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Your Money: Five Basics for Building a Solid Financial Future
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 3:11am EDT by By RON LIEBER
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A new Times columnist offers guidance for making financial decisions, when making good ones is more critical than ever.
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Congressional Pressure Prevails as U.S. Halts Filling of Oil Reserve
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 2:57am EDT by By JAD MOUAWAD
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An Energy Department announcement that it would temporarily suspend a program to fill the nation’s strategic oil stocks failed to break the rally in oil prices, which hit another record Friday.
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Robert Mondavi, Napa Wine Champion, Dies at 94
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 1:34am EDT by By FRANK J. PRIAL
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Mr. Mondavi was the California vintner behind the rebirth of the Napa Valley wine industry.
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F. A. O. Schwarz Will Sell Toys in Macy’s Stores
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 1:31am EDT by By MICHAEL BARBARO
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The move is a bold one, given that the fiercely competitive toy market has previously plunged F. A. O. Schwarz into bankruptcy and forced Macy’s to largely stop carrying toys.
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Larry King Squelches Rumors of Shift at CNN
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:55am EDT by By JACQUES STEINBERG
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Larry King, who said last year that he hoped Ryan Seacrest would succeed him, sought to tamp down speculation that any succession was imminent.
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Saturday Interview: Smoothing the Rides on Greyhound
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:47am EDT by By AMY ZIPKIN
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With rising gas prices and a season of summer delays coming up, does it mean that the bus is ready for a comeback?
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Despite Unease, Big Gains for the Week
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:45am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Wall Street pulled off its lows to finished narrowly mixed Friday as investors squared concerns about rising oil prices with a surprise jump in home construction.
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What’s Offline: The Overpriced Bargain Bin
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:44am EDT by By PAUL B. BROWN
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Between a $60,000 bed and a $30,000 night at a luxury hotel, the bargain is not necessarily what it seems.
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What's Online: Frustrating the Pirates
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:43am EDT by By DAN MITCHELL
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Some argue that beating media piracy hinges on media companies offering more convenience and quality.
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Paulson Says Economy Is Starting to Rebound
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:42am EDT by By MIKE NIZZA
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The Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., delivered a guardedly optimistic message to business leaders.
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Cost of Living: Places to Go, but Dreading the Fill-Up
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:41am EDT by By M. P. DUNLEAVEY
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Gas prices have crossed the line between being an unconscious expense to having become a painfully conscious one.
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High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of Engineers
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By MARTIN FACKLER
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Engineering skill made Japan an economic superpower, but its young people are now choosing other careers.
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Scrapping 2 Costly Reactors, Canada Reopens Aging One
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By IAN AUSTEN
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The 51-year-old reactor had been temporarily closed by Canada’s nuclear regulator in November for safety reasons, but two troubled replacement units could not be completed.
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Executive Pursuits: A Classroom Where the Teacher Really Wants That Apple
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:28am EDT by By HARRY HURT III
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The mission of the Horse Institute in Ancramdale, N.Y. is to give managers a chance to improve a variety of skills by observing and performing exercises with horses.
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In Siberia, Shopping Malls Are Sprouting All Over
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:27am EDT by By ANDREW E. KRAMER
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Siberia, where Russians waited in long lines to buy food with ration cards not long ago, is the improbable epicenter of a huge mall boom.
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Fannie Mae Will Reduce Down Payment Minimums
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:24am EDT by By REUTERS
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The new requirements of 3 percent or 5 percent will apply nationally to loans on single-family primary residences, the company said.
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Lowest Reading Since 1980 for Consumer Confidence
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:24am EDT by BYREUTERS
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This is bad news for the United States, where consumers fuel two-thirds of national economic activity through their purchases of goods and services.
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Off the Charts: It’s Not Just Petroleum, All Imports Cost More
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:23am EDT by By FLOYD NORRIS
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For all nonpetroleum imports, prices in April were up 6.2 percent from a year earlier, the fastest rate of gain in almost 20 years.
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3 Nordic Banks Help Iceland Prop Up Currency
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By MARK LANDLER
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The central banks of Sweden, Denmark and Norway have lent Iceland emergency credit of up to $2.3 billion to shore up its swooning currency and forestall a broader economic collapse.
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Booz Allen to Sell Part of Its Government Unit to Carlyle
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:16am EDT
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The sale is part of a broader split of Booz Allen Hamilton’s commercial and government consulting groups.
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Business Briefing | Lawsuits: Medical Company’s Investors Sue Over Acquisition
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:15am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Shareholders of CryoCor, the maker of a device that freezes heart muscle to correct abnormal rhythms, sued the company to block its acquisition by Boston Scientific.
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Business Briefing | Deals: G.E. Acknowledges Plan to Sell Appliance Unit
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:14am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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General Electric confirmed that it planned to sell or spin off the appliance business that for a century has put refrigerators, washing machines and dishwashers in American homes.
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Business Briefing | Markets: Chicago Mercantile Moves to a New Home
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange marked a milestone in its 110-year history as the last floor traders wrapped up business at the building that has served as the Merc’s home since 1983.
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Business Briefing | Executives: Time Warner’s Chief Hints at Departure
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:13am EDT by By REUTERS
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Richard D. Parsons, left, Time Warner’s chairman, said he was likely to step down in the next year, clearing the path for the chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, to assume the role.
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Business Briefing | Lawsuits: Parmalat Had Little Cash Left, Executive Testifies
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:12am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Parmalat, the Italian dairy, had 6.5 million euros ($10 million) in cash left six days after filing for bankruptcy in 2003, rather than the 4 billion euros it claimed to have.
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Business Briefing | Deals: Citigroup May Sell Its German Banking Business
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:11am EDT by By BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Citigroup may sell Citibank Privatkunden, its consumer-banking unit in Germany, as part of a plan to replenish capital, the unit, based in Düsseldorf, said.
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American Airlines and F.A.A. Differ on Groundings
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:10am EDT by By MATTHEW L. WALD
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The F.A.A. maintains some of American Airlines’ aircrafts displayed signs of chafing at some components, while the airlines maintains there were never any security problems.
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This July 4, Fewer Bombs May Burst in Air
Posted: May 17th, 2008, 12:07am EDT by By KATE MURPHY
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An explosion that destroyed 20 fireworks warehouses in China three months ago will probably mean dimmer night skies on the Fourth of July in the United States.
