Black Friday draws crowds but spending in doubt | November 25, 2011 04:28 PM ET | (Reuters) - Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling holiday shopping season. | Full Article | Bond market hammers Italy, Spain ponders outside help | November 25, 2011 04:37 PM ET | ROME/MADRID (Reuters) - Italy's borrowing costs soared to their highest levels since Rome joined the euro on Friday, piling pressure on the newly installed government of Mario Monti at the end of a week in which the euro zone crisis tainted even safe haven Germany. | Full Article | S&P downgrades Belgium to AA on funding pressures | November 25, 2011 02:55 PM ET | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's downgraded Belgium's credit rating to AA from AA-plus on Friday, saying funding and market risk pressures are raising the chances the country's financial sector will need more support. | Full Article | | | US TOP NEWS | Thousands rally in Egypt on "last chance Friday" | November 25, 2011 03:29 PM ET | CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians demanding an end to military rule packed Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday in the biggest turnout of a week of protests and violence that has killed 41 people. | Full Article | Ex-Olympus CEO says willing but not begging to return | November 25, 2011 10:30 AM ET | TOKYO (Reuters) - The British ex-CEO of Japan's Olympus Corp emerged from a frosty meeting of directors on Friday convinced its board would eventually quit over an accounting scandal engulfing the firm, but he said he wasn't "begging" to return and clean up the mess. | Full Article | More bloodshed in Syria despite Arab deadline | November 25, 2011 02:57 PM ET | BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government ignored Arab powers' moves to halt its crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising on Friday and more opposition supporters and military personnel were killed in unrelenting violence. | Full Article | | | HEALTH NEWS | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | | | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | |
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