Archive for November, 2006
Property Values: What You Get for … $950,000
Homes on the market in Philadelphia, Holland, Mich., and Rio Verde, Ariz.
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Best resale value cars
After five years, most cars are worth a fraction of their original cost. These models do the best, according to Kelley Blue Book.
Futures surge on economic news
Stock futures jumped on news that the economy is growing much faster than originally estimated in the third quarter, according to the federal government.
Potential cold spell boosts oil
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Economy growing faster than thought
The economy grew at a much faster pace in the third quarter than originally estimated, the government reported Wednesday.
Penn National mulls Harrah’s takeover bid
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California’s pollution war
"It gives me the creeps," says Robert Buchanan, who owns a spoke-and-rim manufacturing firm in Azuza, Calif.
What’s next for Netflix?
Earlier this year Netflix CEO Reed Hastings popped the cork on a special bottle of bubbly - one that had been set aside to celebrate the company's signing up its five millionth subscriber.
Nearly half of Ford workers opt to leave
More than 35,000 hourly workers, or nearly half of Ford Motor's U.S. factory work force, have accepted offers to leave the company, according to a published report.
Rich geeks party with Richard Branson in paradise
I'm sailing on a Hobie Cat with Richard Branson along the shore of Necker Island, his private enclave about a mile from Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands aren't actually a part of Virgin Group, the conglomerate he founded, but sometimes it's easy to make that mistake.