Europe: The new Wall Street? (CNN Money)Leverage, the menace that helped bring down some of the biggest names on Wall Street, is now threatening the health of big banks across the Atlantic.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:01:45 GMT)
Young voter group: Wary of the future (USA Today)Dante Butler, 28, is among the "downbeats," a group of younger Americans that includes twice as many pessimists about the country's future as any other category.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:22:54 GMT)
NBA fantasy preview: Potential busts for the 2008-09 season (Sports Illustrated)I'm not really a cynical guy by nature. I mean, I do live in New York City, so the occasional f-bomb to a cabbie or a laser-eyed glare at a straphanger who gets too close to me on the subway is to be expected.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:10:20 GMT)
Days to watch as the field goes full speed ahead to Detroit (USA Today)The 335 Division I teams begin the road to Detroit and the Final Four in October with the official start of practice. A viewer's guide by Tim Gardner to some of the mile markers along the way.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:41:29 GMT)
Jewel in the crown of a kingdom (BBC News)The BBC Scotland news website profiles the Westminster constituency of Glenrothes.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:02:17 GMT)
The Icelandic Response to Crisis (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance) If you're looking for a sensible and coherent response to a major crisis, you could do a lot worse today than look to Iceland. The country's current currency crisis happened because it's so small.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:24:30 GMT)
VW's Audi Says U.S. Sales Goal `Not in the Cards' (Update1) (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG 's Audi luxury-vehicle unit doesn't expect to reach its goal of 100,000 U.S. sales this year because of the country's financial crisis, the division's U.S. chief said.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:10:46 GMT)
Name Change Didn't Help: Jellycloud Defunct; $50M In Funding Down The Drain, 36 Staffers Out (CBS News)Adware purveyor turned ad network Jellycloud has had two other aliases during the past eight years, but now you might as well call it dead and buried. Last weekend, the company (fka Gator and, subsequently, Claria) closed up shop and had its furniture repossessed, Valleywag first reported, citing an unidentified tipster. The news was confirmed today by Venturebeat, which cited an unidentified ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:03:07 GMT)