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The attraction of exchange traded funds (ETFs) has been the low cost of investing in them, simplicity of their focus, and the ability to pretty much sit back and let it run without having to do much m...
Personal Finance (Apr 24th, 10)
The idea of calling a bill winding its way through Congress a pro-labor bill can't even be taken seriously, it's a pro-union bill, not a pro-labor bill. There's a huge difference, and as the economic ...
United States (Mar 10th, 10)
A number of companies operating in the U.K., like Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) , Facebook and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), are fighting a bill which would force Web sites to be blocked by Internet...
United Kingdom (Mar 10th, 10)
Viterra (TSE:VT) announced today it is in the process of acquiring Dakota Growers Pasta for $240 million in cash. Viterra is a transportation and agricultural product company based in Calgary. Dakota...
Canada (Mar 10th, 10)
Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) Chief Executive Officer Richard Waugh said today that he is looking to make acquisitions which will add to the current international operations of the company, rather t...
Banking (Mar 9th, 10)
Citing risks over the long term of the contract, Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) decided to drop out of the bidding process against chief competitor Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA). The last time the bidding took p...
Business (Mar 8th, 10)
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