http://www.datasoftsystem.com/news/ Latest news from datasoftsystem http://www.datasoftsystem.com/news/http://www.datasoftsystem.com/N/images/logo.gif AP - Stocks finished mixed after uneven reports on retail sales and consumer confidence gave investors little new insight into the economy. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250610.html AP - Washington Mutual Inc. says it has resolved disputes with JPMorgan Chase p; Co. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. over some $4 billion at issue in the bank holding company's Chapter... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250611.html AP - Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from racking up purchases. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope that th... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250612.html Reuters - In mid-January, a who's who of Wall Street gathered to hear Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman whose role in the White House seemed at best unclear. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250613.html AFP - Detailed options for concrete European-level financial support to help Greece out of its debt crisis will be presented to eurozone finance ministers next week, sources said Friday. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250614.html AP - Sales dipped for L.L. Bean for the second consecutive year in 2009 but the outdoors clothing retailer managed to beat its own projections, the company said Friday. The company also reported that ... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250615.html AP - The Obama administration's mortgage relief plan has helped only about 16 percent of borrowers who signed up since its launch last year, while hundreds of thousands of homeowners remain in li... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250616.html AP - Oil prices ended the week lower following mixed economic reports that kept investors on edge about the outlook for improving energy demand. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250617.html AP - The British government says it's giving a 270 million pound ($410 million) loan guarantee to General Motors Co. to help keep its Vauxhall operations going in Britain. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250499.html AP - Orange County prosecutors say they'll file a lawsuit against Toyota because of continuing problems with their vehicles. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250500.html AP - After more than a year of bids and counterbids, CF Industries landed Terra Industries on Friday for $4.7 billion in a deal that will create one of the world's largest fertilizer companies. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250501.html AFP - US retail sales unexpectedly rose for the second month in February, despite severe winter storms that hammered large regions of the country, official data showed Friday. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250502.html AFP - World oil prices rose toward 83 dollars a barrel on Friday as the International Energy Agency reported strong growth in world energy demand, led by China. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250503.html BusinessWeek - James Tsai is the sort of MBA corporate recruiters covet. He went to a good prep school, earned a degree with honors from Middlebury College, and made vice-president in Bank of America.. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250504.html AP - Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro spiked by an impressive 1.7 percent in January from the month before, official figures showed Friday, raising hopes that the recovery f... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250375.html AP - UBS AG says the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has collected information on the cross-border activities of about 20 Swiss banks in the course of its amnesty program for American tax evaders. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250376.html AP - The value of home mortgage advances in January fell by half from December, when there was a late rush to complete deals before a tax break ended at the New Year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders s... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250377.html AP - LONDON AP) p;mdash; European stock markets rose Friday after a strong set of industrial production figures for January stoked hopes that the recovery from recession in the 16 countries that us... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250378.html AP - China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling in other countries' affairs Friday p;mdash; its standard response to Washington's annual review of Bei... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250379.html AP - Oil prices moved above $82 a barrel Friday after the International Energy Agency brightened its outlook for world demand, predicting a surge in Asian economic activity will make up for a fall... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250380.html AP - Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as investors held out for additional clues to the strength of economic recovery. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250306.html AP - President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, The Wall Street J... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250307.html AP - Oil prices hovered above $82 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors mulled whether extending a monthlong rally is justified amid evidence of weak U.S. crude demand. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250308.html AFP - China on Friday hit back at US President Barack Obama over his comments on the value of the yuan, saying the issue was not a political one and was not the solution to global trade imbalances. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250309.html Reuters - Asian stocks edged up on Friday, heading for a fifth straight week of gains, with energy stocks outperforming as oil held above $82 a barrel. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250310.html AFP - The only son of Hyundai Motor chairman Chung Mong-Koo was Friday appointed to the board of South Korea's top carmaker, fuelling speculation he is being groomed to succeed his 71-year-old fat... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250311.html AP - The dollar eased against the euro and the pound Thursday as Greece announced additional salary cuts and tax hikes to deal with its ballooning deficit, while China reported a jump in inflation. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250209.html AP - Pall Corp. on Thursday posted a 28 percent rise in its fiscal second-quarter profit, but still fell short of Wall Street estimates. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250210.html AP - BULLISH OUTLOOK: Citigroup Inc. says its returning to "sustained profitability" after losing billions on bad loans and taking a federal bailout. CEO Vikram Pandit says the bank is shedd... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250211.html Reuters - Sales incentives, including zero-percent financing offers, have boosted Toyota Motor Corp's (7203.T) U.S. sales by nearly 50 percent in early March, an industry tracking service and deal... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250050.html AP - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250040.html AP - Citigroup Inc. is poised to return to "sustained profitability" as it sheds risky assets and focuses on emerging markets, CEO Vikram Pandit said Thursday. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250041.html AP - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250042.html AP - The stock market is up for a third day after a rally in financial shares helped offset concerns about rising inflation in China. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250043.html AP - First-time claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week by 6,000 to 462,000 for the week ending March 6. The total nearly matched analysts' estimates and was the second straight drop. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250044.html AP - Defense contractor Kratos Defense p; Security Solutions Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit Thursday. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250045.html AP - Fannie Mae on Thursday said it will offer $6 billion of new 3-year notes due May 7, 2013. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250046.html AP - The Kroger Co., the country's largest grocery retailer, on Thursday declared a quarterly dividend of 9.5 cents per share payable June 1 to shareholders of record as of May 14. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250047.html AP - The head of the Federal Housing Administration is warning that boosting the minimum down payment borrowers must provide to qualify for home loans backed by the agency could threaten the housing m... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250048.html AFP - Oil prices traded narrowly mixed Thursday as the market weighed prospects for global economic recovery ahead of an OPEC meeting next week. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/250049.html AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for a clampdown on the type of speculative trading that exacerbated Greece's debt crisis and undermined t... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249890.html AP - Giant-screen movie technology company Imax Corp. posted a fourth-quarter profit Thursday, reversing a year-ago loss on a sharp jump in its movie theater equipment sales and rentals. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249891.html Reuters - The head of the top U.S. futures regulator chided Wall Street on Thursday for resisting calls to make over-the-counter derivatives markets more transparent, arguing major reforms are require... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249892.html AP - The Retail Industry Leaders Association spent $850,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby on a variety of issues from health care reform to consumer product safety, according to a recent disclosure r... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249893.html AP - A Dallas area company charges that Kroger Co. is ripping off its technology and methods in the grocery chain's popular gasoline discount rewards program. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249894.html AP - Toyota's massive recalls are prompting Congress to reconsider whether the nation's auto safety agency has lived up to its mission of protecting motorists. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249895.html BusinessWeek - According to insiders at Prudential Plc , Tidjane Thiam, the chief executive of the insurer which said last week that it was bidding $35.5bn (23.6bn) to buy AIG's Asian insurance ... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249896.html AP - The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential blow to hopes that the economic recovery w... http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249888.html AP - Stocks traded in a tight range for a fourth day Thursday after China reported a sharp jump in inflation. Mixed U.S. economic news also held the market back. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249889.html AP - German carmaker BMW AG says its 2009 net income fell 36 percent to euro210 million ($286 million) because of lower demand for its cars during the economic downturn as well as a higher tax rate. http://www.datasoftsystem.com/archive/249747.html