http://www.topix.nethttp://www.sanmateodailynews.com en-us Copyright 2008, Topix http://www.topix.net/ http://www.topix.net/pics/topix_homepage_logo2.png http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/small-cap-stock-run-could-herald-broader-recovery Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that ... San Mateo Daily News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:04:37 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/oil-prices-fall-more-than-1-a-barrel-3 Oil prices fell more than $1 a barrel Friday from record levels set a day earlier on hopes that tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program could ease and cut the chances of American or Israeli military action ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:10:14 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/eu-widens-billiton-rio-tinto-probe The European Commission on Friday widened its antitrust probe into the proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto Inc. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:52:05 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/9-convicted-in-austria-fraud-case-6 Nine people, including a prominent executive who fled to France in an attempt to elude justice, were convicted Friday of criminal charges in a major Austrian bank fraud case linked to the 2005 collapse of New ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:20:22 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/tpg-pulls-out-of-bradford-bingley-plan-2 Bradford & Bingley PLC said Friday it is revising its plans to raise new capital after U.S. private equity fund Texas Pacific Group pulled out of its agreement to invest more than $350 million in the mortgage ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:18:33 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/smooth-sailing-for-yacht-builders-despite-economy Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:09:05 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/ubs-may-post-small-loss-for-2q-2 UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank, said Friday it expects its second-quarter results to be 'at or slightly below break-even' due to a tax credit that will at least partly offset investment losses. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:48:02 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/european-shares-fall-asia-markets-mixed-2 European markets fell and Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and oil prices that remained near records. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:29:50 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/g-8-meets-as-economy-storm-clouds-thicken Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of economic woes in at least a decade ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:26:17 GMT 1 http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/tpg-pulls-out-of-bradford-bingley-plan Bradford & Bingley PLC said Friday it is revising its plans to raise new capital after U.S. private equity fund Texas Pacific Group pulled out of an agreement to invest more than $350 million in the British ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:51:26 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/bhp-chinas-baosteel-agree-iron-ore-price-hike BHP Billiton Ltd. said Friday that China's Baosteel, negotiating on behalf of the Chinese steel industry, agreed to price hikes of up to 96.5 percent for iron ore supplies this year following protracted ... San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:40:57 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/eu-russia-optimistic-about-new-energy-deal The European Union and Russia said Friday they would discuss all aspects of energy cooperation _ including access to energy markets _ during negotiations on broader political and economic ties. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:55:54 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/62-000-jobs-lost-off-nearly-half-million-for-year The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:53:54 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/asia-markets-mixed-as-nikkei-falls-again-2 Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and more record oil prices. San Mateo Daily News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:27:42 GMT http://www.sanmateodailynews.com/article/hosted/2008/07/japans-key-stock-index-extends-losses Japan's key stock index extended its longest slide in more than a half-century, as record oil prices intensified concerns over the impact on corporate earnings and consumer demand. 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