Claiming we gave brief-cases with money without arguments means we’re - Focus Infomation
Sofia. When we claim we’ve given brief-cases with money we should not be surprised we had such results at the general elections on July 5. This is what former interior minister Rumen Petkov stated at the National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist

UF professor, wife arrested for fraud - MyFox Tampa Bay
TALLAHASSEE - (AP) — A University of Florida professor and his wife have been arrested and accused of receiving fraudulent government contracts from NASA and other government agencies and moving the funds to their personal bank accounts, authorities

NM might close state parks because of budget cuts - WTVF
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Say parks might be shut and there could be fewer environmental inspections of oil and gas wells because of looming budget cuts, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration said Friday. Energy, Minerals and Natural

‘Mad Money’ host records show with OU students - Tulsa World
NORMAN — Jim Cramer, the bombastic host of CNBC’s “Mad Money,” taught some classes at the University of Oklahoma on Friday. Then he went on the air, and taught some more. Cramer, whose outlandish style has made him an easy target, concedes that his

UF professor, wife accused of fraud, money laundering - Star-Banner
A University of Florida nuclear engineering professor and his wife were arrested Friday in Gainesville on charges they fraudulently obtained $3.7 million in government contracts and diverted money into personal bank accounts to purchase vehicles and homes

$1.4B of federal stimulus money spent in Washington - Tri-City Herald
OLYMPIA — More than $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money has been spent in Washington, and the influx of cash has helped pay for tens of thousands of jobs, officials said Friday. More than $8.1 billion is destined to be spent in the say, which

Recovery money keeps Md. company flying - WTOP Radio
More than $4.5 billion in recovery funds were funneled to Maryland businesses or schools, directly creating 4,464 jobs, according to the state’s recovery web site. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded large projects, like a $300 million

Con man in Hardin jail deal states he’s broke - Great Falls Tribune
BILLINGS — The California con man who failed in his bid to take over an empty Montana jail testified Friday that he’s out of money, does not have the corporate backing he once claimed and even struggles to pay rent on his apartment. Michael Hilton

Report: Stimulus saves, creates 22,500 Mich. jobs - The Sun News
LANSING, Mich. — The federal government said Friday that recipients of federal stimulus money in Michigan so far have reported saving or creating about 22,500 jobs - the ninth most among the says. The Obama administration, citing information from

Stimulus money funds 18,000-plus jobs in Indiana; 17.000 in Ohio - Palladium-Item
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — President Barack Obama’s federal stimulus package has steered about $848 million to Indiana so far and created or retained almost 18,900 jobs, the White Home said Friday. The figures were included in a new report issued by an

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Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT)

Although Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has much of the business world wrapped around at least some of its software, the largest software company in the world is mostly known for its consumer products. Names like Windows, Zune, Windows Mobile, Sidekick, and Xbox are household terms (well, in gadget households perhaps).

Still, with all those names, why hasn’t Microsoft formed some kind of overall consumer ecosystem so that all these products fit, work, and play together seamlessly?

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Filed under: World wide web, Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), News Corp’B’ (NWS), Technology

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) makes it easier to search for websites, e-mail messages, passages from books and videos. Where you haven’t heard much about Google’s search capabilities — or Google in general — is the music business.

But, that’s about to change. On Wednesday, the search giant announced that it was partnering with music services such as Pandora, Lala, News Corp’s (NASDAQ: NWS) MySpace, and Rhapsody by RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) to help users find, listen to and ultimately buy music on the internet.

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Filed under: Industry, Competitive strategy, International Business Machines (IBM)

In an era in which employers increasingly are having to shift more health-care costs onto employees, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is taking the unprecedented tack of opting to pick up all expenses related to primary care for U.S.-based employees, beginning next year. In doing so, IBM is is among the first U.S. companies to cover primary care at 100%, the Armonk, N.Y.-based computing giant said Thursday.

The move means employees won’t be subject to co-pays or deductibles for in-network primary care with their internist, general or family practitioner, pediatrician or primary osteopath. IBM stated it was able to boost coverage due to the company’s success in implementing wellness programs, an effort begun five years ago.

