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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Miami Mirror.com http://www.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:26:56 -0400 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:26:56 -0400 30 Californian prosecutors have launched lawsuits over Toyota’s defective motor vehicles. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611860/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:15:51 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611859/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:12:54 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611858/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:11:04 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611857/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:08:20 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611856/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:06:47 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611855/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:04:57 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611855/cs/1/ Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co files to list $2.2 billion worth of shares on the NYSE in a long-anticipated move to follow their rival, Blackstone Group. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611723/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:20:33 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611723/cs/1/ Chinese steelmakers want government to address rising iron ore costs. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611715/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:50:57 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611715/cs/1/ BMW has suffered a profit dip of 36% between 2008 and 2009, according to company reports. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611719/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:06:54 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611719/cs/1/ The International Energy Agency has described China's increasing demand for oil as "astonishing". http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611686/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:05:18 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611686/cs/1/ Athens has declared its displeasure at recent German attempts to make light of the financial crisis facing the country. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611683/cs/1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:49:53 -0500 Miami Mirror.com http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/611683/cs/1/ CHICAGO -- As the U.S. economy improves, more of the shoppers who flocked to Wal-Mart to save money during the recession are moving back to the stores they frequented before, a new survey showed on Fr... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106980/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:40:13 -0500 The China Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106980/ MUMBAI: The Wadia group-promoted budget air-carrier, GoAir, plans to add 200 flights in its summer schedule, starting from March 29. This will take the total number of flights being operated by ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106978/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:35:45 -0500 Times Of India http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106978/ According to estimates, 42 billion photos will be printed worldwide, both commercially and personally, in 2013. That?s a third less than the 63 billion printed in 2008. (Getty Images) http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106972/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:36 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106972/ FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106973/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:34 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106973/ FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106974/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:33 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106974/ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao makes a point at his annual press conference after the closing of the National People's Congress held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Sunday, March 14, 20... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106975/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:31 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106975/ China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept "basically stable." http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106976/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:17:30 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33106976/ SAN DIEGO - Investigators with Toyota and the federal government were unable to make a Toyota Prius speed out of control as its owner said it did on a California freeway, according to a memorandum ob... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105666/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:26:06 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105666/ BEIJING - China's premier expressed concern about the U.S. dollar and called on Washington on Sunday to take "concrete steps" to reassure Beijing about the safety of its huge Treasury bond h... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105667/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:26:05 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105667/ BEIJING - China's premier rejected foreign pressure over its exchange rate controls and said Sunday the Chinese currency will be kept "basically stable." Premier Wen Jiabao promised to ref... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105668/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:26:03 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105668/ FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105669/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:24:30 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105669/ BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday managing inflation expectations is a challenge to policy makers around the world, including China, amid the economic recovery. Wen cautioned... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105671/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:41 -0500 Fox Business http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105671/ BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday foreign pressure to appreciate the yuan exchange rate doesn't help China's foreign-exchange reform, adding Beijing opposes external pressure... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105670/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:40 -0500 Fox Business http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33105670/ BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- China still faces difficulties ahead and the government must stay vigilant over these difficulties over the next few years, China Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday. He said the pas... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104453/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:26:53 -0500 Fox Business http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104453/ The U.S. and much of Canada will move to daylight-saving time from standard time on Sunday, when clocks will be moved forward by one hour. Regular items transmitted from these countries will appear o... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104452/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:26:52 -0500 Fox Business http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104452/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that she does not expect Euro zone finance ministers to make any decision on financial help for Greece when they meet ne... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104449/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:26:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104449/ The Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive demanding that airlines check a mechanism that controls tail flaps on about 600 Boeing 737s. The directive was is... