http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=72&catid=358News Feed for - Businesshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96399007&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:48:00NEWTON, Iowa--(Business Wire)-- Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. (NYSE: IWA), announced today that its Board of Directors has approved an agreement for Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN) to acquire Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96402706&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:12:00NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Live Nation (LYV.N) hopes to gain a new revenue stream on Tuesday when Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iTunes begins to feature downloads of some of the live concerts it promotes. Apple's Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398994&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:54:00WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp and its rival Sanyo Electric Corp Ltd have won U.S. antitrust approval to merge, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96400116&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:30:00Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has raised its offer by $2 per share for Diedrich Coffee, matching a rival bid from Peet's Coffee & Tea. Both Peet's and Green Mountain are vying for a stake in Diedrich's San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96383321&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:25:00(Updates with comments from a conference call.) By Anjali Cordeiro Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- H.J. Heinz Co.'s (HNZ) fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 16% as the company absorbed CNN Moneyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96399387&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:23:00CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. food makers H.J. Heinz Co and Hormel Foods Corp said they expect sales to rise in the coming months as consumers stick to more frugal habits such as eating meals at home instead ABC Newshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96360828&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:43:00TOKYO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Shares of Japan Airlines Corp slid to a record low on Tuesday on growing investor worries that Asia's largest airline by revenue could face bankruptcy as it struggles to win Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363767&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T02:55:00LinksList Documentid: 19980366 Expiration DateTime: 11/23/2009 6:57:06 PMCNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96403909&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:15:00Why December's conference on international climate change won't deliver the goods. PARIS (Fortune) -- Lars G. Josefsson showed up at the UN General Assembly in New York City in September with a petition CNN Moneyhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96406472&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:42:00NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Lost in all the bickering between Democrats and Republicans when Bank of America officials testified before Congress last week was a seemingly crucial piece of evidence that seems Fortunehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96406079&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T15:38:00Even an alliance with the mighty Microsoft may not help Rupert Murdoch's media empire loosen Google's grip on the news. In an effort to keep News Corp.'s (NWS) newspaper content out of Google's search BusinessWeekhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398067&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T13:04:00AUSTIN, Minn. -- Hormel Foods says its fourth-quarter profit rose more than 50 percent, helped by lower ingredient costs even as sales slipped on lower meat prices and a continuing pullback in consumer Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96371920&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T13:11:00* Cities have few tools to create jobs in better economy * Los Angeles faces 'two-year jobless recovery' * Construction, healthcare, green economy are best bets LOS ANGELES, Nov 24 (Reuters) - In a depressed Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96390545&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T12:14:00BusinessWire - MicroSeismic, Inc. (MSI), a leading geophysical service company providing 3-D passive seismic imaging for energy exploration and production, today announced that Chris Heaver has joined Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96389703&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T12:04:00Mervyn King tells Treasury select committee of emergency loans issued at the height of the financial crisis The Bank of England today revealed for the first time that it spent £61.6bn propping up RBS Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294871&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T12:16:00Company: iBasis, Inc. (IBAS) US operator KPN and carrier services provider iBasis have entered into a settlement agreement under which KPN will make an increased offer for the remaining shares in iBasis, Zibbhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386849&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T11:09:00By Alister Bull - Analysis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96408193&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T19:04:00The contract is for Schedule 84, which allows Iron Sky to provide total solutions related to Law Enforcement, Security and Facilities Management, including video surveillance solutions and wireless public Yahoo! Canadahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96346280&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T04:18:00SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's beleaguered labor market added 25,700 jobs in October, but the gain may only be a brief respite for the state's legions of job seekers. California's increase in Reuters Indiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96340381&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T02:58:00Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday completing a 2005 U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal would boost investment opportunities in his country, a hopeful sign for U.S. companies eyeing CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96209926&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T00:28:00Reliance Industries' offer for LyondellBasell Industries is a serious one and should be closely considered by the bankrupt petrochemicals maker, a lawyer representing unsecured creditors said. The Indian CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96413872&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T18:47:00Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg on Tuesday backed out of its deal to buy Saab from General Motors, leaving the Detroit giant with another European name plate it had initially planned on selling.'We're obviously MarketWatchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96358284&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T13:10:00EST The annual rate of U.S. vehicle sales is likely to fall short of some auto makers' forecasts next year, according to a new industry forecast. That casts doubt on the ability of Chrysler Group LLC Globe and Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96376151&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T09:13:00Premier Investments Ltd chairman Solomon Lew has hosed down Harvey Norman-driven expectations of a bumper Christmas sales season while reassuring investors the group is on track to improve profits in Sydney Morning Heraldhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96379783&Channel_ID=72&Category_ID=3582009-11-24T08:32:00Hewlett-Packard tripled the size of its share repurchase programme to US$12 billion, as a strong performance in mainland and improved profit margins in its services business helped boost quarterly earnings.South China Morning Post