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Caterpillar Inc.’s second-quarter profit jumped 34 percent as stronger sales in developing countries outpaced slowing growth in North America and higher raw material and freight costs. The Peoria, Ill.-based maker of backhoes and other heavy equipment on Tuesday reported profit of $1.11 billion, or $1.74 per share, for the three months ended June 30, compared with [...]

Viet Nam has exported 2.54 million tonnes of rice since the start of this year, up 2% from the same period last year, leaving less than 1 million tonnes to be shipped through September under a government curb. Viet Nam has capped rice exports from January to September at 3.5 million tonnes, but officials have said shipment by the year-end could hit 4.5 million tonnes, similar to 2007 when Viet

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported quarter two earnings of 54 cents per share a massive 53 percent drop over the same quarter a year prior of $1.20. The bank took provisional losses of nearly $3.5 billion for credit losses. The quarters results of $2 billion also includes $540 million in losses related to its Bear Stearns acquisition.

Holy Cow!! 53 %?!?!? Could that be right? Hopefully the dramatic increases in foreclosures will bring the end of the real estate recession to an end quickly. The article goes on to state that one in every 501 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing last month. That is absolutely shocking. It really goes to show you that this real estate is having an effect on every homeowner in America. Eve

Inflation for week ending July 5th  stands at 11.91 percent compared to 11.89%.Foods & vegetables were down 1%, tea was up 2%. Food articles were down 0.2%.From this week the date has been changed from now on the inflation data will be released on Thursday 5 pm in the evening . addthis_url [...]

A soldier awakens on a gray, deserted plane. He rises, stretches - is that a drop of blood we see on the ground? He removes his helmet. A large television set sweeps into view. He walks to it, pushes a video tape into the slot, and the tape begins to play. "Welcome to Heaven, you are dead." The soldier hastens away; another television set rolls in front of him. The soldier draws his gun. Can he pu

Seems the shambles of iPhone 3G day caused more problems for Apple, the hopes was to have all customers activate their new iPhone 3G handsets in store, but as most know now that didn’t quite go as planned. Fifteen minutes in and in many stores clerks where urging customers to complete activation at home on their [...]

The 2009 Dodge Ram appears to be a top-notch competitor in the light truck market, but that won't keep the soon-to-be-released model from feeling the pinch of high gas prices. Chrysler told dealers in a July 8th conference call that the new Ram would be launched with 0-percent financing... for 72 months. To put this into perspective, an all-new $30,000 vehicle with 7-percent financing would trans

-How bad can this get? Foreclosure filings surged 53 percent in June.-Will a new U.N. scheme make Christians into criminals?-Another sign of apostasy: liberal churches gather together to promote abortion.-A homosexual man has sued Bible publishers for $70 million for emotional distress because homosexuality is described as a sin in the Scriptures.-Another day, and even more reports of UFOs over th

RealtyTrac® released its June 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows foreclosure filings — default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions — were reported on 252,363 U.S. properties during the month, a 3 percent decrease from the previous month but still a 53 percent increase from June 2007. The report also shows one in [...]

Every business owner starts their business with a dream based on their passion. So why do things go so horribly wrong so quickly? Why do more than 500,000 small-businesses close each year? The answer itself is frightening. Small business owners don’t have a clue that there are three things every business must do in order to [...]

Global sales of Kia vehicles in June 2008 recorded 129,443 units. The company announced its sales of passenger cars, recreational vehicles and commercial vehicles registered a whopping 16,2 percent rise compared with the last June. By region, Kia posted large year on year sales increase in China (13,824 units sold, +76.8%), general markets (25,142 units sold, +36.9%) [...]

Modest near-term movement is expected in existing-home sales, with a recovery in sales seen during the second half of the year, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors®. The Pending Home Sales Index,* a forward-looking indicator based on contracts signed in May, fell 4.7 percent to 84.7 from an upwardly revised reading [...]

It looks like the Spring bump in sales is over and we are now entering another leg down for the housing market. Those who expected that the market would recover this Spring/Summer are now seeing that things will get worse before they get any better. Reuters reports that “Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes plummeted [...]

I’ve never been too concerned about the wireless signal in my house, as it’s not the biggest place in the world. It’s not small by any means, but by simply placing my router near the center of the house, I can get a strong signal everywhere. However, there are plenty of situations where you need to get a signal from really far away. It’s during these times that this WiFi dish would come in

This is good news for everyone who would like to cut down their costs of credit card payment. While some of us pay our bills on time, some simply just could not afford to and prefer to spread it over a period of time. But as you delay in your payments, the more will you [...]

