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| Super Bowl Tickets Top $16K |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:11:21 -0500 |
| Dante Cassiani of Boston has earned his stripes as a "diehard" New England Patriots fan by driving 950 miles to Indianapolis this weekend in the hope of watching his favorite team play the Super Bowl. |
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| Jason Wu for Target: Fashion for the Masses |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:18:50 -0500 |
| While football fans are gearing up for the Super Bowl, fashion fans may be heading to Target today, where designer Jason Wu is unveiling an affordable Parisian-inspired line that features delicate blouses, pleated skirts, handbags and clutches. While luxury department stores can sell Jason Wu items... |
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| Super Bowl Ups Social Media Ante |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:12:14 -0500 |
| I was at a panel discussion a couple of years ago with David Plouffe, campaign manager for President Obama's 2008 campaign. David said one of the revelations they had during the campaign was that if it wasn't on video, it didn't happen. In a similar vein, social media works best when, well, when there is something to be social about and very few things are as social as sports. In fact, four of the top ten most tweeted moments have been sports moments and every one of those four beat tweets of Osama Bin Laden's death and all but one beat the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami. It should come as no surprise then that the Super Bowl represents for advertisers, not just millions of eyeballs watching the broadcast but also millions of fingers simultaneously sharing their thoughts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. |
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| Google Privacy Policy: Close But No Cigar |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:11:36 -0500 |
| Last week was a pretty good one for the notion of privacy in America, which has increasingly become forlorn and tattered as a result of the advancement of digital technology. |
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| Dow Close Highest Since 2008 |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:20:25 -0500 |
| A strong jobs report pushed stocks higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at the highest level since May 2008 — before the financial crisis, the Associated Press reported. The Dow closed at 12,862 at the end of trading on Friday, up 1.2 percent,... |
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| U.S. Jobs Report Skepticism: As Good As It Gets? |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:21 -0500 |
| January’s jobs report released Friday morning showed that unemployment fell to 8.3 percent as employers added 243,000 jobs, but there are concerns the numbers may be as good as it gets. There is still a long way to go before the country’s labor situation returns to... |
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| S.M.A.R.T. Ways to Increase Your Personal Savings |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:12:18 -0500 |
| If you find yourself already falling behind your New Year’s resolution to put yourself in better financial shape this year, you’re not alone. Saving money and making smart financial decisions are attainable goals but, more often than not, people fall short and end up having... |
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| Pregnant? Please Resign, Conn. Woman's Employer Said |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:05 -0500 |
| Amy Zvovushe, a senior program manager with a marketing company in Connecticut, alleges her employer asked her to resign instead of providing leave after learning she was pregnant, a form of pregnancy discrimination that is all too common in the U.S., advocates say. |
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| Europe may shake up Wall Street's quiet week |
| Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:27:31 GMT |
| The debt crisis will again be top of investors' minds this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the domestic economic calendar. |
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| Time to cheer, and heckle, the Super Bowl ads |
| Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:25:50 GMT |
 Companies are spending millions of dollars for 30 seconds of your attention during the big game. So tell them what works and what doesn't as we live blog the ads throughout.
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| 'Chronicle' tops 'Woman in Black' at box office |
| Sun, 5 Feb 2012 22:21:01 GMT |
 Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as the thriller "Chronicle" edged Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black."
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| Companies with biggest bets on the Super Bowl |
| Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:14:10 GMT |
 A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. But despite spending this much to reach such a massive audience at once, the results are rarely impressive.
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| Recovery is gathering speed, jobs data show |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:57:26 GMT |
 The economy is like a flywheel — it takes a lot to get it going. But once it starts moving, it can pick up speed pretty quickly. Friday’s jobs report shows it’s accelerating.
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| This Bud's for their best Super Bowl ads of all time |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:02:15 GMT |
 While other corporations wring their hands over the decision to pay an average of $3.5 million on a 30 second Super Bowl ad in a down economy, The King of Beers continues to spend.
