ' s first consolidator of dry cleaning stores, today reported its results for the fiscal third quarter and nine month period of 2008, ending June 30. For the quarter, net sales increased 112% fr... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016547/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:08:54 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016547/ Cargill today reported earnings from continuing operations of $744 million in the 2008 fourth quarter ended May 31, up 18 percent from $628 million in the same period a year ago. A $310 million ga... http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016556/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:09:07 -0400 CNBC http://story.charlottestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/17016556/