Business and Finance News BP oil spill workers to be withdrawn from clean beaches
Charlotte News.Net
Incoming BP chief executive Bob Dudley has made a commitment to tackling the environmental oil damage in the Gulf of Mexico, but has also said it is time for the company to scale back some aspects of the oil spill clean-up.  FAA downgrades Mexican airlines
Charlotte News.Net
Mexico's aviation safety rating has been downgraded by the US oversight organisation, the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has given Mexico a category 2 rating, which is often given to Third World countries. Mexican airlines will not be able to  Interns could be entitled to wages
Charlotte News.Net
A new report from a US think tank, Internocracy, has said young people working for free as interns are legally entitled to be paid.  BP scaling back oil response efforts
Charlotte News.Net
BP will begin scaling back its oil containment efforts, CEO-elect Robert Dudley told reporters on his first trip to the Gulf since the board vote.  Unemployment soaring for Spain
Charlotte News.Net
Spain's economy continues to take a hammering with the latest unemployment figures showing the highest levels in thirteen years. Insurance deals strike a dissonant chord
Star Tribune
Michael Antonello has used a lucrative career as an independent New Brighton life insurance agent as a way to finance his passions: American impressionist artwork and classical music. He amassed mill... Car, credit problems top consumer complaints
Star Tribune
Billing disputes. Shoddy repairs. Outfits that promise to fix credit woes or stop houses veering toward foreclosure, but then take your money and disappear. Last week, the Consumer Federation of Ameri... Test No. 1 in college: Picking a health insurer
Star Tribune
It's the first real-life test for students heading off to college: picking the right health insurance plan. The confusion starts before students even set foot on campus, when families must decide whe... SEC: Out with 12b-1s, in with clear fees
Star Tribune
If you're like most mutual fund investors, you don't have a firm understanding of the fees you're being charged. And you may justifiably worry that you're paying more than you should. Such anxiety ma... Coast Guard OK'd all BP requests to use dispersants
Star Tribune
While the BP well was still gushing, the Obama administration issued an order that limited the spreading of controversial dispersant chemicals on the Gulf of Mexico's surface. Their use, they said, sh... Target buys space for store in downtown Seattle
Star Tribune
SEATTLE - Department-store chain Target has bought retail space near Pike Place Market for a store in downtown Seattle. The seller says the three story, 103,000-square-foot commercial space on Second... Coast Guard allows toxic chemical use on Gulf oil
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Oil containment boom is seen with fresh oil near Comfort Island, in Yscloskey, La. Saturday, July 31, 2010. On shore, BP, Halliburton and Transocean are engaging in a billion-dollar blame game over th... Buffett-signed spoon a scoop for charity
MSNBC
Dairy Queen President and CEO John Gainor holds a 33-inch, red Dairy Queen spoon for Warren Buffett to sign at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in May. S.Korea exports to US and China higher in July
Fox Business
August 1, 2010 SEOUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's exports to China and the United States in the first 20 days of July were higher than the same period in June, the government said Sunday. Th... S.Korea July exports rise more than expected yr/yr
Fox Business
August 1, 2010 SEOUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) - South Korean exports in July rose more than expected over a year ago, easing concerns that demand from China and the other major economies may be cooling of... Feds Warned Company in Mich. Spill About Pipeline
ABCNews
Crews clean up oil, from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, near booms where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River in Marshall Township, Mich., July 30, 2010. The Canadian company that own... For BBC bosses Salford just won't do
Guardian
Peter Salmon, the director of BBC North, may or may not be making the move to Manchester a permanent one. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian A good woman economist is hard to find
Guardian
When the Bank of England's monetary policy committee meets this week to set interest rates, it will be the first time that a full-strength gathering of nine has been male-only.Kate Barker, who has bee... Spotlight: Kodak | Printer sales ease quarterly loss
Courier-Journal
Robust inkjet printer sales and fewer charges narrowed Eastman Kodak Co.'s loss to $168million in the second quarter, but its slumping film business cast a shadow over the photography pioneer's prolon... Spotlight: Kodak | Printer sales ease quarterly loss
Courier-Journal
Robust inkjet printer sales and fewer charges narrowed Eastman Kodak Co.'s loss to $168million in the second quarter, but its slumping film business cast a shadow over the photography pioneer's prolon... Earnings outstrip jobs, economic growth
The Daily Telegraph
THE US stock market is likely to keep pulling risk on and off the table in the days ahead, with more earnings reports and a full slate of data on the economy, employment in particular, due in the comi... Boeing Subsidiary Lands $43.7M Military Contract
ABCNews
Boeing subsidiary Insitu Inc. has won a $43.7 million contract to build the military's next generation of remote-controlled spy craft. The company based in the Columbia River Gorge town of Bingen, ... - Asian stocks rise in longest streak since March
Taipei Times
BLOOMBERG AND AFP , HONG KONGSunday, Aug 01, 2010, Page 10 Asian stocks rose for the fourth consecutive week, their longest winning streak in four months, as company earnings reports boosted confi... Exxon Mobil is paying its taxes
Japan Times
Wherefore art thou, corporate social responsibility? ": I know that Hesse is not the author, but I just wanted to set the record straight about the claim he cited that Exxon Mobil did not pay U.S. inc... Spirit Airlines' Carry-on Bag Fee Starts Sunday
ABCNews
Spirit Airlines passengers may want to get to the airport a little earlier than normal Sunday as a new fee on carry-on bags takes effect. Spirit sparked controversy in April when it announced plans... Pipe Break That Caused Michigan Oil Spill Is Found
ABCNews
Crews clean up oil, from a ruptured pipeline, owned by Enbridge Inc, near booms where Talmadge Creek meets the Kalamazoo River in Marshall Township, Mich., July 30, 2010. The Canadian company that own... FDIC Shuts Banks in Fla., Ga., Ore., Wash.
CBS News
(AP) Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defa... Salazar Tours Rigs in Gulf, Keeps Drill Ban
CBS News
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, looks at blowout preventer controls as he tours the Murphy Front Runner deep water oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday. Japanese User Claims Twitter's 20 Billionth Tweet
ABCNews
Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. It came at 12:44 a.m. Sunday (1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT Saturd... Oil Spill Taints UC Berkeley's BP-Funded Research
ABCNews
In this July 30, 2010 photo, demonstrator Gene Bernardi holds a sign during a protest in Berkeley, Calif., to mark the 100th day anniversary of BP oil spill. BP's catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of... Mass. House Approves Casino Gambling Bill
ABCNews
The Massachusetts House voted Saturday for a compromise bill that would create the most sweeping expansion of gambling in the state in four decades, even as Gov. Deval Patrick vowed not to sign the me...
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