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104446/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:22:07 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33104446/ Monday, Jan. 4, began early for the Weber Shandwick media relations team assigned to promote the 2010 census. First there was an appearance they arranged on the "Today" show where Commerce ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103026/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:14:21 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103026/ Last Monday, as President Obama launched a last-ditch effort to save health reform, health insurance stocks took a beating. Again. Shares of UnitedHealth Group, the biggest U.S. insurer by revenue, f... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103030/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:14:19 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103030/ A former boss of mine once quipped that the real definition of personal finance was getting out of credit-card debt. Sad to say, for many folks he's right. Consumers are reducing their exposure to cr... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103029/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:14:18 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103029/ Remember the dotcom tycoons who shook up the business world before the bubble burst spectacularly? Ten years on, we look at what they are doing now http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103024/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:23 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103024/ Fortis group is proposing to change its corporate identity to "ageas" from April . Photograph: Rick Nederstigt/AFP Corporate rebrandings are almost always pointless, pompous or both. So it's a relie... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103023/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:22 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103023/ , the blinking red numbers of a stock market ticker run unremittingly across the set, showing the rise and rise of the energy firm's share price — the driving force for its relentless progress from ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103025/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:03:20 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103025/ LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Nick Clegg, leader of the smaller U.K. opposition party, the Liberal Democrats, will Sunday play down suggestions he will be "kingmaker" if there is a hung parliament and will ru... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103031/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:41:54 -0500 Fox Business http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103031/ Investigators probing a dramatic high-speed incident on a California freeway involving a Toyota Prius didn't find as much wear as they expected on its brakes, the Wall Street Journal reported Saturday... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103021/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:36:48 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103021/ JetBlue Airways says customers whose flights were canceled Saturday because of poor weather in the New York area can rebook their flights without paying extra. The airline said customers flying to,... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103022/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:36:46 -0500 ABCNews http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33103022/ WASHINGTON - A group representing Catholic hospitals Saturday rallied behind President Barack Obama's health care bill ahead of a House vote in which anti-abortion lawmakers could play a decisive rol... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101501/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:13 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101501/ SAN FRANCISCO - A newspaper is reporting that investigators probing a runaway Toyota Prius found its brakes didn't show the wear expected when a driver exerts sustained pressure like the driver said ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101502/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:11 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101502/ This month, one of the great traders of the mutual fund industry, John Laporte of T. Rowe Price New Horizons, stepped down. An investor who put $10,000 in the fund when Laporte took the helm, three we... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101503/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:10 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101503/ NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways says customers whose flights were canceled Saturday because of poor weather in the New York area can rebook their flights without paying extra. The airline said customers ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101504/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:44:09 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101504/ Sheringham's footnote to military history is that the first bomb dropped from a zeppelin landed on the North Norfolk town in 1915. However, the seaside town could command a whole chapter in the chroni... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101507/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:34:18 -0500 The Independent http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101507/ Lloyds Banking Group is believed to be considering plans to hive off a portion of its giant commercial property portfolio into a separate, tax-efficient company. Senior figures within the bank are th... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101508/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:34:11 -0500 The Independent http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101508/ Conspicuous consumption makes the few who can afford it happier – and everyone else more miserable. Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features The national belt-tightening expected to follow next mon... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101419/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:46 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101419/ Waitrose already has a deal for Boots to sell its products Photograph: PA Waitrose boss Mark Price is drawing up plans to transform the upmarket food chain into a consumer brand available in thousan... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101422/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:44 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101422/ Conservative drive to 'clean up politics' faces test over failure by several candidates to fully declare their work for lobby firms, says Nick Mathiason http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101421/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:42 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101421/ Lehman Brothers from the US "examiner" brought some formidable examples of its recent triumphs."Magic circle" City law firm Linklaters gave the thumbs-up to "Repo 105", the complex manoeuvre that allo... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101420/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:41 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101420/ Lehman Brothers chief executive Richard Fuld being heckled by protesters in Washington in 2008. MPs and financial experts have called for industry reforms after revelations that Lehman hid $50bn of de... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101423/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:39 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101423/ Katy Perry is selling well, but EMI is finding it increasingly difficult to turn talent into profit. Photograph: James Curley / Rex Features It is a tale of sex, debt and rock'n'roll that is unlikel... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101424/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:37 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101424/ You might be doubtful that your choice of briefs can be a catalyst for global change, but consider the statistics. The UK underwear market was valued at £4.1bn in 2009. Most of that money is spent on... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101425/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:36 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101425/ The streets of Silicon Valley are littered with survivors of the dotcom boom and bust – but while many retain vivid memories of the crash, few seem permanently scarred by the experience.Among the mo... