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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroIn August of 2008, Bloomberg News headlined one of their stories this way: "Harvard? Yale? No, Delaware School Is New Epicenter of Politics."That's because both Steve Schmidt (who ran day-to-day o (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
GM's sale of its Saab unit has fallen through after the brand's expected buyer, Scandinavian auto maker Koenigsegg, pulled the plug on the deal. (Read More)
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The News Hub panel discusses Playboy Enterprises' deal to outsource most of its magazine operations -- except for the editorial part -- to American Media Inc. in a bid to cut costs.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- H.J. Heinz Co. on Tuesday said its second-quarter net income fell to $237.3 million, or 73 cents a share, from $276.7 million, or 87 cents a share in the year-ago period. Breaking out a one-time los (Read More)
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Playboy Enterprises Inc. has signed an agreement to outsource most of the business operations of the Playboy magazine to American Media Inc. as it attempts to return to profits, The Wall Street Jou (Read More)
New York Times:
The chief of G.M.’s European operations is seeking German help in restructuring Opel, but the country’s economics minister said taxpayers should not be expected to play “the rich uncle.”. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
GM wants European Union governments to help provide $4.9 billion for its Opel unit, but will restructure the auto maker without state help if needed, GM's President of International Operations Nick Reilly said. (Read More)
MSNBC:
General Motors Co. on Monday asked European governments to help pay most of the $4.9 billion it needs to restructure its struggling European operations. (Read More)
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- National Bank of Greece said Monday that its third-quarter net profit fell 25% to 301 million euros ($450 million) from the 400 million euros it reported a year earlier. The result fell short of the 3 (Read More)
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Telecom-networks specialist Ciena Corp. on Monday said it's won the auction to buy the Ethernet assets of bankrupt Canadian firm Nortel Networks for $769 million. The winning offer consists of $530 mi (Read More)
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EBay fixed a glitch that since Saturday had limited shoppers' ability to search for products in the run-up to the crucial holiday shopping season.
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New York Times:
Rohan and Mary Ghansam, both 53, had operations within a day of each other. After they returned home, the landlord told them they had to leave. They might never be well enough to return to work.
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At the Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospital in Bangalore, Dr. Devi Shetty and his fellow cardiologists perform about 600 operations a week. They're making heart surgery affordable to some of the poorest people in India. (Read More)
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded its corporate family rating on Sprint Nextel Corp. to Ba2 from Ba1, saying the wireless-services provider's ability to stem the deterioration of its (Read More)
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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Italian automaker Fiat was cut to neutral from buy on Friday at UBS, which said it sees lower equity value for Chrysler. UBS said it continues to see value in Fiat as an agent of transformational chan (Read More)
New York Times:
Rejecting warnings by the Obama administration, a committee approved a plan by Rep. Ron Paul to require a sweeping audit of the Fed and to charge firms upfront to pay for a dissolution fund.
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