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Business News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/business/ Get the latest Business news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking business news, including analysis and opinion on top business stories.en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved2012-04-06T10:10:55-04:005Business News Headlines - Yahoo! Newshttp://news.yahoo.com/business/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifWall Street Week Ahead: Will earnings spark further declines?<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-week-ahead-earnings-spark-further-stock-010353274.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fUI1.mIZidnGPo_qH3OVLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T010353Z_1_CBRE83502YL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS-CLOSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since October, estimates for first-quarter earnings growth have tumbled while the S&P 500 has surged. With the earnings season starting next week, the outlook is not as sunny as in previous quarters. Investors will assess whether slower growth is priced into the U.S. stock market, or if the S&P 500's retreat from Monday's four-year high is the start of a larger decline - if results disappoint. After the S&P 500's rise of about 30 percent since October, there is concern that buying interest is not strong enough to drive further gains, particularly after soft March U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-week-ahead-earnings-spark-further-stock-010353274.html2012-04-06T14:10:55ZReuterswall-st-week-ahead-earnings-spark-further-stock-010353274<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/wall-st-week-ahead-earnings-spark-further-stock-010353274.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fUI1.mIZidnGPo_qH3OVLw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T010353Z_1_CBRE83502YL00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS-CLOSE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="The Wall Street sign is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Since October, estimates for first-quarter earnings growth have tumbled while the S&P 500 has surged. With the earnings season starting next week, the outlook is not as sunny as in previous quarters. Investors will assess whether slower growth is priced into the U.S. stock market, or if the S&P 500's retreat from Monday's four-year high is the start of a larger decline - if results disappoint. After the S&P 500's rise of about 30 percent since October, there is concern that buying interest is not strong enough to drive further gains, particularly after soft March U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Thousands of AT&T workers to stay on job as talks continue<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XsVK9RMrP0PVKT5B25UbiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T080256Z_3_CBRE8370FEF00_RTROPTP_2_AT-T-LABOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" align="left" title="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html2012-04-08T08:02:56ZReutersthousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-t-workers-stay-job-talks-continue-053158320.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XsVK9RMrP0PVKT5B25UbiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T080256Z_3_CBRE8370FEF00_RTROPTP_2_AT-T-LABOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" align="left" title="AT&T employees walk with signs as they protest against contract negotiations in front of the company's business center in Tustin" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40,000 employees at AT&T Inc will keep working under the terms of an expired labor contract while their union continues negotiations with the telephone company, averting a potentially costly strike for now. The workers in AT&T's traditional wireline telephone business and some other units voted recently to give their union, the Communications Workers of America, authority to call a strike ahead of the expiration of four separate labor contracts at midnight local time April 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Analysis: Q1 bank results face great expectations(Reuters) - Bank executives face great expectations from investors when they report first-quarter results beginning Friday. Bank stocks have shot up 24 percent this year, as measured by the KBW Banks index, in their steepest ascent in any quarter since the end of September 2009. Now investors want to know if they should stick with their bets that the economy will strengthen and lift bank lending margins and profits, or take their gains and get out. "Investors are out on a limb," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank. ...http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-q1-bank-results-face-great-expectations-111518872.html2012-04-08T11:43:48ZReutersanalysis-q1-bank-results-face-great-expectations-111518872Despite recovery, U.S. public employees face more layoffs(Reuters) - Since 2009, the city of Chesapeake, tucked up against the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia, has cut its workforce twice. This summer, nearly three years after the recession ended, the city of 222,209 has plans for a third round of layoffs. "We're not seeing the recovery we want to see," said Budget Director Steven Jenkins, who is hoping many of the 20 people will move into other jobs. The city's revenues are still feeling the concussions from the housing market downturn, which started in 2006, even as overall growth in the United States has improved. ...http://news.yahoo.com/despite-recovery-u-public-employees-face-more-layoffs-111253574.html2012-04-08T11:12:53ZReutersdespite-recovery-u-public-employees-face-more-layoffs-111253574Oaktree IPO, seven others to launch in busy week(Reuters) - Private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management kicks off an estimated $2.2 billion of U.S. initial public offerings next week, the busiest flurry of offerings this year. Eight companies are scheduled to price shares, stirring bankers' hopes that the second quarter will revive a moribund market for public offerings. Proceeds from U.S.