MiamiHerald.comExisting home sales up 6.5% as housing recoversUSA TODAYExisting home sales rose 6.5% in July, the National Association of Realtors said, as median prices were 14% higher than July 2012. Existing home sales. A sale pending sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Anselmo, Calif. (Photo: Justin Sullivan ...July existing-home sales reac […]

IBNLiveThe dithering state is at the heart of India's problemsFinancial TimesNot long ago it became fashionable to liken India to a tortoise, poised, by virtue of its democratic institutions and favourable demographics, to overtake the Chinese hare. Now there is a better comparison. More and more, it resembles a deer caught in the ...India's Rupee […]

LivemintEmerging-Market Currencies Fall on Fed FearsWall Street JournalEmerging-market currencies extended their losses Wednesday, hours before the U.S. Federal Reserve was set to release minutes from its most recent policy meeting. Markets from India to Brazil have been battered all week as investors brace for the ...Emerging Stocks Fall Before Fed Minutes […]

Financial PostTarget warns on annual profitCNBC.comTarget warned on Wednesday its annual profit was likely to be near the low end of its forecast as it anticipated continued cautious consumer spending, the latest retailer to signal U.S. shoppers were holding back. Target's second-quarter profit came in just ...Target's Q2 profits down 13%USA TODAYT […]

Financial PostStocks mostly lower ahead of Fed minutesUSA TODAYTraders wait for hints from the U.S central bank about its massive stimulus effort. stocks_fed. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock exchange on August 16, 2013. (Photo: Spencer Platt, Getty Images) ...Wall Street slips before Fed releases minutesReutersUS Stocks Slip as Investors Aw […]

Dividend.comStaples: 2Q results 'weaker than expected'Boston.comStaples Inc., the Framingham-based office supply retailer, said Wednesday that its second quarter results were weaker than expected. Total company sales for the second quarter were $5.3 billion, a decrease of 2 percent versus the same quarter a year ago.Staples Plunges Most in a Year o […]

Housing WireToll Brothers Earnings: Home Builder's Sales Growth ContinuesWall Street JournalToll Brothers Inc. reported continued revenue growth in its latest quarter, though a tax expense weighed on the home builder's earnings. The company said it expects to continue posting margin improvement on higher prices and volume, estimating full-year ...T […]

San Francisco ChronicleLowe's rides housing recovery to higher 2Q profitUSA TODAYSHARE 9 CONNECT 15 TWEET 5 COMMENTEMAILMORE. MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Lowe's second-quarter net income rose 26%, buoyed by the U.S. housing market's ongoing recovery. The home-improvement chain's results beat Wall Street ...Lowe's Knows How Badly You Wan […]

AFPTurkey: Too Little, Too LateWall Street JournalJust as a footnote, it's worth bearing in mind events and policy decisions along the way. To wit: May 17, 2013: Turkey's central bank cuts interest rates across the board, the policy rate drops to record low of 4.5% as the interest-rate corridor – ranging from the ...UPDATE 1-Turkish lira firms afte […]

Morning LedgerFirst Obamacare open enrollment promises more incentives and costsReutersBy Beth Pinsker. NEW YORK | Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:49am EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - As American workers prepare for the first open enrollment season of the Obamacare era, hints are surfacing about what awaits them - higher deductibles, more incentives ...Survey: Health insuranc […]

Sydney Morning HeraldAllegations of deadly gas attack test Obama's 'red line' in SyriaFox NewsAug. 21, 2013: A Syrian military soldier holds his AK-47 as he stands guard at a checkpoint in Damascus, Syria.AP. ADVERTISEMENT. A year after President Obama warned the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons would cross a "red line," Syr […]

NEWS.com.auMalaysia bus crash: 37 killed in plunge into ravineCNN International(CNN) -- At least 37 people were killed when a bus in a mountainous area of Malaysia plunged into a ravine on Wednesday, the country's Bernama news agency said, citing rescue officials. There also were 16 people injured, and they were sent to hospitals, ...Malaysia bus crash: […]

BBC NewsDavid Miranda detention: Q&ABBC NewsA guide to the case of David Miranda, the partner of a Guardian journalist who was detained at Heathrow for nine hours. Who is David Miranda? Mr Miranda is the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald who has covered stories based on leaks by US ...UPDATE 1-Close Cameron aides asked paper to destroy Snowd […]

BBC NewsEgypt court orders Hosni Mubarak freedBBC NewsAn Egyptian court has ordered the release on bail of former President Hosni Mubarak in a corruption case. Reports from Cairo suggest he may be freed from prison on Thursday, but the prosecution may still appeal. The 85-year-old still faces charges of ...Egyptian court orders Hosni Mubarak freed from priso […]

Financial PostCat out of bag, ECB and Germany play down talk of third Greek bailoutReutersBy Lefteris Papadimas and George Georgiopoulos. ATHENS | Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:37am EDT. ATHENS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank joined Germany on Wednesday in playing down talk of a third bailout package for Greece, but reaffirmed the ...ECB's Asmussen: No Talk […]

Wall Street JournalIsraeli links Turkish leader to Nazi propagandistSan Francisco ChronicleJERUSALEM (AP) — A powerful partner of Israel's prime minister says the Turkish prime minister's incitement against Israel makes him a successor to Nazi propagandist Josef Goebbels. Turkey's prime minister has accused Israel of being behind the ouster of […]

Hindu Business LinePakistan, India trade fire along Kashmir borderHouston ChronicleISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in a hotly contested area along the Kashmir border where the nuclear-armed rivals fought a bloody conflict over a decade ago, military officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani military said one of its ...LoC firing: Pak s […]

CTV NewsModerately strong quake shakes MexicoHouston ChronicleMEXICO CITY (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake struck near Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco on Wednesday, causing cracks in some buildings and knocking bricks and plaster off other structures. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake at ...UPDATE 2-Earthquake rattles southern Mex […]

BBC NewsEgypt crisis: Families pay uprising price in bloodBBC NewsThe 2011 uprising in Egypt saw Hosni Mubarak ousted after decades in power, but now the military has reasserted its influence in the country and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has been removed. In the past week hundreds have died as authorities ...Weapons to Egypt Under Review as US Public […]

South African Broadcasting CorporationPistorius charged with premeditated murder in Reeva Steenkamp deathCNN InternationalPretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius will go on trial on March 3, accused of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. At a hearing Monday, prosecutors indicted Pistorius in the Valentine's Day s […]