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Feb 08, 2010 04:38PM
Feb 08, 2010 04:37PM
Toyota to announce Prius recall
Toyota will announce a global recall of its 2010 Prius hybrid vehicles, a source with knowledge of the plans told CNN.
Feb 08, 2010 04:25PM
Debt fears drag Dow below 10,000
The Dow closed below 10,000 Monday for the first time in three months, with financial shares leading the way, as worries about the U.S. economy and European debt weighed on investor sentiment.
Feb 08, 2010 04:26PM
Employees who took a hit on their savings last year might finally be in for some welcome news: Companies are stepping up efforts to help them save more for retirement.
Feb 08, 2010 01:51PM
From foreclosure bargain to money pit
Dusan Tatomirovic found a steal when he bought a foreclosed condo just north of Monterey, Calif., last April for $130,000.
Feb 08, 2010 04:06PM
VAT Trap: The inevitable deficit fix
The gigantic deficits the Administration is projecting are appalling, and they provide a chilling look at our future: America is hurtling towards a fiscal trap that is forcing us into the only option we'll have to restore budgetary sanity: A Value-Added Tax.
Feb 08, 2010 12:42PM
Super Bowl ads: Men without pants
The ads for this year's Super Bowl ran the gamut from popular TV shows to celebrity cameos to motherly love -- but the oddest and most omnipresent theme was men without pants.
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Yahoo! News: Technology News
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:04:04 GMT
Feb 08, 2010 05:05PM
Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook (AP)
AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.
Feb 08, 2010 01:31PM
Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked (AP)
AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.
Feb 08, 2010 04:46PM
MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (AP)
AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.
Feb 08, 2010 01:26AM
Chinese police shut down hacker training business (AP)
AP - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday.
Feb 08, 2010 07:22PM
Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract (AP)
AP - Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.
Feb 06, 2010 07:25PM
PayPal halts certain payment transactions in India (AP)
AP - The online payments service PayPal has taken the unusual step of suspending many transactions in India for more than a week.
Feb 09, 2010 01:04AM
Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game (Reuters)
Reuters - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.
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NYT > Business
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:31:20 GMT
By JENNY ANDERSON and ZACHERY KOUWE on Feb 08, 2010 10:55PM
The new enforcement team at the Securities and Exchange Commission is working to police Wall Street ? and to shake off the psychic blow of the Bernard L. Madoff affair.
By HIROKO TABUCHI and NICK BUNKLEY on Feb 09, 2010 12:30AM
Toyota Details Recall of 2010 Prius for Brake Problems
The worldwide recall will affect about 436,000 units of the 2010 Prius and other hybrid models, according to the company?s filing.
By MICKEY MEECE on Feb 08, 2010 10:39PM
Optimism Persists in a Kentucky Town Where a Carmaker Brought Jobs
As production resumes this week in Georgetown, Ky., and other American cities where Toyota builds cars, people are eager to see its recall problems blow over.
By MARTIN FACKLER on Feb 08, 2010 10:44PM
In Toyota Mess, Lesson for Japan
Economists said that Toyota?s troubles show that economic change is urgently needed in Japan.
By JAMES KANTER and LUKE BROWNE on Feb 08, 2010 10:44PM
E.U. Slow to React to Toyota Safety Problems
The system for monitoring car safety across the European Union has appeared, like Toyota, opaque and slow to react.
By JENNA WORTHAM on Feb 09, 2010 12:54AM
As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out
The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.
By REED ABELSON on Feb 08, 2010 10:45PM
Bills Stalled, Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care
While the debate continues in Washington, health care systems nationwide struggle to offset money spent to treat patients who cannot afford to pay their bills.
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