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  • Workers at a Chicago-area suit manufacturer are voting this morning on whether to hold a sit-in. They would just stay at their factory positions…

  • May 11, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Let's start the week with SNL, shall we? The bank stress tests were the subject of the opening sketch on NBC's Saturday Night Live, as Treasury…

  • On Marketplace After the Bell, I look back on the week in business and economy and try to make sense of it. Sometimes, trying to make sense of it…

  • This falls into the picture-says-a-thousand-words category. The International Economy magazine features a Google Earth photo that makes the…

  • The Chrysler lenders who were putting up such a fight over the bankruptcy and Fiat deal have decided to throw in the towel. The creditors withdrew…

  • A couple of the stress test banks that need to raise capital have already done so. Wells Fargo sold $7.5 billion in stock. Morgan Stanley raised…

  • Two PR blunders worth mentioning, and they both involve breasts. KFC has reneged on a coupon for a free grilled chicken meal because hordes of…

  • May 8, 2009

    Morning Reading

    Good news, bad news on the job front this morning. The economy lost 539,000 jobs last month…

  • The bank stress test results are in. Citi needs $5.5 billion, Bank of America, $34 billion, Wells Fargo $15 billion — the same numbers reported…

  • May 8, 2009

    Damn it, Manny

    The 50-game suspension of LA Dodgers star Manny Ramirez may have ramifications beyond the baseball field. First of all, I'm a Dodgers fan, so… …

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