Stocks were little changed Wall Street in midday trading Tuesday as budget talks continued in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial...
Nokia Siemens to sell optical networks unit
Label: TechnologyFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mobile telecoms equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks, which is focusing on its core business, is to sell its optical fiber unit to Marlin Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum.Up to 1,900 employees, mainly in Germany and Portugal, will be transferred to the new company, NSN said on Monday.The company, owned by Nokia and Siemens, has sold a number of product lines since...
Palace says Duchess of Cambridge expecting a baby
Label: LifestyleLONDON (AP) — Get the nursery ready: Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child.St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton — has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side.The palace said since the pregnancy is in its "very early stages,"...
Call That Kept Nursing Home Patients in Sandy’s Path
Label: HealthChang W. Lee/The New York TimesWorkers were shocked that nursing and adult homes in areas like Rockaway Park, Queens, weren’t evacuated. Hurricane Sandy was swirling northward, four days before landfall, and at the Sea Crest Health Care Center, a nursing home overlooking the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, workers were gathering medicines and other supplies as they prepared to evacuate. ...
Construction spending jumps in October, led by more home building
Label: Business Ford Smith works on a home under construction in Chicago in October. (Nam...
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Egypt's top court postpones ruling amid pressure
Label: World CAIRO -- Egypt's highest court postponed ruling on a case against the constitutional assembly after Islamist supporters of President...
Letterman up for jabs with Kennedy Center Honors
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (AP) — David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists are being vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim as the late-night comedian receives this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin and three other artists.Stars from New York, Hollywood and the music world gathered Sunday in Washington to salute the comedian and the band, along with Dustin Hoffman, Chicago...
Opinion: A Health Insurance Detective Story
Label: HealthI’VE had a long career as a business journalist, beginning at Forbes and including eight years as the editor of Money, a personal finance magazine. But I’ve never faced a more confounding reporting challenge than the one I’m engaged in now: What will I pay next year for the pill that controls my blood cancer? After making more than 70 phone calls to 16 organizations over the past few weeks,...
When home security salesman comes knocking, beware
Label: Business Door-to-door sellers of home alarm systems are required by the state to have passed a criminal background check and have...
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