When the mayor of São Paulo banned outdoor advertising, the industry and big brands were forced to come up with novel alternatives Link

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A hectic week for the chief executive of Alibaba.com, the world?s biggest business-to-business online marketplace Link

?Ready for real business? campaign aims to breathe life into a venerable corporate brand Link

Ian Cheshire, the soft-spoken and mild-mannered chief executive of UK DIY group Kingfisher has been a radical leader Link

An offhand comment on the site by a well-known smart alec triggers corporate overkill from Starbucks, writes Lucy Kellaway Link

?Smartphones are definitely an area to watch? Link

?Hang around as the wrong person doesn?t last long? Link

Paul Taylor traces the development of smartphone and marvels at its pace of change and inventiveness Link

President Obama will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100% of their new investment in plants and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion over two years. Link

Mark Hurd was named co-president of Oracle, heightening the rivalry between the software company and Hewlett-Packard, the technology giant he ran until departing amid a scandal last month. Link

Traders in the beaten-down bonds and loans of troubled companies have turned bankruptcy court, which was created as a place for ailing firms to heal, into a venue for large investors to apply their sophisticated techniques in quest of profits. Link

Defense lawyers for jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky are turning their legal guns on one of their client's former allies: auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers. Link

An investigation spurred by a surge in energy-bill complaints found new smart meters installed in Northern California are accurately measuring energy use. Link

ABC News President David Westin said that he would step down at the end of the year after more than 13 years on the job. Link

Barclays is expected to name its president and investment-banking chief, Robert E. Diamond, as chief executive, succeeding current boss John Varley. Link

Plan to buy travel-search software firm ITA raises two competition issues for U.S. regulators. Link

Europe's recent 'stress tests' of the strength of major banks understated some lenders' holdings of potentially risky government debt, a Wall Street Journal analysis shows. Link

Hon Hai is investing in China's hinterland, as the electronics titan bets that the country can retain its role as the world's factory floor for decades. Link

One of the world's highest paid bankers, Bob Diamond, is to become chief executive of Barclays Bank as HSBC chairman Stephen Green steps down to become a trade minister in the government. Link

Connaught, the property services group that specialises in social housing, is on the brink of going into administration, the BBC learns. Link

Retail sales rose in August, partly thanks to strong sales of children's clothing ahead of the new school year, figures suggest. Link

Criminals have managed to clone prepayment meter keys in order to make money by offering discounted credit to customers. Link

Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis. Link

Severe disruption is expected on London Underground on the first morning of a series of 24-hour strikes. Link

British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with. Link

Pensioners hit by the Equitable Life scandal are making a final attempt to persuade the government to pay them full compensation. Link

New car sales fell 17.5% in August - the second consecutive month of declines, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Link

A scheme offering up to 400,000 new firms a chance to trim their tax bill has come into effect. Link

Despite soaring profits, high-tech companies have been slow to hire ? a sign of just how difficult it will be to address persistently high joblessness. Link

Mark V. Hurd, who resigned from H.P. a month ago, joined Oracle as president and a director. Link

A tax deduction would let businesses keep more money and would give big corporations, many of which are sitting on cash because of economic uncertainty, an incentive to spend and invest. Link

President Obama, looking to jump-start the economy, called on Congress to approve a far-reaching plan to rebuild and modernize transportation over the next six years. Link

David Westin said he would resign after a long conflict with the network over the budget. Link

Labor organizers have met strong resistance as they try to organize carwashes in Los Angeles. Link

The billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros will help an advocacy group that investigates human rights abuses around the world. Link

Some 161 companies are seeking to raise more than $56 billion through initial public offerings, the largest volume on record for pent-up I.P.O.?s. Link

Despite a $7 billion effort, experts say a nationwide public safety radio system may never become a reality. Link

Chains are hiring improv comedy trainers and life coaches, or are conducting training sessions with iPods and other devices, to better cater to guests. Link

