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The market strikes back
WASHINGTON -- We now know the promise and peril of paper wealth. In the last 15 years, the stock market's convulsions ought to have rattled even hardy investors. Twice -- after the popping of the "tech bubble" in 2000 and after the financial crisis in...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, Stock Market, Bonds, Satellite and Cable Service
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Meat cleaver needed on spending
Between the time I write this and the time you read it, the government may have actually cut spending because of the sequester, at least for a day or two. Or perhaps President Obama and Congress crafted some deal that, as usual, simply kicked the can down...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Social Security, Money and Monetary Policy, National Government, Budget Control Act of 2011
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Moving, slowly, toward a la carte cable
The cable company Cablevision says it's just looking out for consumers in its lawsuit against Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, over bundled programming packages that drive monthly bills higher. And the company is correct — to a point. ------...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Time Warner Cable Inc., Marketing
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Herbalife battle shows how the game is rigged
What are we to make of the ability of hedge-fund managers and other influential investors to manipulate the market with impunity and make millions of dollars doing it? The question was raised anew on Feb. 16 after news broke that Daniel Loeb of Third...Tags: Securities, Carl Icahn, Crime, Law and Justice, Mary Jo White, Mutual Funds
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Flacco's Branford-Based Agent Joins Post-Super Bowl Whirlwind
The Hartford Courant"Hang on one second," Joe Linta says suddenly over the phone the other night from his Branford home. In the background, you suddenly hear Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome on the NFL Network talking about Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco and Linta'...Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, NFL Network (tv network), Matt Birk, Football, Bjorn Borg
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Apple invests in U.S. so U.S. can invest in Apple
Whatever problems Apple is having with its Maps app — the latest embarrassment has police in Australia branding it "potentially life threatening" for drivers who are stranded in the middle of the desert — its inner compass appears to be in...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Corporate Officers, Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Fiscal Cliff
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Let's Have Hugs, Prayers And No More Need For Tributes
The Hartford CourantJohn Prior saw the news flash across CNBC on Friday and it staggered him. "I was absolutely stunned," Prior said as he stood in the biting December rain early Sunday night outside Gillette Stadium. "We had our first murder last year in Westport in...Tags: New York Giants, Gillette Stadium, Football, Health and Medical Professionals, Daryl Richardson
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Rosenthal: Shivers in Chicago as ICE plans takeover of NYSE Euronext
Never mind that winter is upon us. It is the chill of ICE from Atlanta descending on New York causing goose bumps for those connected with Chicago's trading exchanges. No one knows for certain what the impact will be of upstart IntercontinentalExchange'...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financial Markets, Securities, Stock Market, Chicago Board Options Exchange
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Avoiding the 'fiscal cliff' but falling anyway
It would be bad enough if the purveyors of economic and fiscal misdirection had done no more than describe a certain event looming at the end of this year as the "fiscal cliff." The imagery evokes an elemental crisis that can be avoided only by the...Tags: Public Finance, Government Debt, White House, Social Security, Fiscal Cliff
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Hostess asks court for OK to close operations, sell off brands
Hostess Brands -- the maker of such iconic baked goods as Twinkies, Devil Dogs and Wonder Bread -- announced Friday that it is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close its operations, blaming a strike by bakers protesting a new contract...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Financially Distressed Companies, Hostess Brands, Inc., Bankruptcy, Career and Workplace
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Political Punditry Is Appealing Profession
The Hartford CourantIf you are looking for something to be when you grow up, you might want to consider political punditry. Besides not requiring any manual or mental heavy lifting, the other great thing about political punditry is that there is no accountability. Really,...Tags: Karl Rove, Candy Crowley, Rush Limbaugh, Mitt Romney, Donald Trump
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'Arbitrage' review: Fails the test of "Is it better than a 'Law and Order' episode?"
**1/2 (out of four) Ruthlessly pursuing a billionaire he’s sure deserves to be punished, detective Bryer (Tim Roth) laments, “He does not get to walk just because he’s on CNBC.” Frustration toward the invincibility of the rich...
Tags: Entertainment, Economy, Business and Finance, Securities, Tim Roth, Richard Gere
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