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New Home Sales Fall 35% YoY

bubblemeter.blogspot.com     27-Aug-2008   13 related          

From CNN Money:The government offered more discouraging news about the housing sector on Tuesday, reporting that new home sales rose slightly in July only after revising the previous month's number sharply lower.Sales for...                    

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Samsung Tweaks SSD Design for Low-Cost, Low Density Drives for Netbooks [Ssds]

gizmodo.com     27-Aug-2008   25 related          

Samsung came up with news that it was going to make 128GB SSDs cheaper last month, and now its saying that it's adjusted its production to also give low-cost, low-density 32GB drives. The SATA II drives will be just 30%...                    

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Honda shows Detroit how to thrive in the long run

bloggingstocks.com     27-Aug-2008          

Filed under: IndustryThe auto industry is deep in the weeds right now, particularly in the United States. American manufacturers are hemorrhaging money -- General Motors (NYSE: GM) alone has lost $30 billion in the last...                    

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Barack Obama and John McCain's Economic Platforms

wordpress.com     27-Aug-2008   1,015 related          

Since so many people have been asking lately what both candidates are hoping to do about the number one issue on Americans minds, I decided to do some research and go ahead and show you guys. Barack Obama Give more tax...                    

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Sony's CEO still talking up FFXIII exclusivity in Japan

joystiq.com     27-Aug-2008   3 related          

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, RPGs, Business When we spoke with SCEA president Jack Tretton during E3 about Final Fantasy XIII going multiplatform in the US, he was quite frank about the impact the...                    

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Clean-Tech Venture Capitalist Speaks to the Democrats

nytimes.com     27-Aug-2008   2 related          

Venture capital got a prime-time spot at the Democratic National Convention when Nancy Floyd, founder and managing director of Nth Power, a San Francisco clean-tech venture capital firm, addressed the crowd Tuesday. She...                    

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The Four Horsemen of Economic Apocalypse

realclearpolitics.com     27-Aug-2008   1 related          

Like most conservatives, I look at the looming November election with a certain sense of gloom. While Senator McCain has a good shot at taking the White House, Democrats look certain to expand their majorities in both the...                    

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YCombinator: The Art of the Open House

guykawasaki.com     27-Aug-2008          

YCombinator is a new kind of venture capitalist that focuses on $20,000 investments to help entrepreneurs go from "idea to company." They admit two "batches" of entrepreneurs per year for a three-month period. At the end...                    

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China’s machine tool sector faces opportunities

chinarealnews.typepad.com     27-Aug-2008          

2008-08-27 Beijing A combination of inflation, soaring raw material prices, the appreciation of the yuan and increased labor costs have posed unprecedented pressure to China’s auto manufacturing and machine tool sectors....                    

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Profits Decline at Two Canadian Banks

nytimes.com     27-Aug-2008          

Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia, the first Canadian banks to report third-quarter earnings, said profits declined on rising loan losses. Bank of Montreal, Canada’s fourth-biggest bank, said net income for the...                    

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