Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1885 business Business en-us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1885 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20091103/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:15:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r864770608.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=MDEPmbq2XTBlFceuNFg_Ag--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose slightly on Tuesday as news of a major railroad acquisition helped sentiment, but the Dow edged lower on caution before a Federal Reserve statement on interest rates and the economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r864770608.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=MDEPmbq2XTBlFceuNFg_Ag--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 29, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_opel_gm nm/20091104/us_opel_gm Reuters business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:32:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_opel_gm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3389774073.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfiVOoup1.FAhocWUurVWQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="A worker for German car manufacturer Opel lifts the cover over the new company logo on an 'Astra' car during preparation work for the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors reversed course on Tuesday by abandoning a long-expected sale of its Opel to a group led by Canadian auto supplier Magna and opting to keep the European unit after a year of uncertainty and high-stakes political negotiations.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_opel_gm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3389774073.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=sfiVOoup1.FAhocWUurVWQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="A worker for German car manufacturer Opel lifts the cover over the new company logo on an 'Astra' car during preparation work for the international car show "IAA" in Frankfurt, September 14, 2009. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_burlingtonnorthern_berkshire nm/20091104/us_burlingtonnorthern_berkshire Reuters business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:16:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_burlingtonnorthern_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3337932285.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=2hBD.Asp8TEPaX5H95934g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay $26 billion to buy out Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp in a bet the nation's largest rail company will benefit from a recovering U.S. economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_burlingtonnorthern_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3337932285.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=2hBD.Asp8TEPaX5H95934g--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett attends the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_iea_oil nm/20091104/us_iea_oil Reuters business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:15:18 GMT Reuters - The International Energy Agency will "substantially" downgrade its long-term oil demand forecast in its annual energy outlook next week, the second cut in a row, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_autosales_usa nm/20091103/us_autosales_usa Reuters business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:16:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_autosales_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3001215983.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1femCTP_vng2MVQYdb9JdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A line of Ford autos wait for delivery at the Sill-TerHar Motors Ford dealer in Broomfield, Colorado June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0" /></a>Reuters - General Motors posted its first monthly sales increase in nearly two years on Tuesday as a rebound in industrywide U.S. auto sales in October pointed toward a gradual recovery for the battered sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/bs_nm/us_autosales_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091103/i/r3001215983.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1femCTP_vng2MVQYdb9JdA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A line of Ford autos wait for delivery at the Sill-TerHar Motors Ford dealer in Broomfield, Colorado June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_economy_countries_glance ap/20091103/us_economy_countries_glance AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:01:59 GMT AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/bs_nm/us_buffett_fannie_mae nm/20091104/us_buffett_fannie_mae Reuters business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:44:21 GMT Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) has joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc in a bid to buy $3 billion in tax credits from mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the Wall Street Journal's website reported, citing people familiar with the matter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_bi_ge/us_california_taxes ap/20091102/us_california_taxes AP business Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:18:58 GMT AP - California wage earners will soon notice a little less money in their paychecks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/indonesiaretailcompetitionfrancecompanycarrefour afp/20091103/indonesiaretailcompetitionfrancecompanycarrefour AFP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:13:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/indonesiaretailcompetitionfrancecompanycarrefour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257262298489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gQ_.J0Gxb0e_FqQmvrcsMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The entrance of French supermarket giant Carrefour's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. An Indonesian watchdog ruled Tuesday that a subsidiary of French supermarket chain Carrefour was in breach of anti-monopoly rules and ordered it to sell its stake in local retailer Alfa Retailindo.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Indonesian watchdog ruled Tuesday that a subsidiary of French supermarket chain Carrefour was in breach of anti-monopoly rules and ordered it to sell its stake in local retailer Alfa Retailindo.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/bs_afp/indonesiaretailcompetitionfrancecompanycarrefour"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257262298489-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gQ_.J0Gxb0e_FqQmvrcsMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The entrance of French supermarket giant Carrefour's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. An Indonesian watchdog ruled Tuesday that a subsidiary of French supermarket chain Carrefour was in breach of anti-monopoly rules and ordered it to sell its stake in local retailer Alfa Retailindo.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)