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The Nation: Think the Economy Is Bad? Wait Till the States Cut Back
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 11:43pm EDT by By LOUIS UCHITELLE
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When the current fiscal year ends on July 1, state and city spending will fall, along with employment.
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Letter: Letter: Wall Street’s Agony
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 11:33pm EDT
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To the Editor:.
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Letter: Letter: Energy Solutions
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 11:32pm EDT
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To the Editor:.
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In the Region | Long Island: Prospective Buyers on Board
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 11:10pm EDT by By VALERIE COTSALAS
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Bus tours of recently foreclosed homes are common elsewhere in the country, but the phenomenon is new to Nassau County.
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Preoccupations: Do You Love the Job, or Just the Paycheck?
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 11:01pm EDT by By PAMELA SKILLINGS
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A big salary might have too much of an emotional price and the fear of losing it may stand in the way of what could be meaningful success.
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Off the Shelf: Venture Capital, Before High Tech
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:57pm EDT by By STEPHEN KOTKIN
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The United States military — credited with spawning the Internet — also helped in the genesis of venture capital, a new book says.
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Metrics: Wasted Energy
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:57pm EDT by By HANNAH FAIRFIELD
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As energy is unlocked from fuels at power plants, two-thirds of the energy consumed to create electricity is lost.
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Travel Bug: It’s Back: The Minimum Stay
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:50pm EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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The old rule used used to dissuade business travelers from booking discount leisure fares in advance has returned.
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The Count: Finding Hope for ’08 Holidays, on the Web
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:50pm EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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A recent report found that even though overall holiday sales were sluggish in 2007, online sales remained strong.
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Technology Stocks Are the Week’s Stars
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:48pm EDT by By JEFF SOMMER
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The overall stock market managed a small gain for the week, and technology stocks propelled the Nasdaq composite index to a hefty advance.
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Fair Game: First Comes the Swap. Then It’s the Knives.
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:47pm EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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The legal battle between UBS and Paramax Capital, a group of hedge funds, is giving investors a gander at how the freewheeling credit default swaps market works.
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Do Railroad Stocks Have More Power to Burn?
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:35pm EDT by By J. ALEX TARQUINIO
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It is the railroads’ core business — carrying raw materials — that has sustained them, and their stock prices, through the softening economy and soaring fuel prices.
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Strategies: Conventional Wisdom, Foiled Again
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:34pm EDT by By MARK HULBER
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A new study has found that over the long term, stocks that are dropped from an index generally outperform those that are added.
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Suits: Good Housing News, and From a Banker
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:34pm EDT
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The chief executive of the Toronto-Dominion Bank plans to give a significant portion of the proceeds of his exercise of his stocks options to charity, and other items.
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Unboxed: Da Vinci, Retrofitted for the Modern Age
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:30pm EDT by By JANET RAE-DUPREE
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As executives and entrepreneurs seek creative solutions to current business problems, the triumphs of several historical figures are being revisited for the innovation lessons they can teach.
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Economic View: The Problem With the Corporate Tax
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:28pm EDT by By N. GREGORY MANKIW
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A cut in the corporate tax is perhaps the best simple recipe for promoting long-run growth in American living standards.
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The Boss: The Discipline of the Violin
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:27pm EDT by By SHEILA JOHNSON; as told to PATRICIA R. OLSEN
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Ms. Johnson was the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television and presently has ownership in three professional sports teams.
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Career Couch: Continuing to Heal After Returning to Work
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:26pm EDT by By EILENE ZIMMERMAN
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A vast majority of workers who receive a diagnosis of cancer return to their jobs during or after treatment, but much depends on the treatment itself and the severity of the disease.
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Square Feet: Modern Kitchens, Set to a Broadway Beat
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:24pm EDT by By CLAIRE WILSON
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To sell its appliances directly to the public, General Electric leased a 10th-floor space among some high-end competitors in Manhattan.
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Digital Domain: Can Anything Replace My Old Reliable Friend?
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 10:22pm EDT by By RANDALL STROSS
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The sound quality of phone calls carried digitally by phone companies through their “triple play” bundles is now excellent but downtime still occurs.
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Banksable
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 9:24pm EDT by By LYNN HIRSCHBERG
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How Tyra Banks turned herself — fiercely — into a brand.
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Actress Stone and Dior Differ Over Apology
Posted: May 31st, 2008, 3:44pm EDT by By CATHY HORYN
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In a telephone interview, Sharon Stone was at first strident and then contrite about her remarks about China.