Conjoined Twins Return to Vancouver For Diagnosis

" Twin girls born joined at the head return to Vancouver for latest diagnosis Aug 2 03:50 PM US/Eastern VANCOUVER (CP) - The conjoined twins born in Vancouver last year are back at B.C. Children's Hospital for the latest news about the chances of their...

TRANSFORMERS MOVIE HAS JIM CRAMER AND FINANCIAL BLOGS BULLISH ON HASBRO STOCK

The excitement surrounding the impending release of the Transformers film isn't just limited to over-caffeinated boys in grade five. A group of expert financial blogs have been discussing a recent surge in Hasbro shares based on the July 4th release of the film. Wall-Street...

Warren Buffet purchases new company

Two years ago, billionaire investor Warren Buffet bought a huge stake in the Anheuser Busch beer brewing company. His reasoning was that “there is a high probability that people will be drinking alcohol until the end of humanity.” Today, in a strikingly similar manner,...

Industrial relations an election liability for all concerned

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Ethanol Demand Raises Food Prices

"The price of meat is set to rise in America as the nation's helter-skelter dash to convert corn into road fuel begins to take its toll on the supply of food," reports the Times. "The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said that meat supply will fall this year because of the...

China Burps Greenspan Farts Dow Hiccups

"Greenspaned the works. He actually speculated that America may be facing a recession. But now noticing the stink in the room he is waving his hand behind his butt to clear the air.US slump possible, not probable-Greenspan quoted Then the Chinese government which is still...

E-Trade offers $20 commission global trading platform

Trading stocks online outside of the US markets hasn't been possible -- until now. Or, well, for some E-Trade customers anyway."The pilot project, which begins with 1,000 E-Trade customers this week, allows them to buy, hold and sell stocks in Canada, France, Germany, Hong...

Stocks narrowly mixed after Google data

"Stocks rose moderately Thursday as Wall Street balanced enthusiasm about robust consumer spending figures with disappointment in Google Inc.'s profit report, which dragged on technology stocks. The muted performance followed Wall Street's best day of the year on Wednesday,...

The 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies (Forbes)

If you were on this list you wouldn't have to look."Who's the next Google? for now, Google (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) is. It slipped into second place on our list of the fastest-growing tech companies but still shows triple-digit annualized revenue growth over the past...

Empire Poker sold to Party Poker

One of the most popular online poker rooms has been sold off to its biggest online gambling competition. As it was reported today, the owner of Empire poker Noam Lanir, one of the biggest online poker rooms in the world, is selling his remaining shares to their most rivaled...

Falling Canadian Dollar, Peaking Stocks & Bonds, And Imminent N.A.U. Suggest ...

By Jan Allen, Prospering Bear Blog Saturday, December 16, 2006 - Summary A falling Canadian Dollar when coupled with the peaking of the Canadian stocks and bonds and the imminent coming of a North American Union in a 'continental response' to both economic events and...

Stock futures flat, investors wary before data | Business News | Reuters.com

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat to slightly higher opening on Thursday, with investors likely to be cautious before Friday's November unemployment report that could shed light on the economy's health."

'Pump-and-Dump' Spam Surge Linked to Russian Bot Herders

I've been wondering about the large number of stock tip emails that have been hitting my email account. Turns out it is the work of a group of Rooskie underworld bastids running an unbelievably sophisticated bot-net hacking scam. Ryan Naraine at eWeek has the scoop."The...