-listed IPOs fell 58.4 percent to $6.5 billion in the first quarter from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. "We feel constructive about the U.S. ...http://news.yahoo.com/oaktree-ipo-seven-others-launch-busy-week-110132724.html2012-04-08T11:01:32ZReutersoaktree-ipo-seven-others-launch-busy-week-110132724Deutsche says Azzam steps down as MENA chairman<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/deutsche-says-azzam-steps-down-mena-chairman-095000560.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0AlqPAbJlJMOd1TxznTtGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T095000Z_1_CBRE8370RBK00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-DEUTSCHE-MENA-AZZAM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Deutsche Bank CEO Henry Azzam speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai" align="left" title="Deutsche Bank CEO Henry Azzam speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Sunday that its Middle East, North Africa (MENA) Chairman Henry Azzam, a veteran in the region, has stepped down from his position at the German lender. "We confirm that Henry Azzam has stepped down as MENA non- executive chairman of the bank. He remains as an advisor to Deutsche Bank," a spokesman said. Azzam was named non-executive chairman of the bank in 2010. Prior to that he was chief executive of the bank's Middle East business. Azzam was not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Mirna Sleiman, Editing by Sitaraman Shankar)</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/deutsche-says-azzam-steps-down-mena-chairman-095000560.html2012-04-08T09:50:00ZReutersdeutsche-says-azzam-steps-down-mena-chairman-095000560<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/deutsche-says-azzam-steps-down-mena-chairman-095000560.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0AlqPAbJlJMOd1TxznTtGQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-08T095000Z_1_CBRE8370RBK00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-DEUTSCHE-MENA-AZZAM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Deutsche Bank CEO Henry Azzam speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai" align="left" title="Deutsche Bank CEO Henry Azzam speaks during the Reuters Middle East Investment Summit in Dubai" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Sunday that its Middle East, North Africa (MENA) Chairman Henry Azzam, a veteran in the region, has stepped down from his position at the German lender. "We confirm that Henry Azzam has stepped down as MENA non- executive chairman of the bank. He remains as an advisor to Deutsche Bank," a spokesman said. Azzam was named non-executive chairman of the bank in 2010. Prior to that he was chief executive of the bank's Middle East business. Azzam was not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Mirna Sleiman, Editing by Sitaraman Shankar)</p><br clear="all"/>Jobs recovery suffers setback in March<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-recovery-suffers-setback-march-080503797.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.KCSnNHfOZoEAJFHAt4QJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T182312Z_2_CBRE8350ZIS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" align="left" title="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" border="0" /></a>Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. The report was seized upon by Republicans hoping to make the weak economy the centerpiece of their campaign for November's presidential and congressional elections. Even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, job growth slowed to 120,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, the smallest increase since October. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-recovery-suffers-setback-march-080503797.html2012-04-07T08:05:03ZReutersjobs-recovery-suffers-setback-march-080503797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/jobs-recovery-suffers-setback-march-080503797.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.KCSnNHfOZoEAJFHAt4QJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T182312Z_2_CBRE8350ZIS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" align="left" title="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" border="0" /></a>Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. The report was seized upon by Republicans hoping to make the weak economy the centerpiece of their campaign for November's presidential and congressional elections. Even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, job growth slowed to 120,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, the smallest increase since October. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Poll: Greek pro-bailout parties recover as vote nearsATHENS (Reuters) - The two main parties backing Greece's EU/IMF bailout are recovering some popularity as a general election nears, an opinion poll showed on Saturday. Support for the conservative New Democracy and the Socialist PASOK now reaches a combined 40 percent from 26 percent in February, according to an Alco survey for the Proto Thema newspaper. Other polls showed the parties' support had sunk over the past few weeks because of unpopular austerity measures, casting doubt on whether their coalition could survive an election. ...http://news.yahoo.com/poll-greek-pro-bailout-parties-recover-vote-nears-203907702.html2012-04-07T20:39:07ZReuterspoll-greek-pro-bailout-parties-recover-vote-nears-203907702Apollo ups Great Wolf offer to outbid rivalNEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equtiy firm Apollo Global Management LLC raised its cash offer to buy Great Wolf Resorts Inc by 35 percent to $225.7 million, outbidding a rival for North America's largest operator of indoor water parks. Great Wolf said in a statement late on Friday it had agreed to amend its previous agreement with Apollo after the private equity firm, headed by billionaire Leon Black, raised its offer to $6.75 per share in cash from $5. ...http://news.yahoo.com/apollo-ups-great-wolf-offer-outbid-rival-011728508.html2012-04-08T01:17:28ZReutersapollo-ups-great-wolf-offer-outbid-rival-011728508U.S. gives nod to Eli Lilly's brain plaque testWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators gave the nod to an imaging test from Eli Lilly and Co. that can for the first time help doctors detect brain plaque tied to Alzheimer's disease, the company said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the radioactive dye, called Amyvid, to help doctors rule out whether patients have Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, Lilly announced late on Friday. The dye binds to clumps of a toxic protein called beta amyloid that accumulates in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's. ...http://news.yahoo.com/u-gives-nod-eli-lillys-brain-plaque-test-201653660.html2012-04-07T20:16:53ZReutersu-gives-nod-eli-lillys-brain-plaque-test-201653660Reforming Myanmar targets boost in rice exports<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reforming-myanmar-targets-boost-rice-exports-093520971.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x7O7y1xB9d36hffYroZgAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T093558Z_2_CBRE8360QN500_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MYANMAR-RICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match feature MYANMAR-RICE/" align="left" title="To match feature MYANMAR-RICE/" border="0" /></a>YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar plans to increase rice exports by almost a fifth to 1 million tons in the current fiscal year (2012-2013), owing partly to international help in reviving its agriculture sector, state media said on Saturday. Minister of Agriculture Myint Hlaing said President Thein Sein, a key reformer in the year-old civilian government, had instructed the ministry to boost rice yields and quality. Tax concessions would also be extended to help rice exporters, the newspapers said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/reforming-myanmar-targets-boost-rice-exports-093520971.html2012-04-07T09:35:58ZReutersreforming-myanmar-targets-boost-rice-exports-093520971<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/reforming-myanmar-targets-boost-rice-exports-093520971.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/x7O7y1xB9d36hffYroZgAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T093558Z_2_CBRE8360QN500_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-MYANMAR-RICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match feature MYANMAR-RICE/" align="left" title="To match feature MYANMAR-RICE/" border="0" /></a>YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar plans to increase rice exports by almost a fifth to 1 million tons in the current fiscal year (2012-2013), owing partly to international help in reviving its agriculture sector, state media said on Saturday. Minister of Agriculture Myint Hlaing said President Thein Sein, a key reformer in the year-old civilian government, had instructed the ministry to boost rice yields and quality. Tax concessions would also be extended to help rice exporters, the newspapers said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>India's jewelers call off strikeNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Jewellers in India called off their three-week-old strike on Saturday, an industry official said, on assurances from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee that the government would consider scrapping a budget proposal to levy excise duty on unbranded jewelry. "The strike has been called off today onwards. We will be starting our shops from tomorrow," said Kumar Jain, vice chairman of the Mumbai Jewellers Association. ...http://news.yahoo.com/indias-jewelers-call-off-strike-124817522.html2012-04-07T12:48:17ZReutersindias-jewelers-call-off-strike-124817522Gazprom flags Shtokman gas shift; Europe waryURENGOI, Russia (Reuters) - Gazprom may ditch plans to pipe Arctic gas from its Shtokman project, a top executive said, potentially giving Russia's top energy firm more leeway to sell supplies from the huge field to customers outside Europe. Gazprom may instead focus on producing more easily transportable liquefied natural gas at the Barents Sea deposit, deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said on Saturday - the first time the company has mentioned that option. ...http://news.yahoo.com/gazprom-flags-shtokman-gas-shift-europe-wary-151204704.html2012-04-07T15:12:04ZReutersgazprom-flags-shtokman-gas-shift-europe-wary-151204704Iran oil development fund could reach $55 billion: Ahmedinejad<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-oil-development-fund-could-reach-55-billion-151751670.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HQcOFdxz9.kUFdCvpOo7Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T195254Z_1_CBRE8361J8900_RTROPTP_2_IRAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The SPQ1 gas platform is seen on the southern edge of Iran's South Pars gas field in the Gulf, off Assalouyeh" align="left" title="The SPQ1 gas platform is seen on the southern edge of Iran's South Pars gas field in the Gulf, off Assalouyeh" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the country's sovereign wealth fund could reach $55 billion by March next year if oil prices kept high, in an apparent bid to defend his economic record in the face of increasing isolation. Washington and the European Union have stepped up sanctions on the Islamic Republic, alarmed by its disputed nuclear program. Iran earned up to $100 billion in oil revenue last year but an EU embargo set to come into force in July could put a major dent in future income. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-oil-development-fund-could-reach-55-billion-151751670.html2012-04-07T15:17:51ZReutersiran-oil-development-fund-could-reach-55-billion-151751670<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-oil-development-fund-could-reach-55-billion-151751670.