Geist: Three strikes and you’re out system draws cries of foul from governments

Canadian officials travel to Guadalajara, Mexico this week to resume negotiations on the still-secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The discussion is likely to turn to the […]

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China Lending Boom May Hamper Banks’ Asset Quality, BIS Says

China’s lending boom may erode the quality of bank balance sheets as a jump in lending was “unavoidably” linked to an easing of credit […]

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British Airways touts Phoenix-Europe fare sale

British Airways announced a $578 roundtrip fare sale this weekend from Phoenix to six European cities: Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Rome, Vienna and Athens.
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World’s biggest brewer’s big challenges

Inside a Dierbergs store in Wildwood, Pete Kraemer was walking the beer aisle, spending part of the morning checking out details like the stiffness […]

EU sets Dec 14 deadline for Kraft’s Cadbury bid review

The European Commission has set a one-month deadline to review Kraft Foods Inc’s $16 billion hostile bid for British chocolate maker Cadbury after the […]

Barclays, HSBC signal bad debts may have peaked

Britain’s top two banks, HSBC and Barclays, signaled bad debts may be past their peak, with HSBC declaring on Tuesday the first improvement for […]

Time Warner Cable quarterly profit falls

Time Warner Cable Inc posted a third quarter profit that beat expectations, as growth in sales of voice and Internet services overshadowed a decline […]

Obama says new data shows U.S. economy recovering

President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to tell Americans that this week’s positive job and economic growth figures are yet […]

Home sales rebound to highest level in 2 years

Sales of existing homes rebounded sharply in September to their highest level in two years, getting a strong boost from first-time homebuyers, according to […]

Bear Stearns case: Not so simple

In yesterday’s opening statements in the criminal case against two Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers, Brooklyn federal prosecutors followed all the pundits’ advice and did […]