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Yahoo! News: Business Sat, 10 May 2008 16:46:55 GMT
  • News Corp pulls bid for Newsday (Reuters)   - 

    NewsCorp CEO Rupert Murdoch arrives for Time magazine's 100 most influential people gala in New York May 8, 2008. News Corp has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, a spokesman said on Saturday. (Lucas Jackson - UNITED STATES/Reuters)Reuters - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) has withdrawn its bid to buy Tribune Co's Newsday newspaper, a spokesman said on Saturday.


  • Citigroup aims to shed $400 billion of assets (Reuters)   - 

    A man walks past the Citibank building in San Francisco, California April 30, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Citigroup Inc said on Friday it plans to shed $400 billion of assets within three years and boost revenue by up to 10 percent annually, in a bid to restore profitability after huge losses tied to flagging mortgage and credit markets.


  • AIG's loss and record oil sour mood on Wall St (Reuters)   - 

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 3, 2008. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as the price of oil set another record and concerns about the financial sector flared up again after American International Group Inc reported a massive loss.


  • Shell pulls out of Iran gas deal (Reuters)   - Reuters - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has pulled out of a planned gas project in Iran, after coming under pressure not to participate from U.S. lawmakers who were concerned about Iran's nuclear programme.
  • Oil hits record $126 on supply worry (Reuters)   - 

    A customer pumps gas at a Shell gas station in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 29, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Oil jumped to a record above $126 a barrel on Friday, extending gains to more than 11 percent since the start of the month on fuel supply concerns and a rush of speculator buying.


  • March trade deficit drops by bigger-than-expected amount (AP)   - 

    Democratic presidential hopeful,  Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., leads a discussion on the economy at  Vernier Software & Technology in Beaverton, Oregon Friday,  May 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)AP - The U.S. trade deficit narrowed sharply in March as demand for imports fell by the largest amount since the last recession was ending. Analysts forecast that trade would continue to be one of the economy's few bright spots this year.


  • Time Is Prime Driver With Mutual Funds (Investor's Business Daily)   - Investor's Business Daily - Buying a mutual fund is a different game than buying a stock.
  • Barney's chief executive to resign: paper (Reuters)   - Reuters - The chief executive of luxury clothing retailer Barneys New York has said he plans to resign, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
 
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