Stocks up in midday trading as spending rises Apr 29th, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Technology companies led the stock market higher Monday, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 index back up to the record high it reached earlier this month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, midday, trading, spending, rises, Top Keywords

Stocks up in early trading as spending rises Apr 29th, 2013 - 16:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - A pair of encouraging economic reports helped propel the stock market up in early trading on Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, early, trading, spending, rises, Top Keywords

Stocks open higher as consumer spending rises Apr 29th, 2013 - 16:10h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street as investors were encouraged by an increase in consumer spending last month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, open, higher, consumer, spending, rises, Top Keywords

World military spending drops in 2012 Apr 15th, 2013 - 12:20h (CET +01.00) STOCKHOLM (AP) - Global military spending dipped last year for the first time since 1998 as defense outlays shrank in the West but rose in Russia, China and the Middle East, a Swedish-based arms watchdog said Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : world, military, spending, drops, 2012, rises, Top Keywords

Britain to devolve public spending to boost growth Mar 18th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - A plan to devolve potentially billions of pounds of public spending to local authorities and businesses in Britain to boost a stagnant economy won a green light from the government on Monday. The Treasury said the coalition governm... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain, devolve, public, spending, boost, growth, Top Keywords

Dow Jones record may boost spending by wealthy; others still wary Mar 6th, 2013 - 03:00h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - About an hour after the Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high on Tuesday, Overland Park, Kansas-based financial adviser Brad Stratton got an e-mail from a client asking how she could "make hay while the sun shines.&... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jones, record, boost, spending, wealthy, others, still, wary, Top Keywords

TSX jumps on Scotiabank results, China spending Mar 5th, 2013 - 17:50h (CET +01.00) TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Tuesday, boosted by a jump in profit and a dividend increase by Bank of Nova Scotia and by China's announcement of record government spending this year, which helped lift commodity price... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jumps, scotiabank, results, china, spending, others, still, wary, Top Keywords

Spending cuts already cause long lines at airports: Napolitano Mar 4th, 2013 - 17:50h (CET +01.00) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the comin... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : spending, cuts, already, cause, long, lines, airports, napolitano, Top Keywords

China to maintain defense spending, fight waste Mar 4th, 2013 - 10:20h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - Newly installed Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces a key test of his campaign to end corruption and reduce extravagance when outlays for the politically influential military are announced Tuesday after two decades of whopping defense budg... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, maintain, defense, spending, fight, waste, airports, napolitano, Top Keywords

China defends massive growth in military spending Mar 4th, 2013 - 05:10h (CET +01.00) BEIJING (AP) - China is defending its booming military spending, saying its vast investments in the armed forces have contributed to global peace and stability. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, defends, massive, growth, military, spending, airports, napolitano, Top Keywords