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HQcOFdxz9.kUFdCvpOo7Lw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T195254Z_1_CBRE8361J8900_RTROPTP_2_IRAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The SPQ1 gas platform is seen on the southern edge of Iran's South Pars gas field in the Gulf, off Assalouyeh" align="left" title="The SPQ1 gas platform is seen on the southern edge of Iran's South Pars gas field in the Gulf, off Assalouyeh" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the country's sovereign wealth fund could reach $55 billion by March next year if oil prices kept high, in an apparent bid to defend his economic record in the face of increasing isolation. Washington and the European Union have stepped up sanctions on the Islamic Republic, alarmed by its disputed nuclear program. Iran earned up to $100 billion in oil revenue last year but an EU embargo set to come into force in July could put a major dent in future income. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Housing secretary pushes mortgage write-downs<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/housing-secretary-pushes-mortgage-write-downs-235316863.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7WM2NPGMJ6d3ZOl31ItPMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T235316Z_1_CBRE8351UD200_RTROPTP_2_MORTGAGE-SETTLEMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announces $25 billion agreement with mortgage servicers in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announces $25 billion agreement with mortgage servicers in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance the bulk of U.S. mortgages, to start reducing loan balances for troubled borrowers, but with safeguards to prevent them from purposely defaulting to obtain relief. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan laid out the case for a program with such checks and balances to convince the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates the companies, to provide more mortgage aid. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/housing-secretary-pushes-mortgage-write-downs-235316863.html2012-04-06T23:53:16ZReutershousing-secretary-pushes-mortgage-write-downs-235316863<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/housing-secretary-pushes-mortgage-write-downs-235316863.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7WM2NPGMJ6d3ZOl31ItPMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T235316Z_1_CBRE8351UD200_RTROPTP_2_MORTGAGE-SETTLEMENT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announces $25 billion agreement with mortgage servicers in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announces $25 billion agreement with mortgage servicers in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration wants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which finance the bulk of U.S. mortgages, to start reducing loan balances for troubled borrowers, but with safeguards to prevent them from purposely defaulting to obtain relief. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan laid out the case for a program with such checks and balances to convince the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates the companies, to provide more mortgage aid. ...</p><br clear="all"/>No timetable for restarting California nuclear plant: Jaczko<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-timetable-restarting-california-nuclear-plant-jaczko-030835700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9XnovXKp0o_vB8DwNOmPcw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T030835Z_1_CBRE83608QU00_RTROPTP_2_QUAKE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>DANA POINT, California (Reuters) - The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for restarting the troubled San Onofre nuclear station in Southern California and that it would only do so if safety was assured. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Gregory Jaczko made his comments after touring the facility where both reactors have been shut since January due to the discovery of premature wear on tubes in giant steam generators installed in 2010 and 2011. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/no-timetable-restarting-california-nuclear-plant-jaczko-030835700.html2012-04-07T06:49:56ZReutersno-timetable-restarting-california-nuclear-plant-jaczko-030835700<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/no-timetable-restarting-california-nuclear-plant-jaczko-030835700.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9XnovXKp0o_vB8DwNOmPcw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-07T030835Z_1_CBRE83608QU00_RTROPTP_2_QUAKE-CALIFORNIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="(Blank Headline Received)" align="left" title="(Blank Headline Received)" border="0" /></a>DANA POINT, California (Reuters) - The top U.S. nuclear official said on Friday his agency has not set any timetable for restarting the troubled San Onofre nuclear station in Southern California and that it would only do so if safety was assured. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Gregory Jaczko made his comments after touring the facility where both reactors have been shut since January due to the discovery of premature wear on tubes in giant steam generators installed in 2010 and 2011. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat, and U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Treasury freezes pay for CEOs at Ally Financial, GM, AIG<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/treasury-freezes-pay-ceos-ally-financial-gm-aig-172309114.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G9jm8ZgsrP0cUu2gk1pvSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T211251Z_1_CBRE8351MXI00_RTROPTP_2_CROATIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CEO of AIG Robert Benmosche speaks during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic sea-front villa in Dubrovnik" align="left" title="CEO of AIG Robert Benmosche speaks during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic sea-front villa in Dubrovnik" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of General Motors , AIG, and Ally Financial had their 2012 compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row by the Treasury Department after they got "exceptional" bailout help during the financial crisis. The Treasury said on Friday that all three were making progress at repaying the taxpayer funds given to them to keep them from collapsing during the 2007-2009 financial crisis but their pay practices remain under scrutiny of a "special master" until they do pay it back. