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Sony "has A Business To Run" And Shareholders Come First - Dailytech
sony has clearly said “no” to calls for a ps3 price cut in time for the holiday season. at the games 3.0 conference in london, sony computer entertainment managing director ray maguire told videogamer.com a ps3 price cut was not planned . maguire ...
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Flaherty: Won't Run Surplus "at Any Price"
the canadian government is on guard against structural deficits but it will not engineer a budget surplus "at any price", financial minister jim flaherty told a business lunch on wednesday.
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Federal Court Kills Patents On Business Methods
the decade of patents on business methods looks to be ending. ten years ago, in a case called state street bank vs. signature financial group , a federal circuit court found that novel methods for doing business on computers were patentable.
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Airlines Launch Fare Sale For Holiday Travel Season - Usa Today
the major u.s. airlines have cut many fares for the thanksgiving and christmas seasons. the airlines, in the midst of their worst year since at least 2005, may see the price-cutting as necessary in the face of a slumping economy that could cut into ...
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Bay Area Housing Starts Down 81 Percent From 2006 - St. Petersburg Times
if the tampa bay area's existing-home sales are in a trough, new-home construction has plunged into the grand canyon. builders started just 1,155 homes in the third quarter that ended sept. 30. that's 81 percent down from the peak of 6,162 housing ...
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Tin Price: Oct 30
tin price up us$600 per tonne kuala lumpur, oct 30 (bernama) -- on the kuala lumpur tin market, business was done today at us$15,200 per tonne (ex-smelter), up us$700 per tonne from yesterday, on a turnover of 75 tonnes. -- bernama hbs hbs
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Appeals Court Rejects Business Method Patents
a u.s. patent appeals court ruled on thursday that business methods, such as amazon.com inc's one-click to buy goods on the internet, cannot be patented.
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No Need To Fear House Price Dive: Rba - Brisbane Times
house prices in australia are not set for precipitous falls, as in the us, nor are household balance sheets suffering too badly, says the reserve bank deputy governor, ric battellino. he said that despite the sharemarket plunge, annual returns on ...
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Barclays In £6.5bn Boost - The Independent
a year into the crunch, £30,000 wiped off average house price america heads towards recession hamish mcrae: once house prices stop falling, we can start thinking about recovery steve richards: mr darling, the master of contortion wpp warns of 'very ...
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Business Forecast: More Air Travel Price Hikes On The Way
a new forecast from american express predicts domestic economy class airfares will rise by up to 4 per cent next year.
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Sun Posts $1.7b Loss For Fiscal 1q
sun microsystems inc. posted a $1.7 billion loss for its latest quarter thursday as the maker of servers and business software wrote down the value of the company because of the slow economy and a huge decline in its stock price.
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Oil Price Falls Below Us$66 Per Barrel On Recession Fears - China Post
london -- oil prices fell below us$66 a barrel thursday after data showed the u.s. economy shrinking in the last quarter. light, sweet crude for december delivery fell us$1.83 to us$65.67 a barrel in electronic trading on the new york mercantile ...
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Jeremy Warner: Housing Market Takes Another Beating - The Independent
a year into the crunch, £30,000 wiped off average house price america heads towards recession hamish mcrae: once house prices stop falling, we can start thinking about recovery steve richards: mr darling, the master of contortion wpp warns of 'very ...
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U.s. Appeals Court Narrows Standard For Business-method Patents
oct. 30 (bloomberg) -- the federal appeals court that handles patent cases set out new rules that may make it harder to obtain protection for inventions on ways of doing business and computer software.
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Calendar Of Major Business Events Friday
major business events and economic events scheduled for friday: washington -- commerce department releases personal income and spending for september, 8:30 a.m.
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Maki: What's Your Bid On Today's Showcase? - Globe And Mail
so this is how the nhl corners the desperate housewives ticket-buying market. come next thursday, four members of the los angeles kings will appear on the price is right television game show hosted by funnyman drew carey. the players – derek ...
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Stocks Finish Higher - Businessweek
u.s. stocks finished higher thursday after economic data beat wall street's low expectations. the u.s. gross domestic product fell 0.3%, about in line with economists' forecasts and confirmed predictions the nation is heading for a recession. an ...
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International Paper Operating Profit Climbs
international paper co on thursday posted a third-quarter profit that topped expectations, helped by price increases and gains from its recent acquisition of weyerhaeuser's packaging business.
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People: Katie Price... Daniel Craig... Jonathan Ross
“everyone here has been very welcoming, there’s no snobbery,” enthused katie price – jordan – after making her debut in the horse of the year dressage masterclass on glamour girl.
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People: Katie Price... Daniel Craig... Jonathan Ross - Times Online
“everyone here has been very welcoming, there’s no snobbery,” enthused katie price – jordan – after making her debut in the horse of the year dressage masterclass on glamour girl. but now the nosebag set has taken full revenge in the weekly ...
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