| Europe Markets: Banks drag European markets to lower close European stock markets snapped their recent winning streak to close lower Tuesday, weighed down by losses in the banking and commodities sectors. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Merkel: economic upswing should benefit workers By JUERGEN BAETZ 2010-09-09T16:51:21ZBERLIN (AP) -- German chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the current economic upswing should benefit workers who were hit by the economic and financial crisis.... hosted.ap.org |
Sanofi-Aventis goes hostile with $18.5bn bid for Genzyme French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis has launched a hostile takeover of US-based biotechnology company Genzyme. telegraph.co.uk |
Bond Report: U.S. 10-year yields lowest since January 2009 Short-term yields reach record lows after ADP said companies unexpectedly cut jobs in September. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Contractor: Activity on busy rig obscured key data By HARRY R. WEBER 2010-10-08T18:28:17ZMETAIRIE, La. (AP) -- A contractor says it was hard for workers monitoring key data to know what was going on during a critical time in the final hour before the Gulf of Mexico rig explosion because so many activities were happening at once.... hosted.ap.org |