Dividend hikes expected from National Bank, then Scotia and TD
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:45:35 AM CDT
Louis Vachon, president and chief executive officer of National Bank Financial Group, is silhouetted as he leaves their annual general meeting in Montreal, March 31, 2010...Full Story
Financial Post

U.S. home applications rise, but refiinancing dominates
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:45:33 AM CDT
A pair of housing units are shown for sale in San Francisco, California, August 24, 2010. Sales of previously owned U.S. homes took a record plunge in July to their slowest pace in 15 years as the win...Full Story
Financial Post

Boeing Slims Down Military Aircraft Business
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:39:21 AM CDT
Boeing Co. is slimming down its military aircraft business and cutting workers as the U.S. tightens defense spending and profit margins shrink. Boeing's military division makes the well-known ...Full Story
ABCNews

GOP Proposes Renewing Tax Cuts, Freezing Spending
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:39:15 AM CDT
House Republican Leader John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is proposing a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before the recession hit. In a broadcast...Full Story
ABCNews

Hewlett-Packard cooperating in int'l bribe probe
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:37:29 AM CDT
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Thursday it is cooperating with U.S. and German authorities investigating allegations that three company executives used bribes to win a contract to sell computer gear t...Full Story
Times of India

Japanese Market Plunges On Stronger Yen, Weak Wall Street Cues
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 7:07:30 AM CDT
(RTTNews) - The Japanese market ended Wednesday's trading session sharply lower as the local currency yen strengthened against the US dollar to a new 15-year high. Weak closing on Wall Street in...Full Story
Quote.com

China blacks out factories, homes in drastic move to meet energy-saving targets
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 6:47:20 AM CDT
BEIJING - Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving t...Full Story
Star Tribune

World stocks fall on renewed worries over European bank debt, yen's surge against dollar
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 6:47:18 AM CDT
LONDON - World stock markets mostly slipped Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed...Full Story
Star Tribune

India court upholds big tax bill against Vodafone
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 6:45:14 AM CDT
By ERIKA KINETZAP BUSINESS WRITER MUMBAI, India -- An Indian court has upheld a tax department demand for Vodafone Group Plc to pay 120 billion rupees ($2.6 billion) in taxes for its 2007 acquisiti...Full Story
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

China blacks out towns to meet energy goal
Wednesday, Sep 8, 2010 6:45:13 AM CDT
By JOE MCDONALDAP BUSINESS WRITER BEIJING -- Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments ord...Full Story
Seattle Post-Intelligencer