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Your Top Stories for March 11, 2010 Smithfield Foods returns to 3rd-quarter profit - Yahoo! News Business - news.yahoo.com - 03/11/2010 04:52AM AP - Meat processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday it returned to a profit in its fiscal third quarter, partly due to strength in its packaged meats business as sales grew overseas. EU says US has pressed it on hedge fund rules Fund - meehive.com - 03/11/2010 05:28AM The European Union's top finance official says the U.S has pressed him on draft EU rules for hedge funds _ and hopes the U.S. will respect Europe's right to decide its own legislation. Amadeo Altafaj Tardio, a spokesman for EU Finance Commissione... Google says talks with China ongoing - Yahoo! News Google - news.yahoo.com - 03/11/2010 03:55AM AFP - Google said on Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyber-attacks and state web censorship. China GrenTech Schedules 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Earnings Release on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - Yahoo! Finance Electronics Industry - biz.yahoo.com - 03/11/2010 12:15AM China GrenTech Corporation Limited , a leading China-based radio frequency technology and product developer and a leading wireless coverage products and services provider, announced that it will release unaudited financial results for the fourth q... Battery Ventures Completes $750 Million Fund, Year's Biggest - BusinessWeek Venture Capital - businessweek.com - 03/10/2010 09:52PM Battery Ventures completed a $750 million venture-capital fund, the biggest so far this year, raising money to invest in computing startups and clean-energy deals. FT.com / Companies / Property - Fears grow over China property bubble Housing Market Crisis - ft.com - 03/10/2010 06:00PM Chinese real estate prices accelerated last month, rising by their fastest pace in two years despite government efforts to cool the market amid fears of a looming... Does Your VC Provide "Startup Therapy?" « VCMike's Blog Entrepreneurship - vcmike.wordpress.com - 03/11/2010 05:11AM We all say this and hear this routinely: “money is cheap, you want an investor who is really going to add value.”Yeah, sure, of course. But just how should you to expect your VC to “add value?... FT.com / Financials - Spain has the means to avoid the fate of Greece Real Estate - ft.com - 03/10/2010 06:00PM After six quarters of negative growth and unemployment rates inching towards 20 per cent, perhaps the most surprising feature of the situation in Spain is the inaction... Turkey's ghost village - thestar.com Marble - thestar.com - 03/11/2010 12:30AM The whiff of antiquity hangs in the air and even fallen marble still supports the weight of accumulated myth. Year of the Pay Wall? Hardly. 2010 may be the Year of Participation Wireless Industry - knightdigitalmediacenter.org - 03/11/2010 05:39AM 2010 was supposed to be the year of the online pay wall in the mainstream print news industry. But so far, we’ve seen little action on that front. (Among other things, the impending arrival of the iPad and the increasing urgency of mobile m... Stocks set to fall ahead of weekly labor report - Stocks & economy- msnbc.com Business - msnbc.msn.com - 03/11/2010 05:19AM Stock futures fell modestly Thursday as the market remains stuck in a tight range. A lack of economic reports have kept a lid on big movements this week. Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities - Research and Analysis Hawaii jobless rate inches upward, led by tourism - Yahoo! News Business - news.yahoo.com - 03/11/2010 05:02AM AP - Hawaii's unemployment rate inched upward in January, led by large job losses in the tourism sector of the state's economy, the state reported Wednesday. Sarkozy: more funds needed to fight deforestation Fund - meehive.com - 03/11/2010 05:00AM Rich nations must contribute more to a climate change fund and help fight deforestation, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in opening a conference Thursday on saving the world's forests _ a key defense against global warming. ... Swiss regulator investigating data theft at HSBC| Markets| Europe| Reuters Business - reuters.com - 03/11/2010 03:45AM ZURICH, March 11 (Reuters) - Swiss regulator FINMA said onThursday it was investigating the theft of data from the Genevaprivate bank of HSBC Holdings . Motorola To Replace Google With Bing On Chinese Android Phones Google - techcrunch.com - 03/11/2010 05:30AM If I were a spit takin' man, I'd do a spit take right now. Motorola , stalwart of freedom, will work with Chinese carriers to add Bing to Chinese Android-based phones, ousting Google Search and Maps from the scene. ... Pension fund fraud admitted in state : Finance, Investments, Insurance : The Buffalo News Fund - buffalonews.com - 03/11/2010 04:24AM NEW YORK--A former top investment officer for New York's state pension fund admitted Wednesday that he helped channel hundreds of millions of dollars in public retirement money to investment firms that paid kickbacks to other officials to get the... Dell Amazon Google Take On Itunes - The Tech Observer - Portfolio.com Google - portfolio.com - 03/11/2010 05:29AM Dell's Streak tablet will include access to 300,000 e-books, 11 million songs and 50,000 movies and TV shows. The computer maker is hoping to give iPad stiff competition. Scottishpower to cut gas prices| Personal Finance| Reuters Gas Prices - reuters.com - 03/11/2010 03:20AM LONDON (Reuters) - ScottishPower is to cut its standard household gas prices by an average of 8 percent from March 31, a company spokesman said on Thursday. Granholm Asks Google For Fast Network - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit Google - clickondetroit.com - 03/11/2010 03:55AM The office of Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said she's meeting in California with Google officials to encourage them to test their new ultrahigh speed fiber network in her state. Google Street View goes nationwide in Britain - Telegraph Internet Industry - telegraph.co.uk - 03/11/2010 01:26AM Google's Street View imaging service has been extended to cover more than 95 per cent of Britain's roads.

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