1. New U.S. flight delays loom as safety reviews expand data: 10.04.08
Chaos at airports in the United States could go on for weeks as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes.
2. Pssst - Want an unlocked phone? data: 27.03.08
Wireless carriers often offer customers cheap or free phones in exchange for multi-year contracts, but then the phones are technologically "locked" - the subscriber cannot cancel the contract and sign up for service with another company.
3. Major banks promise new guidelines to try to head off further regulation data: 10.04.08
The Institute for International Finance, a banking group, said new strictures are priorities for industry action, not government fiat.
4. Microsoft said to be talking with News Corp. about joint Yahoo bid data: 10.04.08
The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp.'s MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape.
5. If you must fly, some suggestions data: 10.04.08
The fallout from the cancellation of more than 1,000 American Airlines is expected to disrupt schedules for every major airliner on Thursday.
6. U.S. equity loans are next round in credit crisis data: 27.03.08
Lulled by good times, millions of Americans borrowed â sometimes heavily â against the roofs over their heads. Now the bill is coming due.
7. U.S. Senate panels to investigate Bear Stearns deal data: 27.03.08
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. defended the takeover even as he called for more transparency on the part of Wall Street.
8. Chinese banks pass on CIT Group data: 07.04.08
Major Chinese banks - including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China - decided not to invest in the U.S. commercial lender because of concerns about the company's ability to finance itself.
9. Asian businesses and workers suffer from dollar's weakness data: 27.03.08
The sliding value of the U.S. dollar against most global currencies is putting many businesses and workers under increasing financial pressure.
10. Dollar falls below 7 yuan data: 10.04.08
The milestone underlined China's growing economic strength and its increasing use of the currency as a policy tool.
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