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SEC vs. the media, round two
The Securities and Exchange Commission was not seeking a blanket exemption from public information laws, when it asked Congress to include a little known provision in the Wall Street reform law, the agency said in a letter to lawmakers Friday.
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Treasurys rise on weaker GDP
A weaker-than-expected government report on the economy sent investors flocking back into Treasurys Friday, pushing the prices up on U.S. debt and driving yields down.
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Northwest to pay $38 million cargo price-fixing fine
Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38 million fine for conspiring to fix cargo rates, the Justice Department announced Friday.
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Face Off: Test-driving Gillette's new razor
General Motors' legendary CEO Alfred P. Sloan invented the annual styling change when he ordered a new body for the 1923 Chevrolet to cover up the car's nine-year-old technology. The new design made the old model feel out-of-date and was the first step in GM's drive to pass Ford Motor and its unchanging Model T to become the largest automobile company in the world.
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China says it tops Japan as No. 2 economy
China has surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy, lagging only behind the United States, a Chinese government official said in remarks published on Friday.
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GM to boost Chevy Volt production
General Motors announced Friday that the automaker has raised its planned production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car to 45,000 in 2012.
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Bulls tiptoe into homebuilder stocks
It takes a lot of courage to be a bull on homebuilder stocks these days. They exist, for sure. And they aren't on mind-bending drugs. In fact, they see the world much as the housing stock bears do. You won't find any uplifting messages in their reports on the economy and housing.
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Worst job on Earth: BP calling all applicants
It could quite possibly be called the worst job on Earth -- and the position is open.
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Consumers not spending like drunken sailors
The economy is heading nowhere fast. That's the bad news. But the good news is that it still seems like consumers may have actually learned a lesson or two about reckless fiscal behavior.
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Recovery spin wars: White House vs. business
The Obama administration gave a positive spin to second-quarter economic numbers released Friday, with the administration's chief economist saying they show a "steady recovery from the recession continues."
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Obama claims credit for auto industry rescue
With the insipid economic recovery and the persistently high unemployment rate chief among voters' concerns, the US president sought to use Detroit as an example of how his government had saved jobs
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Louisiana in search of new oyster supplies
Canada's Prince Edward Island has become an unlikely winner from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as restaurants seek to replace supplies from the southern US state
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US growth slows in second quarter
US growth slowed to an annualised rate of 2.4 per cent in the second quarter but robust business demand suggested that the economy would avoid a feared "double dip" that could drag the world back into recession
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US team to visit Iraq amid political impasse
Senior US officials are expected to visit Iraq in August amid mounting concern that Washington will complete a significant troop withdrawal from the fragile country with no new government in office
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The phoney war over US deficits
Washington's recent trench war over two economic policy choices is the latest clash in a larger debate about whether (and what sort of) deficits are good for the US economy
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BP prepares to seal leaking well with 'static kill'
BP engineers are preparing to pump thousands of litres of heavy "mud" into the top of the ruptured Gulf of Mexico well that has caused the worst oil spill in US history.
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China blasts Clinton's maritime venture
China's military has condemned a US intervention in the dispute over maritime borders in the South China Sea, less than a day after Beijing said it had conducted a large naval exercise in the area
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Ex-CIA chief downplays claims of China 'cyberwar'
Retired CIA chief Michael Hayden added his voice to an effort by the Obama administration and its allies to damp down talk of a "cyberwar" with China
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NY lawmaker faces trial on ethics charges
Accusations by House of Representatives investigators that Charles Rangel committed 13 violations are a blow to the Democrats as the midterm congressional elections loom
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US army suicide rate exceeds national average
The suicide rate in the US army now exceeds the rate across the US as a whole, with an increasing number of active duty soldiers taking their lives due to stress, according to an in-depth army study
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Live chat: your new online salesperson
A year or two ago, it looked like instant messaging and other forms of online chat had reached their full potential as a business tool. Millions of people were using IM to interact with corporate colleagues. Live chat had also become a fixture on websites, giving customers a way to inquire about products and receive answers in real time.
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The hijack-proof truck
You can't go far wrong in a truck equipped with an Astrata box. The device, half the size of a cigarette pack, can be wired into anything that moves - truck, car, shipping container - to head off nearly every conceivable type of disaster.
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Server farm goes solar
Massive data centers are vital to the economy. They are also notorious power hogs. If their numbers keep growing at the expected rate, the United States alone will need nearly a dozen new power plants by 2011 just to keep the data flowing, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Privacy for free online calls
What's more creepily brilliant than ads that follow you around the Web? How about a Skype-like online phone service that listens in on your conversations and serves up ads based on what you say?
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A hard-knock laptop
Computer makers are thrilled when, in today's PC market, they can get more than $1,500 for a high-end laptop. That's why Panasonic's Toughbook line is a standout.
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Say goodbye to the used-car salesman
In late 2005, Stanford student Luke Thomas tried to buy a Land Rover online. After a few frustrating days of trawling Craigslist and driving around the Bay Area, only to find cars that looked better in their photos than in real life, Thomas decided there must be a better way.
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The kopy kat kids
The Samwer brothers never been shy about borrowing ideas. The first company the Cologne-born trio founded was a German-language version of eBay. Later, as venture capitalists, they invested in European startups that were direct knockoffs of YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
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Nana technology
Where can you find upside in the mature high-tech gadget business? Selling gadgets designed for seniors.
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The car of no return
My final leson for you all? Never, ever, drive a nice car. There's no upside to it. Luxury rides are evil: insidious, stealthy things, burrowing into the human subconscious with terrifying ease, whereupon they trip a dopamine depth charge that explodes both your brain and your budget.
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