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April 8, 2008
The transformation of the news business might be taking its first big-name casualty soon.
The April 8 New York Times reported network-giant CBS is in negotiations with CNN to outsource its…
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April 8, 2008
It’s an epic debate for the environmentally conscious – the tree versus the solar panel. Which does more for the environment?
The debate found a battleground in California, and the April 7 “CBS Evening News” highlighted the legal conflict…
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April 7, 2008
Living with a global economy has given protectionists plenty to gripe about.
In the 1970s and 1980s, it was the Japanese. At other times European investors have been the object of protectionist scorn. But over the last 20 years, it has…
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April 4, 2008
People love rooting for the underdog and it appears the media is no exception.
A Staten Island family was somehow able to secure a $335,000 mortgage with only a $30,000-a-year income.…
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April 4, 2008
You’re going to need a few extra bucks to pay for those corn flakes every morning.
CNN’s senior business correspondent Ali Velshi let viewers in on an underreported fact about rising commodities…
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April 4, 2008
The momentum of embryonic stem cell research will be changing direction if Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has his way.
Specter forecasted that federal funding will be used to pay for embryonic stem cell research. He was promoting his book “…
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April 3, 2008
It’s another case of your government working for you, instead of you working for yourself.
After the Federal Reserve engineered a plan for JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) to take over ailing…
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April 3, 2008
Giving financial advice, especially on TV, is more dangerous than you might think.
CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer appeared on the April 3 “Squawk Box” and claimed he has received “a lot of…
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April 3, 2008
Though economists are less than certain, a U.S. economy in recession is a foregone conclusion for many in the media. The April 3 NBC “Today” show offered a light at the end of an economic tunnel, however.
Natalie Morales declared…
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April 2, 2008
♪♫ ♪ Bad boys, bad boys – what ya gonna do? What ya gonna do when the foreclosure police come for you? ♪♫ ♪
That sounds like a theme song for some really bad reality television. However, ABC’s April 2 “Good Morning…