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The Breakdown: Economy
Scoop! Ben & Jerry's supports Occupy Wall Street
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 10, 2011
Ben and Jerry's lent its impeccable liberal credentials to the Occupy Wall Street protests today. Or its cows did, at least. The ice cream compan...
How China's growth could help us
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 7, 2011
If the jobs news today didn't inspire you, consider reading the latest report from the Boston Consulting Group....
Top banana -- Jobs bio hits No. 1 on Amazon
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 6, 2011
How much did people love Steve Jobs?
Enough to push his biography to the top of the Amazon bestseller list -- even though the book hasn't even b...
Hiring up for the holidays
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 5, 2011
The department store Kohl's is hiring 40,000 seasonal workers for the holidays. That's up five percent from last year. Macy's, JC Penney and Meij...
Casino cheating rises
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Paddy Hirsch
Oct 4, 2011
We know people are gambling more in this down economy - but cheating more too? The *Las Vegas Sun *quotes security officials at gaming firms sayi...
Iced out - Friendly's to file for bankruptcy
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 30, 2011
Riskiest restaurant stocks, based on Prof Ed Altman's Altman-Z score
source: The Street.com
There's nothing like an ice cream to boost your mor...
Debit downer: BofA to charge card fee
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 29, 2011
Five bucks a month. That's what you'll be paying for a Bank of America debit card starting next year.
For public good, not for profit.
Murders & acquisitions -- traders are psycho: study
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 28, 2011
It's something that all of us, even traders themselves, have suspected -- traders are even more psycho than the average psycho!...
Goldman Sachs cuts go deep
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Paddy Hirsch
Sep 27, 2011
Goldman Sachs announced several months ago that it would make deep cuts in its operations to save as much as $1.2 billion. Today we heard those c...