Business News by Speeple

Your Money: A Day to Tackle the Financial To-Do List

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Taking time, 10 or 12 hours, to tackle ever-postponed money tasks and clear the books can be lucrative.

Struggling San Diego seeks tourist invasion for holiday

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Here in San Diego's Mission Bay - a nearly 7-square-mile playground of amusement parks, beaches, marinas, restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops - the words on the lips of merchants and hotel owners are "Fourth of July …

Michael Jackson Funeral To Break Online Video Business Record

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

The media has become awash with coverage of the late King of Pop. This surprising and tragic event has left the world in shock and news networks have scrambled to get any news they can. Michael’s funeral has been …

Will or trust? Understanding the differences

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

NEW YORK — One of the big mysteries in the chaotic days following Michael Jackson's death was whether he left behind a will.

TSX closes flat

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

The Toronto stock market ended the week flat as investors weighed weak oil prices with good news out of the base metals sector.

Centre cancel coal allotments

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Age CORRESPONDENT New Delhi July 3: The government on Friday cancelled the coal linkages for 25 captive power plant, said the coal minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal. The minister said that these captive power plants …

Job losses will rise though next year, Flaherty predicts

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty now expects Canada's economic recovery to be modest and for job losses to mount into 2010 even after growth has begun.

It's time to turn technology loose in the classroom

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Rather than fight the idea of students using the Web to communicate with each other, the presenters at this event were encouraging it. Chris Lehman, the principal of Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, talked …

Les aires métropolitaines redessinent la Suisse

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

L'Espace métropolitain de Zurich voit le jour ce vendredi. Ce nouvel organe doit assumer les tâches que les cantons ne parviennent plus à remplir. S'il est le premier à s'appeler «métropolitain», il rejoint une longue …

Global jobless rates worrisome: Flaherty

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:17:01 -0500

Finance ministers gather in Chile to debate lingering problem; recovery from recession expected to be modest