Personal Finance Books for Kids, Teens and Adults The approach of a new decade means a chance for a fresh start with your financial habits. Maybe your loved ones could use a nudge in that direction, too. The Associated Press, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
Sina Completes Sale of Shares to Holding Company Sina Corp., an operator of Chinese language Web sites, said Friday it has completed the sale of 5.6 million shares for $180 million to a Virgin Islands holding company. Staff, AP NEWS - 12 minutes ago
Stocks Slide on Concerns About Dubai Debt Fallout Stocks skidded Friday as concern swept world markets that financial trouble in the Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai will upend a global economic recovery. Tim Paradis, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
Diplomats: Iran Censured at UN Nuclear Meeting The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution demanding that Tehran immediately freeze construction of its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed Security Council resolutions to stop uranium enrichment. George Jahn, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
FBI: Ex-Doctor in Ohio Admitted Making Pipe Bombs A former anesthesiologist has admitted to making pipe bombs that were part of an arsenal seized at his apartment, federal agents say. Thomas J. Sheeran, AP NEWS - 17 minutes ago
Shoppers Pack Stores as Holiday Season Revs Up As shoppers around the nation crowded stores and malls in the wee hours Friday to grab discounts and hard-to-find items, early reports pointed to some renewed spending vigor. Anne D'Innocenzio, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Food Banks Go High-Tech to Feed the Hungry Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry that increasingly supplies their goods. George Tibbits, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
2 French Patients Die From Mutated Swine Flu French health officials say two people diagnosed with a slightly mutated swine flu virus that also has been found in other countries have died. Staff, AP FEATURES - 20 minutes ago
FAA Transcripts Show Efforts to Reach Flight 188 Air traffic controllers asked the Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew Minneapolis repeatedly about what had happened on the plane, according to transcripts released Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration. Joshua Freed, AP NEWS - 21 minutes ago
GM: Opel to Launch New Models in Break-Even Plan General Motors Co.’s top European official said Friday that a plan for Opel to be unveiled next month will include a schedule to lauch new models and a financial break-even target. George Frey, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
German Minister Quits Over Afghan Strike Fallout Germany’s labor minister resigned Friday after conceding that he didn’t see a military report on a deadly September airstrike in northern Afghanistan while he held the government’s defense portfolio. Geir Moulson, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Dubai Crisis Jolts Markets, But Early Fears Ease Dubai’s debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and hamper the global economic recovery. Stevenson Jacobs, AP NEWS - 24 minutes ago
White House Endorses IAEA Censure of Iran The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the “growing international deficit of confidence” in Iran’s intentions. Staff, AP NEWS - 24 minutes ago
4 Relatives Shot Dead at Fla. Thanksgiving Party Police were searching Friday for a man suspected in the Thanksgiving shooting deaths of his twin sisters, aunt and a 6-year-old cousin during a family celebration. Travis Reed, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Crude Prices Fall on Dubai Debt Jitters Shades of the roiling energy markets that were set off last year by the crisis on Wall Street emerged again Friday with crude seeing the largest percentage drop in prices since January. Deborah Jian Lee, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
ND Holiday Sales Expected to Be Up 1 to 2 Percent Shoppers in North Dakota turned out in force on Black Friday, lending support to a prediction by the head of the state’s Retail Association that holiday sales will be up, bucking the national trend. Staff, AP NEWS - 32 minutes ago
Canada High Court Rules for Wal-Mart in Union Case The Supreme Court of Canada said Friday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was entitled to close a store in Quebec in 2005, seven months after workers voted to become the first Wal-Mart in North America to unionize. Charmaine Noronha, AP NEWS - 32 minutes ago
Commonwealth Summit to Stoke Climate Debate Leaders of the two-billion-strong Commonwealth and the UN on Friday opened a summit pushing the rest of the world to strike a deal to save the planet from catastrophic climate change. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Commonwealth Seeks to Shape Global Climate Talks Heads of Commonwealth nations warned Friday of a looming catastrophe posed by climate change as they opened a summit to be addressed by the UN chief and other world leaders. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Iran ‘Lying’ Over Nobel Prize Medal: Ebadi Iranian rights activist Shirin Ebadi on Friday insisted Tehran had confiscated her Nobel Peace Prize medal and rejected accusations about her tax affairs after her assets were frozen. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
