New Romania PM eyes tax cuts to boost growth
25 May 2012, 4:39 am
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new government will stick to this year's budget plan but aim to combine growth with austerity in 2013 by cutting personal income and sales taxes should it win an election in November, the prime minister said. Tapping into a Europe-wide debate over how to maintain fiscal discipline while kick-starting a moribund economy, Victor Ponta told Reuters he wanted to ...

'Sazae-san' character Namihei's lone lock of hair is lopped off of statue — twice
24 May 2012, 11:47 am
A bronze statue of Namihei, a well-known cartoon character, twice this month lost the trademark lone hair on the top of his bald head, according to people in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. Neighborhood people first found that the 10-cm-long hair made of wire was missing around May 7. It had been screwed into and glued onto the statue's head.

Late-Day Surge Keeps Dow, SPX Near Breakeven; Is an Oversold Bounce In Store?
23 May 2012, 4:21 pm
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) had lopped off more than 191 points by lunchtime, but battled back to pare most of its losses by the closing bell...( Read More )

The Modest Worth of Big Banks
23 May 2012, 5:06 am
Measuring what huge financial institutions do is difficult, but their being oversize seems to add little to society.

Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple report
16 May 2012, 11:34 pm
South Korean electronics giant loses $10 billion in market value -- all because of a report in DigiTimes.

No sign of shareholder revolt against Dimon
16 May 2012, 2:31 am
No sign of shareholder revolt against Dimon Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 06:25 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012 Investors lopped almost 10 percent off JPMorgan's stock price the next day, and 3 percent more on Monday. Since Dimon made the announcement, almost $20 billion in ...

Internal Affairs: Readers take a whack at city sign -- and guess who gets lopped off
12 May 2012, 11:20 pm
When IA asked readers to edit a less-than-concise sign that the city of San Jose put up for a bikeway next to Highway 237, we got lots of suggestions.

Former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long's sentence lopped
4 May 2012, 11:12 pm
The criminal defense attorney for former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long said Friday he may appeal a federal judge's resentencing of his client, if that's what Long wants.

Cameron Diaz: "I Burst Into Tears" After Super Short Haircut
2 May 2012, 3:58 pm
Hair today, gone tomorrow -- that's the lesson Cameron Diaz learned when a pal lopped off several inches from her hair in December 2011.

Grass crops lopped across Wyndham
27 April 2012, 3:05 pm
POLICE say they busted one of the state's largest drug-cultivation networks, raiding houses in the northwest.