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Meltdown 101: Retailers face weak holiday season (AP)
Date : 23 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Retailers are suffering through one of the most difficult holiday seasons in years, slashing prices by 70 and 80 percent and read more »
No Christmas cheer as recession gathers steam (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Existing home sales fell by a record amount last month as the recession picked up pace although a collapse in gasoline p read more »
Housing slide worsens; Spain joins recession club (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. housing market took a sharp turn for the worse while Spain joined a growing list of countries in a recession th read more »
Some ISPs Push Back On RIAA Plan
Date : 23 Dec 2008
TechdirtWhile there was big news on Friday concerning the RIAA's supposed plan to stop suing everyone in favor of having ISPs police netwo read more »
No Christmas gift for U.S. automakers seen in Dec sales (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - General Motors Corp and Chrysler may have won a $17.4 billion gift from the U.S. government a week before Christmas, b read more »
Digital TV Switchover Looking Like Massive Confusion-Generation Plan
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe switchover from analog to digital broadcast TV signals, on tap for February, has been publicized for some time and the necessa read more »
Record Labels Learning They Have Little Leverage On YouTube
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtOver the weekend, the story made the rounds about Warner Music's dispute with Google over getting money from YouTube videos. As w read more »
Website Sues NY Times For Linking To It
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtBack in the mid-90s there were a series of lawsuits over "deep linking" practices, where people who didn't quite understand how th read more »
MBTA Will Work With MIT Students, Rather Than Suing Them, To Improve Security
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtYou may recall, back in August, that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority convinced a judge to ban the Defcon presentati read more »
UK mortgage approvals fell to record low in Nov. (AP)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - British mortgage approvals fell to their lowest level since at least 1997 in November as buyers were deterred by falling hous read more »
Hong Stock index drops 2.8 percent (AP)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Hong Kong's key stock index dropped 2.8 percent on Tuesday as a lower-than-expected cut in Chinese interest rates led investo read more »
Transparency On The Bailout? Banks: No Thanks!
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe Associated Press is being a bit unfair with its set of "gotcha questions" it asked a bunch of banks that have received bailout read more »
London shares stable in opening trading (AFP)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - The London stocks market steadied in opening deals on Tuesday, with many investors away for extended Christmas holidays. read more »
Should Public Transit Systems Open Up Their Data?
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtShould public transit data be opened up online for anyone to use? That's the question that's being discussed with regards to the read more »
Internet Company Valuations Now Below Their Lows From Last Bubble Burst
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtI doubt there's anyone out there who would claim that the dot com bubble bursting was a bigger deal than the current global financ read more »
RIAA's New Policy Isn't About Deterrence, It's About Sidestepping Due Process
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtOn Friday, the RIAA announced its plan to end their campaign of suing thousands of alleged downloaders; instead, it has negotiated read more »
Fry's Exec Funnelled $65 Million To Himself For Gambling Debts
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtSilicon Valley folks certainly know Fry's -- the electronics superstore that's probably as well known for its poor customer servic read more »
Live Q&A Tuesday Afternoon?
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtWhile there actually has been a fair amount of news so far this week, on the whole, work-wise, it's a relatively slow week, with p read more »
Dr. Horrible Gives People A Reason To Buy The DVD
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtOne of the issues we regularly discuss around here when it comes to business models is the fact that anyone producing content need read more »
Can A Moron In A Hurry Explain To Jimmy Choo The Difference Between Shoes And Random Gifts?
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtLawrence D'Oliveiro calls our attention to the news that high-end women's shoe company, Jimmy Choo, is forcing a small New Zealand read more »
Bankruptcy judge approves Circuit City financing (AP)
Date : 22 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Circuit City Stores Inc. on Monday received final approval for $1.1 billion in financing to keep operating while the nation's read more »
Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens (Reuters)
Date : 22 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The desperate straits of many U.S. homeowners showed in new data released on Monday, suggesting efforts to help them are read more »
Wall St slips on recession worries, retailers (Reuters)
Date : 22 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks fell on Monday on more evidence the year-long recession will keep eating into corporate profits, while retailers read more »
Australia's Slippery Slope Of Censorship Gets Even Slicker With Plans To Filter Bittorrent
Date : 22 Dec 2008 TechdirtIt's no secret that plenty of folks are up in arms over Australia's plan to censor internet connections. From the beginning, it w read more »
Manufacturers cut jobs, pay amid downturn (Reuters)
Date : 22 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Several U.S. manufacturers announced job or benefit cuts for their workers on Monday as they scrambled to respond to the read more »