Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT
The US has already passed ?the point of no return,? says a report from Casey Research. Ken Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart put that point where external debt passes 73% of GDP or 239% of exports. IMF data, says the Casey team, shows the US has already ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:59:00 GMT
TOKYO ? The Nikkei 225 stock average in Tokyo hit a seven-week high on Friday, with investors encouraged by a weaker yen amid speculation that the Bank of Japan may take additional steps to ease monetary policy. Elsewhere, stocks were mixed in ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT
WASHINGTON - The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people. Debate began this week on a two-year ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Twitter can now let the world automatically know your whereabouts as well as your thoughts and activities. A new feature unveiled Thursday gives Twitter users the option of including their location with the assorted musings ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT
Moreover, Asia accounted for 62 of the world's 97 first-time billionaires. Asian billionaires now account for 23% of the Forbes rich list, up from 16% in 2008. The richest man in Asia is Mukesh Ambani, shown above.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:59:00 GMT
... place fifth at the NCAA Mideast Regional, Seidl qualified for her first-ever NCAA championships. She expects that experience to be an asset when she begins competition in her first NCAA indoor meet at 2:45 p.m. Friday. "I think it will help to ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:40:00 GMT
BUENA, N.J. - A spokesman for a group of nuclear power plants in New Jersey says a U.S. man charged in Yemen with being a member of al-Qaida had previously worked at the plants. PSEG Nuclear spokesman Joe Delmar says Sharif Mobley worked as a laborer ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ? Sydney Moss made her first appearance in the Houchens Industries Girls' Sweet16 on Wednesday, but the Boone County High School sophomore has been in the limelight since she first picked up a basketball. Moss, the daughter of ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:30:00 GMT
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- CLP Holdings Ltd. , Hong Kong?s biggest electricity supplier, plans to sell about $500 million of 10-year bonds today, according to three people familiar with the matter. The notes will be priced to yield about 125 basis ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:44:00 GMT
By Mozilla's lights, Firefox 3.6 has been a runaway success. The publisher of the open-source browser says that more than 100 million users have downloaded Firefox 3.6 since its launch in the middle of January. However, not all Firefox users have ...