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Sony Ericsson loss widens to $245 million - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 22 hours 20 minutes ago
However, the result was still an improvement on the 213 million euros the group lost in the second quarter of 2009, helped by a better gross margin as well as reduced operating expenses.

Don't let condominium reserve funds run low Realty Q&A - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 7 hours 10 minutes ago
Answer: The issues you describe are complicated but all too common. Many common-interest developments -- homeowner as well as condominium associations -- under-fund their budgets, including by not accounting for potential collection problems and not properly socking away enough money to take care of common maintenance items such as painting and roofing. Paying for expensive repairs requires collecting a fair share from all owners to cover a 30-year reserve projection period. And if a budget h...

China regulator urges top banks to lend at 'reasonable' pace - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 1 hour 24 minutes ago
BEIJING (MarketWatch) -- China's banking regulator said Friday it held a meeting with the five biggest state-run lenders to urge them to maintain a reasonable pace of lending and take measures to better control credit risks.

Halliburton net income falls 61%; shares up - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 18 hours 41 minutes ago
While the company said its business is starting to improve, profits will remain under pressure in the fourth quarter, as expected by Wall Street.

BHP Billiton launches friendly takeover bid for United Minerals - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 5 hours 56 minutes ago
MELBOURNE (MarketWatch) -- BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP.AU) Friday launched a friendly A$204 million takeover of United Minerals Ltd. (UMC.AU), scuttling Chinese plans to take a stake in the junior explorer's Australian iron ore assets.

Dollar edges higher against most rivals - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 3 minutes ago
The dollar bought 90.92 yen, up from 90.59 yen in late North American trading Thursday, while the euro bought $1.4917, down from $1.4933,

Bofa's Lewis to give up 2009 bonus, return pay - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 8 hours 47 minutes ago
Lewis agreed because he felt that it wasn't in the best interests of Bank of America to "get into a dispute with the pay-master," Bob Stickler, a spokesman for the bank, said in an interview.

China to let ICBC, CCB invest in Taiwan: report - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 3 minutes ago
No date was indicated when Chinese authorities would approve the investments, according the Commercial Times report, which cited unnamed mainland Chinese authorities as sources.

Toyota, Daihatsu to team on emerging-market car - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 7 hours 10 minutes ago
The compact is intended for sale in India, Brazil, China and other markets starting in "the first half of the next decade," the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.

Industrial output grows the most in four years - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 17 hours 38 minutes ago
Output of the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose 0.7% in September after an upwardly revised 1.2% gain in August and a 0.9% increase in July, the Fed said.

Australian carbon scheme to cost jobs, says Rio Tinto - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 5 hours 13 minutes ago
In its strongest statements to date on the scheme, the miner proposed four amendments it said should be made before the legislation is passed through parliament.

Treasurys mixed before data barrage - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 17 hours 38 minutes ago
Other reports on industrial production, capacity utilization and consumer confidence will be watched for indications of the economy's ability to continue recovering.

Asian Shares Mostly Down; US Earnings Eyed For Cues - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 1 hour 24 minutes ago
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A perfect storm's brewing to cool petroleum demand Commodities Corner - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 22 hours 2 minutes ago
With high oil and fuel prices, a weak global economy and worldwide government and consumer efforts to increase conservation and efficiency, some analysts doubt a return to the peak energy consumption levels seen just a few years ago.

Keeping up with an avalanche of troubled mortgages - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 6 hours 55 minutes ago
That is putting a huge burden on mortgage-modification programs, both those run by the government and an increasing number operated by private industry, which are in a struggle of their own to stay ahead of the tide of potential foreclosures.