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BusinessWeek
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In 2008 more than 10 top-selling drugs will lose patent protection. The industry hopes to recoup the losses with branded generics
Women with brittle bones could be in for a bit of a windfall come Feb. 6. That's when Merck's (MRK) Fosamax, the market-le..
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MSNBC
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Roland JonesAssociate editorProfileE-mailGeneral Motors’ CEO Rick Wagoner said Monday that the U.S. automotive industry is in a recession, but should weather the storm as long as the economic climate doesn’t worsen.
Speaking to CNBC from the fl..
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Daily Mail
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Electronics giant Sony has sparked a major row over animal cruelty and the ethics of the computer industry by using a freshly slaughtered goat to promote a violent video game.
The corpse of the decapitated animal was the centrepiece of a party to celeb..
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Wallstreet Journal
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In a dramatic acceleration of the seven-year sales decline that has battered the music industry, compact-disc sales for the first three months of this year plunged 20% from a year earlier, the latest sign of the seismic shift in the way consumers acquire..
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Los Angeles Times
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When an angry Enrico Mattei coined the phrase the "Seven Sisters" to describe the Anglo-Saxon companies that controlled the Middle East's oil after World War II, the founder of Italy's modern energy industry could not have imagined the profound shift in p..
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Associated Press
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US Airways made a hostile $8 billion bid for Delta Air Lines on Wednesday, ignoring Delta's repeated statements that it isn't interested in a merger. The move could start a stampede of competing bids in a long-predicted industry consolidation...
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The Register
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There are no stranger beasts in the business world than the major music labels. Only these creatures, represented by their legal attack dog the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), would apply an excusatory tone to the release of product ship..
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BusinessWeek
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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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BusinessWeek
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Something has to give as airlines adjust to $130 oil and brace for a record yearly loss. Not all of the majors will survive
To fully appreciate the impact that soaring oil prices have had on the nation's beleaguered airline industry, consider that U.S...
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SF Gate
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Having been jilted by Continental Airlines on Sunday, United Airlines is said to have its eye on US Airways as a potential merger partner even as a chorus of critics laments that consumers will be the losers in a wave of industry consolidation.
The two..
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BusinessWeek
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Critics charge that the auction helped AT&T and Verizon Wireless solidify their industry dominance. Some call for tighter regulation
As far as Kevin Martin is concerned, the government's recent auction of wireless airwaves that fetched a record $19.12..
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BusinessWeek
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The billionaire investor is hoping his cash infusion will strengthen Assured Guaranty's position in the turbulent industry
It's certainly not as cheap as his prior ventures into troubled industries, but Wilbur Ross' proposed $250 million investment in..
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BusinessWeek
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Dubai's Arif Naqvi is the top dealmaker in local private equity, an industry he helped create
It was among the most important lunches of Arif M. Naqvi's career. The founder of buyout firm Abraaj Capital met in mid-February with Nassef Sawiris, chief of..
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MSNBC
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Could it be? Is Congress really ready to put an end to the credit card industry’s most abusive practices? A bill introduced a few weeks ago by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), would change the way most credit card companies do business and provide significa..
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BusinessWeek
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Shares of the car-rental outfit plunged Monday after it slashed its profit forecast, underscoring the tough conditions in the industry
The problems of the car rental business are deepening. On Feb. 4, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG) shares plunge..
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MSNBC
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U.S. album sales plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, continuing a downward trend for the recording industry, despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks, according to figures released.
A total of 500.5 million albums sold as CDs, cass..
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MSNBC
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An agreement among congressional Democrats to support a 40 percent increase in U.S. vehicle fuel efficiency by 2020 has been hailed as an historic step by both environmentalists and the automotive industry. But while the compromise seems to please both si..
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BusinessWeek
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Bad news piles up for the sector as homebuilder Ryland warns of a big loss and an industry group issues gloomy forecasts on sales and prices
Warnings from homebuilders continue to pile up, indicating that a bottom in the housing downturn is still nowhe..
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Rolling Stone
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This is the first part of a two-part series on the decline of the record industry. Today we're including Brian Hiatt and Evan Serpick's report on where the music business went wrong, from the current issue of Rolling Stone, as well as an interactive graph..
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FOX News
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Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) edged past General Motors Corp. (GM) to become the world's biggest automaker by sales volume in 2006, leading industry paper Automotive News said.
The Automotive News Data Center, which publishes a widely quoted annual ranking o..
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