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/treasury-freezes-pay-ceos-ally-financial-gm-aig-172309114.html2012-04-06T21:12:51ZReuterstreasury-freezes-pay-ceos-ally-financial-gm-aig-172309114<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/treasury-freezes-pay-ceos-ally-financial-gm-aig-172309114.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/G9jm8ZgsrP0cUu2gk1pvSg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T211251Z_1_CBRE8351MXI00_RTROPTP_2_CROATIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="CEO of AIG Robert Benmosche speaks during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic sea-front villa in Dubrovnik" align="left" title="CEO of AIG Robert Benmosche speaks during an interview with Reuters in the garden of his Adriatic sea-front villa in Dubrovnik" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of General Motors , AIG, and Ally Financial had their 2012 compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row by the Treasury Department after they got "exceptional" bailout help during the financial crisis. The Treasury said on Friday that all three were making progress at repaying the taxpayer funds given to them to keep them from collapsing during the 2007-2009 financial crisis but their pay practices remain under scrutiny of a "special master" until they do pay it back. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Ex-Intel employee pleads guilty to theft charges<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ex-intel-employee-pleads-guilty-theft-charges-231506381.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t534aS0jFvcuA49J2fr4BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T231506Z_1_CBRE8351SLC00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-INTEL-THEFT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An Intel logo is seen at the company's offices in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv" align="left" title="An Intel logo is seen at the company's offices in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Intel Corp employee who allegedly stole from the chipmaker documents worth hundreds of millions of dollars pleaded guilty on Friday to five counts of wire fraud. Federal prosecutors in Boston had alleged that Biswamohan Pani, 36, downloaded some of Intel's "most valuable" design and manufacturing documents in June 2008, in his final days as an engineer in a Massachusetts facility. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ex-intel-employee-pleads-guilty-theft-charges-231506381.html2012-04-06T23:15:06ZReutersex-intel-employee-pleads-guilty-theft-charges-231506381<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ex-intel-employee-pleads-guilty-theft-charges-231506381.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/t534aS0jFvcuA49J2fr4BQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T231506Z_1_CBRE8351SLC00_RTROPTP_2_CBUSINESS-US-INTEL-THEFT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An Intel logo is seen at the company's offices in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv" align="left" title="An Intel logo is seen at the company's offices in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A former Intel Corp employee who allegedly stole from the chipmaker documents worth hundreds of millions of dollars pleaded guilty on Friday to five counts of wire fraud. Federal prosecutors in Boston had alleged that Biswamohan Pani, 36, downloaded some of Intel's "most valuable" design and manufacturing documents in June 2008, in his final days as an engineer in a Massachusetts facility. ...</p><br clear="all"/>China's big banks lend nearly 300 billion yuan in March: paperBEIJING (Reuters) - China's big four state banks extended almost 300 billion yuan ($47.50 billion) in new local-currency loans last month, the official Securities Times reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. The newspaper also estimated that the total new loans from all Chinese banks may exceed 900 billion yuan in March, based on a 30-40 percent weight that the top four lenders typically account for the total new loans. Chinese banks issued 710. ...http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-big-banks-lend-nearly-300-billion-yuan-041654724.html2012-04-07T04:16:54ZReuterschinas-big-banks-lend-nearly-300-billion-yuan-041654724Two more execs leave BlackBerry maker in shake-up<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/two-more-execs-leave-blackberry-maker-shake-214121989.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HIrLklZnEqyVOtGaNjgZUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T214121Z_1_CBRE8351O9E00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-RIM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Blackberry smartphones are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin" align="left" title="Blackberry smartphones are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd is losing two more senior executives as the money-losing company embarks on a strategic overhaul that its new chief executive says could result in its sale. Alan Brenner, a senior vice president for the BlackBerry platform, will leave after a transition period, and Alistair Mitchell, a vice president for the BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging product, has already left, RIM spokeswoman Tenille Kennedy said in an email on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/two-more-execs-leave-blackberry-maker-shake-214121989.html2012-04-06T21:41:21ZReuterstwo-more-execs-leave-blackberry-maker-shake-214121989<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/two-more-execs-leave-blackberry-maker-shake-214121989.