Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.http://finance.yahoo.comLatest Financial Newsen-usSat, 4 Jul 2009 14:56:26 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/us_tec_yahoo_entertainment.html?.v=2Think of the most popular brands in celebrity news, and you'll probably come up with a small list that includes Entertainment Tonight, US Weekly and People.yahoo_finance/2222276959Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:56:26 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/eu_britain_bt.html?.v=2Telecoms company BT Group PLC is offering staff a year off work in return for a 75 percent cut in that year's pay. BT is one of Britain's biggest companies, with more than 100,000 employees.yahoo_finance/4134655721Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:42:48 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/cb_antigua_britain_stanford.html?.v=4A firm appointed by Antiguan authorities to liquidate the assets of R. Allen Stanford's offshore Caribbean bank has won control of assets in the U.K. worth more than $100 million, a defeat for a U.S.-appointed receiver in an ongoing fight over jurisdiction in the case.yahoo_finance/2055199981Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:30:09 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/as_hong_kong_disneyland.html?.v=4Hong Kong lawmakers said Saturday they would be unwilling to approve a plan to expand the city's Disneyland unless the government and Walt Disney Co. tell them how the theme park has performed since it opened in 2005.yahoo_finance/3765387029Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:22:48 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/us_shiner_centennial.html?.v=5By all accounts, Shiner beer shouldn't have made it this long. The Spoetzl Brewery ferments its brew in a one-stoplight town that's not on the way to anywhere, and much larger regional brewers long ago succumbed to consolidation and the muscle of national brewers.yahoo_finance/2169555061Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:07:54 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/us_saturday_evening_post.html?.v=3The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the value of a quiet read in an increasingly frenetic digital age.yahoo_finance/445738129Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:05:01 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/eu_germany_opel.html?.v=3Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.yahoo_finance/4289749302Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:01:44 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/us_all_business.html?.v=4That old saying "cash is king" certainly rings true these days. Investors can't seem to get enough of it, which ultimately could be bad news for the stock market and the economy.yahoo_finance/1918392733Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:57:56 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/as_malaysia_affirmative_action.html?.v=3The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in the past.yahoo_finance/1751086505Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:49:35 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/us_mountain_of_debt.html?.v=2The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt.yahoo_finance/1880369764Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:37:31 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090704/lt_venezuela_bank_nationalization.html?.v=2President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday -- making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.yahoo_finance/1878271036Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:22:36 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090704/business_us_china_shanghai_bull.html?.v=1Wall Street may be down on its luck, but China's growing business hub, Shanghai, plans to install its own version of the Street's famed charging bull statue, casting in metal its hopes to eventually rival New York.yahoo_finance/802340061Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:01:16 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090703/business_us_nanshan.html?.v=1About 10 global and Taiwan financial firms have submitted bids to buy troubled AIG's Taiwanese insurance unit, newspapers said on Saturday, in a deal that could fetch up to over $2 billion.yahoo_finance/1780090328Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:38:07 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090703/us_meltdown_faithful_unemployed.html?.v=3Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office. The phones in nearby cubicles going off like grenades.yahoo_finance/368553840Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:11:37 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090703/cn_canada_teck_resources_china.html?.v=3Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars in a bid to reduce its debt.yahoo_finance/50949998Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:23:33 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ts/090703/10534201.html?.v=2The year's tally of failed banks and savings and loans now stands at 52.yahoo_finance/2669754393Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:20:09 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090703/cl41703.html?.v=2Jul-2009 by Bank of America over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that in the 13th and 14th paragraphs, the figure "$0.1916170" should read "$0.19167". The complete, corrected release follows:yahoo_finance/2171458197Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:39:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bizwk/090703/0928b4139046346428.html?.v=1Five advisers come up with a financial plan for a hypothetical baby boomer couple with kids in college, aging parents, and a decimated retirement accountyahoo_finance/1874597449Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:08:41 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090702/cn_canada_ford_sales.html?.v=8Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd. has claimed the top spot in Canadian vehicle sales in June for the first time in 50 years, the company reported Thursday.yahoo_finance/976744737Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:46:14 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/090702/health.html?.v=1Excitement over its Provenge cancer drug continues to build at Dendreon, the Seattle-based biotech that has seen shares hover near their all-time...yahoo_finance/2296629475Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:14:03 Etc/GMT