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Same Guys Remind Us That Yakking While Driving Is Really Bad
Date : 04 Dec 2008
TechdirtA new study claims that talking on your cell phone while driving is more dangerous than talking to passengers while driving. It co read more »
Global stocks fail to get lift from rate cuts (AFP)
Date : 04 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - Global stock markets failed to get a lift from dramatic interest rate cuts from central banks around the world, and Wall Str read more »
EU Catches On: Drug Companies Abuse Patent System To Block Competition
Date : 04 Dec 2008 TechdirtI'm long overdue on some promised posts concerning the patent system and the harm it does for the healthcare field, but it's going read more »
Private jobs, services slump show recession toll (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Private employers cut 250,000 jobs in November, an unexpectedly large number and the biggest in seven years, while the s read more »
"Bottom's been made" in stocks: Legg Mason's Miller (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Legg Mason's star stock-fund manager Bill Miller said on Wednesday the "bottom has been made" in U.S. equities and that read more »
Fed Beige Book says economic activity weakened (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Economic activity has weakened across the United States since early October, while price pressures have eased with decli read more »
Wall Street slips as energy stocks decline (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks stumbled on Wednesday. driven down by energy companies as investors grappled with more dismal data and gloomy out read more »
Cyber Monday spending rises 15 percent: comScore (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Online retail spending rose 15 percent on the all-important Monday after Thanksgiving from a year earlier, sounding a po read more »
UAW to suspend jobs bank, rework healthcare trust (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Wednesday the union would surrender job security protections and read more »
Online retailers see surge on 'Cyber Monday' (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopp read more »
EU businesses: states should buy company debt (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - European Union businesses called on EU governments Wednesday to buy up company debt to ease financing and help prevent bankru read more »
EDF offers $6.5 billion for Constellation assets (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - French power company EDF unveiled a $6.5 billion bid for 50 percent of Constellation Energy Group's nuclear business a read more »
Private jobs report signals recession taking toll (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Private employers slashed an unexpectedly high 250,000 jobs in November, the most in seven years, while third-quarter la read more »
RIM slashes outlook amid U.S. economic woes (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has conceded the weak U.S. economy has taken its toll on its fortunes, and has slash read more »
Mortgage application, refinance volume surge (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Mortgage application volume more than doubled during the shortened Thanksgiving week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Assoc read more »
S&P hits session low after poor services data (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The S&P 500 hit session lows on Wednesday after data showed the service sector hit a record low in November, adding to p read more »
Service sector index hits record low in November: ISM (Reuters)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - A measure of the service sector slumped further than expected to a record low in November, according to a report release read more »
Germany's Arcandor taps Telekom CFO as new CEO (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Retailer Arcandor AG said Wednesday its board has proposed Karl-Gerhard Eick, the outgoing chief financial officer for Deutsc read more »
FTSE-100 down 12.79 points at 4,110.07 (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Wednesday. read more »
Northern Rock extends repossessions grace period (AP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Northern Rock, the nationalized mortgage lender, said Wednesday it would wait at least six months before moving to repossess read more »
Job cuts, sick car sales, weak demand point to European rate cuts (AFP)
Date : 03 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - A new round of job cuts in Italy and Spain, plunging German auto sales and a eurozone report described as "horrible" pointed read more »
'Smart' CCTV Supposedly Recognizes Crime
Date : 02 Dec 2008 TechdirtA city in England has installed a "smart CCTV" system, which is claimed to be able to detect certain behavior or incidents (via Th read more »
Device Designed To Annoy Young People Can Now Annoy Everyone
Date : 02 Dec 2008 TechdirtWe've written about the Mosquito device a few times in the past. Originally launched back in 2005, the device emitted a high pitc read more »
European Council Rejects EU Parliament's Amendment Against Three Strikes Rule
Date : 02 Dec 2008 TechdirtEarlier this year, we noted that the European Parliament overwhelmingly rejected the idea of various countries implementing any ki read more »
UK Says You Can't Have Some Kinds Of Porn, But It Determines What Kinds
Date : 02 Dec 2008 TechdirtThe Register is covering the rather confusing porn guidelines in the UK, which add certain types of porn to the list of what is il read more »