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Apples for a Nickel, and Plenty of Empty Seats Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 1:29AMSome historians are looking to the struggles of the 1930s for hints on how baseball teams will hold up in coming years.
Financial Casualty: Why Adolf Merckle Killed Himself Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:46AMCorporate titan Adolf Merckle succumbs to financial losses and criticism, taking his own life
UW Business Dean Telling People To Spend -- Not Save Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 11:33PMEven as millions of Americans watch their retirement savings drop with the ebbs and flows of the stock market, the dean of the University of Wisconsin’s business school said that people need to stop saving and start spending.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-06 22:28 US STOCKS-Wall St rises on stimulus plan hopes; tech leads Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 11:04PMBy Chuck Mikolajczak
A Startup’s Recession Survival Guide Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:52PMAfter the second major economic implosion in less than a decade, companies scramble to stay alive.
US STOCKS-Wall St rises on stimulus plan hopes; tech leads Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:50PMNEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday on the increased likelihood of a government stimulus package after the release of minutes from the last Federal Reserve policy meeting painted a dismal picture of the U.S economy.
US STOCKS-Wall St rises on stimulus plan hopes; tech leads Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:31PM* Tech shares rise on bets for infrastructure spending
2009 The Train Wreck Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:00PMChange is a constant whether perceived or not; but only when we see it do we believe it has occurred. Then, it is too late. The phrase, speculative bubble, is used to describe the financial tumescence that characterizes the often manic unfounded rise of asset values.
Wembley in sight? Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:41PMChampionship sides Burnley and Derby are one tie away from the Carling Cup final
The idea of keeping stocks through thick and thin is losing its popularity Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:32PMThe idea of buying high-quality stocks and holding onto them through for the long haul has become so widely accepted that to do otherwise seems foolish. But many long-term investors this year are probably wondering if they would have been better off selling their shares.
Happy New Year! Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:02PMSince late November we have been following potential bottoming patterns in US and global stock markets with Inverted Head & Shoulders in the Dow and S&P 500 and a clear series of higher highs and higher lows in the Hong Kong market.
Moving parts Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:47PMThis week’s mailbag is jam-packed, with three hot topics: 1. Matt Cassel and the franchise tag.
EA Delivers Scrabble to Every Major Digital Platform in 2009 and Brings Hasbro Family Favorite Board Game Experiences ... Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:46PMFans of casual, family-friendly games are about to see their circle of fun widen with a slate of new Hasbro-branded digital play experiences on a variety of platforms from Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) in 2009. Leading the charge is SCRABBLE , which rocketed to the No. 1 position on Pogo.com ™ with more than 2.5 million players laying down virtual tiles since its June 2008 launch. The ...
13:00 (BST), 06/01/2009 Hasbro Family Game Night Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Guildford, UK, January 6, 2009 ... Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:35PMGuildford, UK, January 6, 2009 – Fans of casual, family-friendly games are about to see their circle of fun widen with a slate of new Hasbro-branded digital play experiences on a variety of platforms from Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) in 2009. EA are gearing up to inject nostalgic fun into the Xbox LIVE® Arcade by bringing perennial board game favorites to the popular platform.
13:03 (BST), 06/01/2009 Commander In Chief Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS PARKVILLE, MD – JANUARY 6, 2009 -- ... Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:35PMPARKVILLE, MD – JANUARY 6, 2009 -- Commander in Chief, a geo-political simulation game for PCs that puts players in President Obama’s shoes, today released a new trailer showing what players can do if they were the President, guiding the U.S. in an unstable world.
BW)(CA-EA-HASBRO-SCRABBLE)(ERTS.NASDAQ) EA Delivers Scrabble to Every Major Digital Platform in 2009 and Brings Hasbro ... Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:33PM(AP:REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--)
Sunshine, big crowds greet Rose Parade Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 10:32PMPASADENA, Calif.
Looking forward Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 10:06PMWhat a difference a year makes. When the year just ended began, the international financial community was in a generally upbeat mood.
EPF ready to snap up bargains Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:01PMAN ECONOMIC downturn is bad news for a lot of people but for the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), it is music to its ears. The pension fund, which has more than RM330 billion of assets, is eager to snap up bargains, be it in the stock market or the property market.
A Few Popular Presents Rise Above Recession Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:54PMIn this photo released by Nintendo, Santa Claus tries out the latest games for the popular Wii system from Nintendo on Black Friday at the Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, Calif., on Saturday Nov. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Nintendo, Bob Riha, Jr.) AP The presents have been unwrapped, the tree taken down.
A few gifts buck recession Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:12AMSome products still flew off the shelves, like Wii, Kindle, Uggs
How Madoff Is Burning the SEC Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:03AM
Roller coaster year for the economy, in Dublin too Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:01AMWHEW. WE MADE IT! We endured one of the biggest roller coaster years in U.S. history. We witnessed unprecedented — even unfathomable — events occur that have impacted nearly everyone in the country, including in our little community.
Marketing Case Study: Makita Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:05PMMakita are possibly one of the most popular and widely respected power tool manufacturers in the world. They were originally founded way back in 1915. Since then they have been building there reputation globally no making a quality product.
Golf Course Review - Huntingdon Valley C.C. (Toomey/Flynn nines) Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 8:50PMFACTS AND STATS: Course Architect: William S. Flynn (1928). Year Opened: 1897. Location: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Slope: 132. Rating: 73.5. Par: 70. Yardage: 6,936.
