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Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China

Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China

Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.

Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China
Greek Crisis Has Pharmacists Pleading for Aspirin
Greek Crisis Has Pharmacists Pleading for Aspirin
For patients and pharmacists in financially stricken Greece, even finding aspirin has turned into a headache.
LA Film Production Up Slightly, but TV Production Drops in 2011
LA Film Production Up Slightly, but TV Production Drops in 2011
Los Angeles film production rose slightly in 2011, offsetting a decline in TV production to help boost overall on-location 4.2 percent for the year, according to non-profit permitting body FilmL.A.
French credit downgrade could come 'within days'
French credit downgrade could come 'within days'
France could be stripped of its triple-A credit rating before Christmas, raising new doubts about the survival of the euro, analysts have predicted.
Most stock funds post losses this year; bonds gain
Most stock funds post losses this year; bonds gain
The average diversified U.S. stock mutual fund has fallen 5.9% this year, vs. a 1.4% loss for the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, says Lipper, which tracks the funds. Out of 8,036 funds, 7,399, or 92%, are showing a loss — and some are doozies.
Russian billionaire buys most expensive apartment in NYC
Russian billionaire buys most expensive apartment in NYC
Dmitry Rybolovlev has been a busy man lately. He is in the middle of a bitter divorce that could cost him more than $6 billion (when finalized it will be the world’s costliest divorce), but he has still found the time and funds to buy a struggling AS Monaco...
LA Times editor stepping down after 4 years
LA Times editor stepping down after 4 years
Russ Stanton, who led the Los Angeles Times to three Pulitzer Prizes in the midst of massive staff layoffs, has stepped down as editor and executive vice president, the newspaper announced Tuesday.
H.K. Tops U.S., U.K. in Financial Market Growth
H.K. Tops U.S., U.K. in Financial Market Growth
Hong Kong topped the World Economic Forum’s 2011 index of financial market development, supplanting the U.S. and U.K. from the highest rankings for the first time.
Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China
Hundreds Threaten Suicide At Foxconn Plant In China
Some 300 Chinese Foxconn employees who manufacture X-box 360 machines said they would throw themselves from their Wuhan, China, plant if demands for lost wages were not met.

Some major U.S. hotels moving into Iraq

Some major U.S. hotels moving into Iraq

Some major U.S. hotel chains are planning to go into Iraq just as the last of U.S. troops are pulling out.

Some major U.S. hotels moving into Iraq

Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years

Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years

Data on sales of previously owned U.S. homes from 2007 through October this year will be revised down next week becau...

Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years

American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt buil...

American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan

Eurozone ministers threw a lifeline to Greece on Tuesday as they scrambled to prevent financial chaos from spreading ...

Eurozone ministers OK $10.7 billion Greek loan

Recession hits families hard as half of Americans fear they won't be able to do their holiday shopping

Recession hits families hard as half of Americans fear they won't be able to do their holiday shopping

One in five Americans lost a sizeable amount of their disposable income during the recession, leaving them financiall...

Recession hits families hard as half of Americans fear they won't be able to do their holiday shopping

Europe ramps up rescue fund, may turn to IMF

Europe ramps up rescue fund, may turn to IMF

Euro zone ministers agreed on Tuesday to ramp up the firepower of their rescue fund but couldn't say by how much and ...

Europe ramps up rescue fund, may turn to IMF

Fitch Keeps U.S. Credit Rating at ‘AAA’, Cuts Outlook to Negative

Fitch Keeps U.S. Credit Rating at ‘AAA’, Cuts Outlook to Negative

Fitch Ratings kept its pristine AAA rating on the U.S. on Monday, but the credit-ratings company downgraded its outlo...

Fitch Keeps U.S. Credit Rating at ‘AAA’, Cuts Outlook to Negative

OECD: euro collapse would have 'highly devastating outcomes' worldwide

OECD Chief Economist Pier Carlo Padoan

The collapse of the euro could send the world's advanced economies into a severe recession, dragging emerging markets...

OECD: euro collapse would have 'highly devastating outcomes' worldwide

Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion

Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion

The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. h...

Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion

Hollywood Labor Fight Looms as Money for Benefits Wanes

Hollywood Labor Fight Looms as Money for Benefits Wanes

Bitter disputes over health and pension payments to union members have created plenty of drama in states and cities t...

Hollywood Labor Fight Looms as Money for Benefits Wanes

Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday

Through this signage at Promenade Temecula, the mall is notifying shoppers that their phones may be tracked as they move throughout the premises.

Attention holiday shoppers: your cell phone may be tracked this year. Starting on Black Friday and running through Ne...

Malls track shoppers' cell phones on Black Friday

Massive global health fund says it's broke

Massive global health fund says it's broke

The world's biggest financier in the fight against three killer diseases says it has run out of money to pay for new ...

Massive global health fund says it's broke
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