Midday Minute - August 11- Energy
General Motors Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderon announced today that the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric car has been given an official EPA rating of more than 230 Miles Per Gallon . Clean Energy Fuels Corp. a provider of natural gas, reported a larger than expected loss of $6.4 million or 13 cents a share.
Experimental drug effective in killing roundworms
An experimental drug developed by scientists in China appears to be effective in killing roundworms, a parasite that lurks in the intestines and which affects nearly two billion people in tropical countries.
Study IDs four ways to cut disease risks
Want to take health care reform into your own hands? Don't smoke, lose weight, get exercise, and stick to a good diet, says a new study.
Drug-resistant bacteria may come home from hospital
Patients with potentially deadly drug-resistant bacteria that they pick up in the hospital often carry the infection to home health care settings after hospital discharge, and transmission occurs in about one fifth of household contacts, according to a report published today.
Breastfeeding protects against breast cancer
A woman with a mother or sister with breast cancer should
Childhood cancer treatment may raise diabetes risk
Cancer survivors who got radiation treatments as children have nearly twice the risk of developing diabetes as adults, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Google's new Caffeine search engine is super fast, like a 'Google Gti'
As online search becomes more competitive and innovate, Google is upping the ante by developing new technology which will speed up indexing new search results and create a larger index.
U.S. religious left wades into healthcare fight
Liberal religious groups announced on Monday they are teaming up with President Barack Obama in a national campaign to counter the surprisingly vehement
50 million women in Asia at risk of HIV infection: UNAIDS
Fifty million women in Asia are at risk of being infected with HIV because of the risky sexual behavior of their husbands or boyfriends, leading health experts said in a report on Tuesday.
Simon Cowell on
During the second-quarter earnings call of CKX, parent company of
Intel SATA SSDs looking forward, bugs free
Intel on Tuesday said its X25-M and X-18-M SATA SSD, which was pulled back in shipments recently is now ready to ship on bugs free by updating its firmware.
Wall Street down, hurt by financial stocks, data
Stocks fell on Tuesday after data showed an unexpectedly large drop in inventories at wholesalers in June, while an analyst's warning that fundamentals for the banking industry have not improved sent financial sector shares lower.
Frustrated Russian throws cup at Mona Lisa
A Russian woman frustrated at failing to obtain French nationality hurled a ceramic cup at the Mona Lisa but did not damage Leonardo da Vinci's famed portrait, a spokesman for the Louvre Museum said on Tuesday.
Wall St down, hurt by financial stocks, data
Stocks fell on Tuesday after data showed an unexpectedly large drop in inventories at wholesalers in June, while an analyst's warning that fundamentals for the banking industry have not improved sent financial sector shares lower.
Microsoft Cashback Program: How can I earn money with Bing?
Microsoft is offering an interesting program of cashbacks for using their search engine Bing, and the program came just in time before back to school sale buzz starts to kick in.
Europe buyout firms eye IPOs as stock markets thaw
European private equity firms are keen to start bringing their best-performing portfolio companies to market, encouraged by early successes on the other side of the Atlantic.
Michael Jackson tribute planned in Vienna palace
Vienna's Schoenbrunn Palace is planned to provide the stage for a high-profile tribute to the
Canada housing starts fall unexpectedly in July
Canadian housing starts fell unexpectedly in July, dropping 4.1 percent from June and breaking a two-month run of gains, largely because of a drop in construction of multifamily dwellings.
B&O losses deeper than forecast, sees break-even
Struggling Danish upmarket television and stereo maker Bang & Olufsen (B&O) posted deeper-than-expected losses for the final quarter, but said it was aiming for a break-even result in financial year 2009-10.
U.S. banks play catch-up on hiring effort
U.S. banks, which have cut thousands of jobs during the two-year-old financial crisis, are suddenly racing to fill empty seats to make the most of soaring stock markets and narrowing credit spreads.
Paladin Labs Q2 profit rises on one-time gain
Drugmaker Paladin Labs Inc posted a higher profit in the second quarter, helped by a one-time gain.
Packing Chutes – The Importance of Daily Leadership
The author is unknown, but I read a story recently about Charles Plumb. Plumb was a US Navy Academy graduate and jet fighter pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air-missile.
First pharma IPO in 21 months prices below range
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Inc priced its initial public offering below the estimate range on Monday, but broke a nearly two-year drought for IPOs in the pharmaceutical sector.
Sterlite confirms higher bid for miner Asarco
Indian Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources, on Tuesday confirmed an improved offer for the operating assets of bankrupt U.S. copper miner Asarco LLC.
Pequot trades raised many warnings from watchdogs
Exchange watchdogs made dozens of referrals to U.S. securities regulators about the once prominent hedge fund Pequot Capital Management, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said in a letter revealed on Monday.
Van Lanschot CEO eyes European acquisitions
Dutch private bank Van Lanschot would be a buyer of private banking assets if the European Commission forces banks that took state aid to sell them, Chief Executive Floris Deckers said on Tuesday.
Oil falls below $70, fuel demand worries resurface
Oil prices fell by more than $1 below $70 a barrel on Tuesday, giving up earlier gains as doubts resurfaced over the pace of economic recovery and any rise in fuel demand.
China's CIC eyes $1 billion funding in Australian miner
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and China Investment Corp (CIC), China's $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, are in advanced talks on a $1 billion-plus convertible bond investment to help the Australian iron ore miner fund its expansion, two sources said on Tuesday.
Daily Outlook - August 11
Cuts=Productivity; Clinching a Big Insurer Deal, 230 miles per gallon
Volt range of 230 mpg is official: GM CEO
General Motors' Chevrolet Volt electric car has been given an official EPA rating of more than 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city and a combined city-highway driving, the automakers Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson said on Tuesday.
