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Google, Pfizer, Vizio, Zynga, Apple, CBS: Intellectual Property

BusinessWeek - Victoria Slind-Flor - ‎20 minutes ago‎
(This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics.) Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the biggest maker of smartphone software, agreed to buy Motorola Mobility ...

Qantas Switches Focus to Asia With New Units, 110 A320-Jet Deal

BusinessWeek - ‎4 minutes ago‎
By Robert Fenner Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Qantas Airways Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce switched the airline's focus to Asia, betting on the region's growing prosperity to end losses at international operations.
Jetstar Jumps into Low-Cost Japan Travel Wall Street Journal (blog)

Starbucks' Schultz Urges Fellow CEOs to Boycott Campaign Giving

Bloomberg - Leslie Patton - ‎7 hours ago‎
Howard Schultz, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., speaks during the company's annual meeting in Seattle on March 23, 2011.

We Won't Get Ahead by Taxing Warren Buffett More - Jennifer Aniston Maybe

Forbes - ‎1 hour ago‎
I am a CPA with over 30 years experience. I focus on the tax issues of individuals, closely held businesses, partnerships, limited liability companies and sophisticated real estate transactions.

Germany flying above Europe's economic storm

Economic Times - ‎24 minutes ago‎
BERLIN: There is no one whose thoughts officials in Europe would rather read than German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who meets Tuesday at the Elysee Palace with France's president, Nicolas Sarkozy, as they struggle to find a lasting solution to the ...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares rise, euro steady ahead of summit

Reuters - Daniel MagnowskiMasayuki Kitano - ‎1 hour ago‎
SINGAPORE, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday after Wall Street shares climbed for a third straight session, while the euro steadied as traders awaited talks between leaders of France and Germany on what further ...

Wife cuts ties with Madoff

Boston Herald - Megan Johnson - ‎1 hour ago‎
Bernie Madoff's long-suffering wife, Ruth, may have finally ditched the Ponzi schemer for good. The UK's Express reports that Ruth Madoff has officially cut correspondence with her husband in an attempt to rebuild her relationship with ...

Refinancing Becomes Viable Option As Mortgage Rates Fall

NY1 - Tara Lynn Wagner - ‎1 hour ago‎
Though mortgage rates may be down for the foreseeable future, now is a great time to refinance. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report.

Investment paying off for bank holding company

Charlotte Observer - ‎45 minutes ago‎
Capital Bank Corp., a majority-owned unit of North American Financial Holdings Inc., said it posted a second-quarter profit in a period that saw the bank assimilate operations from North Carolina to Florida.

ECB springs for $32m in bond buying

Boston Globe - Greg KellerJuergen Baetz - ‎2 hours ago‎
The European Central Bank bond purchases were the biggest weekly amount it has made under the emergency measure. (Alex Grimm/Reuters/ File 2008) By Greg Keller and Juergen Baetz Associated Press / August 16, 2011 PARIS - The European Central Bank ...

Treasuries Rise, Snap Yesterday's Drop, Before U.S. Housing Starts Report

Bloomberg - Wes GoodmanKristine Aquino - ‎3 hours ago‎
Treasuries snapped a decline from yesterday before a government report forecast to show US housing starts fell in July, signaling residential real estate is failing to contribute to the ...

Nikkei edges up after Wall Street rally on Google deal

Reuters - Ayai TomisawaJoseph Radford - ‎3 hours ago‎
TOKYO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Nikkei average edged higher on Tuesday after US stocks were lifted by Google Inc's plans to buy phone hardware maker Motorola Mobility, but analysts said that gains may be limited by ongoing concerns about ...

Red ink sinks Evergreen

Boston Herald - Jerry Kronenberggreg Turner - ‎1 hour ago‎
The sun is setting on Evergreen Solar, whose green-energy business fizzled even though Gov. Deval Patrick's administration showered the Marlboro company with $58 million in subsidies and tax breaks.

Asia Heads Higher as Sentiment Improves

CNBC.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday as solid gains on major global markets and a large takeover deal further bolstered confidence in risky assets.

Cargill Will Acquire Provimi Group for $2.14 Billion

Wall Street Journal - Marietta CauchiMark Peters - ‎15 hours ago‎
Cargill Inc. will acquire Dutch animal-nutrition business Provimi Group for €1.5 billion ($2.14 billion) in one of its largest-ever acquisitions, expanding its reach deeper into the global market for animal feed.

Toronto-Dominion Card Deal Caps $20 Billion in Canadian Bank Buying Spree

Bloomberg - Doug AlexanderSean B. Pasternak - ‎1 hour ago‎
Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)'s agreement to buy Bank of America Corp. (BAC)'s credit-card business in Canada caps a $20 billion buying spree for Canadian lenders taking advantage of ...

Paywalls go up at 23 MediaNews newspapers

Reynolds Center - ‎3 hours ago‎
By Admin on Aug 15, 2011 in Basics, Economy, Media | Advertising The Google deal, which some say may have more to do with TV than mobile phones, if approved, puts the search king squarely in competition with Apple.

How Japan Stumbled in Forecasting Fallout in One Town

Wall Street Journal - Yuka Hayashi - ‎3 hours ago‎
Evacuees taking refuge in an elementary school in Namie on March 12, the day a reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant exploded.

China official paper calls for widening of yuan

Reuters - Jason LeeRob Taylor - ‎32 minutes ago‎
A 100 Yuan note is surrounded by other 100 Yuan notes in this picture illustration in Beijing March 22, 2011. By Fayen Wong and Zhou Xin SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - The time "is ripe" for China to widen its yuan trading band, the state-owned China ...

Oil futures fall as dollar strengthens

MarketWatch - Virginia Harrison - ‎2 hours ago‎
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) - Crude oil futures retreated in electronic trading Tuesday amid a stronger dollar, ahead of the release of a US inventory report later in the day.