http://yourhomeadviser.com Main finance and business news. My own opinion. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nokia Corp. plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4,000 jobs, its latest attempts to cushion itself from stiff competition in the smartphone sector. The Finnish company said Wednesday it will make the new job cuts at ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/nokia-ends-phone-assembly-in-europe-cuts-jobs/ Companies slowed their hiring in January, according to a report by payroll processor ADP.The private sector added 170,000 jobs in the month, ADP said Wednesday, missing forecasts of 200,000 jobs that economists polled by Briefing.com had predicted. .staticLauncher {width:218px;border:1px solid #e8e8e8;} .staticLauncher a {font:normal 12px Arial; text-decoration:none;} .staticLauncher ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/adp-private-sector-adds-170000-jobs-in-january/ Japan http://yourhomeadviser.com/sony-panasonic-forecast-worsening-losses-as-samsung-dominates-bloomberg/ It's still more than a day away until the Super Bowl and I've already seen the Volkswagen commercial that shows a pudgy dog running on a treadmill in order to lose weight. I've already seen Matthew Broderick call in sick so he can ride roller coasters, chase little kids at ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/more-super-bowl-ads-released-in-advance-leading-to-less-suspenseful-night/ Payments processor MasterCard says it took a $495 million charge in its fourth quarter to cover potential losses from an ongoing lawsuit brought by merchants over the fees they pay on credit card transactions. The Purchase, N.Y.-based company says the charge represents the after-tax portion of a potential settlement in ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/mastercard-takes-495m-charge-to-cover-fee-suit/ German unemployment dropped more than economists forecast to a two-decade low in January, bolstering economic growth as the euro region http://yourhomeadviser.com/german-unemployment-fell-more-than-forecast-in-january-economy-bloomberg/ France plans to unilaterally impose a 0.1 percent tax on financial transactions starting in August, President Nicolas Sarkozy said, brushing aside opposition from the nation http://yourhomeadviser.com/sarkozy-says-france-to-tax-financial-transactions-from-august-bloomberg/ Much work remains to maximize U.S. employment and stabilize prices, and the central bank will do its part, an influential Federal Reserve official said on Friday. The pace of the U.S. economic recovery remains "sluggish" and is likely to slow somewhat this year, said New York Fed President ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/fed-will-do-its-part-to-aid-us-recovery-dudley-says/ Attention college students: The interest rate on federal student loans is scheduled to double this summer unless Congress acts soon.Loans taken out for the current school year carried an interest rate of 3.4%, thanks to a 2007 law that phased in rate reductions for subsidized Stafford loans to ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/federal-student-loan-rate-set-to-double/ A four-year economic crisis has left societies battered and widened the gap between the haves and have-nots, financial leaders conceded Wednesday _ with one suggesting that Western capitalism itself may be endangered. With the global economic outlook gloomy at best as Europe struggles with its debt crisis, there's a sense ... http://yourhomeadviser.com/davos-elite-capitalism-has-widened-income-gap/