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Microsoft’s Zune HD, which went on sale Tuesday, is more than just another portable media player trying to unseat Apple’s iPod.
It’s part of […]
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A Canadian-Russian consortium’s plan to buy automaker Opel from General Motors faced more hurdles as scrutiny of German state aid intensified and labor leaders […]
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An index of economic indicators rose in July for a fourth straight month, in another sign that the recession is bottoming, said a report […]
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IBM reported a 13 percent slide in revenue as corporate spending fell, but cost cuts and a shift to more profitable businesses helped it […]
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When Christine Saunders saw her Southern California floral design company’s revenue dip last fall as the economy sputtered, she realized that creating products for […]
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It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green shoots.
So much for the notion […]
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The window might be quickly closing on consumers’ opportunity to refinance at great rates — not their home mortgages, but their term life insurance, […]
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NEW YORK–Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday it will buy smaller generic drug maker Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in cash and stock, getting access […]
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MONTREAL – Container traffic at the Port of Montreal is down nearly 10 per cent in the first quarter as the recession squeezes global […]
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Even on the campaign trail last year, President Obama pledged to cull waste from the budget. On Thursday, he pulled back the curtain on […]
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