| Economy key to election - business BUSINESS wants the election focus to get back on the economy and away from population and workplace policies. news.com.au |
Wal-Mart, Home Depot surprise with earnings Big U.S. retailers Wal-Mart and Home Depot are reporting better-than-expected earnings. cbc.ca |
HealthSouth declares preferred stock dividend [AP] - HealthSouth Corp., which provides inpatient rehabilitation services, on Thursday declared a regular quarterly dividend of $16.25 on its series A convertible perpetual preferred stock. finance.yahoo.com |
U.K. banks reportedly plan $1.6 bln venture fund [at MarketWatch] - The U.K. s six largest banks will pledge to inject close to 1 billion pounds in a venture capital fund that will help recapitalize smaller businesses that have seen their finances become stretched during the crisis, according to media reports. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Delicious Founder Schachter Gets Backing For A New Social Startup Joshua Schachter, who sold Delicious to Yahoo five years ago is starting again with a new social startup, Tasty Labs. Schachter said a year ago that he regretted selling the social bookmarking site, saying that the “cash and freedom do not even come close” and that he “would rather work on a big, popular product.” He’ll now apparently try to make his wish come true at Tasty, which is operating in stealth-mode for now but says on its site it is trying to put the “useful back into social software.” finance.yahoo.com |