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Where sports fans can find cheap seats
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 20:24
With the Yankees and Mets contending and playing their final seasons in their current ballparks, tickets don't come cheap. But there are options for budget-conscious New Yorkers who love sports.
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Cuomo sues UBS over auction-rate securities mess
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 16:24
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo sued banking giant UBS on Thursday, accusing the company of fraudulently promoting tens of billions of dollars of auction-rate securities as safe when it knew a crisis was brewing.
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Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 14:33
T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. Hasbro Inc., the company that owns the word game's North American rights, sued the creators of the Scrabulous program on Thursday.
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Nation's largest grocer removes jalapenos over salmonella outbreak
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:32
The nation's largest traditional grocery chain has removed all jalapeno peppers from its stores as a precaution.
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Ford posts worst quarterly performance in its history
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 12:25
Ford Motor Co. posted the worst quarterly performance in its history Thursday, losing $8.67 billion in the second quarter. Ford also said it will retool two more truck and SUV plants to build small, fuel-efficient vehicles.
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New layoff filings jump as companies retrench
Money - NY Daily News - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 10:06
The number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work forces to cope with a slowing economy and fallout from a collapsed housing market.
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IT COULD BE CURTAINS FOR LINENS 'N THINGS
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Linens 'n Things has experienced alarmingly steep sales declines since it went bankrupt, raising worries that the home-furnishings chain may be forced to liquidate its business. The Clifton, NJ-based retailer - taken private in 2005 for $1.3...
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SENSATIONAL BUST
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Battered magazine publisher American Media is inching closer to a deal that would turn over a substantial amount of the company to creditors and deal another blow to its private-equity owners, according to sources familiar with the deal. While...
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SCOOP BAGS BERGDORF EXEC
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Trendy fashion boutique Scoop has plucked a rising star from the lofty management ranks at Bergdorf Goodman, The Post has learned. Scoop - a small, fast-growing chain which is backed by billionaire Ron Burkle's Source Interlink Cos., - has hired...
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GREENBERG NEARS DEAL WITH CUOMO
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Deposed insurance king Hank Greenberg is walking a tightrope toward the end of his long fight with New York officials over the way he ran his empire. Greenberg is said to be in settlement talks with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over...
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A NEW HARD DRIVE
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Less than a month after Bill Gates stepped down as chairman of software giant Microsoft, it looks as if he's found his new career: used car salesman. The billionaire and his $30 billion charitable foundation, which has poured millions into making...
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KNOW WHEN TO FULD 'EM
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Lehman Brothers' hard-charging CEO Dick Fuld might have to resort to some drastic measures - and soon - if he's going to bolster confidence in the fractured investment bank, analysts said. UBS bank analyst Glen Schorr said in a note to clients...
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THE WORST OF TIMES
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
The New York Times is reeling from a triple whammy: sky-high newsstand prices, job cuts and bad news on the downgrade front. The namesake company said yesterday the cover price will go up 25 cents to $1.50 on Aug. 18. It added it will slash more...
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LIMITED DISCLOSURE ON JOBS MAY BITE APPLE
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Two days of erratic trading in Apple shares, driven primarily by questions about CEO Steve Jobs' health and what sources see as Apple's selective disclosure, ought to force the intensely secretive company to make a public statement clarifying his...
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TROUBLED GM IS PUTTING THE ARM ON ITS RETIREES
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
GM doesn't only stand for Gen eral Motors anymore. It also stands for "grab money." With profits down by a shocking amount in the depressed auto industry, the Grab Money Corp. is getting its liquidity from the people who can least afford it - its...
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BUSINESS BRIEFS
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Oil falls Crude oil for Septem ber delivery fell $3.98, or 3.1 percent, to settle at $124.44 a barrel on the Nymex, the lowest close since June 4. Amazon earns Amazon.com posted second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates after consum...
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TOYOTA SALES LEAD GM
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
General Motors Corp., battling to keep its global sales crown, fell further behind Toyota Motor Corp. during the second quarter as a deteriorating US market overshadowed gains overseas. GM dropped 5 percent to 2.29 million vehicles, while Toyota...
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M'SOFT'S YAHOO! BID EXEC EXITS
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Microsoft's Kevin Johnson, who was the architect for the company's bid to buy Yahoo!, is leaving the software maker. Microsoft's Megan Manazir confirmed his departure yesterday. Johnson, who joined Microsoft in 1992, also oversaw the company's...
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NETS SUE VIDEO SITE
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 03:46
Rival networks NBC and Fox have teamed up and filed a joint lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court against the Internet site Redlasso - which streams TV clips for free to bloggers - claiming that the Web site is stealing their programming. Redlasso...
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FIDI KEEPS PERKING UP
Business News - NY Post - Thu, 07/24/2008 - 00:56
District: With Amy Sacco as its "lifestyle consultant," the 163-unit District could have a pretty sweet scene. There's a 12,000-square-foot rooftop terrace with lighted reflecting pools, chaise lounges and cabanas, an indoor pool, a spa, a...
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