A number of bad reviews were received for Clint Eastwood’s speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. The criticism was varied over his rambling, bizarre endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Roger Ebert the film critic tweeted that Clint, his hero, came across as pathetic and sad. Eastwood gave his speech without a script or teleprompter to an audience of... 

Parents beware. The tiny coin-shaped flat batteries found in a number of electronics, toys and musical greeting cards might be life threatening to younger children. On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control released an analysis that found that 14 children, 13 years and younger died and over 40,000 were injured from small batteries. The deaths of the 14 children were reported between 1997 and 2010.... 

Nokia reported that its loss had more than tripled in the second quarter.  In the three months through June, the loss was €1.4 billion, or $1.7 billion.  The company also made a €742 million dividend payment during the quarter.  Since announcing its Microsoft alliance in February 2011, Nokia has amassed €3.5 billion in combined losses.  Nokia is based in Espoo, Finland. Sales rebounded in... 

Société Générale’s second-quarter results fell short of analysts’ expectations.  Net profit dropped 42% in the second quarter, to 433 million euros ($530 million), compared with 747 million euros during the same quarter a year earlier.  Analysts were expecting earnings of 764 million euros for the latest quarter. A series of write-downs related to past acquisitions, including 250 million... 

A gay couple from Virginia has accused United Continental Airlines of outrageous and extreme conduct following an incident that is alleged to have involved the couple’s sex toy. They said it had been taped to their luggage to be left in full view of all the other passengers. The incident, both men said, caused them to suffer from emotional trauma. The couple, Martin Borger and his partner Chris Bridgeman... 

Australia experienced its worst loss of members of its armed forces since the 1970s this week in Afghanistan. Five soldiers, working with the NATO-U.S. led coalition were killed. The deaths prompted the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, to cut short her stay at a regional conference of Pacific leaders to return to Australia. The NATO coalition forces said three of the troops from Australia... 

Profits at banks dropped in the second quarter of 2012 partly due a huge trading loss at one of the big banks. Loan balances spiked for the fourth time in the last five quarters, said the FDIC on Tuesday. Martin Gruenberg, the acting chairman for the FDIC said that banks were continuing to make steady, gradual progress towards a recovery. During the second quarter, banks earned over $34.5 billion in... 

While the Republicans were busy making noise in Tampa, President Barack Obama was visiting important swing-state universities rallying young voters and watching Hurricane Isaac. On Tuesday, President Obama was busy campaigning in the scorching heat rallying universities students in Iowa. At Iowa State University Obama started by saying, the country’s thoughts were with everyone in New Orleans and...