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Egyptian-funded Globalive not Canadian enough - YAHOO!
Orascom owns 65 percent of Globalive, a structure that was accepted by Industry Canada when its license was allowed last March. Orascom also holds much of Globalive’s debt. However, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said

Japan tech giants slump as SKorean rivals rebound - Yahoo Finance
TOKYO (AP) — Asia’s technology giants are showing blended signs of recovery, with Japan’s electronics makers set to languish in the red this year while South Korean companies rebound sharply from a global industry slump. AP - Panasonic Corp. President

SEK: Record lending volumes to the Swedish export industry - TMCnet
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Oct 30, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — SEK continues to lend record volumes to the Swedish export industry. The volume of new customer financing for the first nine months of the year amounted to Skr 84.0 billion, which was an

Research and Markets: This Essential Report Analyzes the US Financial - PR Inside
Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/73a478/analyzing_the_us_f : ) has announced the addition of the ” Examining the US Financial Services Industry : ” report to their offering. The U.S. financial markets consist of many

Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia - Industry Risk Rating - Just-style.com
This is the replacement for IBISWorld’s October 2007 edition of Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia Industry Risk Ratings Report. Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks

Research and Markets: 2010 U.S. Hotels & Motels Industry Report - PR Inside
Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2c334a/2010_u_s_hotels : ) has announced the addition of the “2010 U.S. Hotels & Motels Industry Report” report to their offering. The Hotels & Motels Industry report, published annually

A-DATA S596 SSD Stated to Be ‘Industry’s Fastest’ - Softpedia
Solid Say Drives have become increasingly present in the market for personal storage solutions, as these Flash-based solutions can now deliver new levels of performance, better power consumption and all for a more inexpensive price tag. On that note

Home Democrats Unveil Health Bill - AOL
WASHINGTON (Oct. 29) - Their work quickly heralded by President Barack Obama, Home Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on private insurers

AIA Canada Pledges Support for CASIS; Industry Groups Call for - Auto Remarketing
OTTAWA, Ontario — With the Automotive Industries Association of Canada agreeing to support the Canadian Automotive Service Information Standard, aftermarket and automaker groups throughout Canada urged lawmakers this week to withdraw Bill C-273, a

Treasury, GMAC in Speaks for Third Round of U.S. Aid - NewsFactor Business Report
The Treasury Department mandated earlier this year that GMAC Financial Services raise an additional $11.5 billion in capital after undergoing a “stress test” along with 18 other banks. While other banks deemed undercapitalized have been able to raise

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Harris woman charged in $1 million money order scam - TMCnet
Oct 29, 2009 (Houston Chronicle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — A Harris County woman has been arrested for distributing nearly $1 million-plus in phony money orders and checks throughout the country. Margaret Montgomery, 49

Recovery Czar Brings Detroit Grant Money - WXYZ
DETROIT (WXYZ) - The White Home auto recovery czar visited Michigan Thursday, bringing with him millions of dollars to help upgrade the state’s power grid. The effort will create construction jobs in the short term and grow Michigan’s green economy

AutoNation Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript - Seekingalpha.com
Welcome to AutoNation’s third quarter earnings conference call. (Operator Instructions). Now, I will turn the call over to Mr. Derek Fiebig, Vice President of Investor Relations for AutoNation. Sir, you may begin. Good morning everyone and welcome to

Burnett pitches money game - New York Post
Forget the Jersey Turnpike; so far, this 105th World Series belongs to the great say of Arkansas. Put on one of your red plastic Razorback hats and get prepared to call the Hogs; Cliff Lee and A.J. Burnett are the breakout stars so far, and they

Starwatch consumer | GM to extend money-back guarantee, Google to test - Kansas City Star
General Motors says its money-back guarantee is going so well that it will extend the program through December. The automaker launched its “May the Best Automobile Win” campaign in September as a way get consumers to try GM automobiles and trucks with minimal

GM Extends Money Back Guarantee - WOWT
General Motors states its money back guarantee is going so well, it will extend the program through December. The automaker launched its “May the Best Vehicle Win” campaign in September as a way get consumers to try GM automobiles and trucks with minimal risk

Former DMV Worker Charged With Skimming Money - KOLO TV Reno
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities say a Nevada Department of Motor Automobiles clerk faces arraignment Dec. 2 on 33 felony charges alleging she skimmed money from vehicle registrations she handled at a Las Vegas-area DMV office. Records show 25-year-old

Keep the money in Ohio - Vindy.com
I am troubled when I see a politician like Sen. Voinovich who lived off the taxpayers as long as I can remember appear on TV and use his office urging voters to vote no on Issue 3 premised on nothing more but a prophetic notion that a passing