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HIrLklZnEqyVOtGaNjgZUQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T214121Z_1_CBRE8351O9E00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-RIM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Blackberry smartphones are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin" align="left" title="Blackberry smartphones are pictured in this illustration photo taken in Berlin" border="0" /></a>TORONTO (Reuters) - Blackberry maker Research In Motion Ltd is losing two more senior executives as the money-losing company embarks on a strategic overhaul that its new chief executive says could result in its sale. Alan Brenner, a senior vice president for the BlackBerry platform, will leave after a transition period, and Alistair Mitchell, a vice president for the BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging product, has already left, RIM spokeswoman Tenille Kennedy said in an email on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>U.S. court wary of Apple request to block Samsung<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-hears-apple-request-pull-samsung-devices-184129860.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rhsPLMGgJm_2ex1d7IGCDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T202921Z_1_CBRE8351KX100_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-USA-SAMSUNG-APPLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai" align="left" title="A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday showed few signs that it was prepared to support a request by Apple Inc to block immediately the sale of some Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets. In a high-stakes patent dispute, the court heard arguments about whether a federal trial judge acted correctly in December when she ruled that Apple failed to provide enough evidence to support an injunction of Samsung's Galaxy product line. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-hears-apple-request-pull-samsung-devices-184129860.html2012-04-06T20:29:21ZReutersu-court-hears-apple-request-pull-samsung-devices-184129860<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-court-hears-apple-request-pull-samsung-devices-184129860.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rhsPLMGgJm_2ex1d7IGCDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T202921Z_1_CBRE8351KX100_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-USA-SAMSUNG-APPLE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai" align="left" title="A man looks at his Apple iPad in front an Apple logo outside an Apple store in downtown Shanghai" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday showed few signs that it was prepared to support a request by Apple Inc to block immediately the sale of some Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets. In a high-stakes patent dispute, the court heard arguments about whether a federal trial judge acted correctly in December when she ruled that Apple failed to provide enough evidence to support an injunction of Samsung's Galaxy product line. ...</p><br clear="all"/>J.C. Penney cuts 1000 jobs at headquarters, Pittsburgh(Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc laid off about 1000 employees at its headquarters in Plano, Texas and Pittsburgh customer call center, as part of its previously announced cost cutting measures, the company said in a regulatory filing on Friday. The retailer said it will take a pre-tax cash charge of $30 million to $38 million, most of which will be recognized in its first quarter ending April 28, primarily for one-time termination costs. ...http://news.yahoo.com/j-c-penney-cuts-1000-jobs-headquarters-pittsburgh-184334495.html2012-04-06T18:43:34ZReutersj-c-penney-cuts-1000-jobs-headquarters-pittsburgh-184334495Jobs recovery suffers setback in March<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-likely-added-over-200-040642096.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.KCSnNHfOZoEAJFHAt4QJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T182312Z_2_CBRE8350ZIS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" align="left" title="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. The report was seized upon by Republicans hoping to make the weak economy the centerpiece of their campaign for November's presidential and congressional elections. Even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, job growth slowed to 120,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, the smallest increase since October. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-likely-added-over-200-040642096.html2012-04-06T18:23:12ZReutersnews/u-likely-added-over-200-040642096<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-likely-added-over-200-040642096.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.KCSnNHfOZoEAJFHAt4QJw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T182312Z_2_CBRE8350ZIS00_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-USA-ECONOMY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" align="left" title="Employment seeking American University students line up waiting to talk to job recruiters during a career job fair at American University in Washington" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. The report was seized upon by Republicans hoping to make the weak economy the centerpiece of their campaign for November's presidential and congressional elections. Even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, job growth slowed to 120,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, the smallest increase since October. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Dodgers to emerge from bankruptcy on April 30<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dodgers-emerge-bankruptcy-april-30-210820563--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DghBnwknR4yrAjfBp_4VDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T210820Z_1_CBRE8351MQ200_RTROPTP_2_DODGERS-SALE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Los Angeles Dodger player makes his way to the dugout before their MLB spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale" align="left" title="A Los Angeles Dodger player makes his way to the dugout before their MLB spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers said on Friday it expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of April, after a group spearheaded by basketball great Earvin "Magic" Johnson last week agreed to buy the baseball franchise. The team, which had landed in bankruptcy court in June 2011, said it is filing for an amended plan of reorganization, which is scheduled for hearing on April 13. