tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:32:01 +0000BusinessEconomicMarketPoliticCompanyFinancialAll HYIPDisasterMore Secure HYIPTechnologyWeatherOilEntertainmentSportArticleWorldHealthLinuxOrganizationDataEducationOpinionStockInterviewInvestigateSainsSoftwareUpdateohttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/http://busyet06.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (busyet06)Blogger263125en-usnohttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-1669164948661329105Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:12:00 +00002009-01-14T18:14:13.725+07:00Article(CNN) -- As President George W. Bush prepares for his last week in office, he and First Lady Laura Bush spent time Tuesday talking with CNN's Larry King. In a wide-ranging interview, the First Family reflects on the past eight years of the presidency, including 9/11 and the war on terror. They also discussed what awaits President-elect Barack Obama and his family when he takes office on January http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/first-family-reflects-on-eight-years-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-6376415189583220265Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:11:00 +00002009-01-14T18:11:33.407+07:00ArticleWASHINGTON—President-elect Barack Obama intends to nominate Julius Genachowski, an adviser on technology issues and a longtime friend, to become the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, advisers to Mr. Obama said.Mr. Genachowski, 46, played a leading role in the Obama campaign’s highly successful online strategy and was a major fundraiser for the campaign. He and Mr. Obama bothhttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/julius-genachowski-to-be-nominee-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-1293949089898694102Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:09:00 +00002009-01-14T18:09:35.604+07:00Technology While it's not certain that the appointment of Carol Bartz will ensure a Yahoo-Microsoft deal happens, one thing is clear: nothing was going to happen until Yahoo picked its new chief executive. With reports that Yahoo is going to name the former Autodesk chief to fill Jerry Yang's spot, discussion logically shifts to whether the long-anticipated Microsoft-Yahoo search deal will now come to http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/will-yahoo-ceo-move-pave-way-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-8879041964475135601Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:05:00 +00002009-01-14T18:06:41.082+07:00Technology Microsoft said Tuesday that it has begun early outside testing of some of the server products that will make up the next version of Office. The software maker did not offer details or say when a test version of the software, code-named Office 14, will be made more broadly available. "Today Microsoft provided a select group of customers early access to an Alpha version of Office server http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-starts-testing-office-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-7177075432520488936Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:04:00 +00002009-01-14T18:05:03.413+07:00TechnologyGoogle is offering support, training, and tools for sales, marketing, reporting, and customer integration, while allowing resellers to manage billing and the customer relationship.Having overthrown the old business model for selling software and made incumbents fearful along the way, Google could use more allies in its crusade to move computing off premises and into the cloud. On Wednesday, the http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-woos-allies-with-apps-reseller.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-162863874376573941Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:51:00 +00002009-01-14T18:04:06.474+07:00TechnologyDETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday that the production cuts announced so far would bring its U.S. inventory of unsold cars and trucks in line with demand by May but more reductions may be needed if demand falls further. "I can't rule out any further production cuts because it'll all depend on where the market heads," Toyota's U.S. marketing head, Jim Lentz, said in an http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/toyota-sees-us-inventory-in-line-by-may.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-3012581932389449935Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:50:00 +00002009-01-14T17:51:35.764+07:00ArticleTechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo's (YHOO.O) new CEO is a straight-shooting, tough-talking technology veteran but she is seen lacking two qualifications investors hoped for most: deal-making savvy and Web business know-how. Carol Bartz was appointed to the top job at Yahoo on Tuesday after a two-month search, and brings with her a strong track record of revenue growth at software company http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-yahoo-ceo-lacks-web-and-deal-making.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-6750279529776475351Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:47:00 +00002009-01-14T17:48:21.246+07:00PoliticReporting from Washington -- Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday promised a new diplomacy that would give America "more partners and fewer adversaries" and signaled her intention to reach out to Iran and continue the uphill struggle for Middle East peace.At a five-hour Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Clinton said she and President-elect Barack Obama would overhaul thehttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/hillary-clinton-promises-new-approach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-1856222019334613025Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:46:00 +00002009-01-14T17:47:12.974+07:00BusinessEconomicWASHINGTON — Even before word came on Tuesday that Citigroup might split into pieces to shore up its finances, an unpleasant message was moving through Congress and President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team: the banks need more taxpayer money.In all likelihood, a lot more money. Mr. Obama seems to know it; a week before his swearing-in, he is lobbying Congress to release the other half of http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/banks-in-need-of-even-more-bailout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-7132721644538475200Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:44:00 +00002009-01-14T17:44:49.831+07:00PoliticA Bush administration official responsible for reviewing practices at Guantanamo Bay says the U.S. military tortured a Saudi national who allegedly planned to participate in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Washington Post reported."We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani," Susan J. Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/guantanamo-detainee-was-tortured.