Prime Minister Says Portugal Doesn’t Need IMF Help
Portugal has the means to overcome its fiscal crisis on its own and doesn’t need to ask the International Monetary Fund for help, Portugal’s prime minister, José Socrates, said in an interview published Saturday.
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Will.I.Am says Obama is ‘stressed’
Vocalist for the Black Eyed Peas, rapper Will.I.Am has said US president Barack Obama is “stressed” over his crumbling popularity among Americans.
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UN envoy says Ouattara won as Gbagbo camp names Cabinet
US President Barack Obama has written to Gbagbo urging him to cede power to Ouattara
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Graincorp says profit up 27pct
GrainCorp has reported a 27 per cent lift in net profit for fiscal 2010 and says farmers are predicting a big harvest despite difficult conditions.
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Economy Is Strong, Data Suggest, Regardless of What the Fed Says
Stocks are getting ripped by North Korea and Ireland, with all the fears that go along with those two stories. People should not panic. A lot of good news out there is suggesting a strong economy, regardless of what the Fed says. Third-quarter real GDP was revised up to 2.5% from 2%, including better consumer spending. Inside the report, business equipment and software investment is growing 19%. The really important news in the revision is a continuation of strong business profits. After-tax…
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U.S. Chamber says it won’t seek Obama’s defeat
Despite mounting an aggressive attack on many Obama administration policies, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday the giant trade association has no intention of working against President Barack Obama’s re-election 21012.
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Huntington Economist Says U.S. Economic Growth Will Be Slow & Steady
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Despite employment worries, the U.S. economy continues to show steady, if unremarkable growth, according to George Mokrzan, Ph.D., senior economist at Huntington (Nasdaq: HBAN) (www.huntington.com). “We can expect to see a steady 2 percent growth rate f
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Obama says Asian trip fruitful despite lack of ‘home runs’
Seoul, South Korea- The Group of 20 major economies took initial steps to address imbalances in the global economy Friday. But it did not act as assertively as President Barack Obama had hoped, and he left little doubt that he considered one country, China, the primary source of the problem. Scrapping a longtime practice of speaking with diplomatic caution about China’s currency policy, Obama accused Beijing of intervening aggressively to keep its currency, the renminbi, below its market value to promote exports. He said it was a mistake for nations to think that “their path to prosperity is paved simply with exports to the United States.
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Obama says he failed to explain economic efforts
President Barack Obama said in a CBS interview that he takes “personal responsibility” for failing to communicate clearly on his efforts to revive the economy, leading to midterm election losses for the Democrats.
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Competition Drives VoIP Revenue Growth; UC Infrastructure Market Will Reach $4.8 Billion by 2015, Says ABI Research
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to new data from ABI Research, enterprises are ramping up their investments in VoIP technologies, both on customer premises equipment and hosted VoIP. VoIP technologies are part of enterprise communications products and services that include fixed mobile convergence (FMC), contact center, IP/TDM PBX, messaging, and conferencing and collaboration. The integrated unified communications (UC) suites market, which was adversely affected by the economy, is also poi
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