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/dodgers-emerge-bankruptcy-april-30-210820563--spt.html2012-04-06T21:08:20ZReutersdodgers-emerge-bankruptcy-april-30-210820563--spt<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/dodgers-emerge-bankruptcy-april-30-210820563--spt.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DghBnwknR4yrAjfBp_4VDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T210820Z_1_CBRE8351MQ200_RTROPTP_2_DODGERS-SALE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Los Angeles Dodger player makes his way to the dugout before their MLB spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale" align="left" title="A Los Angeles Dodger player makes his way to the dugout before their MLB spring training game against the San Francisco Giants in Scottsdale" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - Los Angeles Dodgers said on Friday it expects to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of April, after a group spearheaded by basketball great Earvin "Magic" Johnson last week agreed to buy the baseball franchise. The team, which had landed in bankruptcy court in June 2011, said it is filing for an amended plan of reorganization, which is scheduled for hearing on April 13. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Disappointing March jobs report sends futures lower<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/futures-fall-weak-march-jobs-report-123806773.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LNarKnlw8kNbJAPftV5mqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T134030Z_3_CBRE83418AP00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures closed lower on Friday in brief, holiday-thinned trading after a much weaker-than-expected report on U.S. job growth for March. Trading volumes were light because of the Good Friday holiday and market closings in Europe. S&P 500 futures fell 1.2 percent, suggesting a weak open on Monday as the cash market is closed Friday. U.S. payrolls grew by 120,000 in March, worse than the forecasted gain of 203,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, down from 8.3 percent in February. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/futures-fall-weak-march-jobs-report-123806773.html2012-04-06T13:40:30ZReutersfutures-fall-weak-march-jobs-report-123806773<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/futures-fall-weak-march-jobs-report-123806773.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/LNarKnlw8kNbJAPftV5mqw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T134030Z_3_CBRE83418AP00_RTROPTP_2_MARKETS-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" align="left" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures closed lower on Friday in brief, holiday-thinned trading after a much weaker-than-expected report on U.S. job growth for March. Trading volumes were light because of the Good Friday holiday and market closings in Europe. S&P 500 futures fell 1.2 percent, suggesting a weak open on Monday as the cash market is closed Friday. U.S. payrolls grew by 120,000 in March, worse than the forecasted gain of 203,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.2 percent, down from 8.3 percent in February. ...</p><br clear="all"/>More Americans win mortgage loan modificationsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department said on Friday that the number of active permanent mortgage loan modifications agreed to by banks rose 13,836 during February to 782,609 by the end of the month. The modifications, which aim to lower monthly payments so that distressed homeowners can avoid foreclosure, were made under the Home Affordable Mortgage Program, or HARP. ...http://news.yahoo.com/more-americans-win-mortgage-loan-modifications-193834675.html2012-04-06T19:38:34ZReutersmore-americans-win-mortgage-loan-modifications-193834675Yahoo products chief leaves company ahead of reorganization<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-products-chief-leaves-company-ahead-reorganization-173356164.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K.5I75EX7C79trUQVzijDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T173356Z_1_CBRE8351CSQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica" align="left" title="The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's head of products is leaving the company, ahead of a major reorganization aimed to return the struggling Web company to growth. The departure of Blake Irving, which a Yahoo spokeswoman confirmed, comes after the company announced its deepest job cuts in years earlier this week, with layoffs of 2,000 employees. On Tuesday, Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson will hold an all-staff meeting to brief employees on the company's new management structure, a source at the company told Reuters earlier this week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-products-chief-leaves-company-ahead-reorganization-173356164.html2012-04-06T17:33:56ZReutersyahoo-products-chief-leaves-company-ahead-reorganization-173356164<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/yahoo-products-chief-leaves-company-ahead-reorganization-173356164.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/K.5I75EX7C79trUQVzijDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T173356Z_1_CBRE8351CSQ00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica" align="left" title="The Yahoo! offices are pictured in Santa Monica" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's head of products is leaving the company, ahead of a major reorganization aimed to return the struggling Web company to growth. The departure of Blake Irving, which a Yahoo spokeswoman confirmed, comes after the company announced its deepest job cuts in years earlier this week, with layoffs of 2,000 employees. On Tuesday, Yahoo Chief Executive Scott Thompson will hold an all-staff meeting to brief employees on the company's new management structure, a source at the company told Reuters earlier this week. