Archive for April, 2009

Facebook fears: watch out for deceptive ads (WPTV West Palm Beach)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

It has become a online phenomenon with more than 200 million active users and now there are few users hoping to cash out with your money.

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Higher-Paid Putting Less Aside (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Contributions to deferred-compensation plans have dropped as a result of lower bonuses, fears about company insolvencies and restrictive withdrawal rules.

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Jobless rates rise in all US metro areas in March (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Unemployment rates rose in all of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas for the third straight month in March, with Indiana’s Elkhart-Goshen once again logging the biggest gain.

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Reform ideas seek to break logjam for startups (San Francisco Chronicle)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Venture-backed startups are piling up in Silicon Valley, unable to go public and unable or unwilling to get acquired, and venture capitalists have called for a broad array of reforms. Their proposals range from changing Securities and Exchange Commission…

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For Better, For Worse: Buy, sell or hold? (Sports Illustrated)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Buy low, sell high. That’s what the savvy investors do. They look at trends, at historical data, potential for improvement and the danger signs of overvalued commodities. I’m talking about fantasy baseball owners, of course.

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Rotary presents speech contest winners (The Chowchilla News)

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

By Samantha Brown

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Obama hopeful about saving Chrysler (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Banks holding most of Chrysler’s debt agreed to cash out for $2 billion, but hedge funds holding the rest are holding out.

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Bank of America?s Judgment Day (New York Times)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

At the bank?s annual general meeting on Wednesday, shareholders will finally have their opportunity to vote on whether or not to support his re-election to the board.

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LB Larry Foote says he would like to become a Lion (Detroit Free Press)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

UPDATED AT 4:47 P.M. “I would love to come home,” Foote said. “My family is here. I just bought a house here. … I’m not a veteran trying to come home and cash out on my hometown team. I’m a baller first.”

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SHARE PRICES EASIER IN EARLY TRADE (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Share prices on Bursa Malaysia were easier in early trading today as investors continued to cash out their positions amid concerns about the effects of the swine virus outbreak which had spooked global and regional markets, dealers said.

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