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17 Apr 2010 12:16

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Biz: Like saving money? Like privacy? Don’t use Web coupons

  • good The Web coupon segment of the money-saving market has grown greatly of late – redemption is up 263 percent to 50 million coupons.
  • bad Those coupons, however, give retailers more info than your average coupons, including IP addresses and search data. source
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16 Apr 2010 16:38

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Biz: Super-investor Warren Buffett directly feels Goldman Sachs’ SEC fail

  • $950 million drop in Buffett’s personal wealth today source
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16 Apr 2010 11:18

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Biz: Goldman Sachs’ stocks look like a waterfall this morning

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16 Apr 2010 11:09

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Biz: Why Goldman Sachs is feeling the SEC’s wrath this morning

  • one Goldman Sachs
    reportedly offered a
    mortgage to its
    customers, then bet
    against it on Wall Street.
  • two It managed to
    profit handily, staying relatively unscathed during the worst of the financial crisis.
  • three The SEC sued them
    this morning, making
    some fairly damning
    claims after noticing
    funny stuff. source
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16 Apr 2010 11:01

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Biz: Sign Goldman Sachs is having a bad day: It’s a trending topic



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16 Apr 2010 10:55

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Biz: Bank of America bounces back into the win column

  • $3.2
    billion     the company’s profit in the current quarter, helped by a good quarter for controversial acquisition Merrill Lynch
  • $2.2
    billion     the company’s loss throughout all of 2009 – the credit crisis and Merrill Lynch buyout were blamed source
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15 Apr 2010 20:20

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Biz, Tech: Google shows off, posts an insane jump in profits

  • 37% boost in earnings for the search engine du jour
  • 23% boost in revenues for Apple’s new rival
  • $7 amount the company earned per share source
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15 Apr 2010 10:40

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Biz: Fortune 500: Huge profits go hand-in-hand with record layoffs

  • $391
    billion     size of the collective profits the Fortune 500 had last year
  • 821,000
    positions     number of jobs they had to cut to ensure that huge profit source
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15 Apr 2010 09:28

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Biz: Forgot to do taxes on time, jerk? Have some food freebies

  • coffee Starbucks is giving free coffee to anyone with a reusable container. but it’s for Earth Day, not Tax Day. Pretend otherwise.
  • tacos We love tacos just like everyone else, and West Coast chain Taco Del Mar is giving away free ones today.
  • sweets Ice cream chain Maggie Moo’s is giving away ice cream pizza samples; Cinnabon’s giving out cupcake bites. source
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14 Apr 2010 09:51

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Biz: Even for those on Obama’s foreclosure plan, it’s not really helping

  • 75% of people in Obama’s foreclosure-prevention plan owe more than their homes are worth
  • 50% of people owe more than
    25 percent in negative equity on
    their homes; crazy source
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