http://www.bnd.com/business/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Belleville News Democrat en-us Copyright 2008 Belleville News Democrat Business 60 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:49 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys support@Belleville.com http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402487.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402487.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:08 CDT THE GOOD: The flow of money going to U.S. startups remained steady in the second quarter as venture capitalists invested $7.4 billion, unchanged from a year ago. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402486.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402486.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:08 CDT The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402485.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402485.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:08 CDT THE GOOD: The flow of money going to U.S. startups remained steady in the second quarter as venture capitalists invested $7.4 billion, unchanged from a year ago. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402484.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402484.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:08 CDT The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402174.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402174.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:43 CDT Treasury prices declined for a third straight session Friday after Citigroup Inc.'s second-quarter report eased investor concern about credit market turmoil. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402154.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402154.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:28 CDT Platinum prices fell to a five-month low Friday as a sagging U.S. economy and a push to build smaller cars prompt automakers to buy less of the metal used in catalytic converters. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402102.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402102.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:58 CDT One of Yahoo Inc.'s largest shareholders is supporting the re-election of the Internet company's incumbent board, delivering a significant blow to an attempted coup being led by activist investor Carl Icahn. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401974.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401974.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:23 CDT President Cristina Fernandez canceled a widely protested farm export tax hike on Friday following months of protest and a stunning rejection by the Senate. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401989.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401989.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:18 CDT It took a few months. But the economic woes touched off by soaring oil prices and the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States are finally engulfing Europe. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401611.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401611.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:29 CDT The tomato scare may be over, but it has taken a toll - it's cost the industry an estimated $100 million and left millions of people with a new wariness about the safety of everyday foods. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402073.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402073.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:58 CDT The following recall has been announced: http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402041.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402041.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:08 CDT The trash talking has begun. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402009.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/402009.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:02 CDT South Africa's largest mobile phone network operator said Friday it was unable to agree on a deal in talks with an Indian telecom company. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401984.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401984.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:45 CDT Key specifications of the 2008 Smart fortwo: http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401981.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401981.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:45 CDT Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401985.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401985.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:40 CDT Two weeks after Joshua Lipton was charged in a drunken driving crash that seriously injured a woman, the 20-year-old college junior attended a Halloween party dressed as a prisoner. Pictures from the party showed him in a black-and-white striped shirt and an orange jumpsuit labeled "Jail Bird." http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401973.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401973.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:23 CDT President Cristina Fernandez canceled a widely protested farm export tax hike on Friday following months of protest and a stunning rejection by the Senate. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401968.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401968.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:12 CDT I have no reason to feel unsafe in my neighborhood, but I appear to be surrounded by dozens of people convicted of everything from theft and sex crimes to public drunkenness and speeding. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401709.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401709.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:26 CDT The future of the U.S. auto industry resembles a box of parts for hybrids, plug-in electrics and fuel cells, which promise to slash oil demand and provide jobs for another century. But that box comes with a familiar disclaimer: Batteries not included. http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401694.html http://www.bnd.com/business/story/401694.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:26 CDT Somebody please remind me why the station wagon has been dismissed as the culmination of uncool, the generic mom-mobile. The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen is the most exciting and enjoyable compact car I've tested in years.