The Ripple Effect of Looking Good

Every so often with my life coaching clients, I enjoy setting goals that, in some sort or another, are about getting the “outside” to match the “inside.” I’m not positive, but I think I may have inadvertently borrowed that wording from the hosts of one of my favorite television shows - TLC’s What Not to […]


Dollar Lower After Downbeat U.S. Durable Goods Orders

SAN FRANCISCO — The bucks extended its fall against the yen Wednesday and remained weak against the euro, after an unexpected slide in U.S. durable goods orders contrasted with strong European data and sent the greenback reeling. The bucks index, that measures the U.S. currency against a basket of major counterparts, was at 71.


BAE Systems Reportedly To Cut Almost 600 Jobs

LONDON — BAE Systems is set to cut almost 600 jobs at sites near Hull and Manchester, the BBC reported on Thursday citing the Unite union. The defense firm is expected to release details later, the BBC said. The Brough facility near Hull is the home of the Hawk military aircraft, while the Woodford site […]


Cadbury To Merchandise On LSE, Dr Pepper Snapple Head To Big board

LONDON — Cadbury Schweppes announced the split for its planned de-merger of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, with each holder of 100 Cadbury Schweppes shares getting 64 shares in Cadbury plc, to be listed on the London Stock Exchange, and 12 shares in DPSG, that will trade on the New York Stock Exchange. It said there’s […]


Merchandising in Northern Rock shares debarred

LONDON, England (CNN) The British government announced Sunday it is moving to nationalize — on a temporary basis — the struggling mortgage lender Northern Rock.
Customers line up to withdraw cash from a Northern Rock branch during the height of the crisis.
The move to nationalize the bank, a politically embarrassing U-turn for Prime Minister Gordon […]