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21 Jul 2010 10:59

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U.S.: Massive pot farms: Oakland gets an early grip on a budding business

The city council approved the creation of industrial-sized operations last night. In other words, Oakland is the new Detroit, except with marijuana instead of vehicles. source
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29 May 2010 13:19

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Biz: No May flowers here: For stocks, it was the worst May since 1940

  • 7.9% dip in Dow’s value in the merry month of May source
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25 May 2010 10:01

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Biz: The stock market’s looking pretty cruddy in early trading

  • -2.6% the decline of the Dow Jones industrial this morning
  • -2.8% the decline of the S&P 500 in early trading this morning
  • -2.9% the decline of the NASDAQ; all have had cruddy months source
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25 Mar 2010 09:22

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Biz: John Deere says their health care costs are about to go up

  • $150 million boost in health
    costs this year source
  • ยป Why so much? Simple answer: Industrial companies have a lot of retirees, and the health care bill affects their costs greatly as a result.
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14 Oct 2009 09:36

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Biz: Watch out: The Dow could reach the 10,000 barrier again today

  • 9,871 the Dow’s Tuesday close, buoyed by earnings source
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02 Jul 2009 21:26

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Biz: Unemployment sucked last month = stocks sucked today

  • -223 point decline of the Dow Jones Industrial today, due to crappy employment numbers source
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16 Mar 2009 21:02

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Biz: The Dow’s winning streak ends at four days

  • -7 decline in the Dow on Monday; that’s really not so bad source
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02 Mar 2009 10:23

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U.S.: The Dow’s doing particularly bad this morning

  • 6,969 its number minutes into trading; no jokes, OK? source
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