en-us http://www.newsique.com/general/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.businessdose.com/general/cost-cutting_boosts_gaps_2nd-qua/ 32 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO - Apparel retailer Gap Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 51 percent, despite a sales decline, helped by cost-cutting and tight control on inventory. The San Francisco-based company said profit for the t news general 2008-08-21 18:03:30 http://www.businessdose.com/general/cost-cutting_boosts_gaps_2nd-qua/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_bi_ge/earns_gap Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/cost-cutting_boosts_gaps_2nd-qua/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/finra_probes_40_firms_on_auction/ 36 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial industry enforcement agents will review the auction-rate debt operations of about 40 firms industrywide starting next week, sources familiar with the investigation said on Thursday. The sources, who decline news general 2008-08-21 18:03:26 http://www.businessdose.com/general/finra_probes_40_firms_on_auction/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/financial_probe_auctionrate_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/finra_probes_40_firms_on_auction/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/markets_await_bernanke_as_ce1/ By Alister Bull 48 minutes ago JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tackles financial stability in a key speech on Friday but economists doubt he will provide solid clues about future policy action to calm the credit c news general 2008-08-21 18:03:22 http://www.businessdose.com/general/markets_await_bernanke_as_ce1/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/usa_fed_bernanke_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/markets_await_bernanke_as_ce1/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/steve__barrys_may_live_on_under_/ By SARAH SKIDMORE, AP Business Writer 13 minutes ago PORTLAND, Ore. - Popular but troubled retailer Steve & Barry's may live on under new ownership. The company announced Thursday that BHY Holdings LLC, an affiliate of investment firms Bay Harbour Mana news general 2008-08-21 15:02:06 http://www.businessdose.com/general/steve__barrys_may_live_on_under_/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_bi_ge/steve___barry_s_bid Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/steve__barrys_may_live_on_under_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/kohls_president_mansell_appointe/ 1 hour, 49 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kohl's Corp (KSS.N), a mid-priced apparel and home goods retailer, said on Thursday that Chief Executive Larry Montgomery would step down from the role, to be succeeded by President Kevin Mansell. Montgomery news general 2008-08-21 12:02:55 http://www.businessdose.com/general/kohls_president_mansell_appointe/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/kohls_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/kohls_president_mansell_appointe/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/trends__innovations_-_wednes1/ Investor's Business Daily Wed Aug 20, 6:56 PM ET Medical debt woes grow in U.S. The proportion of working-age Americans facing medical debt rose to 72 mil or 41% last year, up from 58 mil or 34% in '05, according to a new survey by the nonprofit Common news general 2008-08-21 12:02:50 http://www.businessdose.com/general/trends__innovations_-_wednes1/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20080820/bs_ibd_ibd/20080820trends Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/trends__innovations_-_wednes1/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/china_shares_surge_763_pct_on_po/ Wed Aug 20, 4:03 AM ET SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinese share prices surged to close 7.63 percent higher on Wednesday amid renewed hopes that Beijing will soon act to support the ailing stock market, dealers said. The key index initially fell as low as 2,306.6 news general 2008-08-21 12:02:47 http://www.businessdose.com/general/china_shares_surge_763_pct_on_po/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/bs_afp/stockschinaclose Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/china_shares_surge_763_pct_on_po/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/american_eagle_gold_coins_sold_o/ By Frank Tang 30 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - A buying spree in the popular American Eagle bullion coins appears to have depleted inventory of major North American coin dealers, contributing to supply fears and sharply higher gold prices on Thursday news general 2008-08-21 12:02:44 http://www.businessdose.com/general/american_eagle_gold_coins_sold_o/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/gold_eagle_shortage_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/american_eagle_gold_coins_sold_o/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/oil_surges_on_global_tensions_an/ By Richard Valdmanis 34 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose 5 percent on Thursday, the biggest gain in more than two months, amid rising global tensions and a weak U.S. dollar. U.S. crude gained $6.00, or 5.19 percent, to $121.56 a barrel news general 2008-08-21 12:02:40 http://www.businessdose.com/general/oil_surges_on_global_tensions_an/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/markets_oil_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/oil_surges_on_global_tensions_an/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/fannie_mae_freddie_mac_shares_tu/ 2 hours, 15 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Fannie Mae (FNM.N) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N) slid at the open on Thursday, on mounting fears that the two mortgage finance companies may need a government bailout, which would wipe out shareholder val news general 2008-08-21 12:02:37 http://www.businessdose.com/general/fannie_mae_freddie_mac_shares_tu/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_shares_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/fannie_mae_freddie_mac_shares_tu/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/global_stocks_gain_dollar_rises_/ By Natsuko Waki Wed Aug 20, 4:37 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks edged higher on Wednesday after the previous day's tumble to their lowest level in almost two years attracted some buyers, while rebounding commodity prices helped resource shares. news general 2008-08-21 09:02:01 http://www.businessdose.com/general/global_stocks_gain_dollar_rises_/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/bs_nm/markets_global_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/global_stocks_gain_dollar_rises_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/burger_king_profit_up_outlook_wi/ 58 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc (BKC.N), the world's second-largest hamburger chain, posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and issued a fiscal 2009 forecast within Wall Street's expectations. The Miami- news general 2008-08-21 09:01:59 http://www.businessdose.com/general/burger_king_profit_up_outlook_wi/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/burgerking_results_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/burger_king_profit_up_outlook_wi/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/temasek_prepared_to_invest_more_/ By Kevin Lim and Saeed Azhar 2 hours, 34 minutes ago SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL), which has pumped billions of dollars into ailing lenders such as Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N), said it may invest mor news general 2008-08-21 09:01:55 http://www.businessdose.com/general/temasek_prepared_to_invest_more_/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/temasek_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/temasek_prepared_to_invest_more_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/credit_jitters_higher_oil_hits_f/ 10 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures briefly pared losses on Thursday following a report that showed the number of people filing for jobless benefits fell for the second week in a row last week. Even so, the spur from the data was sh news general 2008-08-21 09:01:52 http://www.businessdose.com/general/credit_jitters_higher_oil_hits_f/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/markets_stocks_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/credit_jitters_higher_oil_hits_f/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/lehman_outlook_dims_on_failed_sa/ 5 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - The outlook for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH.N) darkened further on Thursday as a newspaper reported that an intended asset sale had collapsed and a Citigroup analyst forecast big losses for the group. The fourth-l news general 2008-08-21 09:01:49 http://www.businessdose.com/general/lehman_outlook_dims_on_failed_sa/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/lehman_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/lehman_outlook_dims_on_failed_sa/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/analysts_see_tough_quarter_for_i/ 8 minutes ago (Reuters) - Wall Street research analysts are projecting yet another tough quarter for U.S. investment banks marked by additional writedowns across a series of fixed-income assets amid an already weak operating environment. Citigroup anal news general 2008-08-21 09:01:44 http://www.businessdose.com/general/analysts_see_tough_quarter_for_i/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080821/bs_nm/investmentbanks_research_citigroup_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/analysts_see_tough_quarter_for_i/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/us_judge_approves_suit_against_b/ 1 hour, 28 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge ruled in favor of shareholders suing Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY.N) about its disclosures while settling patent litigation with Canadian generic drug maker Apotex Inc over the blood-thinner Plavix. news general 2008-08-20 18:03:06 http://www.businessdose.com/general/us_judge_approves_suit_against_b/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/bs_nm/bristolmyers_apotex_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/us_judge_approves_suit_against_b/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/bjs_wholesale_profit_up_stock_fa/ By Nicole Maestri 2 hours, 50 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (BJ.N) reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings, but its shares fell nearly 7 percent as the retailer gave a disappointing forecast, signaling business could news general 2008-08-20 15:03:06 http://www.businessdose.com/general/bjs_wholesale_profit_up_stock_fa/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/bs_nm/bjswholesale_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/bjs_wholesale_profit_up_stock_fa/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/buffett_gates_tour_canadian_oil_/ 1 hour, 52 minutes ago CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, two of the world's richest men, toured Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's (CNQ.TO) Horizon oil sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, this week. According to local med news general 2008-08-20 15:03:01 http://www.businessdose.com/general/buffett_gates_tour_canadian_oil_/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/bs_nm/energy_oilsands_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/buffett_gates_tour_canadian_oil_/#comments http://www.businessdose.com/general/fdic_to_help_indymac_mortgage_bo/ By Karey Wutkowski 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of homeowners with distressed mortgage loans linked to failed lender IndyMac (IDMC.PK) may soon be able to avoid foreclosure under a program announced on Wednesday by U.S. banking regula news general 2008-08-20 15:02:54 http://www.businessdose.com/general/fdic_to_help_indymac_mortgage_bo/ news.yahoo.com http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/bs_nm/indymac_loans_dc Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.businessdose.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.businessdose.com/general/fdic_to_help_indymac_mortgage_bo/#comments