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| Jobless rate lowest in almost three years |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:51:20 GMT |
| The U.S. economy creates jobs at the fastest pace in 9 months and the jobless rate drops to an almost 3-year low, raising hopes that the labor market is picking up steam. |
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| Boeing checks 787s for carbon fiber delamination |
| Sun, 5 Feb 2012 06:28:35 GMT |
| Boeing is inspecting its newest plane, the 787 Dreamliner for possible repairs to the carbon fiber composite structure of the plane. The issue involves a problem known as delamination. |
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| Do you think economy has turned the corner? |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:21:23 GMT |
| The government reported Friday that the U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January. Do you think the recovery is accelerating? |
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| Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:09:37 GMT |
| By msnbc.com staff and wire Steve Appleton, Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology, has passed away in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, the company said Friday. |
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| N.Y. foreclosure lawsuit could slow home seizures |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:57:40 GMT |
| Bankers struggling to deal with faulty foreclosure paperwork just got hit with another major headache. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, recently tapped by President Obama to head a new task force to investigate mortgage fraud, sued three major U.S. |
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| Companies paid even lower tax rate than Romney |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:28:05 GMT |
| According to new data from the Congressional Budget Office, U.S.-based companies paid only 12.1 percent in taxes on profits earned domestically. This is the lowest rate in four decades. |
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| Woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:42:05 GMT |
| A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant. |
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| Buzz: Paying your taxes, not paying your bills |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:46:21 GMT |
 This week, we asked Life Inc. readers the hypothetical question: What would you give up in exchange for having someone else pay your bills for a month? The most popular answer: Television. “I gave up TV on my own a year ago.
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| Facebook pics lead to worker's comp denial |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:53:51 GMT |
| Pictures of carousing can come back to haunt you, as an injured worker in Arkansas found after his former employer and insurance company unearthed pictures of him online. |
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| Service sector growth highest in nearly year |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:20:09 GMT |
| The pace of growth in the U.S. services sector unexpectedly accelerated in January to its highest level in nearly a year, according to an industry report released on Friday. |
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| Canada tops list of the most-educated countries |
| Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:52:25 GMT |
 In the past 50 years, college graduation rates in developed countries have increased nearly 200 percent, according to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| Greek leaders pause bailout talks |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:01:42 GMT |
| Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement. |
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| Government to oppose rail bonuses |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:46:54 GMT |
| Transport Secretary Justine Greening says she will vote against bonuses for senior Network Rail executives at the company's annual general meeting. |
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| PM urged to cut wind farm subsidy |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:15:53 GMT |
| More than 100 Conservatives are among MPs who have written to the prime minister calling on him to slash subsidies for onshore wind turbines. |
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| Work contacts 'cut dropout rate' |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:37:36 GMT |
| The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests. |
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| Annuity sales 'unfair and opaque' |
| Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:01:34 GMT |
| The way annuities are sold is costing half a million retirees each year as much as £1bn in future pension income, the National Association of Pension Funds says. |
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| Work programme on track: Grayling |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:18 GMT |
| Around 20% of unemployed people who have been on the government's main welfare-to-work scheme, the Work Programme, for at least 6 months have been found a job, the BBC has learnt. |
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| US job numbers show strong growth |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:45:26 GMT |
| The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show. |
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| New Virgin staff pay for checks |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:53:12 GMT |
| Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals. |
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| High Streets bid for £1m funding |
| Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:35:58 GMT |
| The government is looking for 12 run down High Streets in England to share £1m as a part of plans proposed by TV retail guru Mary Portas. |
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| 'Most' Portuguese unions back cuts |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:23 GMT |
| Most Portuguese unions back the government's structural reforms, the Portuguese economy minister, Alvaro Santos Pereira tells the BBC. |
