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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq Sun.com http://www.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:02 -0400 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:02 -0400 30 Traders knocked off early Thursday ahead of the July 4 weekend. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378226/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:44:08 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378226/cs/1/ In the US, General Motors has plunged 74 percent in the past nine months, giving the Dow Jones Industrial Index its biggest stock decline. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377992/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:51:07 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377992/cs/1/ The Dow Jones Industrial Average has slipped into a bear market for the 12th time since 1962. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377993/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:52:05 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377993/cs/1/ Next week’s G8 summit is likely to concentrate on world food prices. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377991/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:48:47 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377991/cs/1/ The interim government of Bangladesh, in running an anti-corruption drive, has inadvertently caused a slide in Bangladesh's domestic and foreign investment. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377990/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:47:33 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377990/cs/1/ Famous Hollywood star, Elizabeth Taylor and her business partner, Kathy Ireland, have closed the doors on the House of Taylor Jewelry. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377989/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:46:25 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377989/cs/1/ American Airlines, in reducing flights to cover record high fuel costs, says it will probably have to cut 900 flight attendant jobs. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377988/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:45:01 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377988/cs/1/ A single person living the UK now requires a pre-tax income of £13,400 to achieve an acceptable standard of living. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377987/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:43:39 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377987/cs/1/ German bank, IKB, which nearly went bankrupt after the US subprime housing crisis, has posted an annual loss of just 24 million euros. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377986/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:41:47 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377986/cs/1/ US legislators are still hoping to impose sanctions on China over what they say is its undervalued yuan currency. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377985/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:40:16 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377985/cs/1/ US stock indices saw mixed results Thursday as oil prices continued climbing to record highs and the US economy shed more jobs. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378255/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:30 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378255/cs/1/ Disney, the iconic US movie and theme-park group is about to launch new European television channels. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377984/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:38:17 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/377984/cs/1/ London, July 3 : Jie Zheng (24), the first Chinese tennis player to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon, has decided to donate all her earnings from the tournament towards the welfare of people in her home province Sichuan, which was rocked by a massive earthquake killing around 60,000 people. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378035/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:01:05 -0400 Iraq Sun.com http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/378035/cs/1/ July 03, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann Erickson has lost a chunk of Microsoft's business, with the software giant confirming that creative duties for one of its bus... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952601/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:50:49 -0400 Ad Age http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952601/ Permanent Link A few thoughts and observations arising from today's employment report, which shows the economy lost 62,000 jobs in June (with total negative revisions of 52,000 for May and April), lea... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952608/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:09:19 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952608/ London's FTSE 100 index briefly dipped into official bear market territory yesterday – defined as 20 per cent or more off the peak – and though it later came out of it again, few would bet... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952600/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:44:00 -0400 The Independent http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952600/ It combines Windows Live OneCare for effective PC management and security along with the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 package. The Office experience is enhanced by Microsoft Office Live Work... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952602/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:31:02 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952602/ Community college classes in the old mall movie theater. A DMV office across from the Starbucks. Maybe a local library between the Victoria's Secret and the Gap.Mall and strip center owners are turnin... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954781/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:25 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954781/ Muttontown mansion on the market for $4.095 million. The six-bedroom, 7½-bath, brick center-hall Colonial is on 2-plus acres in a private gated compound. The listing agents are http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955455/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:46 -0400 Newsday http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955455/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Dow gained Thursday, with recently battered blue chips bouncing back, but the broader market was mixed as investors considered a weak June jobs report and a rise in inte... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952599/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:19 -0400 CNN Money http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952599/ Microsoft Corp. on Thursday chalked in four security updates for next week that would fix vulnerabilities in Windows, SQL Server and Exchange Server. All four were labeled "important," the company's s... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952603/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:43 -0400 Computerworld http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952603/ NEW YORK – Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame reading on e... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955916/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:33 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955916/ By LARRY NEUMEISTERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK -- The former head of Refco Inc., blamed for the collapse of one of the world's largest commodities brokerages, was sentenced to 16 years in pris... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954773/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:28 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954773/ San Francisco: Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp and Time Warner Inc. The latest twist in M... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952604/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:29:02 -0400 Gulf News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952604/ OMAHA, Neb. – Nebraska Beef Ltd. is expanding a recall announced earlier this week to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26. Federal in... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955917/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:31 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955917/ GM said bringing the Chevrolet Beat, which is about the size of a Honda Fit or Toyota Yaris mini car, to the U.S. is among the options the company is studying. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954782/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:20 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954782/ WASHINGTON – Wall Street companies sharply scaled back their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week while commercial banks boosted it slightly. The ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952611/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:29 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952611/ NEW YORK – Soaring fuel costs are taking some of the celebration out of this holiday weekend. Oil prices headed into the busy Fourth of July break by racing past $145 a barrel for the first t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955919/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955919/ LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. - To Wild Turkey master distiller Jimmy Russell, the piercing sounds of a warehouse rising in the Kentucky countryside are the sounds of prosperity."As long as you see work going on ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954779/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:27 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954779/ COVINGTON, Ky. – Two lawyers accused of defrauding their clients in a diet-drug settlement of $65 million were sent back to jail Thursday after a jury deadlocked and a federal judge declared a m... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955921/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:28 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955921/ Walt Disney World employees won't be packing any heat in the company parking lots anytime soon. The giant resort has declared that much of its sprawling property is exempt from a new state law that... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952612/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:25 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952612/ General Motors Corp. shares fell to their lowest level since 1954 after a Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst said the automaker may need to raise as much as $15 billion and faced the possibility of bank... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955454/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:50 -0400 Newsday http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955454/ Updated: 2:10 PM- NEW YORK - Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a tame ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952609/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:21:41 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952609/ SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Microsoft and Yahoo have been holding separate talks with other potential media partners after their negotiations with each other broke down, sources familiar with the compa... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952605/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:14:21 -0400 Times of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952605/ Posted on: Thursday, 3 July 2008, 15:00 CDT SUNRISE, Fla., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bioheart, Inc., a biotechnology company that is focused on the development of autologous (patient-derived) ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952598/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:49 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952598/ NEW YORK - Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watc... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954780/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:20:26 -0400 MSNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15954780/ ) to hold from a sell rating the broker placed on the stock at the end of May. Alcoa's shares have fallen more than 20% to $32.78 in the past five weeks against close-to-9% drop in S&P 500, and "the... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952607/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:27:37 -0400 Market Watch http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952607/ MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Two large pharmaceutical companies said Thursday they will appeal a jury verdict ordering them to pay more than $114 million for overcharging the state's Medicaid program for ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955920/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:51:24 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15955920/ 'The mechanism which we had started working on is now being carried forward. This is an effort to tap non-EU countries such as India to meet labour demand in Italy through managed migration,' says ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15956263/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:32:10 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15956263/ HARTFORD, Conn. – General Electric's aviation unit said Thursday it bought a Czech company that will help it make inroads into the fast-growing market for small twin-engine turboprop aircraft. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951876/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951876/ With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951307/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:55 -0400 Wired News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951307/ NEW YORK – Higher oil prices caused service businesses to shrink in June, as falling new orders and rising costs hit the nation's coffee shops, paper mills and corner stores. The Institute fo... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951875/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:36 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951875/ WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware judge has granted preliminary approval of a proposed settlement in a shareholder lawsuit against mortgage lender Countrywide Financial. Vice-chancellor John Nobl... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951203/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:08:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951203/ As counterintuitive as it may seem in this age of iPods and digital downloads, vinyl -- the favorite physical format of indie music collectors and audiophiles -- is poised to re-enter the mainstream, ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952153/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:13:54 -0400 Wired News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15952153/ Sir Alan Sugar has stepped down as chairman of Amstrad, the company he founded 40 years ago. But the entrepreneur, best known in recent years as the star of reality TV show The Apprentice, does not ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951682/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:37 -0400 Ananova http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951682/ The Royal Navy's biggest ever warships will finally begin to take shape on Thursday with the long-awaited signing of contracts to build two new super carriers. The ceremony, aboard HMS Ark Royal in ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951681/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:50:38 -0400 Ananova http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951681/ All PR Newswire news COSTA MESA, Calif., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TROY Group, Inc. (OTC: TROY.PK) announced today that financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2008, which ended Ma... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951949/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:42:15 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15951949/ WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department said Thursday it has set final duties of up to 300 percent on refrigerator magnets from China to offset unfair pricing and government subsidies. The ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949782/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949782/ Stock Buzz ) ERJ-145 aircraft for Delta, and will keep those aircraft after September 1. Delta said it plans to award a portion of the routes ExpressJet flies to another, unnamed carrier. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950761/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:07:35 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950761/ SALT LAKE CITY – Starting next month, it will be “TGIT” for Utah state employees. As in: “Thank God It's Thursday.” In a yearlong experiment aimed at reducing the stat... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949256/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949256/ FRANKFURT – European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB has no bias on future policy moves after it raised interest rates for the first time in over a year on Thursday, taki... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949262/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:12 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949262/ SYDNEY, Australia – Global mining company BHP Billiton said Thursday that U.S. antitrust regulators had granted partial approval for its $170 billion hostile takeover bid for rival Rio Tinto. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949263/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:11 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949263/ BRUSSELS, Belgium – Europe and the U.S. must reconsider their biofuel policies because of rising food prices around the world, aid officials and food policy experts said Thursday. Speaking at... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948513/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:15 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948513/ WINDHOEK, Namibia – A Namibian prosecutor says a new judge will be appointed to hear the extradition case of businessman Jacob “Kobi” Alexander. Deputy State Attorney Nixon Marcus... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948446/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:24 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948446/ The increase was bigger than economists were expecting. They were forecasting claims to rise to around 385,000. A year ago, jobless claims stood at 322,000. The four-week moving average of claim... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948461/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:08 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948461/ NEW DELHI – The Indian government's bid to secure political support for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States stalled Thursday when a key regional party asked for more time to make a de... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949260/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:16 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949260/ BOSTON – An investment vehicle controlled by activist shareholder Carl Icahn said Thursday it has acquired a majority interest in auto parts supplier Federal Mogul Corp. Icahn Enterprises Hol... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949255/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:21 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949255/ MUMBAI: Students of a marine engineering course run by an Uran-based institute in the Maharashtra's Raigad district are now facing deportation from Britain, as the fees paid by them via the institu... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950605/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:11:56 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15950605/ WASHINGTON – Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 perce... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948459/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:14 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948459/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - The deteriorating U.S. economy and slumping stock prices will frame discussions among top media and technology executives at the 26th annual Allen & Co confab in Sun Valley, I... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949502/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:13 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949502/ BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - Detectives with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office say they believe they now know the identity of the man suspect of stealing a television from a Wal-Mart this past wee... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948423/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:56:07 -0400 WAFB 9 http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948423/ BOSTON – A former broker with UBS AG filed a whistle-blower complaint alleging the firm forced him to resign after he cooperated with state regulators investigating sales of risky investments to... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949259/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949259/ NEW YORK – Tired of pumping his cash right back into his gas tank, New York City taxi driver Mohammed Kalair says he is considering quitting his job and going back to his native Pakistan. Gas... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948619/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:13 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948619/ SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea's president called Thursday for an end to a long-running dispute over American beef imports, saying it was time for the nation to concentrate instead on overcomi... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949264/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:07 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949264/ That will not spare the central bank the difficult task in the coming weeks of explaining its decision to increase euro zone rates by a quarter-point to 4.25 percent. Perhaps the hardest question t... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948422/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:17 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948422/ BERLIN – A clear statement by the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations on oil prices would be a “definite” help, a German government source said on Thursday. Ahead of a G8 m... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948418/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:06 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948418/ INDIANAPOLIS – Flooding from a creek caused more than $100 million in damage last month to a research and development center for the diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. But the center should ret... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949258/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:23 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949258/ PARIS – A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said Thurs... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948390/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:18 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948390/ NEW YORK – Oil prices briefly soared to a new high near $146 a barrel Thursday, extending the previous day's record-shattering rally before easing somewhat as the dollar gained ground against th... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949257/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:22 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949257/ COVINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky judge has declared a mistrial in the case of two lawyers charged with defrauding clients of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement. The ruling came Thursday after j... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949254/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:19 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949254/ NEW YORK – Analysts at JPMorgan painted a bleak picture for Detroit's automakers Thursday, suggesting General Motors Corp. might need to raise $10 billion, Ford Motor Co. could be forced to sell... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948480/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:51:10 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948480/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Phillip Bennett, the former chief executive of Refco, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Thursday for a nearly decade-long fraud that ultimately pulled the commodities brokera... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949503/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:14 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949503/ As the valuations of U.S. newspaper publishers plunge and investor interest wanes, the ranks of stock analysts who rate their performance are thinning. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949501/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:27:12 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949501/ All Associated Press news NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Spectrum Control Inc. hit a two-year low on Thursday after the maker of electronic-control products said its second-quarter profit sank 21 percent a... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949328/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:24:38 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15949328/ WASHINGTON – Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had been rising for five straight weeks, posted a decline this week as signals from the Federal Reserve eased worries about imminent rate increases... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947144/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:08:46 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947144/ Private hospitals in India often recruit doctors working in the National Health Service (NHS). These include Indian doctors who came to the UK some years ago and are now choosing to return home for... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947967/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:51 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947967/ KFT will release its second quarter financial results on July 28, 2008, at 7 a.m. EDT and will host a conference call at 8 a.m. EDT that day. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947960/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:45 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947960/ Many more job cuts, likely totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel costs. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948152/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:56:11 -0400 Herald Sun http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948152/ All PR Newswire news TEL AVIV, Israel, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RADCOM Ltd. ("RADCOM" or the "Company") (NASDAQ and TASE: RDCM) today announced that it will report its financial results for ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947959/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:46 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947959/ CE , a global, integrated chemical company, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its 2008 second quarter results on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Centr... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947958/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:39:47 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947958/ Indians have emerged as second only to Americans as foreign employers of the British people. Tata's JLR deal has moved India into becoming the UK's second highest foreign employer for 07-08; Indian... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947966/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:48 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15947966/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - An even gloomier scenario may be in store for an already ailing U.S. housing market if the overall economy slips into a recession, according to UBS Securities analysts. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948148/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:28 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948148/ Up to 1,000 jobs are set to be lost at housebuilder Barratt Developments in another blow to the troubled UK property market. Barratt, which employs 6,700 staff, has begun a consultation process wit... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948129/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:36:29 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15948129/ “It was great,” Farrell said. “The best part is it was resolved peacefully.” Israel, 49, was due in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday morning. He asked during a court a... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945495/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:02 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945495/ NEW YORK – Aetna Inc shares dropped 5 percent and Health Net Inc tumbled 10 percent after a Goldman Sachs analyst slapped “sell” ratings on the two health insurers' stocks Thursday. ... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945319/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:27:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15945319/ CHKP , the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced that it will release its second quarter financial results for the period ending June 30, 2008, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, befo... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946330/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:00 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946330/ . The world record was set by 33-year-old Billy Mitchell of Hollywood, Florida, during a U.S.-Canada clash over the Fourth of July weekend. Mitchell took more than six hours to complete the game at... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944757/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:37:42 -0400 Wired News http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944757/ (Reuters) - Calyon Securities's Ray Neidl widened his second-quarter and 2008 loss estimates for some large U.S. carriers, and forecast an industry-wide loss of about $6.5 billion for the year, say... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946582/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946582/ Lenders are doing too little, too late to help distressed borrowers avoid foreclosure, according to a report issued yesterday by the California Reinvestment Coalition. “The backdrop for all o... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944253/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:00 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944253/ San Diego hotels, restaurants and attractions might benefit this holiday weekend from a whole lot of gloom and doom. Record-breaking fuel prices. Sky-high airline ticket prices. Fires raging in Nor... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942780/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:58 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15942780/ MADRID: India expects to finalise a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas from Iran, Oil Minister Murli Deora told on Thursday. "We discussed this here again yesterday," De... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944342/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:06:25 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944342/ Linspire sent minority shareholders a three-paragraph letter last month announcing the agreement, and former Linspire Chief Executive Kevin Carmony, who left the company in August, posted it on the In... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944254/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:01 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944254/ AMRB today announced that it will host a conference call on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) to discuss second quarter 2008 financial results. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946329/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946329/ ' ) announced today it has entered into an agreement with PNG Acquisition Company Inc., an entity indirectly owned by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946328/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:01 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946328/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-pr... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946585/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:49 -0400 Reuters http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946585/ US firms cut workers for a sixth month in June, official figures show, stoking fears that the world's largest economy was heading towards a recession. The economy lost 62,000 non-farm payrolls in J... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946565/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:54:23 -0400 BBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946565/ For the nine months ended June 30, 2008, ALJ (Pink Sheets:ALJJ) posted revenue of $133.4 million as compared to revenue of $111.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2007. For the quarter e... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946327/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:03 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946327/ LONDON: London's Brent crude oil hit 146 dollars a barrel for the first time on Thursday, as traders reacted to Middle East tensions, falling US crude reserves and the weak dollar. http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944344/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:06:19 -0400 Times Of India http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944344/ www.emcinsurance.com . EMC Insurance Group Inc., the publicly-held insurance holding company of EMC Insurance Companies, owns subsidiaries with operations in property and casualty insurance an... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946325/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:58:05 -0400 CNBC http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15946325/ The Los Angeles Times said it plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments, amid a continuing industrywide slump in ad sales. The paper will undergo a mak... http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944252/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:56 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iraqsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/15944252/