Stocks ended a three-week losing streak after an encouraging employment report lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth. Business - Employment - Investing - Commodities and Futures - Futures Link

Private employers hired more workers than expected in August, lifting hopes for the weak U.S. economy, but the nation?s unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months. Employment - Unemployment - United States - Recreation - Picture Ratings Link

Experts gathered in Italy Friday offered a generally gloomy outlook ? especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world. United States - Developed country - Italy - Economic - Nouriel Roubini Link

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Analysis:  Growing demand for temporary help in the U.S. suggests stronger full-time hiring ahead, and executives say they are seeing a need for staffing greater than reflected in official figures. United States - Employment - Temporary work - Business - Staffing Services Link

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The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group survey. Tertiary sector of the economy - Conferences - Computer Science - Weddings - Relationships Link

More than a quarter of employed U.S. workers suffered a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession that took many of them on an emotional roller coaster ride. Roller coaster - Theme Parks - Recreation - Attractions - United States Link

It was a glass-half-full day for economic data on Thursday ... sort of.  The upbeat news was tempered by worries about what Friday's unemployment report will say about the state of the labor market. Unemployment benefits - Jobless claims - Unemployment - Business - Work Link

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Oracle Corp. has announced that former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president.   Oracle said in a statement Monday that Hurd will also serve as a member of the board of directors. He will report to CEO Larry Ellison. Link

Wind power, one of the largest segments of the renewable energy market, will experience a sharp decline in growth this year. The slowdown comes as a surprise because the stimulus bill included $43 billion for energy projects -- a big boost for renewable forms of electricity. Link

The investments in the nation's roads, railways and runways are part of a package of targeted proposals that must be approved by Congress, which is highly uncertain at a time when many legislators and voters are worried about adding to federal deficits. Link

The unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent last month, with big political implications ahead of November elections. If the job market is ever to improve, employers will have to start feeling a lot more confident about where the economy is going. So what will it take for them to create jobs? Link

Professor Hashem Akbari of Concordia University in Montreal is on a mission to get the world's largest cities to turn at least some of their municipal building roofs white. His program is called 'A Hundred Cool Cities.' New York has signed up. Philadelphia is thinking it over. Link

Stock markets in Asia and Europe were hitting their highest levels in a month Monday. The main reason for the new highs, analysts say, is the U.S. economy. Last week's job numbers in the U.S. were not quite as bad as many had predicted. That's giving global investors some confidence that the U.S. is not headed into a double-dip recession. Link

Cities are starting to update a critical public service: on-street parking. Washington, D.C. is in the vanguard of this new parking shift. Officials are working with private companies -- trying out five different technologies to collect parking revenue. Link

The debate over President Bush's 2001 and 2003 tax cuts heats up this fall as Congress considers the marginal rate reductions, estate tax relief and lower rates on investment income set to expire Jan. 1. At stake: trillions of dollars and tax-cutting reputations heading into the midterm elections. Link

The clock is ticking on one of President Bush's most controversial legacies. The tax cut packages enacted in 2001 and 2003 will soon expire. In a new series, NPR lays out the policy and politics behind the debate to extend them, and looks at how taxes affect individuals, corporations and states. Link

This is an unsettled time in the American economy. Last week, the stock market rose, but so did the unemployment rate. The nation lost jobs overall, but the number of private-sector jobs was up.  One thing everyone can agree on, though: The recovery has slowed. And this week, President Obama will unveil a new economic package including tax cuts for small businesses. The price tag: as high as $300 billion. Link

Australia's central bank keeps its policy interest rate at 4.5%, with the bank's governor saying the global outlook is 'somewhat uncertain.' Link

To help gauge the probabilities of another Black September, Mark Hulbert looks at a select group of advisers who did well in both bull and bear markets. Link

Employers? hiring plans for the upcoming fourth quarter stay flat from the previous quarter, but rise significantly from a year ago, according to the latest Manpower Employer Outlook survey. Link

