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Lee Jenkins: Mark Teixeira has definitely arrived (Sports Illustrated) A major league baseball player hears The Star-Spangled Banner upward of 190 times every year, and even the most patriotic among them will, at some point, be caught blowing a bubble or spitting a sunflower seed. Mark Teixeira was with the Los Angeles Angels for 60 renditions last season, and teammate Torii Hunter observed him closely, wondering when Teixeira might finally glance at the ... us.rd.yahoo.com
China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks (AP via Yahoo! News) A decline in the Chinese currency's value against the U.S. dollar after months of hovering in a narrow range is threatening to bring the long-simmering issue to full boil as U.S.-China economic talks get under way in Beijing. us.rd.yahoo.com
NZ cenbank cuts rates by record 150 bps to 5 pct (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) (Updates with detail, quotes, reaction) us.rd.yahoo.com
China currency issue heats up (Business Day) A decline in the Chinese currency's value against the US dollar is threatening to bring the long-simmering issue to full boil as amid US-China economic talks. us.rd.yahoo.com
Aquinnah survey targets wind regs (The Martha's Vineyard Times) If at first (second, third, fourth and fifth) you do not succeed, try, try, again; but first send out a questionnaire. us.rd.yahoo.com
Shoe Drops At Pilgrim's Pride (The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record) HARRISONBURG - A local economics professor said Monday morning's bankruptcy filing by Pilgrim's Pride isn't necessarily a bad thing. And it could have been a lot worse. us.rd.yahoo.com
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-03 20:50 UPDATE 1-NZ cenbank cuts rates by record 150 bps to 5 pct (Interactive Investor) WELLINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank slashed interest rates by a record 150 basis points on Thursday and said it may cut further to protect the economy from the global slowdown and lift it out of recession. The move, the fourth cut since July, took the official cash rate to 5.0 percent, the lowest since December 2003. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said it acted because of ... us.rd.yahoo.com
UPDATE 1-NZ cenbank cuts rates by record 150 bps to 5 pct (The Forex Market) WELLINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank slashed interest rates by a record 150 basis points on Thursday and said it may cut further to protect the economy from the global slowdown and lift it out of recession. us.rd.yahoo.com
States' Budgetary Needs May Interfere With Obama's Economic Plan (Hartford Courant) Connecticut and most other states are tightening budgets just as President-elect Barack Obama is gauging how much new federal spending is needed to stimulate the economy. us.rd.yahoo.com
China currency issue heating up on eve of US talks (San Francisco Chronicle) A decline in the Chinese currency's value against the U.S. dollar after months of hovering in a narrow range is threatening to bring the long-simmering issue to full boil as U.S.-China economic talks get under way in Beijing. In Washington, U.S. Treasury... us.rd.yahoo.com
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