Robert Powell: 10 IRA tasks to do before the year ends
The average IRA balance is a paltry amount, but your own IRA, whether large or small, requires some tender loving care, especially during the last few months of the year. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Unilever to buy Alberto Culver for $3.7 bln
By TOBY STERLING and ROBERT BARR 2010-09-27T11:55:41ZAMSTERDAM (AP) -- Consumer products maker Unilever NV said Monday it has agreed to buy Alberto Culver Co., the U.S. maker of beauty products such as TRESemme, VO5 and Noxzema, for $3.7 billion in a management-backed deal.... hosted.ap.org |
Currencies: Dollar edges down as G-20 ministers meet
The dollar heads slightly lower as currency traders focus on the meeting of finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations in South Korea. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Richard becomes hurricane, heads for tiny Belize
By PATRICK E. JONES 2010-10-24T16:22:42ZBELIZE CITY (AP) -- Hurricane Richard formed in the Caribbean and steamed toward an expected landfall Sunday in the tiny Central American nation of Belize, where hundreds of people were evacuated as it approached.... hosted.ap.org |
Coalition unveils £200bn infrastructure plan
David Cameron outlined investment in projects from energy to superfast broadband in a National Infrastructure Plan at the CBI annual conference. telegraph.co.uk |