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Pasco :: WA :: USA
| about 18 hours ago
| Business News
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama, on his first day back here, began meeting with congressional leaders Monday to discuss a $775 billion economic recovery plan that he said was necessary to meet an "extraordinary economic challenge." Obama, who will be...
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA
| about 17 hours ago
| Business News
A prosecutor on Monday asked that Bernard Madoff be jailed pending trial, saying the disgraced financier violated an agreement with the court by mailing watches, jewelry, cufflinks and mittens worth more than $1 million to relatives and friends. "The defendant's...
Orlando :: FL :: USA
| about 15 hours ago
| Business News
There are no free lunches in life, but one could always count on free beer samples at Anheuser-Busch theme parks...The brewer has put the kibosh on the free beer samples at hospitality centers at its SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando,...
Washington :: DC :: USA
| about 8 hours ago
| Technology News
The figures in the report, prepared by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS) Office of the Actuary and published in the journal Health Affairs, paint a clear picture of the underlying problem they must resolve. Despite a slight...
Montreal :: Canada
| about 15 hours ago
| Business News
Que.–Her voice was not weak, as might be expected, as it came through the speakerphone in the courtroom. On the line from her hospital bed, she coughed twice and simply said "yes," she could hear the judge well and, "yes,"...
New York :: NY :: USA
| about 15 hours ago
| Business News
30:00 AM MST the state of corporate earnings and consumers' willingness to spend during a recession. Prices fluctuated throughout the session, but some analysts found signs that the market's improving tone from December was carrying over to the new year....
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA
| about 12 hours ago
| Business News
In a surprise move, Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. has agreed to acquire TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million, torpedoing a deal announced just over two weeks ago with media entrepreneur Allen Shapiro. TV Guide Network owner Macrovision Solutions Corp....
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA
| about 13 hours ago
| Business News
Residential real estate sales ended with a sputter in December, with a 19.2 percent drop in home sales compared with last year, although there was a slightly higher median price of $626,500. Condo sales fared no better and were down...
Lexington :: KY :: USA
| about 14 hours ago
| Business News
Endo Pharmaceuticals said Monday it has reached an agreement to buy a smaller pharmaceutical company in a deal that would bolster Endo's pipeline of treatment candidates and expand its business beyond pain medications. Chadds Ford, Pa.-based Endo plans to buy...
Des Moines :: IA :: USA
| about 14 hours ago
| Business News
Dismal market performance in 2008 has many investors thinking about a new investment strategy for the coming year — a key element of which should be to slash investment fees. Here are some fees and expenses you'll want to examine...