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  • Obituaries for the week of July 20, 2011 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:05AMNancy Judith Hale, 76, of Fountain Hills, passed away on July 7, 2011. Celebrate a Beautiful Life - in loving memory of Nancy Judith Hale, born into life April 27, 1935 in Omaha, Neb. Nancy had a “black-belt” in shopping. She loved TJ MAXX.
  • Commentary: So many issues, so few answers Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 1:22AMRegardless of the time of year, there are always political items that can be confusing, controversial or that are moving so swiftly that they are difficult to keep up with. But at this time in North Carolina, the number of such issues can be overwhelming – and disheartening.
  • Wall Street starts to lose its debt ceiling cool Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:18PMInvestors are panicking, credit rating agencies are making threats, and Washington can't make a deal
  • 11. Kurnia may ask for higher price Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:55PMKUALA LUMPUR: Although no deal has been announced, analysts expect Kurnia Asia Bhd to sell Kurnia Insurans (M) Bhd at a price that values the insurer at between 2.5 times and three times book value.
  • $720 house can be built in a week Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:23PMIndia's TatGroup, which already makes the world's cheapest car, is setting its sights on the housing market with a $720 flatpack home that can be constructed in a week.
  • Best Selling Fiction Authors Sign On to New Publishing Project Assisting Newer Authors Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:56PMFiction editor Mike Resnick and publishing house Phoenix Pick are teaming up with best selling science fiction and fantasy authors like Kevin J. Anderson and Mercedes Lackey to create a unique program to help newer authors showcase their talents.Rockville, MD (PRWEB) July 19, 2011 Fiction authors Kevin J. Anderson and Mercedes Lackey, featured on the New York Times best selling list, have signed ...
  • Soros, hedge funds pile into cash in unstable times Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:30PMHedge funds are slashing their exposure to stock, bond and currency markets as they look for clarity on global events that investor George Soros describes as 'much more baffling and much less predictable' than the financial crisis
  • SunAmerica Launches Innovative Global Trends Fund Sub-Advised by Wellington Management Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMJERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. announced the recent launch of its SunAmerica Global Trends Fund. The Fund allocates assets across 10 global asset classes, including global equity and fixed income markets, currencies and commodities, by using an innovative, rules-based strategy that seeks to move the Fund in and out of changing markets. Exposures to each ...
  • GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, euro rise ahead of key meeting on Greece Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:07AM* Stocks, euro rebound after debt fears sparked sell-off * Gold hovers near $1,600/ounce after touching record high * U.S. benchmark government yields stuck below 3.0 pct * Risk aversion remains high on ...
  • Morning storms flood streets, one home Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:02AMElisabeth Wesche (left), 9, gets help from her friend Katy Thompson, 10, Monday afternoon while searching for turtles in Elisabeth’s yard in Houma.
  • Broker tips: Johnson Matthey, Victrex, Evolution Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:23AMLONDON (SHARECAST) - Prime Markets has suggested buying chemicals group Johnson Matthey , saying that Tuesday’s trading statement represents an attractive entry point in the short and long term for investors.
  • Herald exclusive: Lost in translation-II Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:29AMMany in Pakistan ask why readers worldwide are not appreciative of the genius of Saadat Hasan Manto or Qurratul Ain Hyder even while they are reading and raving about Gabriel García Márquez, Orhan Pamuk or Fyodor Dostoevsky.
  • Best selling Fiction Authors Sign On to New Publishing Project Assisting Newer Authors Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:24AMFiction editor Mike Resnick and publishing house Phoenix Pick are teaming up with best selling science fiction and fantasy authors like Kevin J. Anderson and Mercedes Lackey to create a unique program to help newer authors showcase their talents. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8528830.htm
  • Panasonic outsources small volume of DSC production to Foxconn in 2H11 Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:14PMFacing pressure from dropping prices and competition of smartphones and DSLR cameras, digital still camera (DSC) brand vendor Panasonic has outsourced a small volume of its DSC orders to Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) for the second half 2011, according to sources from the DSC industry.
  • What happens if the U.S. defaults? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:11PMNEW YORK — Time is running out for Washington to raise the country’s borrowing limit and avoid a default. Wall Street isn’t panicking yet. But if the unthinkable happens, a default could strike financial markets like an earthquake.
