KHOU - News - Business http://www.khou.com/news/business RSS Feed for KHOU - News - Business en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:07:43 GMT American Airlines proposes cutting 13K jobs http://www.khou.com/news/business/American-Airlines-proposes-cutting-13000-jobs-138508069.html American Airlines’ parent company proposed reducing its workforce by 13,000 employees affecting pilots, flight attendants, ground workers, mechanics and management as the company cuts costs in bankruptcy. LA co. challenges Kodak move to dump theater deal http://www.khou.com/news/business/139085564.html Owner of Oscars venue challenges Kodak's move to get co.'s name removed from LA theater Swiss bank says US tax case a 'major challenge' http://www.khou.com/news/business/139087209.html GENEVA (AP) — A state-owned Swiss bank has described a U.S. tax evasion probe as "major challenge" to it and Switzerland's entire banking industry. Stocks slide at the open as Greek deal is held up http://www.khou.com/news/business/139081979.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are opening lower after Greece's bailout deal was put on hold, a day after it seemed that the country had pacified its creditors. More headlines from Business Wire http://www.khou.com/news/business/91916924.html Obama call for manufacturing revival a tough goal http://www.khou.com/news/business/139078559.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making a strong election-year push for an economic revival "built on American manufacturing." But he faces an uphill slog, with little consensus even within his own party on how to do it. Trade deficit widens to $48.8 billion in December http://www.khou.com/news/business/139085594.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Monthly U.S. exports to Europe grew in December, a hopeful sign after a steep decline the previous month. But, some economists remain concerned that the region's debt crisis will still weigh on the U.S. economy this year. Tribe suing beer companies for alcohol problems http://www.khou.com/news/business/139027034.html LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — A Native American tribe sued some of the world's largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the state of South Dakota. 2nd deposition sought for convicted Ponzi schemer http://www.khou.com/news/business/139078104.html FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Convicted Florida Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein could be ordered to give a second round of sworn testimony about the inner workings of his $1.2 billion fraud. Mets owners ask high court for help in Madoff case http://www.khou.com/news/business/139015489.html NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets' owners want the Supreme Court to decide whether only those investors who lost money should get a share of proceeds recovered from Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.