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Malcolm Berko: I was wrong in '09, but I'm still cautious about Apple
Dear Mr. Berko: In October 2009, you roundly criticized Apple’s iPod as useless and suggested that the stock should not be bought
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'New normal' or 'new mix' for U.S. economy?
WASHINGTON — The “new mix” is out to topple the “new normal” as the paradigm for America’s economic future
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Retailer.JPG Political arguments a nightmare for retailers
NEW YORK — Guns. Religion. Abortion. These are the no-win arguments that spoil family gatherings — and the stuff of retailers’ nightmares
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Study: Hearts may swoon with stocks
Duke researcher finds link between stocks, heart attacks
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Chinese migrant workers line up outside a train station in Guangzhou, China, on Feb. 1. Young Chinese workers’ attitudes and expectations about work are vastly different from their parents’. China's new generation getting picky about factory jobs
Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car p...
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Retail_S_02.JPG RETAIL SALES SHOW SURPRISING FEB. GAIN
WASHINGTON — Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers refused to let snowstorms stop them from stepping up purchases for everything from clothes to appliances
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Exec finds PR riches in reality TV fame
Waste Management’s president is learning that reality-television shows may be one man’s trash TV and another’s public-relations treasure
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China to Google: Obey law
BEIJING — China’s top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or “pay the consequences,” giving no sign of a possible compromise in their disput...
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Colombian coal off to China
Asia seeing a surging demand, rising prices
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Cadmium_.JPG Feds recall more children’s jewelry in cadmium probe
Federal safety regulators recalled a line of Christmas-themed bracelets Thursday, expanding their effort to purge children’s jewelry boxes and store shelves of items containing high levels of the ...
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