Inflation data which was one of the important factor that was driving the market for almost 2 to 3 months dint matter much for the market today may its because it was not a huge increase compared to previous week, India’s wholesale price index rose 11.63 percent in the 12 months to 21 June 2008, above [...]

By: Roshawn WatsonDue largely to rising fuel costs and an inefficient pay structure, Midwest Air Group CEO, Timothy Hoeksema, has voluntarily taken a 40% pay cut in an effort to keep the struggling airline afloat.Image credit: caribbHe stated that Midwest must decide whether to "fix this disparity so our costs better match our revenues, file for Chapter 11 and try to fix it there, or ignore it an

There were many reasons why Nvidia issued a profit warning and these included a price war in the industry, a delay in new products being launched and weak demand. The moment Nvidia announced expectations of lower revenues; their stocks plummeted as much as 25 percent. To make matters worse they have also said to expect a [...]

Dear Chicago -First off, thank you for being so great lately with the weather and the CTA. Seriously, a girl cannot complain. I did have awesome bus service and timing this weekend with my bloggy friends in town so thank you for cutting me a break. I'm not sure if you're the person to really be talking to about this, but just wanted to put it out there. Moving on to the real purpose of this e-mai

Topix.net Yearly inflation in euro nations hit a record 4 percent in June, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said Monday, adding pressure on the European Central Bank to raise borrowing costs even as the economy slows. ECB officials have signaled they may hike their key interest rate on Thursday from 4 percent to 4.25 percent to try to cool prices _ although that would raise costs for home b

A comprehensive new study of online surfing habits released today found that only 60 percent of the planet’s Internet users surf the Web with the latest, most-secure versions of their preferred Web browsers. The study (PDF), conducted by researchers from Google, IBM and the Communication Systems Group in Switzerland, relied on data from [...]

ABB Ltd informed the market today that they have won order worth around 312 crore and the order is from  Delhi International Airport Terminal  for power solution for the terminal T3 which is getting built , the order is worth around 312 crore Rs .But the investor dint really celebrate the news , the stock went down [...]

Indonesia's state oil and gas company PT Pertamina said Monday it will hike the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for households by 23 percent starting July 1. Pertamina said the move takes into account the sharp increase in LPG prices in the international market as well as the higher operation and distribution costs as a result of the fuel price hike. After the increase, LPG for households

Use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins rose by 156 percent between 2000 and 2005, rising from 15.8 million people to 29.7 million people. Spending on the drugs jumped from $7.7 billion to $19.7 billion annually over the same period. The total number of outpatient prescriptions for statins rose from about 90 million in 2000 to nearly 174 million in 2005. Each individual spent $484 a y

Sales of existing-home sales increased in May with buyers responding to lower home prices, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 2.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate 1 of 4.99 million units in May from a level of 4.89 million in April, but [...]

The impact of the 2007 US sub-prime mortgage crisis on the global financial services sector was profound despite the sector doing well previously. Many financial institutions have reported huge losses and undergone capital restructuring. We strongly believe the rebuilding process has begun and these companies will recover and return to profitability over time. Compellingly, it is [...]

Beth's computer went down so she asked for some coverage, sooooo... cross posted from Wake up America. That slight "bounce" that Barack Obama gained after Hillary Clinton suspended her presidential campaign, has leveled out and for the first time since that day, Obama and John McCain are tied among registered voters nationwide, according to Gallup Daily. (Click Graph to enlarge) Voter

Panama showed a 9.48 percent increase in economic growth this April over the same period last April.  This is up from a low 2.2 percent growth rate in March, which marked a five year low for Panama.  The growth in the economy was largely due to the strong construction, mining, and hospitality industries, according to [...]

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Citigroup announced today plans to cut nearly 10 percent of all of its investment banking jobs. The cut effects over 6,500 current employees. Despite over $15 billion in write downs, the company is expected to release billions more in losses when it reports its second quarter earnings.

Sensex dint stop melting , this week also it went down by 4 percent , due to inflation worries and Political instability , I’m thinking there is more in the offing thats going to come this week , we can see another 4 percent drop may be this week .The Sensex was hovering between 15,789.62 [...]

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The unemployment rate in California rose to 6.8 percent in May. California currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, after massive losses in construction and financial jobs related to its real estate collapse. The Employment Development Department reported that the rise in unemployment was six tenths of a point higher then the previous month.

