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Mortgage applications highest since mid-2003 (AP)
Date : 24 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Research released Wednesday showed mortgage applications spiked last week to their highest level in more than five years, as read more »
Regulators near deal for IndyMac (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. regulators are expected to announce a deal for the assets of failed mortgage lender IndyMac before the end of the y read more »
Stocks edge up after economic data (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks edged up on Wednesday during an abbreviated holiday session as investors digested a mixed bag of data to gauge th read more »
Consumers close wallets as job market darkens (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Consumers cut their spending for a fifth straight month in November as a year-old recession tightened its grip, but with read more »
Desperate Christmas for UK retailers (AP)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - British stores deepened discounts on Wednesday, hoping to lure in last-minute shoppers on Christmas Eve as a third major reta read more »
ACTA Negotiators Hold Closed Door Meeting To Say They Need To Be More Transparent
Date : 24 Dec 2008
TechdirtOne of our biggest complaints with ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that was initially written by the entertainment i read more »
Japan approves biggest budget to thwart crisis (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Japan's government approved its biggest-ever budget on Wednesday to try to revive an economy hurt by the global financia read more »
Oil falls towards $37, tracking equities (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Oil fell toward $37 a barrel on Wednesday, tracking global equity losses and ahead of U.S. data expected to show an incr read more »
Wait, You Mean Homeland Security Isn't Already Scanning Blogs & Forums For Terrorists?
Date : 24 Dec 2008 TechdirtUSA Today is reporting that Homeland Security is looking to start scanning blogs, forums and message boards to try to track terror read more »
Hong Kong stock index drop for 4th day (AP)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Hong Kong stocks fell for a fourth straight session Wednesday as negative U.S. economic data dashed hopes for a year-end rall read more »
The Death Of Online Advertising Is Greatly Exaggerated
Date : 24 Dec 2008 TechdirtOver at his personal blog, occasional Techdirt contributor Tom Lee weighs in on an interesting discussion going on around the blog read more »
SEC chief defends response to economic turmoil (Reuters)
Date : 24 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox, responding to heavy criticism, said in an interview pu read more »
Incentives Align To Create Bubbles
Date : 24 Dec 2008 TechdirtIn the latest financial crisis, we've seen even more focus on casting blame than following most financial crises. It may be becau read more »
Blocking Adwords Activism Using Trademark Law
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtLawsuits involving companies upset at competitors buying Google Adwords based on their names have been covered to death, with a va read more »
Bogus Spyware Scan Companies Held In Contempt Of Court
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtEarlier this month, we noted that the FTC had cracked down, yet again, on a company for putting up a bogus spyware scanner. The c read more »
Markets Change; Jobs Get Cut... But New Opportunities Open Up
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtIt seems with the various industries we talk about that are under pressure -- such as newspapers or record labels -- people are ex read more »
Yes, Being In Rock Band Or Guitar Hero Helps Bands Sell More Music
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtLast week, we mentioned that it was silly for musicians (and labels) to complain about their music being in the video games Guitar read more »
French Madoff investor found dead in NY office (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - A French executive who invested with accused swindler Bernard Madoff was found dead in an apparent suicide on Tuesday, r read more »
Wal-Mart settles labor suits of up to $640 million (AP)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said Tuesday it will pay between $352 million and $640 million to settle read more »
Treasury adds to investments in U.S. banks (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that it completed a $2.8 billion equity investment in 49 banks on Friday an read more »
Fannie, Freddie agree to new appraisal guidelines (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have agreed on a revised code of conduct that aims to improve the reliability of appraisals o read more »
Wall Street stumbles on economic data, retail anxiety (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks fell in thin trading on Tuesday on further deterioration in the housing market, while worry over weak consumer sp read more »
Live Q&A Time!
Date : 23 Dec 2008 TechdirtAs mentioned yesterday, we're going to try to run a little experiment here with a "live Q&A/chat." It's not a fully open cha read more »
Investor tries to hold SEC liable for Madoff losses (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - A woman who says she gave accused swindler Bernard Madoff $2 million to manage is trying to hold U.S. regulators respons read more »
Stocks fall on housing data, retail jitters (Reuters)
Date : 23 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Stocks fell in thin volume on Tuesday as housing data showed a steep drop in home values and continued concerns about th read more »