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Apparel makers to ask retailers for concessions: report (Reuters)
Date : 30 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Clothing manufacturers, irked by the deep holiday discounts offered by retailers, may force department stores to absorb read more »
Consumer confidence and home prices hit grim records (Reuters)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. economy continued its run of record-breaking dismal data Tuesday, with consumer confidence and home prices regi read more »
Sports Leagues Missing The Point About Fans Streaming Live Games Online
Date : 30 Dec 2008
TechdirtJust a few weeks ago, we were talking about sports leagues freaking out over online streaming sites like Justin.tv destroying the read more »
U.S. puts up $6 billion to support GMAC (Reuters)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion in equ read more »
Once Again, Concert Business Sets New Records
Date : 30 Dec 2008 TechdirtWhile people who keep thinking that the "recording industry" is actually the "music industry" keep insisting that the business is read more »
Much Ado About Nothing In Accusations Over Text Message Pricing
Date : 30 Dec 2008 TechdirtI'm hardly a mobile operator apologist, but the NY Times' Randall Stross is trying to make a pretty tiny molehill into a mountain read more »
European stocks rise as Tokyo ends shocking year (AFP)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - European stock markets on Tuesday extended their pre-New Year rally, shrugging off overnight losses on Wall Street and news read more »
Pakistan shares fall another four pct (AFP)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAFP - Pakistan's main stock index continued its downward slide Tuesday, with shares shedding another four percent -- meaning the m read more »
Innovation And Invention In Virtual Rock Band Video Games
Date : 30 Dec 2008 TechdirtReader David Kopp writes in to point us to a story in the Boston Globe that yet again highlights the difference between innovation read more »
Using YouTube To Catch A Thief
Date : 30 Dec 2008 TechdirtThere have been a few stories in the past about people successfully catching thieves by putting up videos on sites like YouTube, s read more »
Japan mulls scheme to buy bad loans (Reuters)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. government expanded its bailout of the auto industry, while Japan reportedly considered a $110 billion scheme t read more »
U.S. puts up $6 billion to support auto lender GMAC (Reuters)
Date : 30 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion in equ read more »
Is The Physical Bookstore A Thing Of The Past?
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtIt's been talked about for over a decade now, but are we finally reaching the tipping point for physical bookstores? Some are poi read more »
The End of Studio Recordings?
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtTyler Cowen points us to an interesting post on the future of the classical music market. Bill Stensrud predicts that the major re read more »
Government puts up $6 billion to support auto lender GMAC (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion in equ read more »
Dow scrambling to keep $15 billion Rohm takeover alive: report (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Dow Chemical is scrambling to keep its $15 billion takeover of rival Rohm & Haas alive after a surprise decision by th read more »
Oil rises for third day above $40 on Middle East (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil rose for a third day on Tuesday as traders kept scrutiny on Middle East crude supply amid the Israeli-Hamas conflict read more »
Government offers $6 billion to support auto lender GMAC (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The government said on Monday it was pumping $5 billion into auto and mortgage lender GMAC LLC and lending up to $1 bill read more »
End Of The Year Live Q&A
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtWe had a lot of fun last week with the live Q&A that we did, and a bunch of folks have asked us to do it again -- so we'll tr read more »
Motorola Trying To Block Competitors From Hiring Workers It Laid Off
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtWe already think that noncompete agreements don't make sense for companies, but Motorola may be taking the concept to a new level. read more »
Kerkorian sells off Ford shares at deep loss (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has sold off all of his remaining shares of Ford Motor Co, completing a retreat from read more »
MPAA Also Likes The Idea Of ISP Enforcers For File Sharing
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtIn a story that will surprise, um, well, none of you, Broadband Reports points us to an Ars Technica piece with an MPAA representa read more »
Stocks fall on Dow Chemical news, economic worry (Reuters)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Wall Street slid on Monday after Kuwait pulled out of a joint venture with Dow Chemical due to the deepening global rece read more »
Retailers who have filed for bankruptcy protection (AP)
Date : 29 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Retailers have come under growing pressure as consumers cut their spending because of the drop in home values, worries about read more »
Harvard Team Asks Court To Allow Live Broadcast Of Tenenbaum Case Against RIAA
Date : 29 Dec 2008 TechdirtA bunch of folks have sent in the story that Charles Nesson of Harvard, who is challenging the constitutionality of the RIAA's law read more »