1. Economic slowdown hits Silicon Valley data: 10.04.08
Job growth has slowed, start-up companies are spending more cautiously, and early-stage investors who nurture the start-ups are growing more frugal.
2. BP and ConocoPhillips to build gas pipeline to United States and Canada data: 10.04.08
BP and Conoco will initially spend $600 million in the next three years to drum up support for the Alaska project, which they said would be the largest-ever private-sector construction project in North America.
3. 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.
4. American Airlines cancels 300 flights for inspections data: 27.03.08
Delta Air Lines began similar checks on 133 planes and said some cancellations were to be expected.
5. 'Green collars' becoming a force in U.S. economy data: 27.03.08
The United States may have 8.5 million jobs in renewable-energy or energy-efficient industries now, with up to 5 million to be added over the next 10 years.
6. EU moves toward allowing in-flight cellphone calls data: 07.04.08
The new regulations, to be released Monday, will remove a major obstacle for companies that want to sell the service.
7. Accounting firm under fire in collapse of subprime lender data: 27.03.08
A sweeping investigation found that KPMG enabled New Century Financial's "improper and imprudent practices."
8. Motorola divides into two separate companies data: 27.03.08
Motorola's chief executive said he hoped that by spinning off the unprofitable mobile phone unit, the company would have better luck attracting a new chief executive to revive it.
9. High rice prices no windfall for many Asian farmers data: 07.04.08
For many rice farmers in Asia, the commodity they produce ends up as food in their stomachs, not cash in their bank accounts.
10. What is next for the U.S. economy? data: 10.04.08
While the rest of 2008 looks tough and the fire sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan Chase has added to pessimism, the darkest clouds may be lifting on the horizon.
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