  • Creditor protection extended for Tepper farm Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:53PMThe family of New Brunswick farmer Henk Tepper, who is languishing in a Lebanese jail, won a short reprieve for the family farm in an Edmunston courtroom Monday.
  • Six-month Treasury bills at lowest level on record Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:05PMInterest rates on short-term Treasury securities dropped in Monday's auction, with rates on six-month bills falling to a record low.
  • Business Highlights Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:47PM___
  • Default could devastate markets Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:34PMA trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Time is running out for Washington to raise the country's borrowing limit and avoid a default. Wall Street isn't panicking yet. But if the unthinkable happens, a default could strike financial markets like an earthquake.
  • AP: Kansas revenues short of ed board request Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:30PMTOPEKA (AP) — Kansas policymakers are expected to learn in the coming days just how well they did at cutting government spending and collecting revenue in the last fiscal year.
  • What happens to markets if the U.S. defaults? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:09PMStocks, bonds and the dollar would likely plummet in the immediate aftermath, and a default would drive up borrowing costs for everybody.
  • Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part III) - Board Games Can Teach Children Negotiating And Risk ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:59AMNote: This is part III of a five part series. Access the first installment HERE , part II HERE , part IV HERE and part V HERE .
  • Mengele’s writings to be auctioned Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:50AMThe writings of Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death,” Dr. Josef Mengele, are for sale by auction. Alexander Historic Auctions of Stamford, Conn., announced that it will sell off all of the war criminal’s writings in an auction on July 21.
  • Fed’s Recovery Forecast Buoyed by Dudley Expecting Dollar-Driven Exports Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:14AMDenise Morrison, the incoming chief executive officer of Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) , outlined a strategic plan last week after the world’s largest soup maker failed to attract as many consumers as estimated during the recession. A key component: Sell more food overseas.
  • Fallback plan for US debt gains momentum Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:50AMWith time running short in US debt talks, Republican and Democratic senators are seeking to craft a plan that could avert an unprecedented government default while making modest cuts in the deficit.
  • House asking prices fall for first time this year Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:17AMHouse asking prices have fallen for the first time this year as the number of unsold properties on estate agents' books reaches record levels, a report revealed today.
  • Fallback plan gains traction in U.S. debt talks Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:13PMBy Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan
  • Nielsen: 61-39 to Coalition Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:40PMGhostWhoVotes tweets that the first post-carbon tax announcement poll from Nielsen, presumably conducted between Thursday to Saturday from a sample of 1400, has the Coalition’s lead out from 59-41 to 61-39.
  • Kan. revenues short of ed board request Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:14PMJOHN MILBURN Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. Kansas policymakers are expected to learn in the coming days just how well they did at cutting government spending and collecting revenue in the last fiscal year. Preliminary numbers from legislative staff suggest the figure could have as much as $175 million in the bank as Kansas enters fiscal year 2012. That's a far cry from where the state was just ...
  • Tales From The Yoga Studio: A joy to read Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:53PMHere’s a book that makes no bones about being all about feeling good at the end.
  • Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera: Masterpieces from the Gelman Collection, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:18PMFifty years ago, you would have been very likely to have heard of Diego Rivera, much less so to have heard of his wife.
  • Rise of Lafayette Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:50PMActor Nelsan Ellis, who plays Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s hit vampire series “True Blood,” remembers what he’d hear in meetings when he was a Juilliard graduate trying to land roles in Hollywood. “Everybody kept saying, ‘I just don’t know how to sell you,’ ” he recalls. “I’m...
  • Vision sees the body through Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:52AMMany artists never retire, and some produce their best work in their later years. Joan Bakewell introduces reflections from four older artists on what keeps them going
  • Google lifts Wall St in otherwise rough week Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:51PMNEW YORK — Google's blowout quarter led the Nasdaq higher on Friday but mounting uncertainty about the government's ability to reach a debt-reduction deal may keep investors at bay in the coming week.
  • Google lifts US stocks in otherwise rough week Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:57PMGoogle's blowout quarter leads the Nasdaq higher but mounting uncertainty about the government's ability to reach a debt-reduction deal may keep investors at bay in the coming week.
  • US STOCKS-Google lifts Wall St in otherwise rough week Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:30PM* Google rallies after results, lifts Nasdaq * Uncertainty increases over debt talks * Eight of 90 European banks fail stress test * Dow up 0.3 pct, S&P up 0.6 pct, Nasdaq up 1 pct * For up-to-the-minute ...