Detroit is the most stressful U.S. city in which to live, according to Portfolio.com?s list of places where residents are most frazzled. Link

In honor of Labor Day, David Weidner decided not to work. Link

A year after he joined Hewlett-Packard Co.?s board of directors, Marc Andreessen finds himself playing a critical role in mapping the future of the Silicon Valley icon. Link

Cover story: ?The Earth Doesn?t Care If You Drive a Hybrid!? Or recycle. Or eat organic food. Or live in a green house powered by solar energy. Or squander commodities. The Earth just doesn?t care how much you waste. Link

By rising last week the stock market may be setting itself up for a decline later on, writes MarketWatch economist Irwin Kellner. Link

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters. Link

Chinese steel makers soar after local media report authorities have asked several companies to temporarily suspend production in order to help China meet its energy-saving targets. Link

From stocks to bonds to commodities, the question is when investors will want to take on more risk. Was last week's run-up, the Dow Industrials' best pre-Labor Day week in two decades, the start of a fall rally or just another surge to be followed by an equivalent decline? Link

Barclays is expected to name its president and investment-banking chief, Robert E. Diamond, as chief executive, succeeding current boss John Varley. Link

The euro gave up early gains as optimism over last week's better-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls faded and investors eyed a packed calendar of central-bank meetings. Link

Speculative investors are likely to remain a force in commodities markets despite signs that the big banks are bowing out. Link

The Treasury market is in the middle of a price correction spurred by encouraging economic data, which bodes well for this week's auctions of $67 billion in notes and bonds. Link

Rising mortgage rates may seem like the last thing the economy needs right now. Then again, they may prove a tonic. Link

Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday though steel companies led the region on expectations for higher Chinese steel prices. The Nikkei was down 0.3%. Link

Oil prices weakened in subdued trade given the U.S. holiday. Analysts said any rallies will be difficult to sustain given the struggling U.S. economy. Link

Sen. Schumer urged federal securities regulators to explore ways to slow some high-speed trading at times of market stress and to investigate strategies that have raised stock-manipulation concerns. Link

Germany's 10 largest banks may need as much as $135.4 billion in extra capital under new international regulatory standards, the Federal Association of German Banks said. Link

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE 2010-09-07T02:14:39Z MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans' hard economic times.... Link

By 2010-09-07T05:29:51Z BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday but losses were limited amid easing worries over the pace of the global economic recovery.... Link

By KELLY OLSEN 2010-09-07T04:56:47Z SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The top executive at Kia Motors has resigned after the company recalled more than 100,000 vehicles worldwide over defective wiring, the automaker said Tuesday.... Link

By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA 2010-09-07T05:35:34Z TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank voted to keep interest rates near zero, holding off on further measures to tackle a strong yen that is undermining the country's fragile economic recovery.... Link

By JORDAN ROBERTSON 2010-09-07T04:35:30Z SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in Oracle's 33-year history as it tries to muscle in on more of HP's turf.... Link

By DAVID BAUDER 2010-09-07T03:17:44Z NEW YORK (AP) -- ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.... Link

By ALEX KENNEDY 2010-09-07T04:16:23Z SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices fell to near $74 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors mull the strength of the U.S economy and demand for crude.... Link

By 2010-09-06T22:42:15Z NEW YORK (AP) -- Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Monday it has boosted its offer to buy rival Airgas Inc. to $65.50 per share, but said it will walk away if Airgas shareholders don't elect its board slate and approve its bylaw proposals.... Link

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and MICHAEL WARREN 2010-09-06T20:02:01Z BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The 'marker' lurks inside the bank, looking for people pulling large amounts of cash from a safe deposit box or bank account. The gunmen linger outside, usually on motorcyles, waiting to make their move.... Link

By JEAN-MARIE GODARD 2010-09-06T18:52:02Z PARIS (AP) -- French train traffic began tapering off Monday at the start of what promises to be a major strike over unpopular conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62.... Link

