145100 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203335504578086623978452726.html?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_fGlaxo, Boston Scientific and other large health-care companies, many of them based along the East Coast or with major operations there, closed sites as they braced for the approach of Hurricane Sandy.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:29:00 +0100wsj-en-410e46c02d190adf61b8f9ddb15ab13d20121029162900http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-business/aust-bonds-firm-as-hurricane-heads-for-nyc-20121029-28e6k.htmlThe Australian bond market has closed the day firmer after a strong lead from US Treasury bonds.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:49:00 +0100smh-9a4210f063c0f0d4446adbaca988adbb20121029074900http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/bonds-higher-on-global-market-moves/story-e6frfkur-1226505065116THE Australian bond market has closed the day firmer after a strong lead from US Treasury bonds.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:38:00 +0100news_com_au-38e67596f331d0708123cb5805ddfd3c20121029073800http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50134073nNorth Carolina is a getting a taste of Hurricane Sandy's fury. There's driving rain and high surf but officials are not expecting major damage. WNCT's Tony Rawlings reports.Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:57:00 +0100CBSnews-c0023b49aeb308adb84b015e0316f06820121029035700