Ohio senators curious about casino money - Warren Tribune Chronicle
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some Ohio senators were curious Wednesday about the possibility of plugging the state’s budget hole with money from casinos, should they be approved by voters next week. A few senators asked officials in Gov. Ted Strickland

Receiver sets $1.5B target for Stanford investors - Yahoo Finance
DALLAS (AP) — The lawyer tracking down money lost in what authorities state was a large Ponzi scheme run by R. Allen Stanford states he hopes to gain control of more than $1.5 billion that would be then returned to fleeced investors. AP - FILE - In

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Motorola Q4 outlook raises hope of turnaround - CNN Money
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc forecast a higher-than-expected profit for the current quarter, as it begins to sell two phones based on Google Inc’s Android software in a bid to regain ground lost to Apple’s iPhone. After surprising Wall Street

North Bergen’s Vitamin Shoppe pops its shares on Wall Street - Bridgeton News
NORTH BERGEN — The Vitamin Shoppe Inc. impressed Wall Street Wednesday when its shares opened 15 percent higehr than its initial public offer price and shut higher for the day, according to a report in The Record . The report stated the company

An Ambitious Look at Wall Street’s Convulsions - BusinessWeek
Sorkin’s reporting chops show. He interviewed more than 200 people, spending some 500 hours with top government officials, Wall Street luminaries, and others privy to critical moments. He also gained access to personal e-mails and confidential

Wall Street’s Sham Profits - Wall Street Journal
My colleague Evan Newmark says that third-quarter economic growth is illusory–an economic confection created by heavily subsidized auto and home sales. By that reasoning, what does this sham Main Street recovery state about Wall Street’s apparent

Nikei at three-week closing low - Irish Times
Japan’s Nikkei average slid below 10,000 to a three-week closing low today as a strong yen hurt exporter shares and weak US data renewed worry about global economic growth, sparking a broad sell-off on Wall Street. Japan Airlines rose nearly 3 per

Ingram Micro Beats Wall Street’s Expectations - Orange County Business Journal
Santa Ana’s Ingram Micro Inc., the biggest distributor of technology products and consumer electronics, reported third-quarter results Thursday that were down from a year earlier but beat Wall Street’s expectations. For the three months through

Inside Wall Street - BusinessWeek
At the peak of tech fever in 2000, Cisco Systems ( CSCO ), the largest global provider of Web networking gear for transporting data, voice, and video, crested at 82 a share. After the bubble burst, Cisco stock drifted lower for almost a decade, to 13

5 Stocks That Laugh at Wall Street - Motley Fool
Source: Yahoo! Finance. NA = not available. Nonetheless, beating estimates isn’t enough to make a stock a winner. Analysts are notoriously lousy at forecasting results, and one-time items can sometimes push earnings over the top. Wall Street

Today in History - Mining Journal
This day is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2009. There are 63 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 29, 1929 - known as ”Black Tuesday” - Wall Street crashed, heralding the beginning of the Great Depression. On this date

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Crucial holiday season arrives for video game industry - Daily Journal
Guests play the video game “Madden NFL ‘09″ at the Madden NFL ’09 VIP Premiere celebration hosted by EA Sports and XBox in Los Angeles, August 7, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The holiday season is crunch time for video game

‘Deceptive’ card practices widespread - Tulsa World
None of the credit cards offered online by the 12 largest U.S. banks would meet requirements of new federal curbs on the industry’s rates and fees, a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts said. All of the cards surveyed used practices considered

Research and Markets: Global Top 10 Biotechnology Companies - PR Inside
Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1baa00/global_top_10_biot : ) has announced the addition of the ” Global Top 10 Biotechnology Companies — Industry, Financial and SWOT Analysis : ” report to their offering. Scope. ‘Top 10

Service focus could put life into mortuary industry - NJBIZ
Funeral homes are charging 12 percent more for their basic services compared to last year, but profits are still only about half what they were two decades ago, according to Ed Horton , managing partner of the funeral services industry group of the

China Lifts U.S. Pork Ban - Industrial Distribution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese officials have agreed to lift the ban on U.S. pork imports they imposed earlier this year out of fear of swine flu. The announcement, made on Thursday, is a major boost to the beleaguered U.S. pork industry, which had

Research and Markets: 2010 U.S. Printing Industry Report - PR Inside
Research and Markets ( www.researchandmarkets.com/research/350f32/2010_u_s_printing : ) has announced the addition of the ” 2010 U.S. Printing Industry Report : ” report to their offering. The Printing Industry report, published annually, contains