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Former Franklin Bank executives charged with fraudWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government charged two former executives of Franklin Bank Corp, a Houston-based lender founded by a mortgage bond pioneer, with a fraudulent scheme to conceal how badly the bank was doing during the height of the financial crisis. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said former Franklin chief executive Anthony Nocella and the bank's former chief financial officer, J. Russell McCann, inflated the bank's reported earnings and tried to conceal its loan quality during the second half of 2007. ...http://news.yahoo.com/former-franklin-bank-executives-charged-fraud-153333519.html2012-04-06T15:33:33ZReutersformer-franklin-bank-executives-charged-fraud-153333519Boeing pulls ahead of Airbus in first quarter<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-pulls-ahead-airbus-first-quarter-120907129.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4Bmx6GXqj9Dwdpcm4i.Wg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T152052Z_1_CBRE8350XRF00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach" align="left" title="The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing overtook Airbus in deliveries in the first quarter, setting itself on course to recapture the coveted number one spot in annual aircraft production for the first time since 2002, company data showed this week. European planemaker Airbus said on Friday its deliveries grew 10 percent compared with the first quarter of last year to 131 aircraft. On Thursday, its U.S. competitor Boeing announced first-quarter deliveries of 137 commercial airplanes, up 32 percent from a year earlier. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-pulls-ahead-airbus-first-quarter-120907129.html2012-04-06T15:20:52ZReutersboeing-pulls-ahead-airbus-first-quarter-120907129<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/boeing-pulls-ahead-airbus-first-quarter-120907129.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T4Bmx6GXqj9Dwdpcm4i.Wg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-06T152052Z_1_CBRE8350XRF00_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach" align="left" title="The Boeing logo is seen on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner airplane in Long Beach" border="0" /></a>PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing overtook Airbus in deliveries in the first quarter, setting itself on course to recapture the coveted number one spot in annual aircraft production for the first time since 2002, company data showed this week. European planemaker Airbus said on Friday its deliveries grew 10 percent compared with the first quarter of last year to 131 aircraft. On Thursday, its U.S. competitor Boeing announced first-quarter deliveries of 137 commercial airplanes, up 32 percent from a year earlier. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Deutsche Bank denies plans to cut thousands of jobsFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank denied a report that it plans to cut thousands of jobs. "There are no such plans," a spokesman for Germany's biggest lender said on Friday. German weekly magazine Der Spiegel earlier reported that about 15 percent of the bank's 35,000 jobs could be cut in the areas of infrastructure and regional management. In February the bank reported a quarterly loss of 351 million euros ($463 million) after packing in 1.2 billion euros worth of one-off charges into the fourth quarter. 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After years of explosive growth, natural gas producers are quickly retrenching. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this July 27, 2011, file photo, a pair of workers are behind the top of a pump where the hydraulic fracturing process in the Marcellus Shale layer to release natural gas is underway at a Range Resources site in Claysville, Pa. The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country?s swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural gas producers are quickly retrenching. 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Earth Day (April 22) not only reminds us to think about our impact on the Earth, it also signals the beginning of the travel season, so it is only natural to think about how to vacation in a more eco-friendly manner. How about a way to use your car, SUV, or mini-van instead of a [...]

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Engineers Built The Quantum Computer In A Diamond |


Quantum engineers from the University of California, Iowa State University, and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have built a quantum computer inside a diamond by exploiting the unsightly impurities in it. The flaws found in the crystalline structure of diamond became the soul of quantum computer in the shape of qubits.

Researchers used the nucleus of the diamond as one qubit and electron as the other qubit. When these two apposite qubits work together they lessen the deficiency of quantum computer of decoherency.

Quantum computer could perform much faster than digital computers as in ordinary computers bits means that information is rendered either in the form of one or zero, whereas elements in quantum computers render the same information much quickly due to performing the algorithm of one and zero simultaneously. Using the Grover`s algorithm the diamond computer could find correct entry at the first try.

Those elements working with ones and zeros at the same time had a major drawback, as being fast make them vulnerable to fall a victim to decoherence. To resolve this issue engineers used microwave pulses to change their direction to stop them from interacting from each other.

Such a stunning development this is, isn?t it? Tell me your views about it guys, in the comments below.

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