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BusinessWeek
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In light of the rumors about the CBS anchor, BW's Ronald Grover says the TV evening news model should go the way of the dodo bird
It's the latest parlor game among the brass at major networks: When will Katie Couric leave CBS? The rumor that the former..
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MSNBC
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Yahoo may be reluctant prey for Microsoft. But that doesn’t mean the former Internet wunderkind has a lot of choices.
Yahoo Monday formally rejected Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer. But in many ways, Yahoo’s hands may be tied in escaping Microsof..
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BusinessWeek
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The technology is available, but the potential for misuse is almost limitless. Our columnist takes you through the dangers of this futuristic process
While it's easy to reject the notion of placing little ID chips inside humans as an ominous Orwellian..
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MSNBC
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Which is worse: Recession or inflation?
Those two economic ills, the Federal Reserve’s primary concerns, call for opposite policies. Despite recent inflation pressure from higher food and energy prices, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thur..
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BusinessWeek
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Pundits are eager to provide their predictions for the new year. Here's something a little different
'Tis the season to prognosticate. It seems just about every reporter with a computer has rushed to provide his vision of the future with a laundry list..
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BusinessWeek
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The dollar's descent to record lows has many market players fretting, but there are positives, too. Here's what you need to know
The U.S. dollar fell to an all-time low Nov. 7, pushed over the edge by some off-the-cuff comments from Chinese officials...
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CNN
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Here I go. I am about to walk into one of the biggest sucker's games in the whole world of economics: declaring that the U.S. consumer is tapped out, so desperately in hock and troubled about the future that he finally just can't spend like it's 1999 anym..
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MSNBC
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For most of today's investors, the stock market collapse of Oct. 19, 1987, was a defining moment — the biggest financial crisis in memory and a stern reminder about the nature of investment risk.
On that Black Monday 20 years ago, the Dow Jones indus..
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New York Times
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Eager to expand the holiday shopping season without provoking consumers, retailers are experimenting with a novel approach: earlier-than-ever advertising that deliberately plays down the tinsel and holly.
Shattering records for an early start, Wal-Mart..
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www.mises.org
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On September 18 the Fed cut its target for the fed funds rate by 50 basis points (0.5 percentage points), from 5.25% to 4.75%. The move surprised many analysts who had been expecting a more modest cut of 25 basis points.
For those versed in the Austrian..
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Yahoo News
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Here's a fact: The speculators and hedge fund managers who run today's stock market need market volatility in order to make money.
They can't make enough money if the market stays flat or moves only a bit, so they like extreme and unexpected price move..
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BusinessWeek
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How to decode the psychology of the morning meeting
The client was a senior female executive at a major global company. She was hardworking, bright, and well-liked, but she had one big frustration: People often ignored her ideas at meetings.
After w..
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BusinessWeek
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When the bureaucratic machinery of China rolls into action, it is a sight to behold. A mayor announces a plan to reclaim hundreds of acres from the sea and build a massive industrial complex. A few years later, busy factories and roads stretch as far as t..
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BusinessWeek
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Many savvy companies are starting to realize that a good name can be their most important asset—and actually boost the stock price
A recent print ad by United Technologies Corp. (UTX) looks deceptively like an assembly diagram for a model helicopter...
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New York Times
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JIM SINEGAL, the chief executive of Costco Wholesale, the nation's fifth-largest retailer, had all the enthusiasm of an 8-year-old in a candy store as he tore open the container of one of his favorite new products: granola snack mix. "You got to try this;..
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BusinessWeek
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How the high-tech maverick became a global trendsetter
Steve Jobs had plenty of problems to contend with as he sauntered onstage for his first speech after returning to the top of Apple (AAPL) in 1997. He faced a shrinking market for his Mac computers,..
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New York Times
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Correction Appended
This article was reported by Jo Becker, Richard Siklos, Jane Perlez and Raymond Bonner, and written by Ms. Becker.
In the fall of 2003, a piece of Rupert Murdoch’s sprawling media empire was in jeopardy.
Congress was on the..
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Washington Post
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In Rupert Murdoch's world, not all journalism is created equal.
Unlike in the United States, where even the smallest newspapers claim to hew to the same standards of objectivity, the journalism in Murdoch's global media empire runs from serious to sala..
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BusinessWeek
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How New York's Mike Bloomberg is creating a new model for public service that places pragmatism before politics
The American businessman-politician has a long and storied history. From Alexander Hamilton (industrialist) to Herbert Hoover (mining consul..
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SF Gate
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A handful of CEOs in the AP executive pay list take home a salary of $1 a year or less. But all of them manage to make millions anyway, illustrating the point that if you're running the show, your salary doesn't mean much.
"Salary has become such a min..
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