http://finadviceblog.com Finance news. My opinion. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:24:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en NAIROBI, Kenya — A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers. Parents would be able to use the system ... http://finadviceblog.com/idea-of-xxx-is-revisited/ New Zealand manufacturing sales increased the most since 2002 in the fourth quarter and home building surged, adding to signs economic growth accelerated in the final months of last year. Sales volumes adjusted to remove inflation rose 3.1 percent from the previous three months, Statistics New Zealand ... http://finadviceblog.com/nz-manufacturing-construction-add-to-fourth-quarter-growth/ For a sneak peek at this year's Women in Business Awards, visit our event page. There you'll find the 2010 award winners, and information on a banquet honoring their achievements free credit reports. Source http://finadviceblog.com/sneak-peek-2010-business-women-first-awards/ The snow storms that slammed the mid-Atlantic region this month shut down government agencies around Washington, D.C., long enough for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to delay its review of Alkermes Inc.’s new drug application for diabetes therapy exenatide. Waltham, Mass.-based Alkermes (Nasdaq: ALKS), which co-developed the drug ... http://finadviceblog.com/alkermes-drug-application-put-on-ice/ The township of Huaxi in the Yangtze River Delta is a proud symbol of how Chinese communists embraced capitalism to lift 300 million people out of poverty during the past three decades. Its leaders took a farm community with bamboo huts and ox carts in the 1970s ... http://finadviceblog.com/china-new-village-makes-chanos-see-dubai-1000-times/ Walgreen Co. announced Wednesday it is buying New York-based rival drugstore chain Duane Reade Holdings Inc. to expand its reach in the metropolitan area. The $1.1 billion cash transaction, which includes some debt and is pending regulatory approval, is Walgreen's largest retail acquisition to date and is expected ... http://finadviceblog.com/walgreens-to-buy-rival-drugstore-duane-reade/ A congressional watchdog panel warned on Thursday that mounting commercial real estate losses could endanger the banking system and thwart economic recovery.A total of $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate loans will require refinancing in the next four years, the Congressional Oversight Panel said in a report. More ... http://finadviceblog.com/the-next-crisis-commercial-real-estate/ Honda announced it is expanding a previously announced recall to replace an airbag inflator in an additional 438,000 vehicles worldwide, including 379,000 in the United States. In a statement posted on its Web site late Tuesday, Honda said the driver's airbag inflators in these certain vehicles may expand ... http://finadviceblog.com/honda-recalls-438000-cars-for-airbag-hazard/ Problems with Toyota cars are cropping up faster than the automaker can deal with them. Following two different recalls for problems involving accelerator pedals on various models comes the revelation of braking problems in the iconic Prius.Here's a rundown of the problems, the cars involved and what to ... http://finadviceblog.com/toyota-trouble-round-up-what-to-do-now/ The Colorado Business Hall of Fame inducted eight business notables Thursday night during its annual induction banquet at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center. Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc. and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce operated the event, and UMB Bank was the underwriter. The Colorado ... http://finadviceblog.com/colorado-business-hall-of-fame-inducts-8/