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Athletic budgets face tough travel costs
Aug 6, 2008
Minor-league sports teams and smaller colleges are being hit especially hard by the rising costs of travel. And that means you could be paying more...
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Preparing for the downside of oil
Aug 6, 2008
Crude oil prices hit a three-month low yesterday. At $119 a barrel, oil producers are scrambling to protect themselves against more downside. They...
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GM gives battered biofuels a push
Aug 5, 2008
American farmers' move toward growing more corn for ethanol production has been one of the factors cited for rapidly rising food costs. The...
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YouTube's going for broadcast gold
Aug 5, 2008
YouTube will be showing three hours of exclusive content every day during the Olympic games, provided by the International Olympic Committee. ...
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Cablevision wins appeals court ruling on DVRs
Aug 4, 2008
Cable television companies have won a significant court victory with a ruling that will allow them to provide subscribers with "network DVR"...
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Venture capital growing in green space
Aug 4, 2008
Venture capitalists think there's green in green. Investments in U.S. clean-tech companies grew by 41% to $961.7 million in the second quarter of...
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They must have meant 'Fee' Credit Report
Aug 4, 2008
Given the true nature of the site the "R" in "Free" has got to be a typo. If you log on to the site and sign up, you're not going to get away with...
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Yahoo annual meeting a quiet affair
Aug 1, 2008
After all the brouhaha over whether Microsoft and Yahoo would merge, and whether Carl Icahn would move in for a takeover, the company's annual...
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Prius on the high road
Aug 1, 2008
Prius may be one of the few products in the auto industry that you could actually call "scarce." Many Toyota dealers are putting buyers on waiting...
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'Exercise in a pill' still needs a workout
Jul 31, 2008
News that scientists have developed a drug that mimics the benefits of exercise -- in mice, anyway -- quickly rose to the top of numerous website...
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld
Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.
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Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...
jgrothues | May 16, 2013 Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld
Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...
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