EU Unveils New Economic Chiefs Amid Tensions The head of the European Commission unveiled his new ‘cabinet’ on Friday, handing France’s Michel Barnier responsibility for financial services, despite staunch British opposition. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Philippine Mayor Ordered Massacre A Philippine politician was on Friday charged with murder after authorities accused him of ordering soldiers, police and other gunmen to kill at least 57 defenceless people in an organised slaughter. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
German Minister Quits Over Afghan Strike Germany’s former defence minister Franz Josef Jung quit the cabinet on Friday over a deadly bombing in Afghanistan, the day after claims of a cover-up took the scalp of the country’s top general' Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
German Minister Quits Over Afghan Strike Germany’s former defence minister Franz Josef Jung quit the cabinet on Friday over a deadly air strike in Afghanistan, the day after claims of a cover-up took the scalp of the country’s top general. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
First Flight for Delayed A400M Next Month: Airbus Airbus' long-delayed A400M military transport will make its first test flight during the week beginning December 7, “weather permitting”, the European planemaker said Friday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
First Flight for Delayed A400M Next Month: Airbus Airbus’s long-delayed A400M military transport plane will make its first test flight during the week beginning December 7, “weather permitting”, the European aerospace giant said Friday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
BBC Chief Predicts Smaller Corporation After 2012 BBC director general Mark Thompson has predicted the corporation will become “smaller” in the future as all broadcasters go digital, with the BBC website likely to be cut back. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Somali Health Sector Underfunded: WHO A senior WHO official warned Friday that the health sector in Somalia was not receiving the funding needed, even though almost one in four Somali children under five is suffering from acute malnutrition. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Benidorm Travellers Battle E.coli Bug A number of travellers who have recently returned from Benidorm have contracted E.coli, the Health Protection Agency said on Friday, adding that it was trying to identify a possible source. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Dazzling De Villiers Flays England AB de Villiers hit a dazzling century as South Africa set out to end a string of defeats in the third one-day international against England at Newlands on Friday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
New Deal for Hangeland Ends Arsenal Speculation Brede Hangeland has ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract with Fulham that runs until the end of the 2012-13 season. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
US Welcomes ‘Significant’ IAEA Iran Resolution The United States welcomed as “significant” the IAEA’s decision Friday to censure Iran over its nuclear program and demand it halt construction at a newly-revealed enrichment plant. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
Man Kills Four Relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner A manhunt was underway in Florida on Friday for a man who killed four relatives, including a child, and injured another during a family gathering for the Thanksgiving holiday, local media reported. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
US Stocks Dive on Dubai Financial Problems US stocks dived Friday as investors confronted the fallout from Dubai’s debt problems that have rocked global markets. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
US Stocks Tumble on Dubai Debt Troubles US stocks tumbled Friday as investors faced the fallout from Dubai’s debt problems that have rocked global markets and stoked fears of a second wave of financial crisis. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 33 minutes ago
3 Ukrainians Died in Afghan Helicopter Crash Three Ukrainians were killed when a helicopter operated by an international military contractor crashed in eastern Afghanistan. Staff, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Cobalt International Seeks About $955M in IPO Cobalt International Energy Inc., an oil exploration and production company, said Friday it is seeking to raise about $955 million in an initial public offering in the next month. Staff, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
Indonesia’s Ecology in Turmoil Environmentalists blame Indonesia’s ecological problems on deforestation and government regulations, saying new laws and political will are needed to prevent a major catastrophe. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 41 minutes ago
Knox Stepfather: Amanda Is Innocent Twenty-two-year-old American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito appear in court accused by prosecutors of instigating the killing of Meredith Kercher. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 41 minutes ago
South Korea’s Female Featherweight 19-year-old Choi Hyun-mi is packing a punch at the top of South Korea’s female boxing scene. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 41 minutes ago
Black Friday Brings Deals, Lines, Traffic to Conn. Holiday shoppers across the state came out in droves on Black Friday, including an unruly crowd at a toy store that drew 20 police officers and delayed the midnight opening by nearly an hour. Staff, AP NEWS - 41 minutes ago
Government Delays New Ban on Internet Gambling The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban unlawful Internet gambling. Martin Crutsinger, AP NEWS - 41 minutes ago
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