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- Central Banks' Moves Lift Asian Shares
- Canadian Auto Workers Union Reaches Pact With GM
- Panel Targets Corporate-Tax Loopholes
- After Spill, Gulf Oil Drilling Rebounds
- Apple Makes a Wrong Turn With Maps
- Funds Leap Beyond Their Benchmarks
- A Fed Hawk Urges More Action on Rates
- U.S. Seeks to Boost Laundering Net
- Key Barclays Officer Left for New Bank
- James Murdoch Will Oversee Portion of Fox
- Moms May Benefit From Credit-Card Rule Fix
- Music Firm Strikes New Radio-Royalty Deal
- France to Review Findings on Corn
- Pangs of Bloat Hit Some Chinese Shares
- New Chief Named at HBO
- Japanese Mobile-Game Firms Look Abroad
- Xstrata Meets on Glencore Bid
- South Africa Holds Rates Steady
- Two Chrysler Workers Dead
- Publicis Offers to Buy Digital Agency LBi
| Central Banks' Moves Lift Asian Shares Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT Asian markets climbed on Friday, as recent central bank moves continued to help sentiment, while Sharp shot up in Tokyo on news of a possible capital alliance with Intel. The Hang Seng is up 0.8%.
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| Canadian Auto Workers Union Reaches Pact With GM Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT The Canadian Auto Workers union said it has reached a new labor contract with GM, leaving just Chrysler at the bargaining table.
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| Panel Targets Corporate-Tax Loopholes Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:09 PM PDT Microsoft and H-P used accounting strategies to hold down their U.S. tax bill while shifting profits in and out of the country, a Senate panel said.     |
| After Spill, Gulf Oil Drilling Rebounds Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:19 PM PDT After a steep drop in oil production in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is set for an energy boom boosted by new projects by BP and others.     |
| Apple Makes a Wrong Turn With Maps Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:01 PM PDT Apple made a rare strategic blunder in unseating Google's map software from its mobile devices, sparking a world-wide consumer backlash.     |
| Funds Leap Beyond Their Benchmarks Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:43 PM PDT With bond yields shrinking, many mutual funds have found a way to look better: Invest in riskier bonds but continue to measure the funds' performance against benchmarks composed of safer investments.     |
| A Fed Hawk Urges More Action on Rates Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:11 PM PDT Fed regional bank president Narayana Kocherlakota said the central bank should respond to high unemployment with low rates for even longer.     |
| U.S. Seeks to Boost Laundering Net Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:20 PM PDT U.S. regulators are proposing to enlist companies across the financial sector—and possibly beyond—as a front-line defense against money laundering.     |
| Key Barclays Officer Left for New Bank Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:03 PM PDT The top compliance officer for Barclays Capital, who was warned about possible rate fixing, is now head of compliance at TD Bank.     |
| James Murdoch Will Oversee Portion of Fox Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT News Corp. is planning to give James Murdoch oversight of the Fox Networks Group, which includes Fox broadcast network and cable networks such as FX.     |
| Moms May Benefit From Credit-Card Rule Fix Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:23 PM PDT A federal agency is aiming to fix a rule that's making it difficult for spouses without their own incomes to get a credit card.     |
| Music Firm Strikes New Radio-Royalty Deal Posted: 20 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT Independent Nashville music company Big Machine Label Group struck a deal to collect royalties when its artists' songs are played on radio stations owned by Entercom Communications, the second big broadcaster to enter such an arrangement with Big Machine.     |
| France to Review Findings on Corn Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:55 PM PDT France ordered its food-safety agency to quickly review a study suggesting that a genetically modified corn made by Monsanto might cause cancer, saying it would seek an immediate ban on EU imports of the crop if the findings were deemed conclusive.
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| Pangs of Bloat Hit Some Chinese Shares Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:56 PM PDT Investors are staying away from some materials and consumer stocks as excess capacity and slowing demand is showing up in stockpiles of unwanted goods.     |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:40 PM PDT Time Warner named Richard Plepler as CEO of its Home Box Office premium movie channel unit. He was part of a team that helped revive the channel after a creative slump.     |
| Japanese Mobile-Game Firms Look Abroad Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:54 PM PDT Japanese mobile-videogame companies such as Gree and DeNA are looking to move into overseas markets where so-called social games are shifting from personal computers to smartphones.     |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:04 PM PDT Glencore International's seven-month quest to seal a merger deal with Xstrata is nearing a climax, with expectations building that Xstrata's board will endorse Glencore's latest proposal.     |
| South Africa Holds Rates Steady Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:07 PM PDT South Africa's labor unrest has thrown a wrench into government efforts to boost Africa's largest economy, as the government lowered its growth projection and left its key interest rate unchanged.     |
| Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT Two employees of a Chrysler auto assembly plant in Detroit died on Thursday after a morning altercation at the factory.     |
| Publicis Offers to Buy Digital Agency LBi Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:33 PM PDT Publicis, the French advertising group, is offering to buy LBi International, a Dutch digital-ad agency, for $543 million.     |
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