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Monthly Archive September, 2008

Financial sector chaos new worry for BCE sale

September 16, 2008

Uncertainty has again crept into the minds of BCE Inc. investors as the phone giant continues to work toward closing a $52 billion privatization deal […]

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Banks seen offering plan to restore confidence

September 15, 2008

NEW YORK–As the outlook for Lehman Brothers appeared to dim Sunday, U.S. and foreign banks joined forces to create a plan aimed at inoculating […]

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Do you live from paycheck to paycheck?

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Percentage of workers who say they always or usually live paycheck to paycheck, according a nationwide survey by CareerBuilder.com.
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Percentage of workers […]

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Unexpected drop in retail sales in August takes U.S. by surprise

September 14, 2008

WASHINGTON–Frugal American shoppers cut back again in August, driving down sales at the country’s retailers for the second month in a row – further […]

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Furniture Brands to shutter Broyhill plants, consolidate output at Lenoir, N.C. facility

September 12, 2008

Furniture Brands International Inc. is consolidating all five of its Broyhill upholstery manufacturing and warehousing sites in North Carolina into a single facility in […]

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Lehman must convince market it can deliver

September 11, 2008

NEW YORK–Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. has presented its rescue plan. Now it has to convince Wall Street it can make good on its promises.
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Concerns over capital shave 45% off shares

September 10, 2008

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade yesterday amid investor concerns that the battered investment bank is […]

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Tripos buys software maker

Tripos made a $57 million cash acquisition on Tuesday, less than 18 months after a California private equity firm bought Tripos’ software business for […]

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Reap GDP? Maybe not, critics say

NEW YORK — It was a rare bit of stellar economic news: The Commerce Department last month revised the Gross Domestic Product upward, saying […]

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London Stock Exchange crippled by system outage

September 8, 2008

The London Stock Exchange (LSE.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) suffered its worst systems failure in eight years on Monday, forcing the world’s third […]

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