Archive for the ‘Market Stats’ Category

UPDATE 1-W.House: not proposing relaxing fuel efficiency

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

(Adds Perino quotes, background) WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The White House on Saturdaysaid it was not proposing relaxing fuel efficiency requirementsas part of efforts to speed up government loans to the ailingauto industry. White House spokeswoman ...

Wildfire threatens Los Angeles power supply -mayor

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A fast-moving wildfire insuburban Los Angeles is a threat to the city's power supply,Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said on Saturday. The fire, concentrated in the Los Angeles foothill suburbof Sylmar, could hit transmission lines that bring ...

German govt calls meetings on car industry aid

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Germany has called formeetings of ministries, regions and producers to discuss aid forthe car industry as calls mount to give ailing manufacturerssuch as General Motor's (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Opel unit access to cash. ...

Europe in recession, U.S. in pain as world leaders meet

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

By Bill Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the U.S. economy suffered thousands more layoffs and the biggest retail sales dip on record as world leaders met in Washington to address the worst financial crisis in ...

CORRECTED - BHP Billiton faces $600 mln lost iron ore sales -paper

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

(Corrects first paragraph to show $600 million is lost salesnot losses on iron ore business) SYDNEY, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc(BHP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz)(BLT.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is facing lost sales of up ...

UPDATE 3-Pakistan agrees to IMF credit of at least $7.6 bln

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

(Releads, adds fresh quotes) By Sahar Ahmed KARACHI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Pakistan has agreed with theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) on a stand-by credit facilityof at least $7.6 billion to stave off a balance of paymentscrisis, the ...

SNAPSHOT - Financial Crisis - 1023 GMT

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

NEWS - World leaders pledge action plan to fight crisis - Europe in recession, U.S. in pain as world leaders meet - Pakistan seeking ...

Obama, Clinton discussed secretary of state job

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

By Steve Holland CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton left the door open to becoming secretary of state on Friday, a day after a meeting with President-elect Barack Obama at which a Democratic official said they discussed the job. ...

UPDATE 2-Japan, China, South Korea mull expanded FX swaps

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

(Adds comments by Japan official, background) By Yoko Nishikawa WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Japan, China and South Koreasaid on Friday they were considering expanding the size ofcurrency swap arrangements between their countries, saying theyshould be prepared ...

PRESS DIGEST - British business - Nov 15

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

The Times NOT EVEN HANDBAGS COULD CARRY THE WEEK AT JOHN LEWIS Sales at department store group John Lewis fell 9.7 percentto 57.78 million pounds in the week to November 8, despiteearlier signs of recovery in high ...