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Ford weighs selling Volvo amid downturn
DETROIT Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. or spinning it off as a separate entity, as the U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive sales crisis. Goteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Cars,...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Luxury Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Stocks drop nearly 700, erase much of gain
Associated PressThe stock market suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown yesterday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally and once again faced the harsh reality of a recession....Tags: National Government, Henry Paulson, Stock Broking, New York Stock Exchange, Federal Reserve
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Legalizing drugs: The money argument
Friday marks 75 years since repeal of the Volstead Act, which made the manufacture, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United States. As the anniversary of the end of Prohibition approaches, modern advocates of a similar...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Health Treatments, Public Finance, Economic Policy, Behavioral Conditions
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Ford considers selling Volvo to raise cash
Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the beleaguered U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive sales crisis. Goteborg, Sweden-based Volvo Cars, which Ford bought in 1999, has been...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Luxury Vehicles, Automotive Equipment
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Banking on implants
The Associated PressIn a move to become a major player in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, health care products company Johnson & Johnson said Monday it will buy cosmetic-product and breast-implant maker Mentor Corp. for $1.07 billion. Analysts said J&J is paying "a...Tags: Health Treatments, Beauty Products, Beauty Products and Fragrances, Mentor Corporation, Employees
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Who's counting?
A census is such a huge undertaking that the federal government, with all its resources, only does it once a decade — and only with much agonizing and contention over the results. Yet every locality in Virginia is required to do a census every...Tags: Population and Census, University of Virginia, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Population, Demographics
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Just ignore all the gloomy hype
The dismal retail sales figures are in for Black Friday and the news is . . . good? Wait a minute, the news was supposed to be bad, awful, ghastly, dreadful, etc. Analysts, almost to the person, were predicting that retail sales would decline from last...Tags: Internet, Consumer Electronics Industry, Michael Lewis, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Petroleum Industry
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Voice of the People
Give a boost to the housing market This is in response the Tribune's recent article about the state of the Illinois housing market ("Illinois housing prices, sales plunge; State's losses worse than U.S. average," Page 1, Nov. 25). The article gives...Tags: National Government, Mortgages, Fannie Mae, Real Estate Buyers, Economic Indicator
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Experts see slowdown in Cyber Monday sales
keiko.morris@newsday.comRetailers Monday took their deals online for Cyber Monday, working every angle possible to get skittish consumers to spend. Free shipping, 2-for-1 specials and merchandise discounted up to 60 percent were offered on many items online as retailers tried...Tags: Nintendo Company Ltd., E-Commerce Industry, Thanksgiving, Consumer Electronics Industry, Consumers
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Wal-Mart worker died of asphyxiation, autopsy finds
alfonso.castillo@newsday.com The temporary employee who was barreled over in a Valley Stream Wal-Mart by a crush of Black Friday shoppers died of asphyxiation, preliminary autopsy results revealed yesterday. Nassau police released the findings at a...Tags: Employees, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Hempstead (Hempstead, New York), Law Enforcement
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Black Friday sales surprise retailers
247-4744Unlike last year, Selina Lawhon didn't have any problems finding a place to park last weekend as she kicked off her holiday spending spree at several Newport News retailers. She didn't have to wait in any long lines, and she had no trouble finding the...Tags: Patrick Henry, Best Buy Company Incorporated, Consumers, Black Friday (shopping), Christmas
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Shoppers head to the Web for deals
The Associated PressRetailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as Cyber Monday to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping. But after weeks of already heavy...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Thanksgiving, Amazon.com Inc., Taubman Centers Incorporated, Consumers
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