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| RBS boss calls for pay correction |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:08 GMT |
| The chairman of 82% taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) says banker pay has been "high for too long" and needs to be corrected. |
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| Europe hit by Russia gas shortage |
| Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:28:56 GMT |
| Freezing weather sweeping across Europe is causing a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say. |
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| BT fibre optic 'game changer' vow |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:20:17 GMT |
| Fibre optic broadband connections to at speeds of 300 Mbps will be available 'on demand' in the UK next year, BT says. |
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| Cold front ad for Mini backfires |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:49:50 GMT |
| An advertising agency for BMW pays to name Europe's cold weather "Cooper" in Germany, after the firm's Mini Cooper car, but the stunt backfires. |
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| UK download speed gains 'uneven' |
| Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:02:49 GMT |
| Ofcom reports a 22% gain in the UK's average broadband download speed between May and November, but not all ISPs improved. |
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| 1.1 million face £100 tax fines |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:44:16 GMT |
| Just over one million taxpayers face a penalty of £100 for failing to submit their self-assessment tax returns on time, HM Revenue and Customs says. |
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| Personal insolvencies 'down 11%' |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:09:00 GMT |
| Fewer people were declared insolvent in 2011 in England and Wales than in 2010, but the number of companies going bust increased. |
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| 'Sale and rent back' closed down |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:54:29 GMT |
| The sale and rent back industry has been almost completely closed down, says the Financial Services Authority. |
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| Service sector sees strong growth |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:01:06 GMT |
| The UK's service sector grew at its fastest rate since March 2011 in January, according to a closely watched survey. |
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| Eurozone service sector growing |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:47:52 GMT |
| The eurozone's service sector grows for the first time in four months, although Spain and Italy continue to struggle. |
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| With sparse data, focus returns to Europe (Reuters) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:24:17 GMT |
| Reuters - Europe will again be at the center of investors' focus this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction. |
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| Glencore offers 8 percent premium to Xstrata to seal merger: FT (Reuters) |
| Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:09:43 GMT |
| Reuters - Shareholders in global miner Xstrata Plc are set to receive 2.8 shares in commodities trader Glencore International for each Xstrata share, under the terms of their $88 billion (55 billion pounds) proposed merger, the Financial Times reported on Monday. |
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| Greek parties face Monday EU bailout deadline (Reuters) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:39:16 GMT |
 Reuters - Greece's coalition parties must tell the European Union on Monday whether they accept the painful terms of a new bailout deal as EU patience wears thin with political dithering in Athens over implementing reforms.
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| Olympus ex-CEO Woodford sees more revelations (Reuters) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:54:13 GMT |
| Reuters - Official investigations into a massive fraud at Japan's Olympus Corp are highly likely to lead to further revelations on the scandal soon, according to the firm's former chief executive, Michael Woodford, who blew the whistle on the affair. |
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| Markets rally after forecast-busting US jobs data (AP) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:40 GMT |
 AP - Stocks spiked sharply higher on Friday after forecast-busting U.S. jobs figures reinforced hopes that the recovery in the world's largest economy is gathering pace at a time when other regions, notably Europe, may be heading back into recession.
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| A sample of companies that are hiring, at a glance (AP) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:56:37 GMT |
| AP - Employers across a range of industries have stepped up hiring. The economy gained 243,000 jobs in January, the most since last April. The hiring spree helped lower the unemployment rate for a fifth straight month, to 8.3 percent. |
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| Aon Q4 profit rises, but margin pressures persist (Reuters) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:58 GMT |
| Reuters - Aon Corp posted a higher quarterly profit that narrowly beat market estimates, but the world's largest insurance broker continued to face margin pressures in its Aon Hewitt segment for the second-straight quarter. |
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| Pro-EU Niinisto wins Finnish presidency (Reuters) |
| Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:18 GMT |
| Reuters - Pro-Europe politician Sauli Niinisto won Finland's presidency on Sunday in an election that showed voters want to keep the country in the euro zone despite misgivings over European Union bailouts. |
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| New York sues banks over electronic mortgage system (Reuters) |
| Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:54:10 GMT |
| Reuters - New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday sued three major U.S. banks, accusing them of fraud for using an electronic mortgage database that resulted in deceptive and illegal practices. |
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