We Don't Need No Stinkin' Web Sites
BusinessWeek (USA) - 6-1-2009
Even in the Digital Age, many small businesses may not need to invest the time and money it takes to launch and maintain a full-blown site . How could this be? Considering there are more than 20 million small businesses in the U.S., are we actually saying that something like 10 million small ...
Was Apple 'Adequate but Late' on Jobs?- BusinessWeek (USA)
Jeremy Warner: How to get banks lending once more- The Independent (UK) |
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Wall Street ends higher amid latest economic reports
International Herald Tribune (UK) - 6-1-2009
The Dow Jones industrial average finished up about 62.21 points, or 0.7 percent, at 9,015.10, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 7.25 points, or 0.8 percent, to end at 934.70. The technology-heavy Nasdaq was up 1.5 percent to 1,652.38. Crude oil prices traded above $50 a ...
U.S. markets higher amid latest economic reports- International Herald Tribune (UK)
Oil up to over $50 on Russia gas, Mideast- Reuters (USA) |
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Dunelm expects to accelerate store openings
Reuters (UK) - 6-1-2009
Chief Executive Will Adderley told Reuters the firm expected store openings this year to exceed the seven to eight achieved over the past couple of years. Dunelm has already legally committed to seven sites, it said in a statement and Adderley added: "We have a lot more behind that in advanced ...
Debenhams profits up despite lower sales- The Independent (UK)
Happy Christmas for bargain fashion chain- The Independent (UK)
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Home sales tumble to 7-year low
Reuters (USA) - 6-1-2009
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in November, dropped 4.0 percent to 82.3, the lowest level since the series started in 2001. That was worse than economists' expectations for a 0.1 percent drop. November's reading was 5.3 percent lower than a ... |
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Sterling challenge for UK shops
BBC (UK) - 6-1-2009
This sounds disastrous. But investors in its shares may actually breathe a small sigh of relief that its performance in the last five months of 2008 wasn't even worse, given the gloom that's engulfed the High Street. Also there's comfort to be had from Next's announcement that it's on course to ...
Toyota orders 11-day output halt as sales slump- Reuters (USA)
Toyota shuts plants for 11 days- BBC (UK) |
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Apple's Jobs reassures investors about his health
Reuters (UK) - 6-1-2009
Shares of Apple rose more than 5 percent in midday trade, as Jobs, a pancreatic cancer survivor, said he would remain CEO during his recovery and that his doctors expect him to regain his weight by late spring. "I will be the first one to step up and tell our Board of Directors if I can no longer ... |
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Peter York: The luxury brand that lost its cool
The Independent (UK) - 6-1-2009
It endorsed the rise of the Wedgwood business from just another of the growing group of ceramics producers around Stoke-on-Trent to being the definitive brand, the manufacturer at scale, a proto Industrial Revolution British triumph. Josiah Wedgwood was prodigious – as a businessman, design ... |
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Stocks rise on stimulus plan hopes
Reuters (USA) - 6-1-2009
Investors bet technology stocks would benefit from President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic plan that would include the largest U.S. infrastructure investment since the 1950s. Microsoft ( MSFT.O ) added 1.2 percent to $20.76 after the software maker said it sold 28 million units worldwide ... |
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EU renews threat to regulate credit default swaps
International Herald Tribune (UK) - 6-1-2009
The plan, similar to actions in the United States, came in response to the financial crisis. There's just not sufficient commitment," Oliver Drewes, a spokesman for McCreevy, said Tuesday. "McCreevy will therefore have to consider the appropriate next steps." Drewes declined to say what action the ...
Commerzbank seeking aid for Dresdner- International Herald Tribune (UK)
Euro-zone inflation fell in December- International Herald Tribune (UK)
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Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs
BBC (UK) - 6-1-2009
Retailer Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday it is to cut more than 1,000 jobs, the BBC has confirmed. . The job reductions represent less than 2% of the work force, but will still be seen as a sign of High Street weakness. The jobs will be cut across stores, head office and support ... |
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