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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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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 ...


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...


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

GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

Technology / Business

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 ...


Flags with the logo of chip maker Infineon fluttering at the Munich fairgrounds

Semiconductor giant Infineon upgrades outlook

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts.


Only tax increase can cure Illinois budget woes, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Tax increases are the only solution to a widening budget crisis that a new study says has landed Illinois among the nation's most financially troubled states, a soon-to-be-released report by a team of University of Illinois ...


Government delays new ban on Internet gambling

Technology / Internet

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...


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T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA resumed selling Sidekick phones Tuesday, more than a month after a server meltdown at Microsoft Corp. caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from ...


Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care -- but not always, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire.


DU professor advises families to refocus for holidays to ease financial tension (w/ Video)

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created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Martha Wadsworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver (DU), says during the holidays families should focus on what has been proven to matter most in psychological research - quality family time.



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