USA TODAYFrustrated advertisers to Facebook: Take our money — please!CNETWith Facebook's huge IPO getting nearer, this is the sort of news that Mark Zuckerberg doesn't need to hear just now. by Paul Sloan May 1, 2012 7:51 PM PDT Follow @paulsl…
ABC NewsOccupy Wall Street denies link to May Day white powder bank scareCBS News(CBS/AP) NEW YORK – Police say the white powder contained in several envelopes that were mailed to various bank branches in New York City turned out to be non-toxic. Polic…
Business TodayStatistics office confirms Spain back in recessionHouston ChronicleCIARAN GILES, AP Thousands demonstrate against education and health care spending cuts in Madrid, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Tens of thousands of people across Spain are prot…
ABC NewsFabled SF bar pilots still running into political turbulence 5 years after SF …Washington PostSAN FRANCISCO — Since the days of Mark Twain, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have had it good. Thanks to outsized political clout and highly special…
Asia Stocks Rise on Hopes of New Fed Stimulus MoveABC NewsAsian stock markets rose Monday in holiday-thinned trade as sluggish US growth figures boosted hopes for more measures from the Federal Reserve to help the world's No. 1 economy. South Korea…
ForbesTransocean Rig Evacuated In Rio de JaneiroForbesThe Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue on Corcovado mountain overlooks Guanabara Bay where a Transocean oil rig is listing to the side. No oil reportedly spilled from the accident. At leas…
RealClearPoliticsBen Has a Job to Do, and So Does PaulWall Street PitBy Scott Sumner Apr 29, 2012, 10:42 AM Author's Website It's worth reading the entirety of this response from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, to a question I ra…
Al-ArabiyaCrude ends up; weak GDP raises hopes for Fed easingEconomic TimesNEW YORK: US crude futures ended higher on Friday, up for the sixth session in a row, on hopes that weaker-than-expected growth data will spur the US Fed to initiate more moneta…
BloombergEconomy in US Grew Less Than Forecast in First QuarterBloombergThe US economy expanded less than forecast in the first quarter as a smaller contribution from inventories overshadowed the biggest gain in consumer spending in more than a year. G…
ABC NewsGeithner Asks China to Let Its Currency StrengthenABC NewsAhead of a meeting with Chinese leaders, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is urging the Asian nation to let its currency strengthen and move forward with economic reforms. The treasur…