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What Sugar High?

Sugar futures slide as the soft commodity’s supplies seem unlikely to meet demand.
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Motorola Woos Android Developers

The cellphone maker is investing in developers months before its Android phones launch.
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New technology usually goes on luxury vehicles first. GM chose to make its electric Volt a Chevrolet. Was that wise?
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AIG brands Greenberg ‘a liar’

A lawyer for AIG called Hank Greenberg, the insurer’s ex-chief executive who was ousted in 2005, ‘a liar’ and accused him of fabricating evidence in a $4.3bn lawsuit involving his private investment fund.
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How Sarah Palin Should Have Quit

What the Alaska governor’s botched resignation can teach executives about how to leave their jobs.
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UN council condemns N Korea missiles

The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launches as a violation of council resolutions and a threat to regional and international security
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Steve: Fed, Help Us

Steve Forbes discusses the prospect of the Federal Reserve getting more responsibilities, and why it doesn’t need any more.
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Female Gamers On The Rise

New report says girls and women make up 28% of all U.S. videogame players.
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US law enforcement officials arrested a former Goldman Sachs employee over the weekend, accusing him of stealing sensitive automated trading codes and uploading them to a server based in Germany.
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California’s debt rating was slashed by Fitch Ratings to triple B – two notches above junk – after the state was forced to issue IOUs for certain payments while it frantically tries to agree a budget
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Why Apple Could Kill Your Camera

Steve Jobs has killed music stores and media players. The point-and-shoot camera could be next.
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EU plans new push on bank reform

A draft report expected to be backed by EU finance ministers in Brussels onTuesday says there is a “strong case” for curbing existing rules on banks’ funding needs
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Lots of times, value stocks will look cheap but also deserve to be priced that way. These infrastructure plays are bonafide values.
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Dollar erases gains on stock turnaround

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GM’s roadmap out of bankruptcy

Thanks to a bankruptcy court decision issued late Sunday night, General Motors is close to making a quick trip through bankruptcy. But that doesn’t mean that its reorganization is almost done.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/8D4XWNbBQEI” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Weak Aluminum Weighs On Alcoa

Company is expected to report a third-straight loss as prices strain due to oversupply.
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Dow ends in the black

Stocks cut losses, ending mixed Monday, as worries about the duration of the recession were tempered by a rally in select blue chips.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_markets/~4/EWG8HPCjioY” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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A lawyer for AIG called Hank Greenberg, the insurer’s ex-chief executive who was ousted in 2005, ‘a liar’ and accused him of fabricating evidence in a $4.3bn lawsuit involving his private investment fund.
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DoJ to review handset arrangements

The US Department of Justice has started an informal review of the exclusive arrangements that limit handsets like Apple’s iPhone to particular wireless communications companies, people said
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Dow pulls out a gain

Stocks cut losses, ending mixed Monday, as worries about the duration of the recession were tempered by a rally in select blue chips.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/6k2DUv6WIWM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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California: Teetering closer to junk

California’s bond rating is far from golden.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/KGf9J7LASys” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Whitney’s New Take On Modified Loans

Analyst Meredith Whitney now believes the number of mortgage modifications will soar, aiding financials.
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Bank Bears Pile Into Wells Fargo Puts

Whether it’s just a slight squall or the other side of the eye of the financial hurricane, options traders eye a sharp fall for financials.
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Obama and Medvedev agree arms cuts

US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev signed a ‘joint understanding… that commits both parties to a legally binding treaty that will reduce nuclear weapons’
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Stocks dip on economic woes

Stocks pulled off their lows but remained in the red Monday afternoon, as falling oil prices exacerbated worries about the pace of the economic slowdown.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/6k2DUv6WIWM” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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