Sales of Existing Homes Rise 4.3% – New York Times
Los Angeles TimesSales of Existing Homes Rise 4.3%New York TimesSales of previously occupied homes rose in January to the highest annual rate in nearly two years, a hopeful sign ahead of the spring-buying season. The National Association of Realtors sa... Continue reading →
U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Disappointing Global Economic Reports – San Francisco Chronicle
BloombergU.S. Stocks Decline Amid Disappointing Global Economic ReportsSan Francisco ChronicleFeb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks fell, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500 Index failed to hold at an almost four- year high, as sales of previously... Continue reading →
European Stocks Lower – Wall Street Journal
Moneycontrol.comEuropean Stocks LowerWall Street JournalBy ISHAQ SIDDIQI European stock markets finished lower Wednesday, as investors remained uninspired by Greece's latest bailout deal and expressed disappointment about data showing that business... Continue reading →
Switzerland demands banks help clean up tax-haven image – Chicago Tribune
swissinfo.chSwitzerland demands banks help clean up tax-haven imageChicago TribuneSwitzerland announced plans on Wednesday to force its secretive banks to do more to make sure foreign clients' money is taxed in an attempt to shake off its image as ... Continue reading →
NASA discovers a new planet class with thick and steamy atmosphere – SlashGear
SlashGearNASA discovers a new planet class with thick and steamy atmosphereSlashGearNASA has discovered a distant exoplanet dubbed GJ 1214b that is 40 light years away from Earth. The planet is dubbed a “Super Earth” because it's larger than ou... Continue reading →
MRSA evolution traced between people, food animals – Feedstuffs
Scientific AmericanMRSA evolution traced between people, food animalsFeedstuffsA strain of the antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been traced from people to food animals and back to people, ac... Continue reading →
3D printing to build robotic dinosaur models – CNET
TIME3D printing to build robotic dinosaur modelsCNETby Martin LaMonica February 22, 2012 6:24 AM PST Follow @mlamonica Drexel University is starting to create 3-D scans of fossils to better study the motion of giant dinosaurs through small-scale roboti... Continue reading →
NZ Dollar Lower As China PMI, Profit Taking Weigh – Wall Street Journal
AFPNZ Dollar Lower As China PMI, Profit Taking WeighWall Street JournalWELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand dollar was trading lower late Wednesday, hurt by profit taking in the market and the Chinese Purchasing Managers Index released earlier. The ... Continue reading →
Asian shares mixed after Greek bailout deal – Economic Times
Moneycontrol.comAsian shares mixed after Greek bailout dealEconomic TimesHONG KONG: Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after US and European markets gave Greece's crucial bailout only a lukewarm reaction. Hong Kong was off 0.07 percent or 15.01 poin... Continue reading →
New amphibian family find for India – BBC News
BBC NewsNew amphibian family find for IndiaBBC NewsBy Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News A new family of caecilians, the most enigmatic branch of the amphibians, has been discovered in northeastern India. The animals, which at first glan... Continue reading →
J&J CEO Weldon Is Out – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalJ&J CEO Weldon Is OutWall Street JournalBy JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF And JOANN S. LUBLIN Johnson & Johnson picked company veteran Alex Gorsky as its next chief executive, giving him the reins to a health-products giant that makes s... Continue reading →
Greek Crisis Raises New Fears Over Credit-Default Swaps – New York Times
New York TimesGreek Crisis Raises New Fears Over Credit-Default SwapsNew York TimesBy PETER EAVIS Angelos Tzortzinis/Bloomberg NewsEurope has sought to avoid activating the default swaps on Greek debt. Greece's debt restructuring is dragging credit... Continue reading →
Black hole offering up cosmic surprise – UPI.com
UPI.comBlack hole offering up cosmic surpriseUPI.comThis artist's impression shows a binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole known as IGR J17091. Observations with Chandra have clocked the fastest wind ever seen blowing off a disk around... Continue reading →
New breed of steamy alien planet found – msnbc.com
Daily MailNew breed of steamy alien planet foundmsnbc.comSince astronomers know GJ 1214b's mass and size, they're able to calculate its density, which turns out to be just 2 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc). Earth's density is 5.5 g/cc, wh... Continue reading →
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Require Investment, DeMarco Says – BusinessWeek
Los Angeles TimesFannie Mae and Freddie Mac Require Investment, DeMarco SaysBusinessWeekBy Lorraine Woellert Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- With no plan from Congress or the Obama administration to shutter Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the companies' regulat... Continue reading →
Health insurance co-op lands federal loan – The Business Journal
Live Insurance NewsHealth insurance co-op lands federal loanThe Business JournalCommon Ground, a health care coalition of area religious groups, is moving forward with a plan to offer health insurance to small businesses, self-employed individuals and ... Continue reading →
S&P 500 Rises as Earnings Outweigh Greece – Bloomberg
BloombergS&P 500 Rises as Earnings Outweigh GreeceBloombergEnlarge image US Stock Futures Advance; Apple Gains, Transocean Declines US Stock Futures Advance; Apple Gains, Transocean Declines Tony Avelar/Bloomberg Apple Inc. iPhone 4S boxes sit stac... Continue reading →
Home Depot hammers profit expectations, beats estimates – USA TODAY
USA TODAYHome Depot hammers profit expectations, beats estimatesUSA TODAYATLANTA (AP) – Home Depot's fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 32% as homeowners spent more on renovations and mild weather helped results surpass expectations. By Joe Ra... Continue reading →
Scientists Uncover 300 Million Year-Old Forest Preserved Under Volcanic Ash – Geekosystem
Indian Country Today Media Network.comScientists Uncover 300 Million Year-Old Forest Preserved Under Volcanic AshGeekosystemby Max Eddy | 10:30 am, February 21st, 2012 About 298 million years ago near the modern day city of Wuda, China, a volcano erupt... Continue reading →
This ancient Arctic plant regenerated after being frozen for 32000 years – io9
Brisbane TimesThis ancient Arctic plant regenerated after being frozen for 32000 yearsio9The narrow-leafed campion is not a particularly long-lived flower; and yet, the parents of the campion pictured here blossomed in the presence of mammoths and wool... Continue reading →