31 2008

V. Phani Kumar’s This Week in India: Outsourcing debate, Tata Nano factory in spotlight

Tag: Markets, General @ 10:27 pm

The U.S. presidential race draws more than the usual amount of interest in India, after Barack Obama says he will ’stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas.’


31 2008

British home prices down for 11th straight month, survey says

Tag: Markets, General @ 10:27 pm

British home prices fell for the eleventh straight month in August, dropping 0.9% from July and 5.3% below the level seen in the same month last year, the lowest level since the survey began in 2001, real-estate data firm Hometrack reported Monday.


31 2008

McCain has to rethink GOP strategy

Tag: Markets, General @ 10:27 pm

The events on the Gulf Coast are forcing Sen. John McCain to rethink his strategy for the Republican National Convention, but the GOP’s standard bearer still will have many of the same hurdles to cross.


31 2008

GOP scales down convention due to storm

Tag: Markets, General @ 7:25 pm

Republicans scale back plans for their nominating convention as Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, threatening lives and property.


31 2008

NewsWatch: Hurricane Gustav eases, but expected to intensify

Tag: Markets, General @ 7:25 pm

Hurricane Gustav strengthens rapidly on Sunday as it passes over Cuba and entered the Gulf of Mexico, taking deadly aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast. Gustav went from a tropical storm overnight into Saturday to a violent Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, forcing residents from Florida to Louisiana to prepare to evacuate, and oil and gas companies and hotel-casinos in the region to shut down.


31 2008

Andrea Coombes’ Ways and Means: Succesful low-income savers show us all how it can be done

Tag: Markets, General @ 7:24 pm

If someone supporting a family of four on about $35,000 a year in pricey San Francisco can manage to save a big chunk of income, what’s stopping the rest of us from saving more?


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