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Amazon Warns State of California to Back Off

This week Amazon.com Inc. sent a letter to California legislators threatening to sever business relationships with affiliates in…

5 Successful News Crowdsourcing Experiments

The media likes to complain about its own demise. How many stories have you read about dying newspapers,…

Kodachrome Goes the Way of the Camera Obscura

Image: Labbyroad Kodachrome, the film invented in 1935 by Kodak, will retire this year. The LA Times has…

Mahindra & Mahindra Wants to Beat Chinese to US Auto Market

Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is looking to beat the Chinese to the US diesel truck market. Bloomberg…

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Watson Pharmaceuticals Buys Arrow Group for $1.75bn

Image: Pharmer.org Watson Pharmaceuticals acquired Arrow Group for $1.75 billion in stock and cash today. The deal is…

SEPTA Removes Hilarious Hoax Signs

Image: DesignPhiladelphia Pranksters slipped face “Notice to the Public” signs into Philadelphia’s Frankford-Market El regional train yesterday. (See…

10 Ways to Stay Marketable When You’re Out of Work

Out of work? That doesn’t mean you’re also out of opportunities. Any single one of the ten methods…

Top 12 Indicators That The Economy Is Bad

Received this in my email inbox today: 12. CEO’s are now playing miniature golf. 11. I got a…

Ener1 Wants to Win Lithium Ion Battery Race

Image: CarSpace Lithium ion battery manufacturer Ener1 (HEV) could become the country’s first lithium ion battery mass producer–if…

Amherst Holdings Throws an Unwelcome Curveball at Wall Street Banks

Amherst Holdings, a small Austin-based brokerage house, executed a CDS trade that ended up losing big banks, including…

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Bakery Fined for Dead Mouse in Bread

A man in Ballymoney, Ireland found a whole dead mouse inside a loaf of bread in late 2007.…

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5 Ways To Make Money Off Your Pets

With the market in the gutter, job skills alone won’t bring home the bacon. If you haven’t started…