| GMAC headed for $5 billion loss
January 5, 2010 at 5:04 pm
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| GMAC, the troubled finance company that last week scored a third government bailout, said Tuesday it expects to post a record fourth-quarter loss of $5 billion. |
| Auto sales: Good end to terrible year
January 5, 2010 at 4:49 pm
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|  The auto industry ended its worst year in memory with one of its best sales months of the year. |
| Apple gets tough, buys mobile ad firm
January 5, 2010 at 4:39 pm
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|  Apple said on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising and publishing company. |
| 3-D TV coming soon to your living room
January 5, 2010 at 4:35 pm
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|  Brace yourself! 3-D entertainment is coming to a television set near you. |
| CNN.com: Google unveils Nexus One smartphone
January 5, 2010 at 1:44 pm
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| 2010: Year of the dollar?
January 5, 2010 at 1:40 pm
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| Happy New Year indeed! The financial markets got off to a hot start on the first day of trading Monday. Name an asset and it likely went up. |
| U.S. job satisfaction hits 22-year low
January 5, 2010 at 1:00 pm
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|  Fewer than half of U.S. workers are satisfied with their jobs, the lowest level since record-keeping began 22 years ago, said a report released Tuesday. |
| Severe unemployment worsens in cities
January 5, 2010 at 11:33 am
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|  The number of U.S. metropolitan areas with jobless rates above 15% increased in November, according to government figures released Tuesday, despite the biggest one-month drop in the national rate in more than three years. |
| Cashing in on the Super Bowl
January 5, 2010 at 10:48 am
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|  When caterer Francine Powers got summoned to the big leagues, the call came out of the blue: The phone in her home office rang, and on the other end was an invitation to try out for a shot at the Super Bowl. |
| App Store tops 3B downloads
January 5, 2010 at 10:44 am
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|  Apple announced Tuesday that its App Store has surpassed 3 billion downloads from iPhone and iPod touch users. |
| NYT (hearts) Apple's iSlate
January 5, 2010 at 10:38 am
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| Homebuyers sign 16% fewer contracts
January 5, 2010 at 10:35 am
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|  Homebuyers abandoned the market in droves during November: They signed 16% fewer sales contracts than the month before. |
| Buffett votes against Kraft bid for Cadbury
January 5, 2010 at 10:27 am
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| Kraft's biggest shareholder isn't sweet on the food giant's hostile bid for candy maker Cadbury. |
| Google's mobile phone madness
January 5, 2010 at 10:16 am
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| The myth of 'Cadillac Care'
January 5, 2010 at 9:55 am
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|  Can you tell a Chevy Malibu from a Cadillac Escalade? I'm sure you can, but I've got doubts about the 60 Senators in Washington who want to impose a stiff excise tax on what they call "Cadillac Care" health plans to raise revenue and reduce health spending. |
| Stocks dip at open
January 5, 2010 at 9:51 am
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|  Stocks started out lower Tuesday, following a start-of-the-year runup on economic optimism. |
| Hyundai smokes the competition
January 5, 2010 at 9:45 am
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| Board pay: Unchecked and out of hand
January 5, 2010 at 9:40 am
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|  Here's a strong opinion right upfront: High pay for outside directors of corporations guts the whole idea of these representatives of the shareholders making independent judgments. How does a board member challenge a CEO when the director is being paid oversize amounts likely to be important to his or her lifestyle? |
| Hyundai: Toughest car company around
January 5, 2010 at 9:15 am
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|  The Korean carmaker is speeding to the head of the pack with a focus on quality and a push into the luxury-car game. |
| Help! Can I retire early?
January 5, 2010 at 8:39 am
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|  Kevin ford has worked as an engineer in the Detroit auto industry for more than three decades - currently for the car company that best suits his name. His wife, Janice, is also a veteran of the field, a fellow engineer who even ran her own dealership for a few years before leaving the industry in 2005 to do part-time business development consulting. Kevin hoped to follow her into retirement at age 55, and two years ago that seemed doable. The family had nearly $1 million saved, plus a hefty pension; they had no debt besides a $300,000 mortgage; their son, Darrell, was out of college and daughter, Kimberly, would be done in 2011. | |
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