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What’s Obscene? Google Could Have an Answer
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:23pm EDT by By MATT RICHTEL
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The defense in an obscenity trial in Florida plans to use Google search data to demonstrate that that sexually explicit material does not violate community standards.
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Dealbook: A ‘Bonfire’ Returns as Heartburn
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:23pm EDT by By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN
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Visiting the New York Stock Exchange last year, Tom Wolfe, the author of “The Bonfire of the Vanities,” proclaimed that it was the end of capitalism as we knew it.
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Washington Post Editor to Step Aside
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:22pm EDT by By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
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Leonard Downie Jr. will step down after 17 years as the top editor of The Washington Post, making way for a generational transition under a new publisher.
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China’s Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:21pm EDT by By DAVID BARBOZA
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Heightened security measures ahead of the Olympics are taking a toll on the tourism industry in China.
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Advertising: Cable Channels Gain on Broadcast Networks
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:21pm EDT by By BRIAN STELTER
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Cable channels will sell from 7 to 8 percent more advertisement than last year, preliminary figures indicate, outpacing gains at broadcast networks.
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A One-Time Tax Break Saved 843 U.S. Corporations $265 Billion
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:14pm EDT by By LYNNLEY BROWNING
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More than 840 of the largest American corporations reaped a $265 billion windfall thanks to a one-time tax break aimed at bringing home profits stashed overseas.
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Confronting Inflation, on Separate Continents
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:14pm EDT by By CARTER DOUGHERTY
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The European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve are concerned that a psychology of inflation is setting in, where consumers expect the long run of rising prices.
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Citing Gas Prices, I.R.S. Raises Auto Mileage Deduction
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:14pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The Internal Revenue Service said that it was raising the automobile mileage rate that businesses and others could claim.
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Bunge to Acquire Corn Products for $4.4 Billion
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:13pm EDT by By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
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The takeover of Corn Products, one of the country’s oldest agribusinesses, is yet another move by a food producer taking advantage of a rise in food prices.
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Congress Plans to Tighten Rules on Energy Speculation
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:12pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Lawmakers continued to contend Monday that large investors are propping up oil prices, saying that speculation in crude futures has nearly doubled since 2000.
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Guilty Plea Expected in Broadcom Case
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:12pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A plea agreement filed Monday said that Henry Samueli, a founder of the computer chip maker, would plead guilty to lying to the S.E.C. during a inquiry into the backdating of stock options.
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At Google, Slow Growth in News Site
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:11pm EDT by By MIGUEL HELFT
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Six years after its start, Google News is far from achieving the kind of dominant position in news that it has in other areas.
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G.M. Offers Deals to Cut Overstock
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:11pm EDT by By NICK BUNKLEY and BILL VLASIC
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The announced production cuts and increased incentives, including no-interest loans, come as the automaker struggles amid a consumer exodus from pickups and sport utility vehicles.
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Home Depot Offers Recycling for Compact Fluorescent Bulbs
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:10pm EDT by By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
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Home Depot’s move will create the nation’s most widespread recycling program for the energy-saving bulbs, which have to be properly disposed of since they contain small amounts of mercury.
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The Times and I.H.T. Study Web Merger
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:09pm EDT by By DOREEN CARVAJAL
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The New York Times Company said that it was developing plans to merge the Web site of the International Herald Tribune with that of The New York Times.
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Car Rental Agencies Using Add-Ons to Lift Returns
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:02pm EDT by By MARTHA C. WHITE
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Analysts say the cost of various optional, but heavily promoted, services like navigation units and fuel refilling are adding as much as 20 percent to the overall rental cost.
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United to Eliminate 950 Pilot Jobs
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:02pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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The layoffs come in addition to the 1,600 salaried positions the company has already said it will cut.
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Chemical Maker Files Suit Over Approach to Merger
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:02pm EDT by By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
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Huntsman Corporation accuses Apollo Management and two of the private equity firm’s founders of interfering in its $10.6 billion merger with an Apollo company chemical maker.
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Technology Leaders Favor Online ID Card Over Passwords
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By LAURIE J. FLYNN
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A technology industry foundation aims to reduce password overload among computer users through the creation of a system akin to an online identity card.
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Registry for Lobbyists Is Greeted Coolly
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By JAMES KANTER
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Relatively few companies or associations rushed to register with the European Commission’s new registry of lobbyists, but those that did offered a glimpse of the huge amount spent each year on lobbying.
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Market Barely Budges From Weak Level
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Stocks stalled Monday, ending mostly lower after rising oil prices and nagging worries about the financial sector gave investors little reason to buy.
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Chinese-Australian Pact Brings Big Rise in Iron Ore Prices
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By REUTERS
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China’s largest steel maker, Baosteel, and the Australian mining company Rio Tinto have agreed on the highest price increase in at least a decade in iron ore term contracts.
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Memo Pad
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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News about airlines and airports.
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Frequent Flier: Gone on Business, but Back by Storytime
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 10:00pm EDT by By LOIS NAJARIAN O'NEILL; as told to JOAN RAYMOND
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A successful career and the practice of boiling most traveling to one-day trips are not incompatible.
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Waste Firms Set Merger for $6 Billion
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 9:59pm EDT by By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED
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Republic Services said it would acquire Allied Waste Industries for $6.07 billion in stock, uniting two of the largest companies in the waste disposal industry.
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Cost-Cutting Helps Walgreen Raise Profits 2%
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 8:54pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Despite the modest gain, the results fell slightly short of Wall Street’s expectations and Walgreen shares slipped back.
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On the Road: Roll With the Punches (More Are Coming)
Posted: June 23rd, 2008, 8:02pm EDT by By JOE SHARKEY
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It’s summer. Air travel is bad. It’s getting even worse and won’t improve anytime soon. And there is absolutely nothing you or I can do about it. So chill.
