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Behind the scenes on Amazon's deal for Zappos.com

Posted by AmyVernon 116 days ago, popular 115 days ago (http://www.bloggingstocks.com)
Category: Business | Tags: amazon amzn zappos
Because of the size of the deal, Amazon.com had to file a regulatory document called an S-4 form. While there is lots of legal and technical mumbo-ju[...] read more »
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Art Auction Advances With Christie's iPhone Bidding App

Posted by AmyVernon 125 days ago, popular 124 days ago (http://www.luxist.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: auctions
Christie's hopes that the bidding application will attract new money bidders to the auction house, ideally to pick up some of the lots that aren't [...] read more »
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Today's 20-somethings: The new investment skeptics?

Posted by AmyVernon 148 days ago, popular 148 days ago (http://www.bloggingstocks.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: investing stocks skeptics geny
One could make a pretty strong argument that members of today's 20-something generation represent the new investment skeptics. And can you blame the[...] read more »
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Afghanistan veteran survives war...only to be brought down by Subway Sandwiches

Posted by AmyVernon 151 days ago, popular 150 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Entrepreneurship | Tags: afghanistan franchise veteran
Leon Batie placed his brother and another friend in charge of his Subway stores when he was called up. Unfortunately, when he returned a year later, [...] read more »
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News Corp. faces sincerity test

Posted by AmyVernon 162 days ago, popular 161 days ago (http://www.dailyfinance.com)
Category: Business | Tags: cartoon diversity news corp
Rupert Murdoch is ever so sorry that the New York Post, which he owns, published a cartoon suggesting, however inadvertently, that Barack Obama is li[...] read more »
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Love amidst the layoffs: Macy's parades its new fashion label

Posted by AmyVernon 190 days ago, popular 189 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Business | Tags: fashion retail shopping
Can a new line by designer Rachel Rachel Roy help save Macy's or is this a last gasp? read more »
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Celebrities take big losses on home sales

Posted by AmyVernon 196 days ago, popular 196 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: celebrities economy home sales homes
If you've watched your home equity evaporate over the last couple years, take some comfort: Celebrities are losing their shirts, too. Relatively spe[...] read more »
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What Won't You Give Up in a Recession?

Posted by AmyVernon 211 days ago, popular 210 days ago (http://www.momversation.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy recession luxuries
A few weeks ago, The Washington Post ran a story about historical "last things," the physical symbols of our "prosperous life" that we hold on to[...] read more »
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The recession goes Prime Time

Posted by AmyVernon 257 days ago, popular 257 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy recession television
Do Americans want to see the recession on Prime Time, during their nightly escape to the sitcoms? read more »
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Publishers rush to get financial crisis books out

Posted by AmyVernon 382 days ago, popular 382 days ago (http://marketplace.publicradio.org)
Category: Economy | Tags: books crisis finance
Seems "Das Kapital," the classic from Karl Marx, is selling more copies since the global economy went kaput. Eight times its usual rate of about 20[...] read more »
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