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For sale: One stadium (Super Bowl not included)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:06:12 +0000

The hard-hit city of Pontiac, Mich., is auctioning off the Silverdome, a stadium of more than 80,000 seats that once played host to the Super Bowl.

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Top GM sales exec hits the road

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:04:39 +0000

General Motors is losing its top U.S. sales executive, a key player in the automaker's reorganization, to a job in another industry, CEO Fritz Henderson announced Wednesday.

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Barbie: 5 bucks at Target

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:03:36 +0000

Discount retailer Target is offering up to half off of popular toys like Barbie and Fisher Price to lure bargain hunters this holiday season, said a company statement released Wednesday.

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How to be a cool investor

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:00:57 +0000

It's one of the truths of mutual fund investing: You buy the manager as much as the prospectus. So it pays to have someone you trust.

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Dell smartphone, meet Google software – report

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:00:07 +0000

Read full story for latest details.

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Gold at another record

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:59:50 +0000

Gold continued to push higher into record territory Wednesday amid concerns about a weak dollar, inflation and technical-based buying by large investment funds.

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Here’s one company that’s hiring

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:58:59 +0000

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said that the tech firm has ramped up hiring, citing an end to the advertising slump.

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Overdraft cage match: Banks vs. you

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:56:45 +0000

A new battle is brewing in Congress, riding the same populist wave that pitted banks against consumers on credit card fees earlier this year.

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Alcoa swings to surprise profit

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:56:08 +0000

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. posted a surprise profit and revenue that beat estimates for the third quarter on Wednesday.

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Fashion, celebrity photographer Irving Penn dies (AP)

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:42:49 +0000

AP - Irving Penn, whose photographs revealed a taste for stark simplicity whether he was shooting celebrity portraits, fashion, still life or remote places of the world, died Wednesday at his Manhattan home. He was 92.

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