TOKYO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Japan expects its primary balance deficit for the year to March 2012 to climb to about 15 trillion yen ($162 billion), or more than 2 percent of nominal gross domestic product (GDP), the Nikkei business daily reported on ...
7 Jan 2009
NEW YORK (AP) — Watch out, Las Vegas: New York City wants to become the new No. 1 place to tie the knot. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has given City Hall's famously gritty marriage bureau a gleaming makeover, with fewer lines, more space to take ...
7 Jan 2009
Boston College's Jeff Jagodzinski met with New York Jets officials Tuesday to discuss their head coaching vacancy — an interview that was expected to cost him his job with the Eagles. (File) Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days ...
7 Jan 2009
The Kabbalah. Hot college students. An abandoned mental institution. Gary Oldman. Jogging. Twins. Nazi scientists. A suicidal mother. A lost blue mitten. What do these things have in common? They're all pieces in the convoluted mythology of The ...
7 Jan 2009
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. sold $2.8 billion of China Construction Bank Corp. shares to boost capital and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing is raising as much as $524 million in Bank of China Ltd. stock sales. Bank of America offered ...
7 Jan 2009
CNN's Christine Romans and Fortune Managing Editor Andy Serwer dig into what could be one of the biggest financial scandals of all time. (Fortune Magazine) -- Nice work if you can get it: Hanging out at the Palm Beach Country Club and introducing ...
7 Jan 2009
Lots of people swear that a steaming cup of tea or other hot drink helps ease the sniffles, aches and pains of the flu or common cold. Now - researchers have put the claim to scientific test.
7 Jan 2009
CROOKSTON, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota snowplow operator is in hot water with his boss after driving a $200,000 loader into a frozen river. Mike Raymond was clearing snow from county parking lots early Monday when he decided to also clear off a boat ramp on the frozen Red Lake River.
7 Jan 2009
The Captain Planet-secreted secret sauce in Sony's "Eco" Bravia VE5 sets is their Hot Cathode Fluorescent Lamp, which cuts power consumption by 40 percent. The 52, 46 and 40-inch sets have a few...
7 Jan 2009
When it comes to hitting the slopes, you've got all your gear figured out. But what are you planning to wear when you come down off the mountain for fun time with friends? You'll need cute sweaters and tights, knit caps and scarves and warm vests and jackets for chilly nights out. And don't forget swimwear for hot-tub time when you're staying in. Here's a look at the latest in apres-ski style. ...
7 Jan 2009
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Election Commission and the police have identified and are monitoring 19 hot spots in the Kuala Terengganu constituency.
7 Jan 2009
Teen retailer Hot Topic Inc. raised its forecast for fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday after reporting that December same-store sales at Hot Topic and Torrid locations open at least a year rose faster than analysts expected.
7 Jan 2009
CES: Samsung gadgets get reporters hot and bothered. Jan 08. Fox chief: American Idol finale was boring. Jan 07. CES: Toshiba's Regza gets a facelift this year. Jan 07. CES: Gadgets, from the corny to the cute ...
7 Jan 2009
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7 Jan 2009
The Roland Burris circus took a ludicrous turn today as Harry Reid and Senate Democrats threw the fate of the former Illinois attorney general, who was.
7 Jan 2009
The Obscure Store and Reading Room: normal people doing strange things.
7 Jan 2009
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7 Jan 2009
I finally had a chance to sit down last night and watch the MLB Network's "Hot Stove" show, a one-hour nightly program that will serve as sort of a practice run for the network's full-evening programming during the season which will run ...
7 Jan 2009