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November 19, 2007
Just as the holiday season is cranking up, CBS is clamping down. Even strong numbers at Wal-Mart don’t satisfy the negative network. The November 18 “CBS Evening News” kept up its predictable pessimism about the…
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November 19, 2007
It is a rare edition of CNN’s “Your $$$$$” that does not hint at or mention recession.
The November 17 edition featured a graphic titled “RECESSION WATCH” with a quote from guest Britt Beemer,…
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November 19, 2007
CNN’s “American Morning” anchor John Roberts referred to high gas prices as “highway robbery” as they “[jumped] up over last year’s holiday drive.”
Reporter Alina Cho also warned that “Experts…
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November 16, 2007
So what’s another $1 trillion as long as it’s for a good cause?
Apparently not much according to Woody Tasch, the chairman of Investors’ Circle, a company that describes itself as a “community…
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November 16, 2007
One Los Angeles councilwoman wants to take a bite out of obesity by blocking fast food restaurants. CNN served up its November 16 report on the food fight with extra relish calling it “a good first step.” …
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November 15, 2007
It has become routine. Once a month, California-based RealtyTrac releases national foreclosure statistics and once a month, all three networks include a foreclosures story in their November 14 newscast.
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November 15, 2007
The media are in love with billionaire Warren Buffett. But it’s not for his charitable donations, nor his wise investing sense – it’s because he’s been on a class warfare crusade calling for more taxes on wealthy Americans.
“[A]…
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November 15, 2007
High gas prices may have a lot of people down, but apparently they also have someone feeling homicidal.
According to CNN’s November 15 “American Morning” Shell president John Hofmeister has…
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November 14, 2007
Upon the news of Wal-Mart’s robust third-quarter earnings and predictions of a “strong” holiday shopping season, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged into positive territory, closing up 320 points after several…
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November 14, 2007
National Public Radio’s coverage of oil hitting $100 a barrel this week has uncovered another underreported angle to oil profits: funding future explorations.
In NPR’s “Morning Edition”…