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Executive Leaves Apple After iPhone Antenna Troubles (Aug-7, 15:20 EDT )-- Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive in charge of hardware for the iPhone, left the company.
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness (Aug-7, 15:12 EDT )-- How you spend has a greater effect on your happiness than how much you spend, researchers say.
Economic View: A Gift for the Nation: Ending Tax Cuts for the Wealthy (Aug-7, 15:07 EDT )-- Lower tax rates clearly help the poor and the middle class increase their spending. But the same can’t be said for the rich.
Fundamentally: Some Investment Medicine for Deflation Fear (Aug-7, 14:58 EDT )-- It’s been decades since the United States endured a long period of deflation. Even if it’s only a short-term threat, market strategists see ways to hedge against its effects.
Everybody’s Business: Netflix Stays One Step Ahead of Creative Destruction (Aug-7, 14:52 EDT )-- Netflix foresaw its possible demise at the moment of its creation and acted to prevent it by finding its place in new technologies.
Corner Office: Switch Desks and Build Teamwork, Says Care.com’s Chief (Aug-7, 14:33 EDT )-- Sheila Lirio Marcelo of Care.com says that by moving to different desks each year, its employees can better learn from one another and build a sense of teamwork.
The Haggler: Six Degrees of Anger Over Radiator Replacements (Aug-7, 14:28 EDT )-- The owner of a 2006 Ford Explorer asks for help with a recurring problem.
Universal and Alliance One Settle Bribery Charges (Aug-7, 14:20 EDT )-- They bribed foreign officials to win lucrative overseas sales contracts, government officials said.
Fair Game: Freddie, Fannie and the Third Rail of Housing Policy (Aug-7, 14:09 EDT )-- What we may hear about fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the elections is a lot of sound and fury. But intelligent discussion is needed.
Digital Domain: Kindle vs. iPad: Specialist Against Multitasker (Aug-7, 14:02 EDT )-- Apple has sold more than three million iPads since April, but Amazon’s success with the Kindle is cloudier because it doesn’t reveal sales numbers.
Finding New Life (and Profit) in Doomed Trees (Aug-7, 13:52 EDT )-- A four-year-old business in Seattle is beating the recessionary odds by building furniture from trees doomed by development, disease or storms.
Prototype: Daily Grommet’s Web Site Matches Innovators and Shoppers (Aug-7, 13:44 EDT )-- Daily Grommet, a Web site, endorses companies that it says offer outstanding products and service; it gets a share of revenue from sales on the site.
Saudis Reach Deal On BlackBerry, Avoiding Ban (Aug-7, 10:10 EDT )-- Saudi Arabia and the makers of the BlackBerry have reached a preliminary deal on granting access to users' data that will avert a ban on the phone's messenger service in the kingdom, Saudi officials said Saturday.
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