January 6th, 2009 by Money broker
The Swiss computer peripherals firm announces hundreds of job cuts for the first time ever. The consumer slump is now affecting all things that go 'click': Logitech International, the Swiss-based maker of computer mice, keyboards and videogame ...
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January 6th, 2009 by Stock market
AP - Two more months of mortgage payments and retiree Allan Goldstein says he'll be broke, just another victim in what may be the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.
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January 6th, 2009 by Money broker
by CNNMoney.com staff NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- US stocks were set to open mixed Tuesday ahead of new reports on services, home sales and manufacturing.
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January 6th, 2009 by Stock market
AP - Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade overnight in the U.S. and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy would start to recover later this year.
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January 6th, 2009 by European Economy
AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares climbed 0.11 percent to 4,584.90 points at the start of trading on Tuesday, extending their positive beginning to 2009 after major losses suffered last year.
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January 6th, 2009 by Stock market
AFP - London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares climbed 0.11 percent to 4,584.90 points at the start of trading on Tuesday, extending their positive beginning to 2009 after major losses suffered last year.
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January 6th, 2009 by Money broker
By DAVID JOLLY and ANDREW E. KRAMER PARIS - Russia’s gas price dispute with Ukraine began to entangle more of Europe on Tuesday, as the Bulgarian and Turkish authorities said that Russia had completely suspended their gas supplies and a Czech company ...
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January 6th, 2009 by Money broker
Bernard L. Madoff, right, leaving Federal District Court in Manhattan on Monday. Mr. Madoff remains free on $10 million bail. By ALEX BERENSON Contending that Bernard L. Madoff sent at least a million dollars worth of jewelry as gifts to family members ...
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January 6th, 2009 by Money broker
In what amounts to a thinly-veiled legal threat, the Chinese government has intensified its campaign against sexually-explicit Internet material by instructing companies including Google to curb the availability of pornography.
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January 6th, 2009 by Stock market
AP - Japanese stocks rose Tuesday as investors turned upbeat on President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus package, and exporters got a boost from a weaker yen.
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