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Sorry, you're not funny enough to work here
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:22:18 AM CST
You may need to have more than a head for numbers to get a job in finance these days. A new survey finds many think it’s important to have a sense of humor too.
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Vote for the top commercial from Super Bowl XLVI
Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:32:21 PM CST
There's no question that the Giants and the Patriots played some exciting football tonight, but what about the ads? Did you like the nostalgia of seeing Jerry Seinfeld's and the Soup Nazi's return, and Matthew Broderick echoing Ferris Bueller?
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The cheap items that build billion-dollar companies
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:55:18 AM CST
By Charles B. Stockdale, 24/7 Wall St. Just because certain products have a low price tag does not mean they cannot sell for billions of dollars. In fact, some of the cheapest products make the most money for their companies. 24/7 Wall St.
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General Motors may report a record profit
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:09:32 AM CST
Just three years after the automaker drove into government-run bankruptcy, GM is setting its sights on making over $10 billion a year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Stocks pull back on worries over Greece
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:33:38 AM CST
U.S. stocks fell Monday amid concerns Greece will be unable to avoid a chaotic default as it tries to reach terms on a new bailout package.
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As Facebook grows up, it courts Madison Avenue
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:23:19 AM CST
Until recently, Facebook's relationship with the advertising community was at best politely dismissive, at worst outright antagonistic. But now, the social networking giant is eager to work with Madison Avenue.
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Greece plays game of chicken over bailout
Monday, February 6, 2012 7:34:43 AM CST
Greece let yet another deadline slip on Monday for responding to painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout as patience in Brussels wore thin over drawn-out negotiations among its feuding political leaders.
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With U.S. help, Americans return to the farm
Monday, February 6, 2012 10:25:27 AM CST
Dan Pugh wishes he had a bigger tractor and his wife Laura worries about their chickens in the winter weather. But as new farmers putting down roots in rural Missouri, the Pughs are counting on more rewards than regrets in trading their city lives for the country.
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Great game, too bad the ads didn't keep up
Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:08:14 PM CST
The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.
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Amazon reportedly looking at opening retail stores
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:28:17 AM CST
By msnbc.com staff Amazon.com is planning to open a retail store in Seattle within the next few months, according to a report on the Good e-Reader blog, a provider of news on the e-reader and tablet computing market.
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Some ugly lessons learned from the Super Bowl ads
Monday, February 6, 2012 6:41:32 AM CST
Did you see the same Super Bowl ads that I did? If so you're probably like me now planning for the end times. Those 30 second messages paint a pretty dark picture about what is expected of us.
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Europe may shake up Wall Street's quiet week
Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:27:31 AM CST
The debt crisis will again be top of investors' minds this week as the U.S. earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the domestic economic calendar.
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Good job news met with optimism, skepticism
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:08:25 PM CST
Month by month, the U.S. job market is regaining its health.
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'Chronicle' tops 'Woman in Black' at box office
Sunday, February 5, 2012 4:21:01 PM CST
Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as the thriller "Chronicle" edged Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black."
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Companies with biggest bets on the Super Bowl
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:14:10 AM CST
A 30-second ad spot in this year’s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. But despite spending this much to reach such a massive audience at once, the results are rarely impressive.
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Recovery is gathering speed, jobs data show
Friday, February 3, 2012 11:57:26 AM CST
The economy is like a flywheel — it takes a lot to get it going. But once it starts moving, it can pick up speed pretty quickly. Friday’s jobs report shows it’s accelerating.
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This Bud's for their best Super Bowl ads of all time
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:02:15 AM CST
While other corporations wring their hands over the decision to pay an average of $3.5 million on a 30 second Super Bowl ad in a down economy, The King of Beers continues to spend.
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Jobless rate lowest in almost three years
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:51:20 AM CST
The U.S. economy creates jobs at the fastest pace in 9 months and the jobless rate drops to an almost 3-year low, raising hopes that the labor market is picking up steam.
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Boeing checks 787s for carbon fiber delamination
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:28:35 AM CST
Boeing is inspecting its newest plane, the 787 Dreamliner for possible repairs to the carbon fiber composite structure of the plane. The issue involves a problem known as delamination.