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Wall Street Loses Momentum and Slips Lower (Aug-18, 09:40 EDT )-- The decline came a day after Wal-Mart Stores and Home Depot helped feed the stock rally with upbeat numbers.
BHP Billiton Makes Hostile Bid for Potash (Aug-18, 09:23 EDT )-- BHP said Wednesday that it would take its nearly $40 billion cash offer for Potash directly to shareholders.
CBS Plans Venture With Reliance in India (Aug-18, 09:22 EDT )-- CBS hopes to take advantage of its vast library of programming by entering the fast-growing television market in India.
Delusions Abound on Energy Savings (Aug-18, 09:09 EDT )-- Habits like turning out the lights when leaving a room may be virtuous but don't move the needle much on energy savings. Yet that action was cited by more survey respondents (19.6 percent) than any other method of saving energy.
How Innovations Spread in Deal-Making (Aug-18, 09:00 EDT )-- The Deal Professor examines how two smaller deals -- involving Prospect Medical Holdings and ICx Technology -- illustrate how innovations in deal-making, however minor, are becoming standard.
New Bank Capital Rules Could Stifle Growth, Studies Assert (Aug-18, 08:58 EDT )-- The rules will initially make borrowing more expensive, but the effects will be short-lived, according to the studies by central bankers and regulators who are writing the new rules.
Lilly's Drug Flop Shows How Tough Alzheimer's Will Be To Beat (Aug-18, 08:13 EDT )-- A medicine that was supposed to help Alzheimer's patients by blocking the formation of so-called amyloid plaques in their brains instead made them worse.
How I Saved My Company: WarmlyYours (Aug-18, 07:47 EDT )-- In the end, Julia Billen believes, the recession made her company stronger.
Is the Web Dying? It Doesn't Look That Way (Aug-18, 07:34 EDT )-- Wired's Chris Anderson argues that the World Wide Web is dead, but the data used to pose this argument could say the opposite.
Poll: Obama Gets Lowest Grade So Far On Economy (Aug-18, 07:25 EDT )-- Voters' angst about the way things are going and the way the president and other lawmakers are responding could hurt Democrats in November. But most voters also say it's going to take more time to get the economy moving again.
The Seasonal Job Surge: Supply or Demand? (Aug-18, 07:20 EDT )-- When Keynesians insist that labor supply doesn't matter right now, they are simply wrong, an economist writes.
G.M. to Develop Small Engines With China Partner (Aug-18, 06:40 EDT )-- The plan to develop fuel-efficient engines and advanced transmissions with S.A.I. C. deepens G.M.’s cooperation with one of its major partners in China.
News Corp. Gives Republicans $1 Million (Aug-18, 06:06 EDT )-- With its contribution to the Republican Governors Association, Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate is inserting itself into this year’s governor’s races in bold fashion.
American Apparel Subpoenaed Over Accounting Issue (Aug-18, 03:00 EDT )-- Retailer American Apparel is famous for its hip clothes that are made in downtown Los Angeles by workers who are paid a livable wage. American Apparel's accounts have resigned, and the company has received a subpoena from prosecutors.
The Web Is A 'Shrinking Minority' Of Internet Traffic (Aug-18, 03:00 EDT )-- "The Web is dead" proclaims the September issue of Wired Magazine. Hard to believe, given how much time people spend online. But Chris Anderson, the magazine's editor-in-chief, tells Steve Inskeep that the end of the web is likely just the next...
Fans Tout Warren To Head New Consumer Agency (Aug-18, 03:00 EDT )-- Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren is said to be one of the top candidates to lead the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. The bureau was her idea and a key part of the recently-passed financial bill. A liberal group called the Main Street...
Indian Outsourcers Eye American Workers (Aug-18, 03:00 EDT )-- American call center employees are becoming almost as cheap as their Indian counterparts, according to the head of one of India's biggest outsourcing companies. In an interview with the Financial Times, Pramod Bhasin says the weak U.S. labor market and...
Extreme Home Staging Spotlights Human Props (Aug-18, 03:00 EDT )-- In a dismal real estate market, homeowners are doing whatever they can to sell their houses. A growing nationwide franchise supplies people to decorate and live in your home, keeping it in perfect condition to help sell homes faster. They call their...
Michael Dell Is Chided by Shareholders (Aug-18, 00:53 EDT )-- A quarter of Dell’s shareholders withheld support for Michael Dell, the company’s founder and chief executive, at their meeting this month.
Drug Information Fliers: Prescription For Confusion? (Aug-17, 23:00 EDT )-- A lot of the information pharmacies provide patients about their prescriptions is too long and chock-full of medical jargon and legalese, according to a new study. The Food and Drug Administration wants to make patient information more user-friendly.
Hungry For Oil: Feeding America's Expensive Habit (Aug-17, 23:00 EDT )-- Extracting oil is not as simple as it used to be. The easy-to-find oil is drying up, and companies are taking on more expensive and complicated drilling techniques as a result. These practices, like the hydraulic fracturing that is driving the North...
HP Accuser Says Rebuffed Advances Cost Work (Aug-17, 22:22 EDT )-- Jodie Fisher claimed her work with Hewlett-Packard dried up because she rebuffed former CEO Mark Hurd's advances, a person close to the investigation tells The Associated Press. But Hurd denies making any advances on Fisher.
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