Shares cap best run in a year Sydney Morning Herald | Australian shares posted their best winning streak in almost 12 months as Europe fears ebb. | 4.35pm: That's just about it for today's live coverage. We'll be back on Monday at 9.30am AEDT, so please join us then. Here's the evening markets wrap. A...
Shares head for best run in a year Sydney Morning Herald | Australian shares are on course to post their best winning streak in almost 12 months as Europe fears ebb. | 3.24pm: The federal opposition believes the RBA should do much of the heavy lifting if the local economy needs a boost in the face of a sou...
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions The Guardian (Adds SPX, HSBC Holdings, Enquest, Meredith, Rio Tinto, MSC Industrial) Jan 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Tuesday. ** SPX Corp plans to...
Latin America's New Left In Power GlobalResearch | Most political analysts place the governments of Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador) in the same category but without defining their common characteristics. Beginning with the publication of Leftovers in 2008,...
UW-Madison to participate in national eText pilot Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Five classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this semester will drop printed textbooks in favor of digital editions that can be read on computers or smart phones, and that allow students and professors to engage in "social annotation"...
Packers might get another shot at Jenkins Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Green Bay - Among the players and coaches, there seemed to be agreement that the Packers missed DE Cullen Jenkins this past season. | Jenkins departed in free agency after the Packers basically ignored him following the expiration of his contract in ...
OSHA cites Eau Claire firm after accident Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking a $70,000 fine against Eau Claire trailer-hitch maker Curt Manufacturing LLC following an incident in which an employee's thumb was crushed in an unguarded press brake and had to be amputat...
Wauwatosa, police agree on 3-year contract Milwaukee Journal Sentinel After 16 months of bargaining, the city and Wauwatosa police union have reached a three-year agreement. | The contract, ratified by the Common Council on Tuesday, provides 3 percent wage increases this year and next for the 75 members of the Wauwatos...
Stressed? Call mom, don't text her Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Something primal may be lost in the translation when a person is stressed and sends a text message, rather than picking up the phone or seeking comfort in person, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study suggests. | Anthropologist Leslie Selt...
