http://fundsinformer.com Hot Business Topics Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:33:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en New Zealand manufacturing sales increased the most in more than seven years in the fourth quarter, led by higher production in the meat industry. Sales volumes adjusted to remove inflation rose 3.1 percent from the previous three months, when they fell a revised 1.7 percent, Statistics New ... http://fundsinformer.com/nz-manufacturing-sales-increase-most-in-7-years/ General Motors has recalled 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac models in North America for power steering failures that are tied to 14 crashes and one injury in the United States, the company said Tuesday. The recall affects 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt and 2007-2010 Pontiac G5 models sold in the ... http://fundsinformer.com/gm-recall-13-million-chevrolets-and-pontiacs/ Malaysia’s government-linked companies and businessmen are being pressed to boost spending at home amid concern that more money is being invested abroad than flowing into the country. Fresh ideas to stimulate investment may be included in the government’s so-called New Economic Model, International Trade and Industry Minister ... http://fundsinformer.com/malaysia-state-linked-firms-urged-to-invest-at-home/ Ronnie's Ice Cream, a 31-year-old frozen dessert manufacturer, will move from St. Louis to Crestwood's Watson Industrial Park Drive this year, co-owner Ron Ryan said after the Board of Aldermen approved a conditional use permit Tuesday night. Ronnie's now makes Quezel Sorbets and other specialty desserts at ... http://fundsinformer.com/ronnies-ice-cream-heads-to-crestwood/ South Africa will probably report this week that the economy is expanding at its fastest pace in more than a year and that inflation exceeded the target range for a second month, closing the door on interest rate cuts. Regulators may also announce an increase in electricity ... http://fundsinformer.com/south-african-recovery-may-close-door-on-rate-cuts/ There's one safety feature that Toyota could have had in its cars for years that would have stopped many, perhaps even most, cases of unintended acceleration -- it's called 'brake override.'Toyota has been saying for several weeks that it will add the feature to all of its new ... http://fundsinformer.com/brake-override-the-fix-toyota-should-have-had/ BankAtlantic Bancorp on Friday filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $75 million through a stock offering. The Fort Lauderdale-based banking company (NYSE: BBX) said it would use the money – should it decide to proceed with the offering – to repurchase its ... http://fundsinformer.com/bankatlantic-readies-stock-offering-for-debt-repurchase/ Vestas Americas on Thursday cut 114 positions, or 6 percent of its North American work force, due to sluggish demand for wind energy projects. Vestas Americas is the Portland-based North American headquarters of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Randers, Denmark-based wind turbine manufacturer. The cuts impact only 15 at ... http://fundsinformer.com/wind-company-vestas-to-lay-off-114/ Auto giant Toyota is expected to recall almost 300,000 Prius vehicles worldwide, ending several days of speculation about the much-embraced and honored hybrid. Japan’s Kyodo News agency says the automaker will recall 100,000 hybrids in the U.S. and another 170,000 in Japan. The recall would affect only those Prius ... http://fundsinformer.com/report-toyota-to-recall-2010-prius/ President Barack Obama’s politics may be drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: Ronald Reagan. The late Republican president may become Democrat Obama’s most relevant role model as the U.S. economic and political climate mirrors Reagan’s first term, which began in 1981. While Republicans suffered losses in ... http://fundsinformer.com/obama-seeks-to-channel-reagan-as-democrats-prepare-for-election/