Protecting Jungles: One Way to Combat Global Warming
Time Magazine - 2 hours 12 minutes agoHow the battle to save a remote rain forest in Indonesia can help the planet win the fight against global warming
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How the battle to save a remote rain forest in Indonesia can help the planet win the fight against global warming
Believers in financial-market cycles can seem a little nutty. That doesn't mean they're wrong
A government report on the bailout of A.I.G. is must reading for taxpayers looking to know why the $182 billion “rescue” is the most troubling episode of the financial disaster.
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The shekel’s “fair” value is 21 percent higher than the present rate as Israel’s current account surplus is poised to triple this year, Bank of America Corp. Merrill Lynch said.
The 20-year record high bankruptcy rate for US banks and businesses is giving regional banks on sound footing the opportunity to expand swiftly and on the cheap.
(Updates with comment from Merrill Lynch.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Dow Corning Corp., a joint venture of Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) and Corning Inc. (GLW), sued Merrill Lynch & Co. on Friday for alleged misrepresentations regarding the sale of $166 million in now-illiquid auction- rate securities.
Santa Clara voters may be getting a lot more than they bargained for if they approve the new 49ers stadium - like maybe the Oakland Raiders. Consider: Both the environmental review and the design for the proposed 68,000-seat stadium have been drawn up to...
It's Thanksgiving week and that means it's time to roast the biggest turkeys in business from the year just past -- and 2009 certainly had its share of bird-brained characters. * Tim Geithner: The cabinet member who shouldn't have been confirmed ...
Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. ’s board may extend its search for a new, permanent chief executive officer into 2010 if directors can’t settle on a candidate in the next four days, according to people familiar with the matter.
LAKE FOREST, Ill.--Tenneco will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Credit Conference to be held in New York, on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. Tenneco’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gregg Sherrill, will present at 9:50 a.m. ET.
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 20 -- On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, K.R. Kent, Ford Motor Credit Company vice chairman and chief financial officer, will deliver a presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Credit Conference in New York. The presentation will begin around 11:30 a.m. EST and will last for approximately 30 minutes.
Steve Rose, a public relations executive in New York, spent a year weighing whether to keep his money at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney or switch to an independent adviser. Last month he decided to make a move.
Misericordia University Executive in Residence Wayne Chau, vice president of finance and corporate treasurer of Toshiba America Inc., shared his experiences at the helm of the financial giant and how the company weathered the recent recession during a program sponsored by the university's business department, with support from Wall Street West. First row, from left: Vince Benedetto, president ...
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- German government bonds gained for the first week in three as some investors bet the rally in stocks may have outpaced prospects for economic growth, boosting demand for the safety of fixed-income assets.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday.
SITKA - A series of four posters created for the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium WISEWOMAN Women's Health Program recently won top honors in the Poster Series category of the 2009 MarCom Creative Awards.