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lemon of a deal
Newsweek: If ever there was an example of the old saw "two wrongs don't make a right," this, surely, is it.
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Mars takes a bite out of Hershey
M&M-making Mars is breaking out of its shell. Full story
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States warned about impending meltdown
Businessweek: State whistleblowers tried to curtail greedy lending — but were thwarted by the Bush administration and the financial industry. Full story
Where's the money?
The financial market collapse of the past few weeks has destroyed trillions of dollars in wealth. So where, exactly, did all that money go? Answer Desk
Europe to guarantee bank refinancing
Countries that use the euro will temporarily guarantee future bank debt to encourage lending. Full story
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High anxiety still rules on Wall Street
Investors agonizing over whether the stock market is bottoming out or about to extend its precipitous decline face more uncertainty this week.
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NYC restaurants slammed by financial crisis
New York restaurant owners are seeing the first wave of the financial crisis. Analysts say that people are dining out less often, and when they do they are spending less.
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Insulated from global woes, Iraqi stocks soar
While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming. Investors are seeing gains, especially in the hotel sector.
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GM, Chrysler discussing merger -- source
General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks.
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Mars takes a bite out of Hershey
Mars has crept up on Hershey's dominance of U.S. chocolate buyers. And now, Mars has delivered a chocolate-coated slap in the face, setting up shop in south-central Pennsylvania.
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Greenspan pegs housing recovery to early 2009
Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. housing market will begin to recover in the first half of 2009, according to an article he wrote for Emerging Markets magazine published on Friday.
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How to survive and thrive after a merger
After a merger, employees don’t know what to expect. But if you survive layoffs, it's a good time to come up with a strategy to survive and thrive in the new company.
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Answer Desk: Where did the money go?
The financial market collapse of the past few weeks has destroyed trillions of dollars in wealth. So where, exactly, did all that money go?
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Small biz: Lots of gloom and doom, little data
Small business owners are increasingly pessimistic about the future of the U.S. economy, but it's very hard to quantify their own current fortunes. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
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