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Analog in a Digital Age: Polaroid Re-launches its Cameras (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:21 +0000

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Jobs: Good News, Bad News (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:30:13 +0000

It’s hard to get a handle on the job market these days. While all would agree it’s not good, the specifics are often confusing. A report issued today by Chicago outplacement consultants, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, brings that point to high relief. The report’s broad point is positive: that a few …
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Can VoIP Providers Block Certain Calls? (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:30:37 +0000

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission sent a letter to Google, asking the search giant to explain how its Google Voice service works, how many people are using it, and how much money it makes — information Google has not disclosed publicly. The inquiry was launched a couple of weeks …
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Trade Picture Worsens in August (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:30:27 +0000

Yes, the headline number on this morning’s trade report improved. But that was misleading. In fact, the non-oil trade deficit widened for the second straight month (19.8 billion in June, 23.6 billion in July, 24.3 billion in August).
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What’s a More Typical 401(k) Balance: $12K or $86K? (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:30:20 +0000

Several readers asked how is it possible that the typical U.S. worker had an average balance of $86,513 in their 401(k) account at the end of 2008, based on data this week published by the Employee Benefits Research Institute and the Investment Company Institute.
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Federal Stimulus Funds Connect A Denver Housing Project (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:30:21 +0000

A lot of people, including Republican lawmakers who want to give the President grief, are asking, where exactly is that $787 billion passed in February through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Here’s the City of Denver’s answer. The city, the State of Colorado and developer Forest City …
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Google Books: Back to the Drawing Board (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30:36 +0000

A mountain of objections to Google’s proposed book settlement prompted New York District Court Judge Denny Chin on Wednesday to call for a revision. Google and its ally in the agreement, the Authors Guild, will have until Nov. 9 to submit an amended version. The delay was widely expected after the …
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Institute of Medicine Report on Health Care Waste (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:30:35 +0000

The Institute of Medicine (IOM), a branch of the non-partisan, federally financed National Academy of Sciences, just released a preliminary report on “excess costs” –i.e., waste–in the U.S. healthcare system, and the findings aren’t pretty. The IOM concluded that $810 billion is wasted each and …
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Samsung’s Q3 Earnings May Herald Rosy Days Ahead (MalaysiaNews.net)

EntirelyEducation.com — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:30:47 +0000

Samsung’s forecast of a record third-quarter profit attests to the success of the Korean electronics maker’s aggressive growth strategy during the economic slump
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Santander’s Brazilian Business Raises $8 Billion (BusinessWeek)

EntirelyEducation.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:40 +0000

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