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101427/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:33 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101427/ Amazon customers are being warned against phishing emails that ask for their account details. Above, the online booksellers' distribution centre in Milton Keynes. Photograph: David Levene Customers ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101426/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:31 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101426/ L-r: Larry Lamb, Emma Parker Bowles, Meg Mathews and Diarmuid Gavin, each with a bag of belongings, in Famous, Rich and Jobless Photograph: BBC/Love Productions Of the many difficulties facing the u... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101428/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:29 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101428/ A television reporter explains the drop in the Nasdaq in New York following the dotcom crash. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images The gong that signalled the end of the business day on the Amster... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101429/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:26 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101429/ The rules on credit card repayments are to be changed so it will no longer be the cheaper part of the debt that will be paid off first. Photograph: Alan Schein Photography/Corbis Credit card firms a... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101431/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:25 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101431/ Mexico's Carlos Slim and the US's Bill Gates were in a run-off to be the world's richest billionaire in the Forbes list of the 1,011 people with personal wealth in excess of a billion dollars. In the ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101430/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:23 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101430/ Goldman Sachs and its role in a Greek tragedy " (Business) said European currency swap transactions "enabled the country to join the euro in 2001". In fact, the swap transactions were executed after G... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101433/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:21 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101433/ Members of a private security company on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad. Control Risks’ work for the British government in Iraq gave it 30% of its sales this year Photograph: PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Gett... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101432/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:32:20 -0500 Guardian http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101432/ Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday said it is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next schedu... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101506/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:28:50 -0500 Computerworld http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101506/ Independent filmmakers will soon have a new option for renting their films to viewers online: Dynamo, a start-up set to be announced at South by Southwest on Saturday evening, which will allow video p... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101505/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:13:23 -0500 Wired News http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101505/ NEW YORK -- After opening to rotten reviews in Chicago, Cirque de Soleil's Banana Shpeel is scrambling to avoid a similar slip up in the Big Apple. Cirque – Quebec's best-known cultural and enterta... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101444/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:51 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101444/ 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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101443/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:50 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101443/ 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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101442/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:48 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101442/ 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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101441/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:47 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101441/ Canwest Global Communications Corp. said yesterday it is moving on to the second phase of the bidding process for its newspaper division with several non-binding offers in hand. The country's largest... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101440/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:46 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101440/ 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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101439/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:44 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101439/ TORONTO -- Two floors below ground in a windowless purple-walled seminar room at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, one of dozens of presentations was underway this week at the annual convention of ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101438/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:43 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101438/ Dennis Skulsky, the president of Canwest Global Communications Corp.’s newspaper and publishing division, resigned Friday, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101437/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:41 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101437/ The nitrogen wars are over, and Agrium Inc. is moving on to different opportunities. Friday, U.S. fertilizer companies CF Industries Holdings Inc. and Terra Industries Inc. agreed to merge in a US$4.... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101436/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:40 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101436/ Canadian stocks ended the week little changed, advancing a mere 38.68 points over the past five trading sessions. Friday's performance was equally lacklustre, with the S&P/TSX composite index clo... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101435/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:39 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101435/ Fertilizer stocks moved higher Friday morning after Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. hiked its outlook and Agrium Inc. dropped a high-risk bid for a competitor. Potash Corp. said a sharp rebound in ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101434/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:37 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101434/ Vale SA nickel-mine strikers in Sudbury, Ontario, voted against a contract offered by the company on March 7. Of 2,371 workers who voted, 88.7% were against the contract Thursday, Denis St. Pierr... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101446/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:36 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101446/ NEW YORK -- Warren Buffett was awarded total compensation of about US$519,490 in 2009 to run Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a 6% increase mainly reflecting the higher cost of keeping the world's third-riches... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101445/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:34 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101445/ The sale of Canada's largest English-language daily newspaper chain has attracted some of the country's financial heavyweights as potential suitors. Among the shortlist of bidders for Canwest Limited... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101448/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:33 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101448/ Jean-Marc Eustache, Transat A.T. chief executive, admitted Thursday that his efforts to restore the profitability of the country’s largest tour operator fell flat this winter after just about ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101449/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:29 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101449/ The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101456/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:27 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101456/ LONDON -- Global stocks rose to seven week highs on Friday led by bank shares after talks on U.S. banking reform collapsed, while speculation the Bank of Japan may soon ease monetary policy weighed on... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101455/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:25 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101455/ Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.4%, Dow Jones futures down 0.01% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.01%. Investors awaited U.S... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101454/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:23 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101454/ OTTAWA - Contrary to popular belief, the bulk of the country's manufacturing sector is able to "shrug off " wild swings in the Canadian dollar, whereas the services sector is the most exposed, an anal... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101453/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:21 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101453/ TORONTO -- Goldcorp Inc. delivered a solid fourth quarter as it continues to keep costs in check and benefit from near-record gold prices. The Vancouver-based giant reported adjusted Q4 earnings late... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101452/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:19 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101452/ 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.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101451/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:17 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101451/ TORONTO -- Giant industrial outfit Siemens AG announced Thursday it is closing its gas turbine plant in Hamilton, Ontario, cutting 550 jobs as the operation is relocated to Charlotte, N.C. The move i... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101450/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:11 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101450/ The Toronto Stock Exchange stayed close to home throughout most of Thursday's trading session, eking out a small gain by the end of it as several different developments cancelled each other out in ter... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101457/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:09:10 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101457/ MADRID -- Debt-laden Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial said it has put 10% of its 407-ETR motorway in Canada up for sale and will use the proceeds to invest in new toll road projects and pay down... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101459/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:55 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101459/ LONDON -- London-based oil major BP has agreed to buy Brazilian, Azeri and Gulf of Mexico assets from Devon Energy for $7 billion, as the U.S. producer refocuses on onshore U.S. fields. The compa... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101460/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:52 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101460/ OTTAWA -- Canadian home prices rose 0.4% between December and January, the same growth rate for the third consecutive month, according to a Statistics Canada report Thursday. The index saw the bigges... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101461/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:48 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101461/ Shares in Transat AT collapsed Wednesday after the travel tour operator reported a much weaker-than-expected first quarter result Wednesday and issued a gloomy outlook for 2010. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101462/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:47 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101462/ A pedestrian walks past the headquarters of Siam City Bank Pcl in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Thanachart Bank, 49%-owned by Bank of Nova Scotia, has agreed to pay US$1-billion for a 47.6% stake in ... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101463/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:45 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101463/ OTTAWA -- Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very s... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101467/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:42 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101467/ Investment firm Sprott Inc. reported a 39% drop in fourth quarter profit Thursday, primarily on lower revenues. For the period ended Dec. 31, Sprott earned a profit of $13.3-million (9 cents a sh... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101464/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:37 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101464/ LONDON/GENEVA -- HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, said a theft of data by a former employee affected up to 24,000 Swiss client accounts, dealing a hefty blow to the reputation of its private bank. The ba... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101468/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:36 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101468/ Oil has rallied to within sight of its 2010 high this week, but the physical crude markets in Asia and Europe are telling a more bearish story about oversupply and sluggish demand. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101469/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:34 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101469/ Insured mortgages provider Xceed Mortgage Corp. swung to a first-quarter loss, hurt by negative fair-value adjustments related to its discontinued business line of uninsured mortgages. The company po... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101470/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:33 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101470/ Toronto Stock Exchange broke a two-day skid Wednesday as some international developments helped lure investors back into the market. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 42.3 points, or 0.4%, to... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101472/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:29 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101472/ Marrying content to networks has become the vogue with cable and Internet companies to differentiate themselves from peers. The consensus among industry watchers, failing to see any strong upside in v... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101473/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:28 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101473/ Viterra Inc. says it will buy Viterra says it will buy Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Inc., the third-largest dry pasta producer and one of the largest durum wheat mills in North America. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101474/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:26 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101474/ SAN ANTONIO -- General Motors Co will pay back roughly US$8-billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, its chief executive said on Wednesday, more quickly than the automaker had prom... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101477/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:20 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101477/ Terra has given notice to Yara of its intention to terminate their agreement, and Yara has five business days to make an offer that’s at least as favourable as CF’s proposal. http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101480/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:16 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101480/ Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is seeking leave to appeal a lower court's ruling that allowed Shaw Communications Inc. to proceed with its bid to purchase a controlling voting interest in Canwest Glob... http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101479/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:14 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101479/ Emirates Airline Group touches down at Toronto's Lester B. Pearson Airport as part of it's inaugural A380 flight to Toronto via Dubai, United Arab Emirates http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101481/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:08:13 -0500 Financial Post http://story.miamimirror.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/33101481/