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WASHINGTON — With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for softwar (Read More)
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BBC NewsBuffett firm sees profits tripleBBC NewsBillionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm has reported that profits almost tripled in the third quarter. Berkshire Hathaway said its net profit was $3.2bn (£1.9bn) in the thr (Read More)
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Portfolio.comREFILE-UPDATE 1-Opel unions see autonomy as condition to talksReutersFRANKFURT, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Opel's top German labour leader said on Sunday he was willing to hold negotiations over a restructuring of the Eur (Read More)
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ReutersGeithner: need stimulus, not financial transactions taxReutersST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday stressed the necessity of keeping global economic stimulus in place until r (Read More)
Submitted by Mahendra
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Twitter is evolving from simple chatter to themed content distribution. The jump was made with the roll out of a new feature - Twitter lists. News media organizations have been fairly fast to utilize this feature. Most nota (Read More)
SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page:
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: The home buyer tax credit has been expanded and extended. Potential home owners are the obvious beneficiaries of this new piece of legislation, but homebuilders, along with related ETFs, could (Read More)
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Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: As the U.S. economy starts to show signs of a recovery, the market for mergers and acquisitions has shown signs of life. There are 2 ETFs you should keep an eye on as this market heats up even (Read More)
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Jake Zamansky submits:One of the givens of Las Vegas is that the odds are always stacked in favor of the house. But to the credit of Nevada’s gaming commission, aggressive measures are taken to ensure that only individuals w (Read More)
Huffington Post:
While thousands of at-risk Americans wait, some big Wall Street banks have already secured the in-demand swine flu vaccine for their employees. Goldman Sachs has received 200 doses -- the same amount as Lenox Hill Hospital.Se (Read More)
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Economic Disconnect submits: It seems the "exit strategy" talk will have to be pushed bask once again, not that it was ever really in play. Friday's upside (downside?) surprise in the jobless numbers means a print over 10% fo (Read More)
The Guardian:
A long-time supporter of a financial transactions tax says the prime minister has finally realised that the taxpayer should no longer foot the bill for banking crises and also suffer their falloutCampaigners for a global tax (Read More)
New York Times:
Even as Washington tries to rein in Wall Street pay, bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown. (Read More)
India Times:
US stocks rose 3 percent for the week after ending Friday’s session slightly higher, shrugging off government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent — the highest in 26-1/2 years. (Read More)
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5,594,000 versus 2,275,000 a year ago. In October, 35.6 percent of unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more.Subscribe to All American Investor via Email Bob DeMarco is a citizen journalist and twenty year Wal (Read More)
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The Obama administration does not seem to understand that this rage, left unaddressed, could consume it. It has pushed aside the entreaties of many -- including Paul Volcker, the chairman of the White House's own Economic Rec (Read More)
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AP Photo The alleged Fort Hood gunman had revealed a hard-line Islamist streak to acquaintances in the Muslim Community Center that he made his mosque. The Daily Beast's Asra Q. Nomani reports.Not lo (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Imagine The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko all rolled into one. You don't have to: the FBI has just broken one of the largest-ever insider dealing rings in Wall StreetImagine The Sopranos, The Wire and Gordon Gekko's Wal (Read More)
Google News - Business:
Los Angeles TimesTreasury Blocks Fannie Tax Credit SaleWall Street JournalThe US Treasury blocked Fannie Mae's proposed sale of nearly $3 billion in low-income housing tax credits to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Berkshire Hat (Read More)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaimann/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0A few weeks ago I took my car to the dealer for an oil change and the clerk promised it would be ready in about 1 ½ hours. Once the car was ready, he presented me with (Read More)
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AFP - Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year. (Read More)