2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 U.S. Business

  Reuters   
Yen takes Japan GDP shrinkage in stride; euro eases but off lows  Reuters
SINGAPORE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen held steady versus the dollar on Wednesday, showing limited reaction to the widely expected contraction in Japan's economy in April-June, while the euro hovered above the previous day's lows. Japan's economy ...

Japan's Economy Shrinks April-June on Tax Raise   ABC News
Japan's economy contracts sharply   MarketWatch
Asian Shares Mixed, Japan Edges Down   Wall Street Journal
Bloomberg   
CNNMoney   
New York Times   
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  Digital Trends   
Underhand tactics? Lyft says Uber employees have ordered and canceled 5560 ...  Digital Trends
Competition between ride-sharing rivals Uber and Lyft is as fierce as ever, though the latest tactics reportedly employed by some Uber workers is certain to raise eyebrows. According to Lyft, in the last 10 months Uber employees have ordered and canceled ...

Accusations Fly Between Uber and Lyft   New York Times (blog)
Cab drivers: Uber, Lyft have unfair advantage in Va.   WAVY-TV

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  The West Australian   
Asian shares pressured on Ukraine anxiety, euro wobbles  Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares struggled on Wednesday after Wall Street snapped a two-day rally with the crisis in Ukraine sapping investor confidence as it threatens a fragile economic recovery in Europe. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ...

European index futures drop as dollar advances with Asian stocks   BusinessWorld Online Edition
Asian stocks up, as oil, wheat down   Bangkok Post
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui   Business Recorder

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  Washington Times   
Connecticut nuclear plant had 3 safety violations  Fort Worth Star Telegram
WATERFORD, Conn. — Federal inspectors cited the state's nuclear plant on Tuesday for three minor safety violations, including a worker who inhaled radioactive material. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it found three violations of "very low safety ...

Millstone cited for three safety violations   Hartford Business
Feds cite Millstone for 3 minor safety violations   Sacramento Bee

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  CNBC   
Stocks close lower in light volume trade; geopolitics eyed  CNBC
U.S. stocks closed down in light volume trade for the first time in three sessions as developments in Ukraine and Russia continued to trouble investors. Consolidated tape volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 2.57 billion, below the average 3.1 billion ...

US stocks move lower in quiet trade   WJAC Johnstown

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  Reuters India   
US STOCKS-Wall St slips after two-day rally; energy shares drop  Reuters
... * S&P energy sector index off 0.7 pct after oil prices fall. * Kate Spade shares plunge 25.4 pct in busiest trading day. * Dow off 0.1 pct; S&P 500 down 0.2 pct; Nasdaq off 0.3 pct (Updates to close). By Akane Otani. NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ...

US stocks dip in light trading, Ukraine in focus; Dow rises 0.06%   Jerusalem Post
US stocks edge down on geopolitical worries   Xinhua
Wall Street flat amid Ukraine uncertainty   Business Standard

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  Reuters   
Candy Crush shares plunge as gamers switch off  New Zealand Herald
King Digital Entertainment, maker of the Candy Crush Saga video game, plunged as much as 26 per cent in extended trading after posting second-quarter sales that trailed analysts' estimates and cutting its 2014 outlook. The shares slumped 21 per cent to ...

'Candy Crush' maker King Digital melts after hours   MarketWatch
'Candy Crush' decline continues for King, shares fall   Reuters
King Digital struggles following drop in popularity of Candy Crush game   The Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk   
International Business Times   
AllMediaNY   
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  USA TODAY   
Authors should back Amazon in the battle with Hachette  Financial Times
Agroup of leading authors, including Donna Tartt, Stephen King and Malcolm Gladwell, has attempted to intervene in the dispute between publisher Hachette and retailing behemoth Amazon. Observers of the music industry are familiar with this tactic; ...

Lee Child: scrap books and let Scarlett Johansson whisper stories to readers   Telegraph.co.uk
Amazon Walks Line as Prices Keep Antitrust Cops at Bay   Businessweek
Amazon's Duels: For Better Or For Worse?   Bidness Etc
CNET   
Digital Book World   
Law360 (subscription)   
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  Sky News Australia   
Corn Retreats as US Crop Seen Climbing to All-Time High  Businessweek
Corn dropped for the first time this week after a government report showed output in the U.S., the world's top producer, will reach a record. Soybeans rebounded from the lowest since 2010. Corn for December delivery lost as much as 0.8 percent to $3.6625 a ...

Record crops predicted; farmers market carefully   Washington Post
Nebraska expects record soybean harvest   Lincoln Journal Star
Record corn, bean crops expected in Ohio   Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews   
Reuters Africa   
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US health insurer WellPoint to change name to Anthem Inc  Reuters
(Reuters) - U.S. health insurer WellPoint Inc said it plans to change its corporate name to Anthem Inc in an attempt to realize gains from a name used for most of its health-insurance products. WellPoint, which runs Anthem and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield ...

WSJ: WellPoint To Change Name To Anthem, Inc By Year-end   NASDAQ
WellPoint to change corporate name back to Anthem   Indianapolis Business Journal
WellPoint Will Change Name to Anthem to Reach Consumers   Businessweek
ABC News   
ModernHealthcare.com   
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