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-916853899172267012Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:41:00 +00002009-01-14T17:43:07.944+07:00PoliticTEL AVIV — Despite heavy air and ground assaults, Israel has yet to cripple the military wing of Hamas or destroy the group’s ability to launch rockets, Israeli intelligence officials said on Tuesday, suggesting that Israel’s main goals in the conflict remain unfulfilled even after more than two weeks of war. The comments reflected a view among some Israeli officials that any lasting solution to http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/israel-says-hamas-is-damaged-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-4544668032306102289Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:40:00 +00002009-01-14T17:41:13.669+07:00PoliticJERUSALEM, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Three rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Wednesday, causing no casualties, emergency services said, in the second such attack since Israeli forces launched their Gaza offensive.There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Israel responded with artillery fire into south Lebanon, witnesses said."Three rockets fired into Israel landed outside the cityhttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/rockets-from-lebanon-hit-israel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-1109615919647452084Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:38:00 +00002009-01-14T17:40:32.256+07:00EconomicMarketPoliticMOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine face another day of sparring over gas supplies on Wednesday and two European Union states launched fresh diplomacy to end a dispute that has left their economies without Russian gas for one week. Russia began pumping gas meant for Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday, but the EU said little or no gas was flowing to countries suffering urgent energy http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/worried-eu-states-fly-to-moscow-kiev.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-8269386818574662598Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:37:00 +00002009-01-14T17:38:11.325+07:00PoliticISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's prime minister has downplayed the significance of an Indian dossier on the Mumbai attacks, saying it only contained information and "not evidence," state media reported.Yousuf Raza Gilani's remarks late Tuesday before Parliament were likely to anger New Delhi, which says the dossier provides evidence that Pakistani militants staged the November slaughter of http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/pakistan-dismisses-indian-data-as-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-2509040379421898970Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-01-13T19:05:54.245+07:00Market Alcoa said it lost $1.2 billion, or $1.49 a share. In the year-earlier period, the aluminum giant earned $632 million, or 75 cents a share. Sales fell to $5.7 billion, from $7 billion. Aluminum prices dropped 35% from a year ago, Alcoa (AA:alcoa inc comNews , chart , profile , morehttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/alcoa-racks-up-12-billion-loss-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-8448770446072537685Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:04:00 +00002009-01-13T19:04:40.717+07:00Market The dollar index ($DXY:US Dollar Index Future - Spot PriceNews , chart , profile , more Last: 83.61+0.60+0.72%6:34am 01/13/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by:$DXY 83.61,http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/dollar-and-yen-rise-as-global-equities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-2297072011646942184Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:03:00 +00002009-01-13T19:04:01.729+07:00Market The U.K. FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX: news , chart , profile ) fell 2.1%, or 91.78 points, to 4,334.41. Other European shares fell and U.S. stock futures were pointing to a lower open on Wall Street. See Europe Markets. See Indications. "Prices are increasingly factoring in the significant slowdown," noted William http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/mineral-extractors-banks-drive-london.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-424790306600374359Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:02:00 +00002009-01-13T19:03:06.261+07:00CompanyMarketAmerican International Group, (AIG:American International Group, IncNews , chart , profile , more Last: 1.54-0.08-4.94%4:03pm 01/12/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by:AIG 1.54, -0.08,http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/aig-near-sale-of-unit-risk-chief-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-96912450422150560Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +00002009-01-13T19:01:49.029+07:00MarketJapanese consumer electronics companies face mounting headwinds this year, with analysts forecasting few chances of an earnings turnaround soon as debt-laden consumers in their chief export markets tighten spending as the recession deepens. Sony Corp. (SNE:sony corp adr newNews , chart , profile , more Last: http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/sonys-woes-point-to-deeper-japanese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-2874743042947033124Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:58:00 +00002009-01-13T19:00:22.616+07:00MarketEuropean shares fell for a fifth straight session Tuesday, with banks ranking as the sharpest decliners as investors continue to fret about prospects for the sector. "I'm still underweight banks and I think that we haven't yet seen the second wave of bad debt problems. I think that banks could continue to struggle for some time," said Andrew Lynch, portfolio manager at Schroder Investment http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/europes-losing-streak-stretches-into.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-6688845967541284998Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:58:00 +00002009-01-13T18:58:41.744+07:00FinancialMarketUpdate Mesa Air net loss narrows (6:25 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. airline Mesa Air Group Inc. (MESA:Mesa Air Group IncNews , chart , profile , more Last: 0.29+0.01+2.86%3:59pm 01/12/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analysthttp://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/updates-advisories-and-surprises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-273320510992741339Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:57:00 +00002009-01-13T18:57:57.786+07:00FinancialMarketU.S. airline Mesa Air Group Inc. (MESA:Mesa Air Group IncNews , chart , profile , more Last: 0.29+0.01+2.86%3:59pm 01/12/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by:MESA 0.29, +0.01, +2.9http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/mesa-air-net-loss-narrows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-7121984323245449442Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:55:00 +00002009-01-13T18:57:13.588+07:00FinancialMarketHealth Management Associates (HMA:Health Management Associates, IncNews , chart , profile , more Last: 1.84-0.24-11.54%4:02pm 01/12/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials Sponsored by:HMA 1.84, -0.24,http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/health-management-associates-sees-q4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-5670229898189623811Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:54:00 +00002009-01-13T18:55:36.727+07:00FinancialMarketEuropean aerospace and defense giant and Airbus parent EADS (FR:005730:eads(euro aero def eur1News , chart , profile , more Last: 13.45+0.23+1.70%12:40pm 01/13/2009Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alert Insider Discuss Financials http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/eads-ceo-gallois-reiterates-financial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4535517664227404192.post-5605378672926527039Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:12:00 +00002009-01-12T22:14:07.692+07:00DisasterPARE-PARE, Indonesia (Reuters) - Nearly 250 people are still missing from an Indonesian ferry which sank in heavy seas at the weekend, officials said on Monday, as bad weather hampered rescue efforts. A port official and a survivor told Reuters the passenger manifest might have been incomplete, raising the possibility there may have been more than the official tally of 267 on the stricken http://busyet06.blogspot.com/2009/01/indonesia-says-about-250-missing-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (busyet06)