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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Los Angeles Herald.com http://www.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:55:11 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:55:11 -0500 30 U.S. stock indices lightened up on Monday, interrupting a multi-week uptrend. http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280180/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:28:36 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280180/cs/1/ NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275614/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:17:45 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275614/cs/1/ NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod. http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280818/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:05 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203280818/cs/1/ Apple's iPhone business alone is now bigger than the whole of Microsoft, recent revenue figures have revealed. http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295552/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:05 -0500 ANI http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295552/cs/1/ BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a cooperative. http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203279652/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:43 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203279652/cs/1/ ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for Greece. http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275612/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:09:56 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275612/cs/1/ BEIJING - China's Monday asked its airlines not to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU). http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275609/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:28 -0500 Los Angeles Herald.com http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203275609/cs/1/ Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295717/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:08:48 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295717/ REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. announced in a press release that Microsoft Dynamics CRM will release its next service update in Q2 2012. This service update will deliver the capability for ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295720/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:02:41 -0500 Tag-IT News http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295720/ United Drug says its profits and revenues for the quarter to the end of December are better than last year. It said it expects its adjusted earnings per share for the year to September to be 4-8% ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295702/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:57:31 -0500 RTE http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295702/ Citigroup intends to capitalise on China's increasing consumption power and, in its efforts to expand in the world's second-largest economy, has announced that it will issue credit ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295715/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:18 -0500 New Europe http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295715/ (MENAFN) Bankrate Inc. said that fourth-quarter earnings grew to USD14 million, compared with a loss of USD4.8 million in the same period a year earlier, reported AP.The New York-based financial ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295705/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:48:14 -0500 MENAFN http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295705/ Shares of Palabora Mining fall over 7 percent after the South African unit of Rio Tinto posts annual earnings that were at the lower end of its own ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295718/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:41:41 -0500 IPO http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295718/ is the biggest riser in a falling FTSE 100, after a broker upgrade and bid speculation.The company has climbed 74p to 22.03, a 3.5% increase. On Monday traders heard suggestions ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295695/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:00 -0500 Guardian http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295695/ Bank of England official on Tuesday made clear that the UK should not water down international rules intended to reform the banking system.Chief cashier Chris Salmon told an audience in London that ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295694/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:38:54 -0500 Guardian http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295694/ Profits were down 76% in the fourth quarter of 2011 as Switzerland's biggest bank continued to struggle with the effects of a $2bn rogue trading scandal and economic weakness in Europe and ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295696/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:38:49 -0500 Guardian http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295696/ UK retail sales values were down 0.3% on a like-for-like basis from January 2011, when sales had risen 2.3%, picking up after December 2010's snow disruption. On a total basis, sales were up ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295699/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:37:02 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295699/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295700/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:58 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295700/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295701/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:49 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295701/ Glencore and Xstrata agreed an all-share merger worth $90 billion on Tuesday in the industry's largest ever deal, creating a commodities powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295673/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:29:21 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295673/ Greek leaders face crunch talks on Tuesday to agree on unpopular reforms to secure a 130-billion-euro ($170 billion) bailout and avert a chaotic debt default which could threaten its future in the ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295674/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:29:12 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295674/ , the world's largest steelmaker, forecast on Tuesday an improvement of earnings in the first half of 2012 after a weak end to last year, with a pick up of steel demand and further cost ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295676/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:57 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295676/ SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp will head to a retrial against SAP AG over copyright infringement allegations after a U.S. judge slashed a previous monetary award against SAP by over $1 ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295677/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:53 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295677/ long-term refinancing operation back in December was "a giant step" towards easing the banking crisis which, together with the widening of the range of collateral it accepts at its market ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295678/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:46 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295678/ MANILA -- Banco de Oro Unibank (BDO) in the Philippines plans to tap the overseas bond market for the first time in two years, seeking to take advantage of compelling interest rates and strong ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295703/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:18 -0500 The China Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295703/ BERLIN -- This will be the year those anticipating a new Microsoft operating system have been waiting for. Windows 8 is set to arrive some time in 2012, with new functions, a user interface dubbed ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295704/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:10 -0500 The China Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295704/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose and the euro strengthened as Greece held negotiations to secure rescue funds. The Australian dollar jumped to a six-month high after the central bank unexpectedly ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295687/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:24 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295687/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Most armed guards on ships are not following safety regulations with breaches including firing live ammunition during on-board drills, according to a company that vets security ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295688/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:22 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295688/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Glencore International Plc’s proposed takeover of Xstrata Plc, making it the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter, poses a new threat to Japanese utilities forced ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295689/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:21 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295689/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- An Egyptian military delegation visiting Washington canceled talks with U.S. senators because the group was called home amid a dispute over charges against American ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295690/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:18 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295690/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who yesterday announced plans to visit the U.S. in March, said turmoil in neighboring Arab states and threats from Iran show that Israel must ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295691/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:13 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295691/ A 2013 Toyota Prius V hybrid is displayed on the final press preview day for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, January 10, ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295680/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:42 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295680/ Preparations to drill a relief well continue at the Macondo oil spill site in the Gulf of Mexico, in this aerial photograph taken from a coast guard helicopter on August 21, ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295681/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:36 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295681/ 2498.TW ) forecast of much lower-than-expected first-quarter revenue sent its shares down by the 6.9 percent maximum on Tuesday, with attention turning to how its new models due for release this ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295716/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:32 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295716/ A man passes a UBS logo displayed on a screen in a window of a UBS bank building in Bern February 6, 2012. UBS will present their annual full year results for 2011 on February 7, ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295683/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:29 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295683/ WMT.N ) named company executive Greg Foran as the president and chief executive of Walmart China, capping a series of leadership changes at the China unit that has been tainted by food ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295684/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:00:25 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295684/ BRUSSELS – Belgian insurance firm Ageas (AGS.BT) Tuesday said it raised EUR666 million in net cash from a bond buyback linked to its relationship with collapsed bank Fortis.The buyback was ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295706/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:43 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295706/ Anglo American PLC (AAL.LN) executive Tuesday said the nationalization debate is damaging South Africa and for this reason it looks forward to reaching a conclusion on the issue this year.Godfrey ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295707/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:39 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295707/ BP PLC (BP) Tuesday posted a 14% rise in adjusted net profit for the fourth quarter and said it would raise its dividend after beating analyst expectations."2012 will be a year of increasing ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295708/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:35 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295708/ LONDON – East Africa-focused independent oil explorer Aminex PLC (AEX.LN) Tuesday said that its Ntorya-1 exploration well in the Ruvuma Basin onshore in Tanzania didn't find oil or gas at ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295710/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:31 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295710/ LONDON -- Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN) said Tuesday that investors will receive 2.8 Glencore International (GLEN.LN) shares for every Xstrata share owned under the terms of the proposed ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295711/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:21 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295711/ DOW JONES NEWSWIRESNorwegian fertilizer company Yara International ASA (YAR.OS) Tuesday posted an increase in fourth-quarter net profit to NOK3.39 billion, from NOK1.57 billion in the year-earlier ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295714/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:15 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295714/ MADRID – Banco Santander SA (BTO.MC), Spain's largest bank by market value, Tuesday said it plans to set aside EUR2.3 billion for new provisions to cover property risk this year, to ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295713/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:11 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295713/ LONDON – Stratex International PLC (STI.LN), an AIM-quoted exploration and development company focused on gold and base metals in Turkey and East Africa, said Tuesday AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295712/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:56:06 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295712/ Xstrata revealed a 20% increase in profits for 2011 , to $5.9bn (3.8bn). The deal was described by the two firms as a "merger of equals" with the new company to be named "Glencore ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295672/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:36 -0500 BBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295672/ Dixons, Comet and Argos have pledged to improve the way extended warranties for electrical goods are sold, the Office for Fair Trading (OFT) has said. Measures include providing more information ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295670/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:29 -0500 BBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295670/ A panel appointed by India's Supreme Court has recommended that licences of as many as 49 iron ore miners in the state of Karnataka should be cancelled. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295668/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:22 -0500 BBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295668/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock indexes closed slightly lower Monday as talks dragged on between Greek political leaders over a fresh cost-cutting package required for the country to get more bailout ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295697/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:13:14 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203295697/ ').attr('href', 'http://www2.timesdispatch.com/member-center/logout/').html('Logout').appendTo('#globallinks'); } else { duke_user_checked = true; } ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291361/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:09:29 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291361/ Honeywell is planning to ramp up production of the fiber it makes for bulletproof vests and other ballistic protection items, and Chesterfield County is getting the work.The company is going to ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291362/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:09:15 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291362/ Here's the Twitter world's take on Super Bowl XLVI: Doritos is the most popular brand that advertised on Sunday; pizza is the favorite food of tweeters; beer was the beverage of choice, ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291330/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:03 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291330/ MillerCoors said Monday that it has purchased Minneapolis-based Crispin Cider Co., giving the big brewer a stake in the burgeoning hard cider business. The deal also will lead to an infusion of ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291329/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:57 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291329/ Target Corp.'s debut of its limited-edition Jason Wu collection went relatively smoothly Sunday and Monday, especially compared with its chaotic Missoni launch last fall. There were no ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291331/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:53 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291331/ LOS ANGELES - Betting that a combination of Internet streaming and kiosk DVD rentals can give consumers the most complete package in a fractured media landscape, Redbox and Verizon are teaming on a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291332/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:48 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291332/ A Minnesota appellate court ruled Monday that Tamitha Hecker is not entitled to retirement funds that once belonged to her ex-husband Denny Hecker, a former auto dealer serving 10 years in federal ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291334/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:38 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291334/ WASHINGTON - Perhaps the most attention-getting Super Bowl ad -- other than that dog blackmailing his owner with tortilla chips to keep quiet over a felinicide, of course -- was Clint ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291335/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:59:34 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291335/ SAN FRANCISCO -; Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291322/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291322/ A reactor at the San Onofre nuclear plant has cooled down enough for workers to install inspection equipment Monday that may help find a leak among generator steam tubes.Heat transfer tubes are ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291323/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:14 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291323/ Meet San Diego's food trucks The explosion of San Diego's gourmet food trucks, serving everything from seared ahi and grass-fed sliders to New England lobster rolls, has brought them a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291324/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:11 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291324/ JCPenney's "rebranded" stores were unveiled Wednesday, including the one in Westfield Plaza Bonita in National City, shown here. The department store has a redesigned logo and ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291325/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:08 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291325/ Jacob letter regarding eagle no-fly zones San Diego Gas & Electric helicopters building the Sunrise Powerlink have committed three more violations of the "no-fly" zones set up to ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291326/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:05 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291326/ NEW YORK -; Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Humana Inc., down $4.87 at $85.25 The health insurer said ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291327/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291327/ TiVo Inc. climbed to its highest since May 2010 as the digital-video recording provider expands technology offerings and benefits from patent-lawsuit settlements and new client contracts.TiVo closed ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291316/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:32 -0500 New York Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291316/ The sweeping 50-state foreclosure settlement being pushed by the Obama administration seems to be unraveling just when Washington was hoping to wrap it up.At least six state attorneys general were ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291317/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:30 -0500 New York Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291317/ China’s decision, announced Sunday, to allow Citigroup to issue credit cards in its own name may signal an opening in its banking industry. Citigroup is the first Western bank to be permitted ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291318/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:28 -0500 New York Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291318/ Medco Health Solutions got sick quickly yesterday - its shares falling 8 percent after a report that its $29 billion merger with rival Express Scripts was in danger.However, a source close to the ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291319/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:53:25 -0500 New York Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291319/ shaking their heads . I thought it was a pretty good spot as far as these things go, though I prefer Eastwood’s longer directorial stuff for obvious reasons. Here’s the ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291313/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:48 -0500 Forbes http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291313/ Several of the largest hedge funds that ended last year deep in the red, jumped to good starts in January, giving their wealthy investors reason to believe savvy traders are getting back their magic ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291292/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:32:53 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291292/ Canada will focus on exporting oil and other goods to China and other booming Asian economies even if Washington overturns its decision to block a pipeline that would have sent more Canadian crude ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291295/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:32:34 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291295/ reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's view after accelerating sales and operating profit at established restaurants in China helped ease worries that growth in its top ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291296/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:32:27 -0500 CNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291296/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Fisker Automotive Inc., a recipient of U.S. loans to develop electric cars, said it "temporarily" stopped work on developing a plant in Wilmington, Delaware, after ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291306/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291306/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is the closest it has been in almost 20 years to achieving energy self-sufficiency, a goal the nation has been pursuing since the 1973 Arab oil embargo triggered a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291309/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:18 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291309/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. injected boric acid into a reactor at its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to prevent an accidental chain reaction known as re- criticality after ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291308/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:16 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291308/ Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Plans by Genting Bhd., Asia’s second- biggest casino operator by market value, to build a 5,200-room resort overlooking Miami’s Biscayne Bay stalled when a Florida ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291310/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:31:14 -0500 Business Week http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291310/ Paul Allen was the third most generous donor in America last year, and the most generous one still alive. This is Allen's 10th year on the list. Only two donors have made the list more times: ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291342/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:30:35 -0500 Business Journal http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291342/ MIAMI  — Univision and Disney are in negotiations to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday. Both sources declined to ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291345/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:21:38 -0500 MSNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291345/ Look for moreexciting eats and foodie trends on the Bites blog The ad that said eating a Chicken McBite was less risky than petting a pit bull enraged pit bull owners and their defenders. ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291344/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:21:35 -0500 MSNBC http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291344/ By now, the nationalist version of last week's closing of the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive plant in London, Ont., has been firmly established in the public mind, told and retold in a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291346/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:17:58 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291346/ By now, the nationalist version of last week's closing of the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive plant in London, Ont., has been firmly established in the public mind, told and retold in a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291314/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:16:06 -0500 National Post http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291314/ Stephen Hester's bonus of almost 1m for last year, until he decided to waive the shares-only payment. The boss of RBS, which is 83% owned by the taxpayer, had faced growing calls to give up ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291328/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:13:37 -0500 Sky News http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291328/ As Greek debt talks continue to painfully drag on, new EU statistics speak to the success of debt crisis policy prescriptions in counties forced to seek bailouts…THET DEBT, rose in Greece, ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291360/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:07:28 -0500 Infowars Ireland http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291360/ The French and German leaders told Greece time was running out as it attempts to get a deal on a debt restructuring plan, and warned Athens it would only get its second bailout if it delivers on its ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291297/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:53 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291297/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Facebook's corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291301/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:43 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291301/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. senators raised fresh questions about Lockheed Martin Corp's $382 billion F-35 fighter program on Monday as the Pentagon's top weapons buyer underscored ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291300/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:40 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291300/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291299/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:37 -0500 Reuters http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291299/ Dow Jones )- Nigeria's Oando Energy Services Ltd. (OANDO.LA) said it has signed a 12 billion naira ($75 million) drilling contract with Shell Petroleum Development Co., a subsidiary ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291351/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:44 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291351/ China appeared to signal intentions to keep liquidity tight in the money markets Tuesday by reportedly absorbing 26 billion yuan ($4.1 billion) through 28-day bond repurchase agreements, a move that ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291350/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:41 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291350/ MELBOURNE – Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources Ltd. (CYU.AU), the international investment arm of China's Yunnan Copper Industry, said Tuesday that it has struck a deal to earn a ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291354/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:24 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291354/ BANGKOK – Thailand's Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL.TH) said Tuesday it has singed an agreement to acquire 100% interest in U.S.-based Old World Industries I Ltd. and Old World Transportation ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291356/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:16 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291356/ French state-controlled nuclear engineering firm Areva SA (AREVA.FR) and utility Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR), also state-controlled, are expected to agree to a strategic partnership, French ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291357/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:12 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291357/ HONG KONG – Huaneng Power International Inc. (0902.HK) said Monday that its capacity is up 1.9% to 59,079 megawatts after the company completed the trial runs at two new power projects.The ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291358/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:07 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291358/ McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP) investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have eased their aggregate stake in the company to below a 5% threshold.According to a filing with ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291359/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:59:03 -0500 Fox Business http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291359/ IDG News Service - Microsoft has opened its C++ AMP specification so it can also be used by non-Microsoft compilers to harness the power of GPUs (graphics processing units). "What we see is ... http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291312/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:54:11 -0500 CIO http://story.losangelesherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203291312/