CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's (the authority) approximately $142 million in series 2012A bonds which will refund the outstanding series 2004C-1 bonds. In addition, Fitch has affi Full Article at Business Wire

The new meme that has begun making the rounds involves the potential of a 1987-like crash occurring in US stocks. Marc Faber, who is incredible at getting headlines, floated this possibility as a trial balloon on Bloomberg the other day and that's all yo Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation held an emergency meeting today to discuss what should be done with 38 Studios. Schilling wants them to throw good money after bad, and, as WPRI puts it, "pleaded for additional state assistance." It suck Full Article at Deadspin

BEIJING -- China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react. If North K Full Article at China Post

WELLESLEY, Mass. , May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Peace Corps welcomes Babson College in Wellesley to its Paul D. Coverdell Fellows program, a graduate fellowship that offers financial assistance to returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) in Full Article at PR Newswire

A 9 per cent decrease in the number of new-born babies in Canterbury could be related to the stresses mothers now face after the earthquakes, a Christchurch midwife says. Statistics New Zealand figures showed there were 6539 live births registered in Can Full Article at Stuff.co.nz

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year's G8 summit under the motto "Acting Together" is chaired by U.S. President Obama in Camp David and takes place back-to-back to the NATO summit in Chicago from May 20-21, one month before the G Full Article at Street Insider

By John Revill ZURICH—Compagnie Financière Richemont SA Wednesday became the latest luxury company to defy the wider economic gloom with a robust set of full-year results, but demand for its expensive watches and jewelry is showing signs of a slowdown in Full Article at Wall Street Journal

Video will begin in 5 seconds. Fears over Greece, compounded by sluggish Chinese economic growth, are hitting global markets hard, says business columnist Malcolm Maiden. INVESTORS nervous about Europe and the slowing global economy have wiped another $3 Full Article at The Age

WASHINGTON May 16 (Reuters) - A decision by Greece to leave Europe's common currency zone would raise big questions about the impact on Spain, Italy and other euro zone countries with big debt loads that are undergoing structural reforms, the head of the Full Article at Reuters Mobile

Regional Breakthroughs Australia announced today that it will bring an international faculty of noteworthy speakers and panelists to Vail this fall. Elevate Vail/2012 will be exclusively for the year, “the global symposium on creating and sustaining spec Full Article at PRWeb

* ECB shuns some Greek banks, intensifies jitters * Minutes suggest U.S. Fed open to more stimulus * Low yields keep lid on U.S., German bond rallies * U.S. 10-year yield creeps closer to 50-year low By Richard Leong NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Tre Full Article at Reuters Mobile

Sue Brand has announced her candidacy for State Representative in Fairfield’s 132nd District. Brand has lived in Fairfield for 20 years, where she and her husband Patrick raised their four children. She graduated, cum laude, from Quinnipiac College with Full Article at Minuteman News Center

Chut Wutty's name may not ring a bell among most people in this country. But to many Cambodians, he was their pre-eminent environmental activist, a sort of local hero who had the guts to stand up to the powerful and rich to protect his country's fast-shr Full Article at Bangkok Post

"I cannot overstate how the level of uncertainty about Australia's tax system is generating negative investor reaction. People don't know where it's going" ... Jac Nasser. Photo: Josh Robenstone AUSTRALIA'S most influential businessman, Jac Nasser, has s Full Article at The Age