Inflation was the data that market was waiting for today anything below 10 would have cheered up the market as it was expected around 10 , but the percent that thwy have released for week ending 7 June 2008 was 11.05 percent. The reading was the highest in 13 years since 6 May 1995, when [...]

Steve Ballmer thought otherwise, but all I have to say after watching these two clips is Laughter, Laughter, Laughter…. For more info on why developers are giving Vista the cold shoulder head on over to CNET

Jaipur, June 18 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Wednesday offered a five percent special reservation to Gujjars, Banjaras, Gadia Lohar and Raika communities, bringing an end to a nearly month-old stand-off over the Gujjar community’s demand for inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes category. These groups will now be counted as special backward communities. “The agitation has finally come

Adobe released second quarter earnings up nearly 41 percent over the same quarter a year prior stating strong international demand for its products. Overseas sales with addition of the falling dollar helped fuel Adobe's earnings to 50 cents a share excluding certain one time items. Over half of all of Adobe's sales came from overseas.

The California housing market continues to face severe pressure from distressed properties.  Currently the amount of inventory on the market is near 1 year and prices for the region have fallen a stunning 27 percent on a year over year basis.  Each of the major counties are now down $100,000+ from their bubble peaks.  About [...]

School district officials across Florida are less than thrilled with Gov. Charlie Crist's plan to hold back 4 percent of all general revenue for 2008-09. They fear the quarterly 1 percent reduction of their revenue will only mean more cuts...

A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year. Eight percent. This is perhaps made even worse by the corresponding data that shows 49 percent of developers writing applications for Windows XP. Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles [...]

Once again, for the umpteenth month in a row bottom fishing housing pundits were blown right out of the water. You need to realize that this is the first summer in many years that we are dealing with a very limited plate of mortgage products. Even last year before the August credit market [...]Related Posts:■Short Sale Report Volume 4: 16,646 Short Sales in Southern California.■San Diego Do

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Adobe Systems Inc. reported Monday its profit rose 41 percent in the second quarter because of strong sales and booming demand in international markets…. Related posts No related posts.

With prices of petrol and diesel soaring to a new high following a hike in fuel prices, demand for used small and fuel-efficient cars has gone up by as much as 30 per cent in less than a week. Price-sensitive customers are thronging to dealer outlets for used cars. The spurt in demand for used cars, which had taken a beating following the showcasing of Nano and a 400 basis points excise duty cut o

The next stage of the mortgage debacle is only starting to rear its ugly head and all early signs tell us that this is going to be even worse than the subprime mortgage collapse. We need to remember that the subprime mortgage debacle was only one facet of a global debt boom that has [...]Related Posts:■When will my home cost me an ARM and a leg?■The Genesis of the Credit Bubble: Advertising,

According to a survey with an unfortunately low sample size, 74% of Congressional Republicans don’t believe in global warming while 95% of Democrats do. features.csmonitor.com Tags: democrats, global warming, iron Related Posts John Coleman: Global Warming Causes High Gas Prices (0) How Gore Made Global Warming a Mainstream Crisis (0) Republican Golfers “Stupid” on G

According to RealtyTrac's May 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, foreclosures in the U.S. are up 48 percent over last year. In May there was 261,255 properties foreclosed, up 7 percent from April. According to the report one out of every 483 homes in the U.S. has filed for foreclosure.

RealtyTrac released its most recent foreclosure statistics and if you only read the headlines, you think the entire country was on the verge of losing its homes. The underlying data tells a different story, however. More than half of the country's foreclosure activity in May 2008 was tied to just 4 states in the union: California (28 percent) Florida (14 percent) Arizona (5 percent) Mic

RealtyTrac released its most recent foreclosure statistics and if you only read the headlines, you think the entire country was on the verge of losing its homes. The underlying data tells a different story, however. More than half of the country's foreclosure activity in May 2008was tied to just4 states in the union: California (28 percent) Florida (14 percent) Arizona (5 percent) Michigan (5 per

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article criticizing the 2005 bankruptcy reform measures and arguing for Congressional action on predatory lending and loan shark like interest rates.  One credit card debt statistic from the article demonstrates the severity of the problem in America: monthly service payments on credit card debt for 1 in 5 households exceeds [...]

