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Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season - even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales.





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Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Economist says renewed financial crisis looms unless government acts

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Another crippling financial crisis looms unless the U.S. government thaws credit markets that are starting to freeze up amid a lingering and deepening recession, a University of Illinois economist ...


Market failure expert says letting Lehman go was good thing

Other Sciences / Economics

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Approaching the anniversary of Lehman Brothers' demise, NJIT Finance Professor Michael Ehrlich, an expert on market failure, says that the Feds made the right move when they allowed the investment firm to go bankrupt.


Software firm Intuit is offering iPhone owners free software designed to help them live during tough economic times

Quicken helps budget-minded iPhone owners

Technology / Software

created May 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intuit is offering iPhone owners free Quicken software designed to help them live within their means during these tough economic times.


Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down

Technology / Business

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday said its chief financial officer is departing at the end of the year and will be replaced by the man now responsible for the books at the division that produces Microsoft Office and other ...


Effective global regulation

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Government ownership of banks – something unthinkable until very recently for the 'Anglo-Saxon' model of capitalism –- became a reality early in 2008. This was a policy response to an unprecedented global financial crisis, ...


Markets still a good litmus test for the economy, finance expert says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Don't put much stock in rumblings that financial markets are a faulty barometer of the nation's economic climate, a University of Illinois business expert says.


Investors lap up Apple's 47 percent profit jump (AP)

Investors lap up Apple's 47 percent profit jump

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- Wall Street knew Apple Inc.'s results for the most recent quarter would blow past the company's guidance, but investors clearly weren't prepared for the 47 percent jump in profit that Apple delivered.


Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.


Away from the financial bust, tech stocks boomed

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp. and other technology stocks helped lead the way as markets climbed out of the trough they fell into in March - even as the recession kept many big corporations and consumers sitting on their wallets instead ...


GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on (AP)

GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over ...



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