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Dogs Rule: 'beverly Hills Chihuahua' No. 1 Again - Los Angeles Times
tiny dogs crushed the considerable box-office prowess of russell crowe and leonardo dicaprio to make "beverly hills chihuahua" the first film since august to take the no. 1. spot two weeks in a row. "repeating as no. 1 in this business is really ...
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Business Events And Economic Reports Scheduled
major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week : monday, oct. 13 government closed for columbus day. bond markets closed.
biz.yahoo.com

Small Business: Company Owners Should Check Personal Finances
new york -- the difficult economic times we're in have small-business owners scouring their companies' books, looking for ways to improve cash flow and preserve their profits. they should also be taking that kind of care with their personal finances.
seattlepi.nwsource.com

Major Economic Challenges Face Next President - Newsday
the stock market is on a quick-moving roller coaster, huge financial firms are still sizing up staggering losses and bailouts are barely making a ripple of impact. retailers and restaurants are seeing slowing sales, just as the holiday season gets ...
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World Bank To Protect Poor From Economic Turmoil - Philadelphia Inquirer
washington - the world bank agreed sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil in international markets. robert zoellick, the bank's president ...
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Business Events And Economic Reports Scheduled
major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):
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Chamber Guest Says Small Business Can Survive Economic Melt Down
surviving the current tough economic times was the thrust of a special elk grove chamber of commerce breakfast meeting, oct. 1 at the holiday inn express. featured speaker was jim blasingame, noted small business advocate and national talk show host.
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Law Firms ‘losing Talent Over Hours And Work-life Balance’ - Times Online
the culture in city law firms of working long hours is draining talent from the legal profession, according to research to be published this week. a study among 13 top firms shows that there are still suspicions about home-working and of employees ...
business.timesonline.co.uk

Prostitution Has Not Suffered Drop-off Despite Economic Meltdown - New York Daily News
escorts dylan, nadia and sarah know when a story's got legs. it's still a good time to be morally bankrupt. the plunging dow jones and panicky investors are hardly a problem for the world's oldest profession, where business is still brisk. "the ...
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Cpc Meeting Says Economic Growth Momentum Remains Unchanged
a high-profile meeting of the communist party of china (cpc) ended on sunday by concluding that the overall situation of the country's economy was good and the dynamic of economic growth remained unchanged. "the country's overall economic situation is good. the economy is growing quickly and the financial sector is operating steadily. the basic momentum of the country's economy remains ...
english.people.com.cn

Key Economic Issues To Be Highlighted
manama: investment, construction and insurance are some of the topics to be discussed at an economic forum taking place in bahrain next month.
www.gulf-daily-news.com

Nds Partners With Alcatel-lucent To Protect And Power Mediacorp ... - Msn Moneycentral
nds nnds , the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-tv, today announced that it is providing the core conditional access (ca) security infrastructure for the world ’ s first commercial trial of the new oma bcast scp standard, an ...
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Postcard From The Edge Of The Financial Abyss - Times Online
it has been a long, wearying weekend that the world's most powerful financial officials will likely live to regret. this was the moment when they peered into the abyss of global financial cataclysm — and then decided to take a step closer to the ...
www.timesonline.co.uk

B.c. Business Sector Still Going Strong: Minister
b.c.'s minister of small business and economic development insists the province's small business economy is "firing on almost all cylinders," despite the global financial crisis.
ca.news.yahoo.com

Some Good Economic News For Alberta
small business in canada is strong enough to weather the current economic storm hitting the u.s. with 100,000 new jobs created in the month of august. this according to dan kelly, with the 'canadian ...
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Argentina Eyes Ways To Limit Crisis Fallout-media - Guardian Unlimited
buenos aires, oct 12 (reuters) - argentina's government is considering a host of measures to contain the impact of global financial turmoil amid growing fears of declining output and employment, local media reported on sunday, citing government ...
www.guardian.co.uk

Feature-new Kenyan Brewery To Battle Beer Behemoth - Forbes
naivasha, kenya, oct 13 (reuters) - standing in a massive burgundy-roofed brewery in the kenyan town of naivasha, timothy gikuhi peers at an empty bottle, looking for specks of dirt. the edinburgh-trained chief brewer knows he needs to be thorough if ...
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(afx Uk Focus) 2008-10-12 22:16 Poll-consensus Of Australian Economic Forecasts
sydney, oct 13 (reuters) - the following australian economic indicators and events are scheduled for the next two weeks. ---------------week starting oct 13---------------------------- day time/gmt indicator/event period f/c prev mon 1130/0030 anz job advertisements sep -4.9 tue 1130/0030 nab business survey sep -3 thu 1130/0030 rba bulletin oct fri 1130/0030 export prices q/q q3 +13.5 fri ...
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Several Key Economic Reports Due This Week
heads up: several key economic reports are out this week but may be overshadowed by turmoil in the global markets. four reports are due wednesday: september retail sales and producer price index, august business inventories and the federal reserve's beige book of regional economic conditions.
seattletimes.nwsource.com

Tough Times Call For Smart Business - News.com.au
job cuts aren't the answer to a successful business, and sme's need to sharpen up in order to make some serious cash. unemployment, the biggest threat to small business sales, rose in september. as the stock market turmoil drags on, the reserve bank ...
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