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• Luggage and Travel Gadgets Prize Package

  
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• CIT has $1.07 billion loss before bankruptcy (Reuters)

  
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  Reuters – CIT Group Inc , the large U.S. consumer finance company, on Monday posted a $1.07 billion loss for the third quarter, the last full three-month period prior to its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Read the original post: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">CIT has $1.07 billion loss before bankruptcy ...
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• Gold hits record as dollar slips (Reuters)

  
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  Reuters – Gold raced to a record high above $1,140 an ounce on Monday, gaining 2 percent as a weakened dollar boosted funds’ risk appetite for investments across the board. Read the original post:  (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">Gold hits record as dollar slips (Reuters)
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• Writers leery of Google plan to sell out-of-print books

  
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  A union representing Canadian writers says its leery of Googles proposed move into digital sales of out-of-print books.
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• Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners (AP)

  
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  AP – Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is floating a proposal to use the interest the government collects from the federal financial bailout fund to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage. See more here: (AP)"> (AP)">Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners (AP)
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• N.J. approves $209M in bond sales for water, open space projects

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerThe Fisher Farm in Middlesex County, which was preserved as open space during the 1980’s. TRENTON — New Jersey today approved a plan to sell more than $209 million in bonds in December to pay for items such…See the original post here: N.J. approves $209M in bond sales for water, open ...
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• New Jersey approves $209 million in tax-exempt bonds

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  The state today approved a plan to sell more than $209 million in mostly tax-exempt bonds in December to pay for items such as sewer, water and open space projects. That’s not much for a state like New Jersey, which…Continued here: New Jersey approves $209 million in tax-exempt bonds [...]
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• IMAX gets new $75 million credit line

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  IMAX Corp., operator of giant-screen movie theaters, said Monday it has reached a deal for a new $75 million credit line. The deal with Wachovia Capital Finance Corp., with the participation of Export Development Canada, is for a four-year senior secured… IMAX - Movie theater - Film - [...]
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• American Oriental Bioengineering 3Q profit falls

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Drug and nutritional product company American Oriental Bioengineering Inc. said Monday its profit fell 40 percent in the third quarter as its cost of sales and operating expenses jumped. The China-based company posted a profit of $10.2 million, or 13 cents… Cost of goods sold - China - [...]
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• Key dates in the history of Comcast Corp.

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Key events in Comcast Corp.’s history: 1963 _ Ralph Roberts buys American Cable Systems, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Miss., for $500,000. 1969 _ Company renamed Comcast _ from “communications” and “broadcast.” 1972 _ Comcast shares trade… Comcast - Cable television - Corporation ...
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• GMAC CEO Alvaro de Molina steps down

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Troubled auto and home lender GMAC Financial Services said Monday CEO Alvaro de Molina is stepping down. Michael A. Carpenter, a member of the company’s board of directors, has been named his successor. De Molina’s sudden resignation comes as the lender is in… Financial services - GMAC - [...]
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• Heidi, Spencer Pratt shopping own reality TV show

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Reality TV personalities Heidi and Spencer Pratt said Monday they want to branch out from MTV’s “The Hills” and star in their own reality show to give viewers a bigger peek into their lives. In an interview to promote their new book, “How to be Famous: Our… Spencer [...]
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• Nation’s largest gay newspaper publisher closes

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  The nation’s largest publisher of newspapers serving the gay and lesbian community has shut down and plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Employees arrived at work Monday morning to find out about the sudden end to the newspapers owned by Window Media LLC…. Gay Lesbian and [...]
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• Holmdel-based Vonage settles investigation of customer complaints

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $3 million to 32 states to settle an investigation into some of its business practices. In a filing Monday with the Securities Exchange Commission, the company says it also…View original here: Holmdel-based Vonage settles investigation of ...
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• Frank floats loan plan for unemployed homeowners

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Rep. Barney Frank said Monday he is pushing a proposal to use some of the interest the government collects from the financial industry bailout to give loans to unemployed homeowners struggling to pay the mortgage. The lack of aid to jobless homeowners has… Barney Frank - United States [...]
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• Prosecution rests in Petters’ fraud trial

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  The defense is telling its side in the fraud trial of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters. One of the first defense witnesses Monday was Karl Petters, a cousin of the defendant. Karl Petters used to work at Petters Co. Inc., the company prosecutors say was at… Hedge fund - [...]
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• Cellcom Israel posts higher 3Q profit, sales

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Cell phone company Cellcom Israel Ltd. said Monday its third-quarter profit and revenue increased as its subscriber base grew. For the three months ended Sept. 30, the company earned 289 million shekels ($77 million), up 19 percent from a profit of 242… Israel - Mobile phone - Cellcom [...]
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• Dollar slides after Bernanke pledges to hold rates

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  The dollar dropped Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pledged anew to keep interest rates at record-lows to nurture the economic recovery, but said the central bank will monitor the sliding U.S. dollar. Higher interest rates can support a… Central bank - Ben Bernanke - Chairman of [...]
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• Court says ex-HealthSouth exec should go to prison

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  A federal appeals court says a former HealthSouth executive should go to prison for his role in a huge accounting fraud at the Birmingham-based rehabilitation chain. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that probation isn’t enough punishment… United States courts of appeals - United States ...
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• Rates on short-term Treasury bills unchanged

  
  Business Blog — Authority: 166
  Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were unchanged in Monday’s auction. The Treasury Department auctioned $30 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.065 percent. Another $31 billion in six-month bills was auctioned at a discount rate of… United States Treasury security - Discount rate ...
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