Swedish Banks Shun Government Plan, Riling Ministers, Companies (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nordea AB , Svenska Handelsbanken AB and SEB AB, Sweden's biggest banks, are drawing fire from government officials for shunning the state's plan to bolster the financial system by guaranteeing their debt.
Detroit automakers' rescue plan stalls in Senate (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WASHINGTON - A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.
A plan to get all U.S. smokers to quit by 2020 (Market Watch)
All smokers should have access to tobacco cessation treatment by 2020, according to a plan released this week by business and health heavyweights.
Pittsburgh Businesses Start Backup Plan For Possible Port Authority Strike (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh)
There is a threat of a Port Authority strike, and now companies in downtown Pittsburgh are coming together for a backup plan to get more than 100,000 people to work.
Survey says four of ten Bay Area firms to cut jobs (San Francisco Chronicle)
A survey of Bay Area business executives is providing a bleak forecast for the area's economy. A survey of 509 executives by the Bay Area Council found that four out of ten companies plan to cut jobs within six months. Responses from executives at...
Drilling companies: Pa. DEP hampering business (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Executives of drilling companies exploring a huge untapped reserve of natural gas say the economic windfall expected from the Marcellus shale may not come to pass if Pennsylvania doesn't get its regulatory house in order.