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Older Americans: How they are faring in the recession
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Older Americans have weathered the financial crisis relatively well, although many now expect to work longer than they did just a year ago, according to a University of Michigan study released on Capitol ...
Google executives get one-dollar paychecks in 2008
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Google's co-founders and the California Internet titan's chief executive Eric Schmidt each took only a dollar in pay last year, a filing with US regulators indicates.
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DirecTV, Liberty Media detail spinoff plans
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV provider, said Monday it will be combined with the entertainment unit of Liberty Media Corp. and spun off into a separately traded company.
SEC files against former vidgame exec
May 19, 2006 |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week charged a former chief executive officer of Infinium Labs for his role in a fraudulent junk fax scheme.
Icahn pares Yahoo stake with sale of 12.7M shares
Aug 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Financier Carl Icahn, one of Yahoo Inc.'s largest stockholders, has sold 12.7 million shares to whittle his holdings in the slumping Internet company down a percentage point to a 4.5 percent stake.
Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks
Jun 03, 2009 |
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More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks - prompting calls upon them to divest - the insurance industry has yet to kick the ...
What spooks the stock market in October?
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- October ushers in the fourth quarter, falling leaves, football and in some, now infamous, years, financial meltdowns. Is the tenth month of the year more prone to stock market crashes than others? Economics ...
Stock graphs can mislead: People prefer stocks with shorter runs
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Sep 21, 2009 |
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Can the way stock information is presented lead investors to make the wrong decisions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that when investors use charts, they are likely to make a baseless decision about ...
Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market
Sep 21, 2009 |
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One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.
Churchill Downs buying YouBet.com
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Churchill Downs Inc., owner of the horse racing track which hosts the famed Kentucky Derby, announced it has agreed to acquire online betting website YouBet.com.
Vonage Barred from Using Verizon Patents
Mar 25, 2007 |
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The company has said that its customers will not be affected, and in public statements, attorneys for the company have said that they anticipate getting a stay on the injunction while they appeal.
Vonage releases calling app for iPhone, BlackBerry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of major wireless carriers.
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