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18 Dec 2009 15:30

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Biz, U.S.: Most states say their unemployment numbers are going down

  • 36 states – and D.C. – say that things are getting better source
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18 Dec 2009 09:31

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Biz: Saab story: GM plans to shut the Swedish automaker down

  • 3,000 people will likely lose their jobs source
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17 Dec 2009 21:42

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Biz: Pepsi doesn’t think the Super Bowl is the best use of their ad money

  • 23 the number of years that Pepsi has had a prominent part of the Super Bowl advertising extravaganza
  • refresh what Pepsi plans to do with their ad money instead, using it for a Web-based charity program source
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17 Dec 2009 09:39

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Biz: Bank of America’s new CEO: Will this guy be better than the last one?

Brian Moynihan, who came from the inside, will have an easy time besting predecessor Ken Lewis, who drove the company off a cliff. source
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16 Dec 2009 10:23

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Biz: Construction numbers: Can they fix it? Yes they can!

  • +8.9% from October’s depressing six-month low number
  • -12.4% from a year ago; at least they’re building source
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15 Dec 2009 08:50

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Biz: Editor & Publisher goes out with a bang, gets Warren Buffett

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  • The owner of The Buffalo News will be featured in the magazine’s final issue before it goes off the stands. He takes the news industry to task for becoming complacent and says that top priority should be finding an online revenue stream. “It is so easy when you’ve got a wonderful business,” he said. “Complacency is pretty easy and it is why they weren’t looking over their shoulder at what was happening.”  source
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14 Dec 2009 10:52

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Biz: Per usual, Exxon Mobil can’t pass gas, buys XTO instead

  • $31 billion all-stock deal for the natural gas company source
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14 Dec 2009 10:48

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Biz: Crumbelievable: Cadbury rejects Kraft’s advances again

See the fence in front of the Cadbury factory pictured here? Kraft is standing behind it, scheming, because it really wants a Cadbury Egg. source
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14 Dec 2009 09:50

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Biz: TARP also-rans: Citigroup the last bank to pay back bailout funds

  • $20 billion the amount Citigroup is paying back – a loss of $5.1 billion in TARP funds for the good guys
  • $45 billion the amount Bank of America paid back to the government last week – so Citigroup stands alone source
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13 Dec 2009 23:50

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Biz, World: Abu Dhabi throws Dubai a couple of bones to get by

  • $10 billion – “a couple of bones” relative in this case source
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