Stocks started September with a bang as investors cheered a rare dose of good economic news but investors may need to buckle in for the coming week: It's a holiday-shortened week with little on the docket to set the tone. Link

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Mark Hurd, who abruptly resigned last month as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has landed at another big tech company. Link

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World markets rallied Monday, with Asian stocks logging their fourth straight session of gains. Link

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks hovered near one-month highs on Tuesday as investors awaited Chinese data, while the euro took a hit after a newspaper report rekindled fears about the weakness of European banks. Link

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, scrambling to spur job creation, proposed a six-year plan on Monday to rebuild infrastructure with an initial $50 billion investment and prepared new business tax cuts. Link

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice department is looking into Google Inc's takeover of airline ticketing software firm ITA Software Inc, to determine whether the deal would exert too much influence on the online travel industry, the Wall Street Journal said. Link

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc , the largest oil producer in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and Shell Oil Co said Monday that Tropical Storm Hermine was not affecting their offshore operations. Link

BEIJING (Reuters) - China must resist external pressure for yuan appreciation because a stronger exchange rate would take a big bite out of economic growth, according to a pair of senior government researchers. Link

HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is leaning toward a new sale of its Taiwan unit, according to one of the original buyers, opening the way for a number of Taiwanese banks who have expressed interest. Link

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Global banks will be required to hold Tier 1 capital of nine percent including a 3 percent so-called 'conservation buffer,' German weekly Die Zeit reported, quoting a draft proposal from the Basel Committee, the body tasked with drawing up global banking rules. Link

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should not announce a limit on its actions if it resumes purchases of Treasury securities to stimulate the U.S. economy, the former vice chairman of the central bank said. Link

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers sought on Monday to make sanctions for EU budget rule breakers more automatic, but put off potentially difficult talks on a permanent mechanism to resolve euro zone crises. Link

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian car maker Fiat SpA will hire Toyota Motor Europe's Andrea Formica to head sales at its four-brand automotive group, Automotive News Europe said, citing sources familiar with the matter. Link

A U.N. food agency has called a special meeting on the recent spike in food prices in response to concerns of a repeat of the shortages that led to riots in parts of the world two years ago. United Nations - Food - Business - Wheat - Food and Related Products Link

Three numbers should suffice to give Chinese economic policymakers a sleepless night: 65.4 million, $28.7 billion and $2.45 trillion. China - Asia - Economic - Business and Economy - United States Link

The Obama administration, under U.S congressional pressure to take a tough stance on Chinese trade policies, determined Tuesday that Beijing unfairly subsidized $514 million in aluminum products last year. China - People's Republic of China - United States - Beijing - Presidency of Barack Obama Link

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Japan's government and the central bank threw the economy a double lifeline Monday, seeking to contain a strong yen and revive a faltering recovery. Japan - Central bank - Fiscal policy - Asia - Bank of Japan Link

Biotechnology company Genzyme rejects Sanofi-Aventis SA's $18.5 billion buyout offer, saying the bid undervalues the company. Genzyme - Sanofi-Aventis - Business - United States - Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Link

At a celebration of BP's centennial last October, CEO Tony Hayward boasted to guests that the oil company 'lives on the frontiers of the energy industry.' Tony Hayward - Energy - BP - Petroleum industry - Business Link

Mexicana airlines shut down all flights on Saturday, marking at least a temporary disappearance from the skies of one of the world's oldest air carriers. Airline - Mexicana de Aviación - Bankruptcy - United States - Mexico Link

Lovers of the world's most expensive coffee, found half-digested in the dung of the wild civet, fear that its unique taste may be spoiled by planned farming of the animals. Coffee - Kopi Luwak - Civet - Agriculture - Beverages Link

Kevin Garnett wore his affection for China's booming sportswear market on his back as the NBA star arrived in Beijing in August. Beijing - China - Kevin Garnett - Asia - Business and Economy Link