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Dell Trails Peers in Recovery

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Dell's profit dropped 54% despite recent signs of a tech recovery, raising questions about the PC maker's strategy of focusing on profitability...

Geithner, under fire, defends AIG bailout...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the costly bailout of insurer AIG and urged swift...

Health care ends bonanza decade on bright...

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The industry's profit growth sharply outpaced the rest of Corporate America the past 10 years, a trend unlikely to change any time...

Dell results miss expectations, shares drop...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc's quarterly profit plunged 54 percent on lower-than-expected sales as it lost market share to competitors...

Dell results miss expectations, shares drop...

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Reuters - Dell Inc's quarterly profit plunged 54 percent on lower-than-expected sales as it lost market share to...

Silver prices to top $20 in short term,...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Silver prices will top $20 an ounce "in the short term," pushed up by rising investment demand, London-based...

Japan Shares Fall As Exporters Sink On Strong...

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Japan Shares Fall As Exporters Sink On Strong Yen

Market Winners & Losers: King Pharmaceuticals...

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The major indexes fell for the second day in a row, with the Dow closing down 0.9%, the S&P 500 falling 1.3% and the Nasdaq slipping...

EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion...

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AP - EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone...

Outside the Box: The dark side of the BRICs...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Emerging market stocks have been the stars of the global market rally, and the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India...

Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes...

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AP - For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans...

New York & Co. Shares Jump on Forecast for...

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Shares of the retailer rose 18% in Thursday's session.

Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports

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Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports

Dell profit falls 54 pct; report pulls shares...

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AP - Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter amid signs the company...

Gap profit up 25 pct in 3Q as Old Navy recovers...

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AP - Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in the third quarter, helping Gap Inc.'s profit climb...

'The Oprah Winfrey Show' to End in 2011

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Oprah Winfrey told staff members, Thursday, her plans to end the talk show in 2011.

Stocks In Focus For Friday

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Stocks In Focus For Friday

Coal Producer Cloud Peak IPO Prices At $...

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Coal Producer Cloud Peak IPO Prices At $15 a Share

Sony Bets on Online Push

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As Sony scrambles to reassert its technological relevance, CEO Howard Stringer is betting on a strategy for the...

'The Oprah Winfrey Show' to End in 2011

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Oprah Winfrey told staff members, Thursday, her plans to end the talk show in 2011.

Sony to outsource more of its TV business...

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Sony Corp. is reportedly trying to bolster its money-losing television business by increasing the proportion of...

GE, Vivendi $1 billion apart over NBC Universal...

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French...

D.R. Horton's Loss Narrows

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Home builder D.R. Horton posted a narrower loss amid year-earlier write-downs. Orders jumped 26%, but the company...

Rocky week won't topple techs' leadership...

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With the S&P 500 Index headed to a mild weekly decline, the information-technology sector has borne the brunt...

Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor...

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Investor's Business Daily - Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with e...

Sony says e-readers in demand, shipments...

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher...

EU Rebuked Over Intel Case

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The EU’s ombudsman said regulators had committed “maladministration” in their case against Intel by not...

China wants content, values censored in...

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring...

Earnings Outlook: H-P to show growth and...

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While Hewlett-Packard Co. took some of the anticipation out of its fiscal fourth-quarter report by pre-announcing...

Sears loss narrows as Kmart shows improvement...

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WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss on Thursday...

Freddie Mac: 30-yr Mortgage Rate Lowest...

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Freddie Mac: 30-yr Mortgage Rate Lowest Since May

Rates on 30-year loans still below 5 percent...

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Rates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent this week but remained above the record set earlier this year...

Google Says Chrome OS Still a Year Away

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A Google executive said the Internet giant is “a year away” from making its anticipated Chrome computer operating...

Microsoft says Windows 7 sales strong

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday sales of Windows 7 were...

Gap profit up 25 pct in 3Q as Old Navy recovers...

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AP - Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in the third quarter, helping Gap Inc...

Fed sees little risk of inflation in weak...

Reuters :: Posted 22 hours 17 min ago

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WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Senior U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Thursday inflation is not an immediate...

Sony to outsource more of its TV business...

MarketWatch.com :: Posted 22 hours 20 min ago

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Sony Corp. is reportedly trying to bolster its money-losing television business by increasing the proportion of its production that...

GE, Vivendi $1 billion apart over NBC Universal...

Reuters :: Posted 19 hours 15 min ago

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1 billion apart in their valuation of the French group's stake in...

Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor...

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Investor's Business Daily - Hackers are increasingly targeting law firms and public relations companies with e-mail schemes that break...

Sony says e-readers in demand, shipments...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 21 hours ago

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Wednesday that early demand for its latest electronic reader was higher than expected in...

EU Rebuked Over Intel Case

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The EU’s ombudsman said regulators had committed “maladministration” in their case against Intel by not documenting a “potentially...

China wants content, values censored in...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China said it will tighten regulations in its rapidly growing online games sector, requiring game operators to...

Rates on 30-year loans still below 5 percent...

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Rates on 30-year mortgages stayed below 5 percent this week but remained above the record set earlier this year, Freddie Mac said Thursday...

Google Says Chrome OS Still a Year Away

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A Google executive said the Internet giant is “a year away” from making its anticipated Chrome computer operating system available...

Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid...

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Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial...

GOME's Earnings Decline 39%

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GOME reported that its profit fell 39% in the year’s first nine months, though the Chinese electronics retailer said same-store sales...

How the poll on health care was conducted...

Yahoo! News: Technology News :: Posted 1 day 12 hours ago

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AP - The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK...

Stocks point to lower open on bearish semis...

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Reuters - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Thursday after a bearish analyst comment on semiconductor...

J.M. Smucker Profit Nearly Triples

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J.M. Smucker's earnings soared amid the addition of the Folgers coffee brand, while lower commodities prices boosted margins at its...

Better Paydays Ahead

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Many employers are planning to reinstate merit increases in 2010. But some experts say base salaries are unlikely to return to pre-...

Vivendi eyes NBC Universal exit: CFO

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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part of the future joint...

AOL to shed one-third of work force

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AOL, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force...

Sensex Off To Another Weak Start As Banks...

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Sensex Off To Another Weak Start As Banks Drop

Investors ask Goldman to be less greedy

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Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass more profit to investors...

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