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New Moon MadnessFri Nov 20th, 2009
Laurie Petersen They’re baaaaaaaack! Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the cast of the vampire romance The Twilight Saga: New Moon are expected to take a big bite from movie theater box offices this weekend. And if th |
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Abercrombie Is Worn Out and Quickly FadingThu Nov 19th, 2009
Kristin Graham Since listing five reasons to sell Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) back in August, the retail stock has risen another 32%. Year to date, the stock is up over 75%. And what really takes the cake is Gold |
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Six Reasons We Need the RichThu Nov 19th, 2009
Scott Reeves Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, best known for chronicling the rich in The Great Gatsby, supposedly said to Ernest Hemingway, “The rich are different than you and me.”To which Hemingway rep |
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Five Things: Social Mood Fuels the China BullWed Nov 18th, 2009
Kevin Depew Social Mood Fuels the China Bull"China, despite its 5,000-year burden of history, has emerged as a dynamo of optimism, experimentation and growth," enthuses a Time magazine piece about Chin |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Frank StronachWed Nov 18th, 2009
Scott Reeves Frank Stronach, chairman and founder of Magna International (MGA), launched his empire by making 300,000 sun visor brackets for General Motors. The rest, as they say, is history.Nine years after the |
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Rags to Riches CEOs: Lloyd BlankfeinWed Nov 18th, 2009
Megan Barnett Lloyd Blankfein is a survivor. As the CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS), he's one of the few Wall Street chiefs to emerge from the financial crisis with his firm -- and his job -- intact.He’s certainly |
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Quote, Unquote: The Heavenly Work of BankersFri Nov 13th, 2009
Justin Rohrlich “I’m just a banker doing God’s work.”-- Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS) “Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.”-- Ge |
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Furloughs, Flu Throw Families Into FluxFri Nov 13th, 2009
Laurie Petersen The email from the school nurse this week was polite, but firm.“H1N1 is now widespread in New Jersey -- in every county,” it read. “Even though we’ve had no cases, it’s |
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Hunting Down Predators for Big ReturnsWed Nov 11th, 2009
Josh Lipton Christian Andreach isn’t betting on a strong rebound here in the US. But the 36-year-old professional stock picker is wagering on faster growth overseas, a view confirmed by the many C-suite ex |
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Six Ways We're Stifling the UnemployedFri Nov 6th, 2009
Marissa Carl Even though we brace for the worst, when the unemployment numbers are announced each month, it’s hard not to be shocked. With the news on Friday that the unemployment rate is now at 10.2%, no o |






