20100614

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Cablevision to Buy Bresnan for $1.4 Billion (Jun-14, 21:20 EDT )-- The price is considered high, but Bresnan Communications faces relatively little competition in its markets in the West.


Giving In on Trading, Banks Focus on Other Losses (Jun-14, 21:16 EDT )-- With the so-called Volcker Rule now likely to become law, banks are lobbying Congressional negotiators to fend off further restrictions on their activities.


A Decade Later, Gene Map Has Yielded Few New Drugs (Jun-14, 21:14 EDT )-- The Human Genome Project has helped produce several “targeted” cancer drugs, but researchers say other drugs will require more time.


Obama, Visiting Gulf, Tries to Lift Economy and Mood (Jun-14, 21:13 EDT )-- President Obama said that the federal government would push hard to make sure that the British oil giant pays back lost income from the oil spill.


New Strike Threat at Honda Parts Plant in China (Jun-14, 21:10 EDT )-- Employees returned to work, but were threatening to walk if Honda did not improve its offer.


News Analysis: For BP, a Toll Likely to Extend Beyond the Cleanup (Jun-14, 21:03 EDT )-- Although BP generates billions of dollars in profit every quarter, the oil spill is rattling government and investor confidence.


Interest Rates Could Stay at Record Low Till 2012 (Jun-14, 20:55 EDT )-- The Federal Reserve isn’t saying when it might increase rates, but a new Fed research paper suggests that it won’t be earlier than 2012.


News Corporation Prepares to Charge for Online Content (Jun-14, 20:51 EDT )-- The company acquired an electronic reading platform called Skiff and invested in a company working on pay models for newspapers and magazines.


Meg Whitman Was Accused of Shoving eBay Employee (Jun-14, 20:40 EDT )-- As chief executive of eBay, Meg Whitman, a candidate for governor of California, was known as a demanding boss, and a worker said she went too far.


Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi (Jun-14, 20:40 EDT )-- The company’s stores in the United States would offer free Wi-Fi, via AT&T, that anyone can access with a single click.


Dealbook Column: One Crowd Still Loyal to Goldman Sachs (Jun-14, 20:27 EDT )-- Despite the accusations of fraud, the talk of a big settlement, and the risk, however remote, of criminal charges, most of Goldman’s big customers are not bolting.


Advertising: A Toast to Supple Joints, With Glucosamine and Chondroitin Drinks (Jun-14, 20:10 EDT )-- Arthritis sufferers are seeking relief by using glucosamine, chondroitin or other supplements even though some doctors are doubters.


Trading Is Approved for Film Futures Contracts (Jun-14, 19:54 EDT )-- Regulators approved the trading of futures and option contracts tied to the opening weekend box-office revenue of the crime thriller “Takers.”


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