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  • Two final notes on the way out today: First, the House passed an extension of the Bush era tax cuts today for couples making less than $250,000….

  • The monthly unemployment report from the Labor department could indicate that 9.5 Americans are unemployed. That's about 26.4 million Americans are…

  • Pope to go electric

    And this final note. Following up on Scott's piece about electricity, the Vatican is looking for a new Popemobile. Preferably one that runs on el…

  • Analyzing the Fed’s bank loan data

    If you've ever tried to sort through transactions on your own bank statements, you will appreciate the work produced by The Wall Street Journal a…

  • All eyes were on Google today and the Internet mega-corp deliberates on buying the up-and-coming Groupon. In a move that can only be seen as…

  • The two million long-term unemployed could find themselves cutting back drastically if unemployment benefits ends today, and this could affect…

  • This final note today: Finally a business angle to the Wikileaks story. Forbes magazine posted an interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange…

  • The European Commission is launching an investigation into whether Internet giant Google has abused its dominant market position in online searches…

  • This final note today: A helpful tip as you get those holiday packages ready to ship off to relatives. Whatever you do, don't mark it "fragile."…

  • Today is "Cyber-Moday," Black Friday for e-tailers. It is statistically the least productive work day, because employees log onto super sales to…