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27 Apr 2009 09:11

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Biz: A lot of people will lose their jobs at GM very soon

  • 23,000 jobs will go away by 2011. Yikes. source
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23 Apr 2009 22:14

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft’s Vista flop is finally catching up to them

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23 Apr 2009 10:14

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Biz, U.S.: Our least favorite part of the week: Reporting on new jobless claims

  • 640,000 new claims this week. Sigh. source
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23 Apr 2009 09:56

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Biz: Funny thing for UPS: When the economy slumps, people ship less

  • -56% dip for Brown, who hasn’t done much for us lately source
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22 Apr 2009 10:00

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Biz, U.S.: Why it sucks to be Morgan Stanley right now

  • $177 million The amount the financial company lost this quarter, which was unexpectedly large source
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19 Apr 2009 21:23

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Biz: The Fortune 500 is worth a lot less than they were before

  • 85% decline in the Fortune 500’s profits from 2007 to 2008 source
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18 Apr 2009 13:26

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Biz: Newsrooms are looking like ghost towns nowadays

  • -5,900 number of newsroom jobs that disappeared in 2008; 46,700 staffers managed to avoid losing their jobs in the process source
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11 Apr 2009 18:27

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Biz, U.S.: The feds are shuttering small banks left and right

  • 23 have closed this year, two on Friday alone (in Co. and N.C.) source
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06 Apr 2009 08:44

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Tech: Sun and IBM can’t get together for some reason

  • Sun’s shares went down precipitously, -$6.44 in pre-market trading, this morning. source
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03 Apr 2009 15:29

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Biz, U.S.: Good God, these unemployment numbers suck

  • 8.5% of people The unemployment rate in March – the highest level in 25 freakin’ years. Sigh. source
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