20100818

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Druckenmiller to Close His Hedge Fund (Aug-18, 21:47 EDT )-- Stanley F. Druckenmiller told clients on Wednesday that he was quitting the business and shutting down his investment firm, Duquesne Capital, after 30 years.


Egg Producer Expands Recall After Links to Salmonella (Aug-18, 21:42 EDT )-- An Iowa company broadened a recall of its eggs to 380 million after hundreds of people got sick across the country.


App Smart: Poetry in the Age of Technology (Aug-18, 21:40 EDT )-- Smartphones are great for poetry, as even the most casual lovers of verse can read it whenever the spirit moves them.


G.M. Files for an I.P.O., Twin Goals in Mind (Aug-18, 21:37 EDT )-- The regulatory filing begins the process of the carmaker becoming a public company again and letting the federal government begin selling down its shares.


‘Nightly Business Report’ Sold by PBS Station (Aug-18, 21:25 EDT )-- A private company led by Mykalai Kontilai, a former manager of mixed martial artists and distributor of instructional television programs, plans to expand the program.


Alaska, Scornful of Washington, Happily Takes Its Dollars (Aug-18, 21:20 EDT )-- No state benefits more from federal largess, but a senator voted against the stimulus bill and the governor decries “intrusive” policies.


Fareed Zakaria Moves to Time Magazine (Aug-18, 21:20 EDT )-- The magazine’s stable continues to get thinner now that Fareed Zakaria will do much of his work at Time magazine and CNN.


New Jersey Settles S.E.C. Case Over Pensions (Aug-18, 21:20 EDT )-- Federal regulators accused New Jersey of securities fraud for claiming it was funding public workers’ pensions when it was not.


Montenegro Reaches for Respectability With Port Project (Aug-18, 21:00 EDT )-- A small country bordering the Adriatic Sea hopes to use foreign investment to create a playground for the super-rich and clean up its image of corruption.


State of the Art: OpenDNS Simplifies Life for Web Users (Aug-18, 21:00 EDT )-- A new service called OpenDNS is faster and more reliable than your Internet provider’s. And it’s free.


CBS and Reliance Broadcast in Indian TV Venture (Aug-18, 21:00 EDT )-- Known as BIG CBS Networks, it will initially have three channels in India, using CBS shows; the channels should start by the end of the year.


Stocks Rise on Earnings Reports (Aug-18, 21:00 EDT )-- With little news to motivate them, investors have found little reason to extend the previous day’s rally.


Barclays Settlement With U.S. Gets Judge’s Approval (Aug-18, 21:00 EDT )-- Judge Emmet G. Sullivan had criticized the bank’s settlement in a sanctions case, then ultimately endorsed the agreement.


GM Takes Step In Shedding Government Ownership (Aug-18, 16:09 EDT )-- The automaker filed the first batch of paperwork required by regulators to sell stock to the public, a step that brings it closer to its goal of shedding government ownership. The U.S. government owns roughly 61 percent of the company.


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