- T-Mobile asks regulators to block Verizon Wireless cable deal
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:29 GMT
Mobile USA, months after its own acquisition was blocked by regulators, has asked the Federal Communications to stop a deal among Verizon Wireless and several cable providers. - Oil Firm Shell Makes 1bn Bid For Cove
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:28 GMT
Royal Dutch Shell has made a 992m bid for Mozambique-focused Cove Energy, as the oil and gas firm plans to expand in East Africa. - 10 Places Where Gas Is More Expensive Than the U.S.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:27 GMT
NEW YORK -- If it's been a while since you filled up, you might be in for a rude awakening. - Nigerian Oil Baron To Fight $21 Million Divorce With African Law
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:15:00 GMT
A wealthy Nigerian-born, British-based oil baron has been granted permission to use Nigerian tribal law to appeal a $21 million divorce payout to his former British wife, the Telegraph has reported . - Women Have Higher Death Risk, Less Chest Pain From Heart Attack
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:14:59 GMT
Women who are hospitalized for a heart attack are less likely to experience chest pain and are more likely to die then men the same age, researchers said. - State-Owned RBS to Pay Out 400M In Bonuses
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:14:58 GMT
Royal Bank of Scotland is to pay out just under 400m in bonuses to its investment banking staff for 2011, according to Sky sources. - IAEA's Iran Talks Fail, Denied Base Visit Request
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:09:53 GMT
The United Nations' atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said it failed to win access to Iran's suspected nuclear-related military base, as an Iranian general warned his country may launch a pre-emptive strike to protect its facilities. - Video: Mayer Brown's Wong on IPad Trademark Fight in China
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:10:09 GMT
Kenny Wong, a partner and head of the intellectual property practice of Mayer Brown JSM in Hong Kong, talks about Apple Inc.'s trademark dispute over the iPad name with Proview International Holdings Ltd. - Barnes & Noble takes aim at Kindle Fire
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:05:16 GMT
When Barnes & Noble launched the Nook Tablet last fall, it did so at a higher price and with more storage space than the rival Amazon Kindle Fire. - New Zealanders gather to remember earthquake dead
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:05:15 GMT
As families of the 185 people killed in the Christchurch earthquake marked the one-year anniversary of the disaster Wednesday, signs of a city still broken were all around them. - Bullpen's Martino Discusses Zynga-Facebook Relationship
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:00:22 GMT
Paul Martino, managing director at Bullpen Capital, talks about the relationship between Zynga Inc. - Obama Setting His Economic Sights Too Low?
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:55:37 GMT
Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. Real-time quotes provided by BATS Exchange. Market Data provided by Interactive Data . - Video: Munch 'Scream' May Fetch at Least $80M at Sotheby's
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:41:05 GMT
Edvard Munch's "The Scream," one of the best-known images in the history of art, will be included in Sotheby's May 2 sale of Impressionist and modern works in New York. - China carmaker opens Europe plant
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:36:17 GMT
Great Wall Motor has become the first Chinese carmaker to open an assembly plant in Europe as it aims to lift sales in the region. - Riviera Bella creates stir with two new ready-to-move-in luxury homes that come with big discounts
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:32:02 GMT
DEBARY, Fla. --- Riviera Bella, the award-winning gated, luxury community overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary, opened two ready-to-move-in luxury homes priced from the high $200s in December and developer Jerome Henin said the new homes are causing a stir at the unique award-winning luxury community. The reason? The Henin Group, which is developing Riviera Bella, priced the new luxury homes extremely low and is offering big discounts and free closing costs to sell them. "A luxury home priced in this range is certainly unusual, but we know market conditions in Central Florida right now and we want to continue to build luxury homes," Henin explained. The Maranello offers four bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths in 2,244 square feet of living space, priced at $272,845. The Turino offers six bedrooms with three-and-a-half baths plus a bonus room in 3,307 square feet of living space, priced at $373,770. Henin said both luxury homes include tile roofs, covered patios and gourmet kitchens among many luxury upgrades. - Dow crosses 13,000 for first time since before 2008 financial crisis
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:27 GMT
The Dow Jones industrial average crossed 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, when the Lehman Brothers investment bank was solvent, unemployment a healthy 5.4 percent and the worst of the Great Recession months ahead. - Top 10 Consumer Staples ETFs
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:26 GMT
Consumer staples are considered a more conservative and defensive sector. After all, no matter the economic conditions people still need "stuff" from soap to toothpaste. - Rackspace: The Little-Known Cloud Winner
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:31:25 GMT
The San Antonio, Texas-based company's more than 172,000 customers, which include big-name firms such as Kraft Foods "It's clear that it's becoming a more acceptable way of addressing your IT needs compared to five years ago when it was kind of a fringe thing, and ten years ago, when it wasn't possible," explained Bryan McGrath, Rackspace's vice ... (more) - First Green Bank Reports Growth in Assets, Cites Improving Economy, Greater Small Business Activity
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:20:17 GMT
MOUNT DORA, Fla. - First Green Bank, the Lake County Community Bank with facilities in Mount Dora, Clermont and Ormond Beach, reports assets have grown from $130 million to $160 million during the 12 month period ending Dec. 31, 2011. Kenneth LaRoe, chairman and chief executive officer of First Green Bank, said the bank added more than 200 new accounts during the 30 days surrounding the official opening of its new Mount Dora headquarters the first week of February and its new Ormond Beach branch the following Monday. More than 50 of the new accounts are business accounts, LaRoe said. "We attribute our strong growth rate to improvements in the local economy in Lake and Volusia Counties," LaRoe said. "We are beginning to see earmarks of a broader economic recovery, with small business activity and a healthier housing market," he added. - Best iProducts .com of Daytona Beach one of 64 International firms showcased at 2012 Consumer Show
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:14:40 GMT
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The owner of Best iProducts .com - a Daytona Beach design and manufacturing company - recently returned from Las Vegas where he introduced the iEraser , The Ultimate Screen Cleaning Device , at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show at the Venetian Hotel. Robert Skelton√, a University of Central Florida Business Incubator client in Daytona Beach, said his iEraser received a great reception at the show, which was attended by more than 153,000 people. Located in the "Eureka Park" section of the show, the company joined 64 other up-and-coming international companies, which were accepted into the new showcase area of the CES show. "We knew this was the first market segment we wanted to enter after sensing the increasing popularity of tablets, PDAs and other hand-held electronic devices," Skelton said. "The iEraser , our flagship product, is the result of nearly two years of product development and is unparalleled in its ability to clean fingerprints and smudges from glass-screened tablets, monitors and flat-screen TVs." Skelton, who has dubbed himself "iRob," says the pocketsize rectangular iEraser - which comes in black, white and pink - removes fingerprints from any kind of glass screen with a single pass without rubbing back and forth. Later this month, it will be sold for $14.95 from the company website at www.BestiProducts.com or www.TheiEraser.com. The iEraser was a hit at the electronics show as journalists covering the event saw how quickly their smudged computer screens were after a complimentary screen cleaning. Because of the response, Skelton said he has secured a space triple the size of this year for the 2013 CES in one of the main convention halls alongside major players such as Microsoft, Sharp, etc. And, next month the company will exhibit at the annual CAMEX show in Salt Lake City, Utah, where they will market to more than 2,000 college bookstore buyers. With manufacturing offices in Edgewater, Fla., Best iProducts .com recently opened its design studio at the incubator office at Daytona Beach International Airport, Skelton said.