  • Buy or sell? Three teams face big decision Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:17PM"To sell, or not to sell, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of angry season-ticket holders or to acquire arms against a sea of contenders and by opposing end them? To buy, to keep, no more; and by keep to say we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that baseball teams are heir to."
  • US STOCKS-Wall St flat on debt talk uncertainty; Google jumps Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:14PM* Google rallies after results, lifts Nasdaq * Uncertainty heightens over debt talks * Eight of 90 European banks fail stress test * Dow up 0.03 pct, S&P up 0.1 pct, Nasdaq up 0.5 pct * For up-to-the-minute ...
  • Failure to Reach Debt Deal Could Be Good Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:29PMBy Jeff Cox, CNBC.com Staff Writer NEW YORK (CNBC) -- Failing to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could have at least one desirable casualty: the bond vigilantes who are betting that Congress will keep on racking up debt with endless abandon. Much panic has been fomented over what would happen if the borrowing limit stays put, but little focus gets paid to what good could come of it. In an analysis ...
  • Joe Sheehan: Buy or sell? Pirates, Rockies and Twins have decisions to make Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:17AM"To sell, or not to sell, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of angry season-ticket holders or to acquire arms against a sea of contenders and by opposing end them? To buy, to keep, no more; and by keep to say we end the heartache, and the thousand natural shocks that baseball teams are heir to."
  • Which bank is leveraged 104:1? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:16AMThose in financial circles are likely aware that the above quote is a colloquialism used to highlight that excessive leverage can generate cash flow, but that unless properly and prudently unwound the leverage itself can ultimately lead to financial armageddon. We have witnessed this scenario time and again.Wall Street specifically, and our economy at large, are continuing to lick their wounds ...
  • Brooks' abandonment an act of desperation: Bland Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:15AMALI MOORE, PRESENTER: Well, with the Murdoch empire now without a profitable newspaper a billion dollar takeover and a key executive, the phone hacking scandal has taken an enormous toll and still counting.
  • Morning MarketBeat: Short Attention Span Theater Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:56AMWell, your Morning MarketBeat got it all wrong. See, we assumed that having a bunch of potential catalysts move in the right direction on Thursday would be a good thing for the stock market. Instead, despite decent earnings from J.P. Morgan and decent numbers on jobless claims, retail sales and wholesale prices, stocks retreated after Ben Bernanke stated what should have been obvious: No, market ...
  • Why Exxon, J&J And The Big Banks Care About The Debt Ceiling Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:00AMIf Moody's cuts Uncle Sam's AAA credit rating, it probably won't stop with the government.
  • Dean Heller takes hard line on debt ceiling, wants balanced budget amendment Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:31AMPresident Barack Obama has given a deadline to lawmakers in advance of the ultimate default deadline on the debt — figure out what you can sell to your parties by this weekend, and let’s finish this.
  • European shares headed for steep weekly decline Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:10AM* FTSEurofirst 300 set for biggest weekly drop since March * Financials retreat ahead of bank stress test results * Risk appetite falls; technical outlook bearish LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - European shares ...
  • Wall Street: Default shmefault Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:04AMNEW YORK — The CEO of a big bank says a U.S. default could be catastrophic for the economy. The head of the Federal Reserve warns of chaos. And a credit rating agency threatens to take away the country's coveted triple-A status.
  • One Town Wins Library Money Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:43PMWest Tisbury wins full amount requested for rebuilding town library; Edgartown does not make first cut The tale of two Island libraries took a new twist this week when the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners awarded a grant to the West Tisbury library for building a new facility, but Edgartown did not make the cut and will receive no funding, at least for now.
  • Realty Q&A: Setting up a rent-to-own agreement Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:17PMMost investors who dabble in the lease-to-own field are betting would-be buyers don’t live up to their end of the bargain, Lew Sichelman writes. Be careful when taking this route to obtaining your dream home.
  • The Biggest Loser: Fallout From Konadu’s Humiliating Loss in Sunyani Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:16PMIt is uncharacteristic of me to kick someone when they are down. However, the downfall of Obaapa Konadu Agyeman Rawlings aka She Who Must Be Obeyed deserves some serious postmortem analysis. Talking heads and pundits are welcome to dissect the mother of all defeats.