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Auto bailout takes shape (Reuters)
Date : 08 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The White House and congressional Democrats were finalizing on Monday a $15 billion proposal to bailout automakers, a pl read more »
Microsoft Jumping On The T-Shirt Bandwagon
Date : 08 Dec 2008
TechdirtFor years, critics of this site have made fun of us (incorrectly) by claiming that we're really telling content creators of all ki read more »
McDonald's Nov sales up (Reuters)
Date : 08 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - McDonald's Corp posted higher November sales at restaurants open at least 13 months, helped by an extra weekend, while read more »
Falling stock markets spur searches for love online (Reuters)
Date : 08 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - As stock markets across the globe have plummeted, more people have opted to try their luck looking for love online as a read more »
Dow Chemical to cut 5,000 full-time jobs (Reuters)
Date : 08 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Dow Chemical Co said on Monday it would close 20 facilities, divest several businesses and cut 5,000 jobs, or 11 percent read more »
Music Games Drive Kids' Interest In Real Instruments
Date : 08 Dec 2008 TechdirtA report from the UK says that 20 percent of the kids there that have played music video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have read more »
Turning Down A Chance To Own 10% Of Apple
Date : 08 Dec 2008 TechdirtComputer Shopper is running an article, written by the magazine's first editor, Stan Veit, talking about his experience running a read more »
HSBC to increase UK mortgage lending by 20 pct (AP)
Date : 08 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - HSBC Holdings PLC, Britain's largest bank, said Monday it planned to increase the amount of money it lends to Britons for mor read more »
Banks need to broaden view of risk: Fed's Kroszner (Reuters)
Date : 08 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Banks need to take a much broader view of investment risk as they dig their way out of the current financial crisis, and read more »
UK ISPs Block Wikipedia Page; Cause Problem With UK Editing
Date : 08 Dec 2008 TechdirtOne of the big problems with the idea of various governments around the world coming up with "blacklists" that ISPs have to block read more »
Bush, Democrats seek to finalize auto bailout (Reuters)
Date : 07 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - White House and congressional negotiators sought on Sunday to remove remaining differences over an emergency rescue for read more »
Homeowners refinance, put savings in piggy banks (AP)
Date : 07 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - When mortgage rates dropped to the lowest levels in almost a year, Warren Zeger seized the opportunity to slash $720 off his read more »
When diversification fails (Reuters)
Date : 07 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The attractiveness of spreading investment eggs in many baskets is fading fast in the short term as strengthening correl read more »
Car dealers hit hard by Detroit's uncertainty (Reuters)
Date : 07 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - As lawmakers and the White House close in on a deal to extend aid to U.S. automakers, concerns about the survival of the read more »
UBS could cut up to 4,500 more jobs: report (Reuters)
Date : 07 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Switzerland's UBS , the world's largest wealth manager in terms of assets, could cut up to 4,500 more jobs in the near read more »
Sin may pay, but Obama is ethical investors' hope (Reuters)
Date : 06 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The combination of recession and efforts to jump-start economies can be an investment headache. read more »
"Car czar" proposed for any automaker bailout (Reuters)
Date : 06 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - A government "car czar" would oversee any bailout of U.S. automakers under proposed terms being negotiated by the White read more »
Job losses mount as economic picture worsens (AP)
Date : 06 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Record numbers of homeowners are falling behind on mortgage payments and the U.S. economy is losing jobs at an alarming rate read more »
Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay For Copyright Infringement
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtGuitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay for copyright infringement over claims that their hit single, Viva La Vida, used "s read more »
Spore's DRM So Effective It Was The Most Downloaded Game Of The Year
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtIt never really made sense for EA to be so insistent on having draconian DRM on games. Before the company even launched Spore peo read more »
Don't Speak Your Mind In British Columbia -- Even At Home
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtJust a warning if you live in British Columbia: you might not want to express your opinion out loud, ever. Even if you're at home read more »
Stocks' latest rally may trip on harsh data (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Extending Friday's rally into next week is a tall order for U.S. stocks, given more data set to show the job market and read more »
Job losses worst since 1974 (Reuters)
Date : 05 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. employers axed 533,000 jobs from payrolls in November, the most in 34 years, as the year-old recession hammered the read more »
PFF Says BU Helps Terrorists By Not Handing Over Students To RIAA
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtI really try to avoid reading the Progress & Freedom Foundation's intellectual property blog, because it just raises my blood read more »
NBC Universal Likes To Keep Its Head In The Sand About People Watching TV Online
Date : 05 Dec 2008 TechdirtWhile NBC Universal has done a decent job with Hulu, the video streaming site it partially owns, the company still seems to be pre read more »