ConocoPhillips struggling with China oil spill

The oil spills from offshore wells operated by ConocoPhillips in China’s Bohai Bay are posing technical and political challenges for the oil company far messier […]

Flaherty expects growth later this year, despite this quarter

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U.S. House approves debt bill, Senate rejects it hours later

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Hamilton: Boat sharing site rides peer-to-peer wave

Marshall Glenn and his pal John Davis love boating, when they get the chance.
During the record-breaking hot temperatures we

Nokia unveils new phones in Asia

Nokia unveiled new devices for consumers at both ends of its range Tuesday as it fends off rising competition from both cheap unbranded handsets and […]

Pandora shares soar in first day of trading

The shares of popular but unprofitable Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc. soared more than 50 percent in its market debut Wednesday.
Its shares opened at […]

Ford, GM, Honda see mixed China sales in May

Foreign automakers are seeing mixed sales trends in China as the world’s biggest market for new vehicles cools after years of torrid growth.
General Motors Co. […]

Bernanke Says Ending Bond-Buying Unlikely to Have Major Impact - Bloomberg

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the end of the Fed’s $600 billion bond-buying program in June probably won’t have a “significant” effect on […]

Kansas-Missouri border war, college students, underemployed

QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“(I)t is hard at the age of 45, after more than a dozen years of success, to feel like you are starting […]

China Vows to Punish Those Responsible for Leaking Economy, Inflation Data - Bloomberg

China’s statistics bureau said it “condemns” leaks of economic data and those responsible will be punished, after the office released economic indicators that matched rumors […]