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• Oil shortage? Sources charge U.S. influence inflates worlds supply

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Energy , Economy , People Will the world soon run out of oil or are we swimming in the stuff? That debate just got a little murkier following a report in the Guardian newspaper that figures detailing how much oil the world has on tap have been distorted in deference to the United States. The ...
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• Ma Bells wake-up call: Deals among Net calling firms may sap big telcos revenue

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Google , Research In Motion , Apple , AT&T , Verizon Phones are ringing off the hook at businesses that facilitate making calls over the Internet. With the apparent resolution of the spinout of Net calls pioneer Skype several days ago has come frenzied dealmaking in the VoIP -- short for ...
  21 hours ago

• Yahoos Carol Bartz talks turnaround, says no delay on Microsoft search deal

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , People , Google , Microsoft , Yahoo In the technology world, every day seems like Google day . Or Apple day . Or Microsoft day . Or Facebook day . Or Twitter day . So where the heck is Yahoo ( YHOO ), the erstwhile search titan that has suffered humiliating trials ...
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• China ignores IMF warnings, continues massive stimulus spending

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , Investing As China moves closer to overtaking Japan as the worlds second-largest economy, its flexing its new found muscle and ignoring warnings from the International Monetary Fund regarding its credit growth rate and the value of the yuan. China began a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) ...
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• Hedge fund probes steal attention from banks record bonuses, stingy lending

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley Bailed out with taxpayer funds just a year ago, major U.S. investment banks may again be gearing up to hand out record bonuses . But as the public outrage builds, authorities seem to be betting that a theatrical crackdown on the hedge fund industry ...
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• Chinese vaccine makers surge as swine flu cases soar

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , Investing Asian stocks rose Tuesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index added 0.3%, ending the day at 22,268. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.1% to 3,179 and in Japan, the Nikkei Index closed up 0.6% at 9,871. Shares in Chinese drug companies soared as the number of reported ...
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• News Corp. to boycott Google? Dont make me laugh (or wear a dress)

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Google , News Corp. A lot of publishers have been making angry noises recently about news aggregators, which have been profiting from content they played no part in creating while the content producers themselves go begging. But no publisher has yet shown the slightest willingness to take the ...
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• Google buys AdMob for $750 million as mobile ads get ready for prime time

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Google What would you do if you had $10 billion to play with? If youre Google ( GOOG ), you drop $750 million on AdMob, a leader in mobile display advertising. The search giant announced a deal to do just that on Monday, in a clear indication of where it sees the ...
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• More IPOs in the pipeline as Macau casino stocks surge, Japanese insurance companies gain

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , Investing Shares in Asia rose Monday with Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index climbing 1.7% to end the session at 22,208. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.4% to close at 3,176 and in Japan the Nikkei Index was up 0.2%, ending the day at 9,809. In Hong Kong, banks led the rise with ...
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• The goofy Galleon gang: Wacky hedgies play cops and robbers...with real cash!

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , People , Investing , Media As the full extent of the Galleon Groups insider trading comes to light, its story is starting to resemble something out of the movies. Although Raj Rajaratnams house has already been compared to the homes in both The Sopranos and Goodfellas , the sad truth is ...
  5 days ago

• Windows 7 is off to a strong start: Will corporate buyers follow suit?

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Google , Microsoft , Apple Microsofts ( MSFT ) new Windows 7 operating system has launched with a sales boom. In its first weekend, sales were 234 percent higher than what predecessor Windows Vista racked up, according to retail sales measurement company NPD Group. ...
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• Jobless rate at 10.2 percent, and its likely to stay high for months to come

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , People It finally happened. After months of anticipation and trepidation, the nations unemployment rate inched into double digits, reaching 10.2 percent in October, after employers cut 190,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday. The increase topped analyst ...
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• In Asia, CNOOC gains on Gulf of Mexico news, NEC surges, Disney-related stocks fall

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , Investing Asias major indexes rose Friday, with Hong Kongs Hang Seng Index climbing 1.6 percent to close at 21,830, Japans Nikkei Index increasing 0.7 percent to end the day at 9,789 and Chinas Shanghai Composite Index adding 0.3 percent to settle at 3,164. Yet another successful IPO sent ...
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• October sales hint shoppers are buying more, but not always spending more

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , Target Corp. , Costco Wholesale Corp. , TJX Shoppers are coming out of hibernation, but that doesnt mean the holiday season wont be a bear. October retail sales were up around 2 percent -- a little better than analysts had expected, and with new pockets of growth. But the ...
  6 days ago

• Big LBOs are teetering, but Wall Street still planning record bonuses

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Columns , Economy , Moodys Corp. Wall Street has a short memory when it comes to pay. Thats what came to mind when I saw a report saying that many big leveraged buyouts (LBOs) are in trouble -- four of the 10 biggest companies bought in leveraged buyouts have stopped paying back the money they ...
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• FHA audit delay could mean agency will need bailout

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Economy , Investing On Wednesday, the Federal Housing Administration was supposed to release its independent audit determining the soundness of the agency. Many have questioned that soundness because, as of Oct. 1, its reserve fund dipped below the required 2 percent of the agencys ...
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• Sanyo plunges after takeover bid in Japan, Chinese developer surges

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy , Investing Shares in Asia closed mostly lower today with Japans Nikkei Index falling 1.3 percent to 9,717. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index fell 0.6 percent to close at 21,479, and in China, the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.9 percent, ending the day at 3,155. In Japan, Sanyo Electric ...
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• Fed affirms low interest rate policy

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Economy Faced with lurking dangers to the budding recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low to entice Americans to spend more and help the economic turnaround gain traction. The economy started to grow again last quarter for the first time in more ...
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• Sushi salvation: Startup sees future of fish farms in giant Kevlar spheres

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Technology , Green That luscious ahi tuna roll you chowed down on at your local sushi joint? Its the same as eating an endangered Siberian tiger. Well, not quite. But scientists are increasingly worried that ahi, the blood-red belle of the raw-fish ball, is being quickly fished to extinction courtesy ...
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• New Yorks Cuomo goes after Intel in a major antitrust suit

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Investing , Hewlett-Packard , Dell , IBM , Intel , AMD New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo filed a massive antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel ( INTC ), accusing the giant chipmaker of violating state and federal laws by using "bribery and coercion" ...
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