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BUSINESS / NEWS Tue May 20, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The latest talks clearly suggest Microsoft lacks a Plan B to compete with Google in search, while Yahoo is feeling the heat from Carl Icahn When Microsoft announced May 3 that it was dropping its $47.5 billion bid for Yahoo (BusinessWeek.com, 5/3/08),.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu May 8, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The überstrong euro, on top of a failed plan to sell factories, means the planemaker may have to take brutal measures that will slash European jobs Airbus will have to go back to the drawing board. No, it's not a plane that needs redesigning—it's.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- Last week’s White House plan to freeze some adjustable mortgages to slow the rising pace of foreclosures seem to raise as many reader questions as it answered. There’s a lot of confusion about just who is covered and who isn’t. And many readers are.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Feb 15, 2007 @ 9:39am mrmdc

USA Today -- Hershey (HSY) is cutting 1,500 jobs over three years as part of a plan to scale back production and move some manufacturing to Mexico, the candy maker announced Thursday. When the plan is complete, Hershey's will make its chocolates and other candies a.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Apr 1, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- It was only by coincidence that the giant overhaul of U.S. financial regulations proposed by the Treasury Department on Monday arrived during a financial crisis, but a key part of the plan, to extend the Fed's regulation of investment banks, is a reaction.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Feb 12, 2008 @ 8:11am neoform

MSNBC -- With mortgage defaults surging and politicians urging the industry to do more, six lenders agreed to widen their effort to help borrowers of all loans — not just subprime. The plan, called Project Lifeline, is to be announced Tuesday by the Treasury.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Jan 21, 2008 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- Stock markets across most of Asia fell Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the U.S. government's stimulus plan to prevent a recession. A contraction in the American economy would likely hurt profits at Asian.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Thu Dec 13, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Oil prices fell slightly Thursday in Asia after a jump the previous session on unexpected declines in U.S. crude stocks and following the Federal Reserve's announcement of a plan to help banks through the credit crisis. The almost five percent surge Wedne.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Tue Dec 11, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- The plan targets a looming crisis. Many subprime mortgages came with so-called teaser rates—interest rates that start out low but quickly reset to become significantly higher. Many of those loans—more than $350 billion worth, in fact—are going to re.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Mon Dec 3, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- If lenders temporarily freeze low introductory interest rates on home loans made to risky borrowers before they soar, it would be a modest fix for the country's fractured housing market. The problems are so far-reaching, analysts say, that an emerging.. Read More

BUSINESS / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 3:34pm neoform

Denver Post -- With the U.S. at risk for petroleum-import disruptions, former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane has a four-part plan to reduce reliance on imports. He will present that plan Saturday at a Denver energy conference. "My foremost concern is the.. Read More

BUSINESS / OPINION Mon Mar 19, 2007 @ 11:40am neoform

BusinessWeek -- The latest take on traditional business plan competitions aims to turn ideas for decreasing the use of fossil fuels into working businesses Alex Hornstein, a senior at MIT majoring in electrical engineering and computer science, had been interested in.. Read More