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Saudi prince urges U.S. to sell Citigroup stake: reportISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a big investor in Citigroup , urged the U.S.
government to sell its stake in the bank as soon as this year to boost investor confidence, Emerging Markets magazine
reported.
Reuters Sunday, October 04, 2009Local small business finds its niche in closetsWhile times may be tight, some Houstonians still splurge on personal spaces, said David Linda, owner of SpaceMan Home & Office of Houston.
Houston Chronicle Sunday, October 04, 2009State agency says reinsurance costs not justifiedTexas homeowners covered by the state's three largest home insurers could save an average of 8 to 14 percent a year on premiums if they didn't bear the cost of coverage that companies buy for themselves, a state consumer agency says.
Houston Chronicle Sunday, October 04, 2009Cybersecurity starts at home and in the officeWhen swine flu broke out, the
government revved up a massive information campaign centered on three words: Wash your hands. The Obama administration now wants to convey similarly clear and concise guidance about one of the
biggest national security threats in... Sponsored Topics: National security - Presidency of Barack Obama - Swine influenza - United States - Obama administration
SF Gate Sunday, October 04, 2009ML APNewsAlertUN nuclear watchdog chief sets inspection date for new Iran nuclear site for October... Sponsored Topics: Iran - Iran and weapons of mass destruction - Nuclear - Middle East - United States
SF Gate Sunday, October 04, 2009Reinhard Mohn, who built up Bertelsmann, deadReinhard Mohn, who helped transform media group Bertelsmann AG from a German book publisher to an
international media
company, has died,
the company said Sunday. He was 88. Mohn, together with his wife, helped steer the
company into a wide array of publishing... Sponsored Topics: Publishing -
business - Publishing and Printing - Reinhard Mohn - Bertelsmann
SF Gate Sunday, October 04, 2009North Korea demands SKorea return 11 defectorsSouth Korea's Unification Ministry says North Korea has demanded Seoul return 11 people who defected to the South by sea last week. The ministry says in a statement that the North sent its demand in a message Sunday. Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung says the... Sponsored Topics: South Korea - North Korea - Unification Ministry - Seoul - Asia
SF Gate Sunday, October 04, 2009AP News in Brief8 US soldiers, 7 Afghans killed in militia attack on outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan KABUL (AP) _ Militant fighters streaming from a village and a mosque attacked a pair of remote outposts near the Pakistan border, killing eight
american soldiers and... Sponsored Topics: Philippines - Asia - Associated Press -
government - Society and Culture
SF Gate Sunday, October 04, 2009Sunflower Power? An Entrepreneur's First StepsWhen farmers in Dove Creek, Colo., started planting sunflowers a few years ago, they were motivated by the promise of a decent income. But Jeff Berman, an activist-turned-entrepreneur, told farmers if they grew sunflowers, he'd give them a renewable fuel
source.
NPR Sunday, October 04, 2009October 4, 2008 (Saturday): European Leaders Meet on Economy; Palin Goes on AttackLast Tango in Paris Nicolas Sarkozy rallies the leaders of European countries, including England, Germany, and Italy, in Paris for an impromptu strategy session to keep afloat struggling European banks. The day after the U.S. bailout bill passed, the Europeans agree to prevent bank bankruptcies in their respective countries. But they don’t enact a comprehensive plan like the U.S.’s., meanwhile criticizing the U.S. for creating the crisis in the first place. (For more on this news, click here, here and here.) Bush Goes Home For the first time since 2001, President Bush visits his childhood home in Midland, Texas. The visit is intended to raise money for
republican candidates for Congress in the region. (For more on this news, click here, here and here.) Pulling No Punches In a sign of a newly aggressive attempt by the McCain campaign to regain the upper hand in the
presidential race, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on the trail in Colorado accuses Barack Obama of “palling
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