India’s wholesale price index rose 8.75 per cent in the 12 months to May 31, above the previous week’s annual rise of 8.24 per cent, government data showed on Friday.this is all before the raise of oil prices , you can see it reach 9.00 and 9.50 soon. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rupya.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F06%2F13%2Finflation-at-875-percent-for-week-ending-may-31%2F';

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The Communications and Information Ministry has planned to decrease the Internet tariff between 20 and 40 percent by July. The ministry has asked the Indonesian Internet Service Provider Association (APJII) to calculate the cost of every component in the Internet business. “The ministry has invited us to provide the cost structure on the spending of internet service [...]

I was digging through the nationwide distressed property information put out for April of 2008. In this data, we have notice of defaults, notice of foreclosure sale, lis pendens, and REOs. This data gives us a snapshot of where we are but also allows us to see where we are heading. For [...]Related Posts:■Foreclosure Shrugged: The Issue with Finding an Exact Foreclosure Number.■Foreclosed:

A great article today at Investors Business Daily talks about the woeful elites in Congress. Seriously, my 5 year old nephew could get more done than these a**hats… The Drill-Nothing Congress In November of 2006, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi issued a press release touting the Democrats’ “common-sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices.” She [...]

The real health of a nation is derived from a citizenry that is employed adequately. The debate over what “adequate” constitutes can be debated but it is sufficient to say that the way current national data is gathered for employment is simply inadequate. People are undercounted. Even with the report that was [...]Related Posts:■California Budget Details: How the Recession Will A

Inflation data came out on friday which stood at 8.24% Vs 8.10% for week ended May 24. This is all before even the Oil price raise kicks in to the food prices , already im hearing that the vegetable prices have started raising so in 2 weeks time we can see the Inflation reaching 9 [...]

Am I crazy, or the last sane person standing?Recently I read one of those puff pieces in the business section of the local paper. A stock pimp was trying to drum up business, by encouraging people to consider investing in the commodity markets.He shared a cute cautionary tale. One time he had to call up one of the johns and let him know that he better sell his pork bellies real quick, because the

Oil jumped more than 8 percent to a record $139 a barrel on Friday, extending a two-day rally to more than $16 as the slumping U.S. currency and rising tensions between Israel and Iran attracted a flood of buyers. Oil prices could top $150 by July 4, one of the busiest U.S. travel holidays of the [...]

According to a new report by the British charitable group Oxfam, the number of natural disasters worldwide has increased by more than 400 percent in the last 20 years.Over 400 percent?What in the world is going on?Perhaps this is the beginning of what Jesus was talking about in Luke 21:25-26....."There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexit

Viet Nam's dong may fall 10% by year-end as the government seeks a gradual depreciation to avoid a ``currency crisis'' and a sudden devaluation, according to Calyon, the investment banking arm of Credit Agricole SA. Accelerating inflation, a widening trade deficit and a near 60% slide in local stocks this year have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other cont

The seasonally adjusted delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties stood at 6.35 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of the first quarter of 2008 on a seasonally adjusted (SA) basis, up 53 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2007, and up 151 basis points from one year ago, according [...]

It's raining.The rain is beautiful, and it makes me think of this poem I wrote, which I consider to always be a work in progress. I'm never fully satisfied with it. Still, it is one of my oldest favorites, and it speaks to the rain outside and a lot of what I've been feeling, thinking and going through lately:Forty Percent Chance of RegenerationThe clouds overfilled today.Emotion saturated them,

From aural-innovations.com/ - The new release from Texas-based Seven Percent Solution offers up more of the bands' beautifully mind expanding psychedelia and is a magnificent follow up to their debut CD "All About Satellites And Spaceships". The band consists of Reese Beeman on guitar, bass, and vocals, James Adkisson on guitar, Scott Sasser on drums, and Julian Capps on guitar and bass (apparentl

From MySpace - The U.S.space-rock program: Never mind those pictures from Mars; they look like holiday snaps from Dry Gulch,Ariz. More impressive are the mercury-bubble pools of guitar and the shattered-glass sparkle of the choruses on All About Satellites and Spaceships (x-ray,cd),by the Texas-based quartet 7% Solution.(Rock-crit sound bite: More-era Pink Floyd through soft light.)Certainly the m

How do you make a blazing-fast 3G (third-generation) mobile broadband network even better? You make it faster. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced a more than 20 percent increase to the top end of the company’s typical 3G network downlink speed range and a 50 percent increase to the top end of the typical uplink speed [...]

Here’s some disturbing information related to U.S. home prices that I came across this past Sunday. The Chicago Tribune’s Mary Umberger wrote: When economic historians begin their postmortems on the housing bubble, they’ll zero in on nuggets such as: A vast majority (91 percent) of real-estate appraisers say they’ve been asked to inflate the value of [...]

