http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/business/ Business News en-au Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:13 GMT http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/business/ 142 18 http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/2/16vl4.html Yahoo has fired back at corporate raider Carl Icahn, saying he lacks understanding of the Microsoft takeover and should not try to oust Yahoo's board. /080515/2/16vl4.html Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:31 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/2/16vlv.html Bank of America's CEO says the US economic downturn will encourage, or force, more investment banks to merge with commercial banks to better protect themselves. /080515/2/16vlv.html Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:12 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/2/16vlq.html Chinese interests have approached an Australian super fund to be their partner in a multi-billion-dollar swoop on 9 per cent of BHP Billiton. /080515/2/16vlq.html Thu, 15 May 2008 22:16:11 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/21/16vlu.html Drilling has started at the Napperby uranium project north-west of Alice Springs. /080515/21/16vlu.html Thu, 15 May 2008 22:10:00 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/19/16vj3.html WASHINGTON (AFP) - Television titan CBS Corp. /080515/19/16vj3.html Thu, 15 May 2008 21:50:47 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/2/16vjq.html Oil prices have declined after soaring close to record highs in volatile trade stoked by concerns about stretched global energy supplies, traders say. /080515/2/16vjq.html Thu, 15 May 2008 21:41:31 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/21/16vl8.html The technology and retail sectors have underpinned solid gains late in the session on American equity markets. /080515/21/16vl8.html Thu, 15 May 2008 21:24:00 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/19/16vlk.html WASHINGTON (AFP) - The World Bank and British-based bank Standard Chartered said Thursday that they had teamed up to expand the microfinance, or tiny loans, to impoverished borrowers in Africa and Asia. /080515/19/16vlk.html Thu, 15 May 2008 21:21:27 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/19/16vli.html BERLIN (AFP) - Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the CEO of leading French fashion house Christian Dior Couture, was Thursday named head of German ready-to-wear company Hugo Boss, a statement from that company said. /080515/19/16vli.html Thu, 15 May 2008 21:12:36 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/news/rss/business/*http://au.news.yahoo.com/080515/19/16vkk.html WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States Thursday accused China of keeping its yuan currency "substantially undervalued," but stopped short of branding Beijing a currency manipulator. /080515/19/16vkk.html Thu, 15 May 2008 20:57:48 GMT