Microsoft said to be talking with News Corp. about joint Yahoo bid

The combination, which would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp.'s MySpace, would create a behemoth that would upend the Internet landscape.

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1. 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.

2. Americans begin to face the pain of an overvalued house data: 27.03.08
Homeowners sometimes lose sight of the fact that their home is only a house to most buyers, especially when prices are falling.

3. 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.

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. The evolution of CyberCrime Inc. data: 07.04.08
Online crime is maturing, and the Internet criminal of today is adopting everything from supermarket-style pricing to outsourcing.

6. 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.

7. Volcker, ex-Fed chairman, chides current one data: 10.04.08
The imposing former Fed chief who felled the runaway inflation of the 1980s chided Ben Bernanke for toeing "the very edge" of the bank's legal authority in orchestrating the bailout of Bear Stearns.

8. 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.

9. Bank crisis puts New York office market on precipice data: 27.03.08
The New York office market can withstand the fire sale of Bear Stearns, but if other financial firms disintegrate, the market could face a sharp decline.

10. 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.



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