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29 Sep 2009 10:20

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Biz: Consumers lose a bunch of confidence in September

  • 53.1 consumer confidence this month; that’s way down source
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29 Sep 2009 10:13

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Biz: Citigroup, Bank of America feeling the executive-pay squeeze

  • $45 billion amount each bank still owes the government in TARP bailout funds; hurry up and pay it source
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29 Sep 2009 09:57

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Biz, Tech: More innovative ways to get your news from big newspapers

  • From The Guardian The U.K.’s most consistently awesome newspaper has a pretty sweet, well-organized “river” of news.
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28 Sep 2009 09:39

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Biz: Abercrombie & Fitch pays its CEO an absurd amount of money

  • $71.8 million the amount longtime A&F CEO Michael Jeffries gets in total compensation in 2008, including a $6 million “stay bonus” source
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28 Sep 2009 09:28

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Biz: Xerox throws big money at a company you’ve never heard of

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28 Sep 2009 09:13

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Biz: Newspapers try to find the advertising balance on Twitter

  • Unfollowed @statesman. Best of luck w/ the Twitter ads, but if I can avoid them, I will.
  • Twitter user @LukeMorris • On his decision to stop following the Austin American-Statesman’s Twitter feed because the feed runs occasional ads. The Statesman is taking the lead with Tweet-based advertising, something which is a sore subject with users. Although, really, should it be? Twitter’s already the most useful marketing tool ever. You’re getting advertised to more than you think on the service. It might be a perception thing. • source
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27 Sep 2009 20:03

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Biz: Are you related to Bernie Madoff? If so, you’re about to get sued

  • $198 million lawsuit against Bernie’s family of execs source
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27 Sep 2009 11:54

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Biz: This stoic man sells $89 million in diapers online each year

Marc Lore of Diapers.com is willing to do, uh, diaper duty to get results. Now he has an empire of Pampers to prove it. source
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26 Sep 2009 12:11

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Biz: The 2009 bank-closing tally has gone up yet again

  • 95 banks have closed this year, the latest in Georgia source
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26 Sep 2009 11:25

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Biz: Have bad news to share? Bury it deep in your press release

  • -8.3% drop in stock value within three days of bad news that’s been played up in a press release (on average) source
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