How MadoffIs Burningthe SEC Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 5:51AM
China: strategy to beat global financial crisis: jobs, politics, banking, forex, wealth, t Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 5:38AMHow is global financial and economic crisis reshaping world politics, finance, banking, trade and outsourcing? Profiting from rising Chinese trade, yuan and stock market? How do over a half million international companies make profits in China?
Weekend Hotlist Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 5:34AMTONIGHT Happy New Year! Wall-to-wall election coverage, stock market crashes, bank bailouts, Joe the Plumber, pigs with lipstick ...
Despite economic gloom, a few gifts rose above the recession and flew off the shelves Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:32AMWASHINGTON | The presents have been unwrapped, the tree taken down. And Santa still hasn’t brought you that Wii.
Geothermal energy a booming business Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:20PM Within six months of finding a huge geothermal field, a small company had fired up a power plant — just one example of how fast some are capitalizing on state mandates for alternative energy.
UpDown.com licenses stock game Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 4:45PMThe online community for young investors, UpDown.com, has licensed its stock market game to Young Money.com.
The fall of Lehman Bros - Part 4 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 3:13PMIn Part 4 of a five-part series Yalman Onaran and John Helyar chronicle the demise of investment bank Lehman Brothers and the fall from grace of its leader Richard Fuld.
Markets May Largely Be Confined in Recent Trading Range - RTTNews Daily Market Analysis Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 2:39PM(RTTNews) - The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a higher opening on Tuesday. The TARP investment in GMAC should infuse some optimism into the auto sector on another day of thin trading.
Markets move north, Sensex gains 180 points Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:46PMIndian equities continued their rally Tuesday for the second day in a row amid healthy buys across the sectors. A key index ended the day 1.92 percent higher than its previous close.
Virtual World Research, Part 1: A Place to Experiment Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:10PMUniversities and government agencies are conducting all kinds of research, both scientific and sociological, in virtual worlds -- but is this merely a newfangled boondoggle or is the research really real? "My general perspective is that virtual worlds are at least as real as many parts of the so-called real world," said William Sims Bainbridge, program director in human-centered computing at the ...
Asian markets close mixed - Asian commentary Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:09PM(RTTNews) - The stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed on Tuesday in one of the last trading days of 2008. Resource stocks gained on higher commodity prices due to escalating tensions in the oil-rich Middle East. The Japanese market closed higher, but recorded its sharpest-ever one-year fall on a percentage basis.
Stocks in Europe, Asia, U.S. Futures Gain; Arcelor, GM Rise Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:51PMDec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe and Asia climbed, trimming the MSCI World Index’s worst annual decline on record, as governments stepped up measures to boost the global economy. U.S. index futures advanced.
Losing money like the pros Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:49PMIT has been an easy year to lose money on the Australian share market.
Glu Mobile Takes Significant Steps to Improve Liquidity Position Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:30PM Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) today announced that it has restructured the earnout and bonus obligations for its MIG acquisition by converting the entire $25 million of payments to cash and deferring $11 million of the payments to 2010. The Company also announced that Silicon Valley Bank has entered into a new credit facility with the Company that extends the Company’s $8 million line of credit ...
Glu Mobile Takes Significant Steps to Improve Liquidity Position Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:00PM SAN MATEO, Calif.----Glu Mobile Inc. today announced that it has restructured the earnout and bonus obligations for its MIG acquisition by converting the entire $25 million of payments to cash and deferring $11 million of the payments to 2010.
Asian Stocks Advance on Earnings Optimism; BHP Rises on Oil Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:51AMDec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose, paring the regional benchmark index’s worst annual decline on record, amid speculation governments will step up measures to bolster the global economy and corporate earnings growth.
Rediff MoneyWiz Launches Share Bazaar Game Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:32AM MUMBAI, India----Rediff MoneyWiz, the personal finance service from Rediff.com , has recently launched the Share Bazaar Game. This fantasy share trading game lets players invest in shares using free ‘game rupees’ for a chance to win daily and monthly prizes.
Financial swindler ignored efforts to boot him out Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 1:26PMRogue broker stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from investors
Report: CEO compensation will change Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 1:20PMWhile the recent blows to the U.S. financial markets will most certainly dramatically affect CEO compensation reported in 2009, The Conference Board Top Executive Compensation report released Wednesday shows that changes are already under way.
Students battle the market through The Stock Market GAme Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 12:13PMMINNEAPOLIS — Students at Hibbing High School joined BestPrep and more than 8,200 students in 175 schools around Minnesota to compete in The Stock Market Game (SMG) this spring. Teacher Tom Bittmann is advising students as part of the curriculum at Hibbing High School.
Congress and the market regulators Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 12:03PMSo you opened your brokerage account statement and after picking yourself off the floor, you wonder how could it be this bad. You diversified. You rotated.
Chaos of 2008 causes havoc for predictions Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 12:11AMSo what a horrible year that was. A full-blown credit crunch, of the kind I have never witnessed before, alongside a nasty commodity-price shock. One was the worst since the 1930s, the other the biggest since the 1970s.
Leaning on Jail, City of Immigrants Fills Cells With Its Own Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 12:05PMIn Central Falls, R.I., a mostly Latino city, few realized that a jail held hundreds of people caught in the nations crackdown on illegal immigration.
In brief Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:43AMFinancial news from around the country
Top 10 Economic, business events feature crisis Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 12:28PMThe year 2008 will be remembered as yet another one when business boomed with many bright spots. But the decade-long growth spurt ultimately gave way and was overwhelmed by economic gloom and doom.