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Wall Street gets big boost from Citi bailout (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks jumped on Monday as investors applauded Washington's decision to rescue Citigroup in an effort to prevent fallout read more »
Hollywood's DVD Cash Cow Starting To Falter
Date : 24 Nov 2008
TechdirtDVDs are Hollywood studios' most significant moneymaker these days, but sales are falling: one service says they're off 9 percent read more »
Wachovia execs may get $98.1 million severance (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Wachovia Corp , which lost $33 billion in the last two quarters, said 10 top executives may be entitled to $98.1 million read more »
UK PM taxes rich to help fund economic recovery (AP)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out plans Monday to raise an income tax rate for the first time in three decades, aba read more »
What Does Virtualization Mean To You?
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtThis is a case from the Insight Community, a powerful new marketplace that connects companies with intelligent communities like T read more »
Citigroup gets massive government bailout (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The government rescued Citigroup Inc, agreeing to shoulder most of the potential losses from $306 billion in its risky a read more »
UK sets new economic plan, Obama seeks swift action (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - President-elect Barack Obama called on his new economic team to act "swiftly and boldly," and Britain said it planned a read more »
BT Bans Talking About Phorm, Erases Earlier Discussions
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtYou may recall that BT was one of the bigger supporters of Phorm, the controversial clickstream tracking system that would allow I read more »
Britain's FTSE posts record rise; banks, miners soar (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Britain's top share index posted its biggest-ever one-day percentage rise on Monday, surging 9.8 percent, led by rallies read more »
The Napoleon Dynamite Problem Stymies Netflix Prize Competitors
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtWe've been covering the ongoing race to claim the $1 million Netflix Prize for a while now, highlighting some surprising and uniqu read more »
Britain to lift top income tax rate in 2011 (AP)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - The British government cut the basic sales tax Monday to help boost consumer spending as the economy slides into recession, a read more »
Connecticut Finally Drops Charges Against Julie Amero
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtIn a case of what appears to unfortunately be "too little, too late" Techmeme points us to the news that Connecticut officials hav read more »
MPAA Effectively Shuts Down Largest Fan Edit Movie Site
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtOne of the great things about Matt Mason's The Pirate's Dilemma books is the never-ending examples of how allowing people to take read more »
Existing home sales drop 3.1 percent in October (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The pace of sales of existing homes in the United States fell 3.1 percent in October to a 4.98 million-unit annual rate, read more »
Wardrobe Malfunction, Obscenity Or Censorship Malfunction?
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtEarlier this year, a court tossed out the FCC's fine on CBS for Janet Jackson's infamous Superbowl half time show "wardrobe malfun read more »
U.S. retail sales struggle in early November: MasterCard (Reuters)
Date : 24 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. sales of apparel, shoes and appliances fell dramatically in the first two weeks of November, as consumers worried a read more »
Economy Not So Bad That People Won't Line Up To Buy A New Gadget
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtSo, the economy is collapsing, consumer spending is way down, banks and auto companies are on the verge of going out of business, read more »
Facebook Won't Be Rushed Into Going Public Like Google
Date : 24 Nov 2008 TechdirtThroughout 2002 and 2003 there was a ton of speculation concerning when Google would "finally" go public. Everyone knew the compa read more »
Obama picks point men for crisis fight back (Reuters)
Date : 23 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - President-elect Barack Obama has picked two experienced policymakers, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, to spearhea read more »
Virgin America sees fuel hedge opportunity (Reuters)
Date : 22 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Lower fuel prices present a "unique opportunity" to hedge buying up to four years out, the chief executive of airline Vi read more »
Asian, American leaders back free trade to ease crisis (Reuters)
Date : 22 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international le read more »
AIG to sell plane lessor ILFC to investors: report (Reuters)
Date : 22 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - International Lease Finance Corp, the plane-leasing business owned by insurer American International Group , will be sol read more »
Daimler eyes cuts as car industry struggles (Reuters)
Date : 22 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Daimler (DAIGn.DE) is eyeing further cost cuts, the maker of Mercedes cars confirmed on Saturday as a global economic sl read more »
General Motors board weighs bankruptcy option: report (Reuters)
Date : 21 Nov 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The board of directors of embattled U.S. automaker General Motors Corp is considering "all options" including bankruptcy read more »
Why Mandate A La Carte Cable When It's Happening Online Already?
Date : 21 Nov 2008 TechdirtWe've been among those who think that the government shouldn't be forcing cable providers to offer a la carte channels. While peo read more »