Jan 18, 2007

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London exchange on the offensive

by Stephen Beard

Jan 18, 2007

The London Stock Exchange has stepped up its efforts to ward off a hostile takeover bid by NASDAQ, increasing its share buyback program by almost half a billion dollars. Stephen Beard reports.

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Ultimate fighting's all about blood — and money

by Lisa Napoli

Jan 18, 2007

Decide for yourself if the sport is too violent, but there's no denying the money it's making. Is Corporate America ready to put its name behind mixed martial arts? David Carter says now might be the time.

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Exxon Mobil showing its greener side

by John Dimsdale

Jan 18, 2007

After decades of fighting regulations and denying climate change is real, Big Oil is showing signs that it recognizes the science — and politics — of global warming have changed. But consumers beware, John Dimsdale reports.

Europe poised to tighten accounting rules

by Stephen Beard

Jan 18, 2007

An EU regulation set to take effect next year could be even stricter than Sarbanes-Oxley — and that could stop the flow of businesses abandoning Wall Street to list on the London Exchange. Stephen Beard explains.

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Intel behaving badly?

by Steve Tripoli

Jan 18, 2007

European antitrust regulators reportedly are being urged by their investigators to charge the computer chip maker with anti-competitive practices. Steve Tripoli has details.

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Energy boom fallout in Utah

by Sam Eaton

Jan 18, 2007

Oil and gas drilling has reached 21-year highs in parts of the West. But while business is booming, some longtime residents are worse off than ever before. Sam Eaton has the story.

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Women don't stay on engineering track

by Janet Babin

Jan 18, 2007

A British study out today found that the number of women engineering students is up — but not the number of women working as engineers. Janet Babin reports.

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Coming together for the uninsured

by Hillary Wicai

Jan 18, 2007

America's 47 million uninsured are creating a health care crisis, and out of necessity has come a coalition of strange bedfellows working together for a solution. Hillary Wicai reports.

Inflation watch: Consumer prices climb

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Jan 18, 2007

The latest numbers from the Labor Department shoe that the Consumer Price Index rose half a percent, but economists say it's not cause for alarm. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

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