China to pursue trade case against US automakers - AOL
WASHINGTON -China has told the U.S. that it will take steps that could lead to higher tariffs on imports of autos made by GM, Chrysler and Ford. Steve Collins, president of industry trade group the American Automotive Policy Council, stated Wednesday

GM shows signs of progress as its trucks, new vehicles drive up sales - Detroit Free Press
For the first time in 21 months, General Motors Co. is on track to see its first monthly sales increase, compared with the same time period a year ago, thanks, in part, to new products and strong pickup sales. GM and other automakers won’t report

Businessman sentenced for Alaska bribery cases - KTVB
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The businessman at the center of a federal investigation of corruption in Alaska politics has been sentenced to three years in prison. Bill Allen, former chief executive of VECO Corp., was sentenced Wednesday and fined $750

Coal industry knew about fraudulent letters - Politico.com
A coal industry association waited until several weeks after a major Home vote on climate legislation to let lawmakers know that letters sent to them opposing the bill were fraudulent, according to a congressional investigation. The American

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Filed under: Before the bell, International markets, Market matters, Economic data, Oil, Housing

U.S. stock futures declined Wednesday morning a day after stocks mostly fell on mixed economic data and some earnings disappointments. Today is another busy day of earnings and economic releases, including durable goods orders and new home sales.

On Tuesday, U.S. stocks fell for a third straight session after a surprise drop in consumer confidence. Despite a good housing report, and even as the Dow’s oil giants and IBM (NYSE: IBM) saved the Dow from finishing in the red (BP (BYSE: BP) on good earnings, and IBM increased its share repurchase plan), tech staged a selloff and the Nasdaq composite fell 1.2%. The S&P 500 fell 0.3%.

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Va. man gets 5 years for fraud at Army bases, including Tobyhanna - Pocono Record
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — A Virginia man involved in a bribery and fraud scheme at military installations in Pennsylvania and Virginia has been sentenced to five years in prison. Forty-eight-year-old Derrick Jackson of Stafford, Va., was sentenced

Americans cash out 401(k) funds when they lose a job - study - Yahoo Finance
Almost half of U.S. workers who left their job last year cashed out their 401(k) accounts, according to a study released Wednesday, despite ongoing efforts to dissuade Americans from doing so. Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting

Stimulus money available for Kentucky farms - Lexington Herald-Leader
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear states $850,000 in federal stimulus money is now available to Kentucky farmers for projects to improve energy efficiency. The program will provide 25 percent reimbursement of the actual cost of federally qualified

Cheated winner wants lottery money - The Chronicle Herald
AUSTIN, Texas — A 67-year-old who claims he was defrauded out of a $1-million winning lottery ticket stated he’ll sue the Texas Lottery Commission for the money unless it pays him. Willis Willis “should not be forced to sue to collect his prize

MONEY MARKETS-Korean swaps basis narrows, India swaps down - Reuters
SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Interest rate swaps fell in India and South Korea on Thursday, with traders citing the sell-off in Asian stocks as a larger reason for the rates rally than an ongoing paring back of expectations for rate rises. In New

Bright ideas for energy money? - Allentown Morning Call
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski outlined Wednesday how the city plans to spend $1 million in federal money aimed at helping the city and its residents conserve energy. The money will help pay for solar-powered trash compactors, motion-sensor lighting

The budget priced Nokia 2700 Classic offers excellent value for money - PRLog (free press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 29, 2009 – As far as budget phones go, the Nokia 2700 Classic is impressive. With a variety of features that are usually found on higher priced models, its aim of offering value for money has been achieved with

eBay stops auction helping shooting suspect - News-Leader.com
Kansas City — On the internet retailer eBay said Tuesday it will block an auction planned to raise money for the man charged with killing Kansas abortion provider George Tiller. Supporters of the man had stated that they wanted to raise money to pay for Scott

Teenagers try to save money for college - Post-Tribune
Teens: A recent survey by TD AMERITRADE found that teens are putting money away for college and this is their top savings goal. The results of the survey show that 62 percent of teens between the ages of 14 and 19 save money for higher education

Report: U.S. government overstated number of jobs created under - Nashville Tennessean
A child-care center in Florida stated it saved 129 jobs with the help of stimulus money. Instead, it gave pay raises to its existing employees. Elsewhere in the U.S., some jobs credited to the stimulus program were counted two, three, four or even more

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