“America’s house prices are falling even faster than during the Great Depression.” Talk about a headline that would make any American homeowner stop dead in his or her tracks. According to the May 29 online edition of The Economist (UK): The latest S&P/Case-Shiller national house-price index, published this week, showed a slump of 14.1% in [...]

More Apple rumours readers, we have already reported to you the other day about the Apple 3G iPhone being subsidized in order to boost sales and that the handset in the UK will only cost £100 thanks to O2 (See Here), well we have more news thanks to a tipster. The latest news is that the [...]

Good news for all those reading about Android because Google have say Android will be 100 percent open source. There was slight confusion about Google’s intentions with the so called open sourcing of Android and of course this was rising, but confusion may stop now. At the Google I/O conference Ed Burnette asked 3 separate Google [...]

Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for ''smart'' phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for ''smart'' phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey.

More discoveries of madness in Britain, as the Washington Post (via Hot Air Headlines) reports that few rape crimes reported in the UK lead to the defendant being convicted: LONDON -- After Linda Davies reported to police that her 15-year-old daughter had been raped, it took three months -- plus two dozen phone calls and a threat of legal action -- before police questioned the suspect, a 28-

Inflation for week ended May 17 stood at 8.1% Vs 7.82% , they where expecting at 7.91 percent , everyone knows that there is a price hike in petrol and diesel price today , not sure how much its going to moot the inflation for coming weeks. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rupya.com%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F31%2Finflation-at-81-percent-for-the-week-ending-may-17-2008%2F'; [...]

Kodak announced that is going to need to rise its prices across the board by 20 percent on higher material costs. The higher prices will go into effect on July 1st, and should help the company offset its higher costs for aluminum, silver, and oil.

Despite worries of a U.S. recession, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that the economy grew by 0.9% during the first quarter. The small increase was due to slightly higher consumer spending and a higher number of exports while the number of imports was lower.

Anyone who has opened their mailbox lately knows that there are lots of 0% credit card offers floating around out there. For those consumers staggering under seemingly endless high interest credit card debt, those 0% intro rates can look pretty attractive, and those who know how to pay the 0% game can use those offers to pay off their bills more quickly and save lots of money.The key to winning at

Anyone who has opened their mailbox lately knows that there are lots of 0% credit card offers floating around out there. For those consumers staggering under seemingly endless high interest credit card debt, those 0% intro rates can look pretty attractive, and those who know how to pay the 0% game can use those offers to pay off their bills more quickly and save lots of money.The key to winning at

eLuxury is having a sale where you can save up to 40 percent on luxury brands including Dolce & Gabbana, Diesel, LAMB, and Roberto Cavalli. Save on women's and men's apparel, handbags and shoes. Go to eLuxury.com to start shopping.

The Indonesian government has decided to raise the tariffs for a 72-kilometer toll road operated by state-run PT Jasa Marga by 11.7 percent to 15.0 percent, depending on the type of vehicles, Investor Daily reported on Thursday. The highest tariff hike for the toll road which links the capital Jakarta to Cikampek in West Java will be imposed on passenger vehicles with the fee raised to 11,500 rup

At a reception prior to the start of the D6 conference, Bill Gates held court among a throng of reporters. He explained some of the specifics of his July 1 "retirement" from daily duties at the company he founded. Gates said he would invert how he spends time today. Instead of 80 percent Microsoft and 20 percent the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he will spend 20 percent of his tim

How did he say he's different from Bush again? No matter how many "closed-door fundraisers" they have together, we know the truth and we know what's really going on behind those closed door. A vote for McCain is a vote for 4 more years of George Bush.read more | digg story

Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 3.3 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 526,000 units, the U.S. Commerce Department reported today. However, this gain reflected downward revisions to sales numbers reported for each of the previous three months, including a particularly large revision for March. “The fact that new-home sales are [...]

The first study to determine the global threat status of 21 species of wide-ranging oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals serious overfishing and recommends key steps that governments can take to safeguard populations. These findings and recommendations for action are published in the latest edition of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. This international study, organised b

Books-A-Million announced that it will need to cut jobs as the book retailer faces tough economic conditions. First quarter net Income for the company dropped over 57 percent to $900,000 or 6 cents per share from $2.1 million or 13 cents per share the year prior. Same store sales, a key indicator in the retail sector, dropped over 3 percent.