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15 Nov 2009 10:46

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Biz: Mommy bloggers or mommy hawkers? Consumerism critics take note

Frito Lay and Nestle have swooned blogger Andrea Deckard over the last year. She says the trips inform readers. Critics say it’s clever marketing. source
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15 Nov 2009 01:33

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Biz: Bernie Madoff’s crap makes a little bit of money at auction

  • $900,000 “little bit” is kinda relative source
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14 Nov 2009 12:25

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Biz: Wal-Mart’s supplier credit-rating program genius, say smart people

  • I would expect a retailer’s credit quality always to be taken into account when a firm is lending money against that retailer’s receivables. If a vendor is owed the money by Wal-Mart that is very different than if a vendor is owed the money by [bankrupt] Linens N Things, for example.
  • GimmeCredit analyst Carol Levenson • Describing how Wal-Mart’s new policy, which allows suppliers to get credit on the back of the company’s very strong credit rating, is genius. Obviously, not every supplier can count on retailers to bail them out like this. But many are in a position to do the same thing, including Target, Kohl’s, TJX Cos. (the parent of TJMaxx, Marshall’s and other similar stores), Home Depot, Lowe’s and Walgreens. Considering that suppliers are likely in the tank in this economy, this could save them. • source
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14 Nov 2009 09:17

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Biz, Tech: Google Books has a new, less-infringing, publisher agreement

  • Cost of the deal $125
    million     source
  • Cost of the deal $125
    million
  • Big changes made Author rights
    Orphan books
    Pricing structure
     
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  • Cost of the deal $125
    million
  • Big changes made Author rights
    Orphan books
    Pricing structure
     
  • Countries in the deal U.S.
    Canada
    U.K.
    Australia     source
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12 Nov 2009 21:58

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Biz: Die in a fire, Cablevision: Newsday’s charging for stories

Dudes, if you’re going to completely block off your content like this, take your stuff off Google News. OK? Dead to us: Newsday. source
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12 Nov 2009 21:49

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Biz: Disney had some pretty awesome profits (up 18%!) last quarter

  • $895 million in profits, thanks largely to ESPN source
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12 Nov 2009 10:17

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Biz: New jobless claims haven’t looked this low in a long time

  • 502,000 this past week’s jobless claims level – the lowest it’s been in 2009; and that level is still kind of high! source
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12 Nov 2009 09:46

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Biz: Intel stops being a jerk to AMD, pays out a bunch of money

  • $1.25 billion in let-this-go settlement money source
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11 Nov 2009 20:55

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Biz, Tech: 3Com and HP sitting in a tree, M-E-R-G-I-N-G

  • $2.7 billion for 3Com’s marbles to mix with HP’s source
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10 Nov 2009 20:57

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Biz, Tech: Google to News Corp.: Come on, we dare you to block us

  • Publishers put their content on the web because they want it to be found, so very few choose not to include their material in Google News and web search. But if they tell us not to include it, we don’t.
  • A statement from Google • Describing its stance on the whole Rupert Murdoch thing we posted about yesterday. That sounds like a dare to us. Will News Corp. match Google’s dare with a double dare? Will Murdoch then pull out a double dog dare, or will he go straight to the triple dog dare? We don’t know, but we’re glued to our seats in excitement. • source
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