(Corrects reference to possible deal with Motorola for Huawei’s network infrastructure business in fourth paragraph.) Matt Bross lives in Flint Hill, Mo., a town of 460 people about an hour’s drive northwest of St. Louis. A long driveway leads over a babbling brook to his six-bedroom, seven-bathroom mansion situated on dozens of picturesque wooded acres. [...]
During the Israeli siege of Nablus in 2002, Mohammad Hijaz hopped fences, hid behind walls, and snuck ambulance rides to get to the Palestinian stock exchange. Operation Defensive Shield shuttered the market as Israeli tanks took positions inside the West Bank city, but Hijaz frequently stole into the office to finish reports.
NEW YORK — Not even a string of better earnings reports could stave off worries about debt on Monday. Europe’s banking troubles and an impasse over lifting the U.S. government’s borrowing limit helped drag down stock markets in the U.S. and Europe. Gold rose above $1,600 an ounce as investors sought safe places to park money. The [...]
By Anika Anand, msnbc.com contributor “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ raked in more than $475 million globally and $168 million domestically in its record-setting opening weekend. By one calculation, that global total is enough to send 11,000 young wizards and witches to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
After law and real estate, Chloe Epstein found her calling with a healthy frozen yogurt brand The Soft Serve Fruit Co. has four flavors, which rotate seasonally. Current flavors are banana, mango, pear, and blueberry Andrew Hetherington for Bloomberg Businessweek While working as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, Chloe Epstein wanted a more flexible work [...]