Latest AP Financial Headlines http://www.daytondailynews.com The latest headlines from DaytonDailyNews en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., DaytonDailyNews Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:31:01 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/daytondailynews/images/dayton_8831.gif Latest AP Financial Headlines http://www.daytondailynews.com 5 Bankruptcies low in states that don't seize wages http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Stress_Map_Bankruptcy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Stress_Map_Bankruptcy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:38:36 EDT States that allow debt collectors to seize consumers' wages have sharply higher bankruptcy rates than neighboring states that prohibit or strictly limit the practice, an Associated Press analysis has found. Investors' focus shifts to 2Q earnings reports http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Stock_Markets/US_Wall_Street_Week_Ahead.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Stock_Markets/US_Wall_Street_Week_Ahead.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:05:20 EDT NEW YORK — Investors, whose optimism was recently shaken by surprisingly weak economic data, are now hoping companies can provide some clues about a recovery. States digging deep to monitor water http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Water_Watchers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Water_Watchers.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:22:40 EDT KINGSTON, N.H. — About a quarter mile into dense woods, geologists watch as a drilling rig twists a shaft deep into the granite bedrock of southeastern New Hampshire. They are searching for water — not to drink — but to watch. As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes' http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Growing_Ghostboxes.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Growing_Ghostboxes.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:15:56 EDT BISMARCK, N.D. — Hundreds of anxious shoppers watched as city officials used power saws to cut 2-by-4s during Home Depot Inc.'s ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 102,700-square-foot building center in Bismarck. Less than three years later, the home improvement retailer shuttered the underperforming store, leaving a big orange empty eyesore on the outskirts of town. Report: Initial bids due to buy The Boston Globe http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Boston_Globe_Future.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Boston_Globe_Future.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:02:54 EDT BOSTON — A deadline is approaching for the possible sale of The Boston Globe. Downturn dating: Hearts flutter as markets stutter http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Downturn_Dating.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Downturn_Dating.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 07:29:09 EDT CHICAGO — Credit the recession for "staycations" and bringing us more game-night parties at home. But also give it a shout for spurring more first dates. Post publisher apologizes for paid dinner plan http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Washington_Post_Conferences.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Washington_Post_Conferences.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 06:59:27 EDT WASHINGTON — The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists. China won't press for new global currency at G8 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/AS_China_G8.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/AS_China_G8.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 04:53:48 EDT BEIJING — China has no plans to raise its proposal for a new global currency to replace the dollar at the G8 meeting this week but is willing to discuss it, a top Chinese diplomat said, as President Hu Jintao left Sunday for Italy. Iconic skyscrapers find new luster by going green http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Signature_Skyscrapers_Efficiency.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Signature_Skyscrapers_Efficiency.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:55:55 EDT NEW YORK — When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants. Car dealer fights Chrysler over franchise http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Defiant_Dealer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/shared-gen/ap/Finance_General/US_Defiant_Dealer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=1&cxcat=0 Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:57:28 EDT NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A poster in Jim Tarbox's office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: "Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph."