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Stocks take Thursday thumping
Stocks tumbled Thursday, sending the Dow industrials down more than 140 points, as inflationary concerns were among the factors weighing on markets.
Senate passes final tax bill
The Senate on Thursday passed a GOP-supported final tax reconciliation bill that extends the reduced tax rates on capital gains and dividends, and prevents millions of households from falling prey to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) in 2006.
Earn well, live cheap
High gas prices, traffic tie-ups, expensive housing - who needs it? Most Americans, if they want a good paying job.
The future of the boob tube
$9.1 billion.
Ditching the daily grind - 5 who did it
Some suits are finding greater satisfaction working for themselves.
Delphi to pay $60M in new exec bonus plan
Bankrupt auto parts maker Delphi is seeking permission to pay about $60 million in bonuses to its white-collar employees, at the same time it is trying to cut the pay of its union-represented workers by about 40 percent.
Gold surges again, hits $728
Read full story for latest details.
Sony dances to Apple's tune
The headlines all screamed of a musical detente between Apple and Sony. But the headlines got it wrong. Sony is in fact adding support for AAC, a digital-music file format also used by Apple. But Sony isn't adopting FairPlay, the digital rights management system Apple uses in its iTunes Music Store to prevent piracy. Still, Sony's move will make it easier for iTunes users to move at least part of their music libraries onto Sony music players. Any songs they have ripped from CDs onto their hard drives in the unprotected AAC format -- the default setting in iTunes software -- will now play without requiring cumbersome recoding.
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