http://www.bnd.com/business/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Business 60 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:07:43 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392277.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392277.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392284.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392284.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Anheuser-Busch claims that Belgian brewer InBev's unsolicited takeover bid isn't just bad for the bottom line, but is an "illegal scheme" that threatens to defraud Anheuser-Busch shareholders if a federal judge doesn't step in. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392287.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392287.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Nuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: cigarettes, brassieres, bull semen and more. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392304.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392304.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Companies have long been trying to get us to "go green." That's their environmentally friendly way of saying they don't want to send paper bills and statements. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392314.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392314.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:13 CDT Oil has dropped $9 http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392330.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392330.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:25 CDT More than 4,800 dairy cows at risk of carrying tuberculosis are being slaughtered this week in central California, where nearly 16,000 cattle in the country's largest milk-producing region have been quarantined, federal officials said. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392201.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392201.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59 CDT Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right? http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392197.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392197.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:45 CDT A federal judge has dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash that killed 49 people two years ago. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392196.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/392196.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:49 CDT The labor drama gripping Hollywood is now entering its final act after one actors group said its members ratified a new deal and the other prepared to turn down the major studios' final offer. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391968.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391968.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:45 CDT Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum producer, ushered in the second-quarter earnings season by posting a 24 percent earnings decline as rising production costs eroded profits, but the results still exceeded analysts' expectations. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391959.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391959.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:56 CDT Treasurys edged higher Tuesday as investors had little economic data to trade on and instead focused their attention on movements in the stock market. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391956.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391956.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:45 CDT Anheuser-Busch claims that Belgian brewer InBev's unsolicited takeover bid isn't just bad for the bottom line, but is an "illegal scheme" that threatens to defraud Anheuser-Busch shareholders if a federal judge doesn't step in. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391947.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391947.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:30 CDT The Chicago Tribune plans to eliminate about 80 editorial positions - roughly 14 percent of its newsroom staff - amid parent Tribune Co.'s campaign to cut costs as revenues decline. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391941.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391941.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:50 CDT In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world's information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more fantasizing on the Web. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391922.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391922.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:50 CDT Executives from major Internet players - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391904.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391904.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:10 CDT John Mittelstedt didn't expect his postcollegiate job search to be easy - he just thought it would be easier. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391906.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391906.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:10 CDT "Don King Presents: Prizefighter" http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391887.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391887.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:10 CDT More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391869.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391869.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:50 CDT Commodities fell sharply for a second day Tuesday after another big drop in crude prices suggested that a global economic slowdown is curbing the world's thirst for for energy and raw materials. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391870.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/391870.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:14 CDT DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the "Shrek" movies and "Kung Fu Panda," announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. computer chips to Intel Corp.'s as it moves toward making all 3-D movies.