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A court order against a Web site that gave away test questions could land some B-school students in hot water
More than 1,000 prospective MBA students who paid $30 to use a now-defunct Web site to get a sneak peak at live questions from the Graduate Ma..
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Funds from the Amazon founder and Spark Capital will help the "stressing" microblogging outfit rebuild its technology
When the news broke on June 24 that microblogging sensation Twitter picked up new venture investors, including Amazon (AMZN) founder J..
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Prosecutors are probing whether two hedge fund managers misled banks as well as investors
Federal prosecutors may not be done with former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, who were charged on June 18 with lying to invest..
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The minority stakeholder is poised to help the ailing automaker raise billions for a restructuring
The last time billionaire Kirk Kerkorian knocked on Detroit's door, he tried to force General Motors (GM) into an alliance with Renault-Nissan—an idea..
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In awarding the contract for refueling planes, the Air Force told Boeing one thing, then did another, and made crucial math errors, an auditor's report says
A new, fuller account of the June 18 auditor's ruling that gives Boeing (BA) another shot at a..
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T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he's betting $100 million that he's right
Roberts County is a neat square in a remote corner of the Texas Panhandle, a land of rolling hills, tall grass, oak trees, mesquite, and cattle. It has a desol..
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Presidential opponents McCain and Obama go head-to-head with competing plans for reducing U.S. reliance on foreign oil
With gas prices rising and billions of additional dollars flowing to the Middle East to buy oil, energy policy is turning into a batt..
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New funding by Bain, Bessemer, Sequoia, and Greylock values the professional-networking site north of $1 billion—and big plans are afoot
LinkedIn is joining the Web 2.0 high rollers' club. The professional networking site, home to some 23 million aff..
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Chicago-based Neumann Homes went bankrupt last November, leaving a trail of wreckage in its path. Its worst victims? Homeowners
When Patrick and Betty Ann Wagner moved 50 miles from Chicago's Northwest Side to suburban Antioch, Ill., a year ago, they f..
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The man who built the insurance behemoth talks with Maria Bartiromo about Sunday's coup
A little more than three years ago, Hank Greenberg, the architect of the insurance giant AIG (AIG), stepped down amid investigations by the feds and then New York S..
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While not an all-out success, Phase II testing of a Wyeth-Elan treatment showed positive results in a subset of patients. Investors applauded
The much anticipated results of a clinical trial of one of the more promising Alzheimer's drugs, released June..
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From an economist's point of view, the "core" rate counts more than the "headline." But the Fed will have to pay attention to both
If there's one thing Americans don't like, it's a cheater. And as far as many people are concerned, it's cheating to calc..
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Amid high demand for Firefox 3, Mozilla prepares its open-source software to take on Microsoft, Google, and a world of cell-phone confusion
When Mozilla releases its Firefox 3 browser update June 17, it hopes to set the first-ever Guinness world record..
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The changes affecting the global auto industry are nothing new but they are more serious. Too bad carmakers didn't learn the first time
If hindsight is 20-20 vision, then automotive executives must spend a lot of time looking in the rear-view window...
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Investors face a host of worries these days, but it's tough to say which are the biggest. BW puts Wall Street back on the analyst's couch to find out
Here we present yet another transcript from the case files (BusinessWeek, 1/29/08) of Dr. Graham, a sp..
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As Robert Arnott steps out of a taxi en route to a CNBC interview at the New York Stock Exchange, two young Italian tourists stop him on the street. "Do you know where The Bull is?" asks one of the young men clutching a map. The bull in question is Chargi..
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The recent stream of implosions is the least of the big banks' worries. Money still seems to be pouring into such investment channels
Large hedge funds at prestigious global banks seem to be blowing up routinely. But that doesn't mean the world's large..
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U.S. charity has stumbled along with the economy. From food pantries on up, contributions have diminished, just when they're needed most
It's called a food pantry, but a scarcity of goods is taking over the shelves. Despite the efforts of the nonprofit..
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The beleaguered investment bank ousts Erin Callan from the CFO slot and Joseph Gregory as COO. Will the moves pacify its critics?
Heads usually roll on Wall Street when the going gets ugly, and this time is no exception. On June 12, Lehman Brothers Hol..
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Opponents want to know: How can America let Anheuser-Busch be sold to Belgian company InBev? But they don't have much of a leg to stand on
Budweiser: The finest beer from Oostende to Genk. If that doesn't sound right to you, you're not alone. InBev's $..
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