
#60;p>Reuters - U.S. stocks could sputter this week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.
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Reuters - Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc , the British company s chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
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Reuters - Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain s Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
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Reuters - Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, according to a report on the Bloomberg News website.
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Reuters - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.
trackback:http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_markets_stocksAP - The New Hampshire attorney general s office wants to force a mortgage company that closed suddenly into bankruptcy.
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AFP - US retailers are taking desperate measures to spark holiday sales in the face of what promises to be another troubled year-end shopping season.
trackback:http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/bs_afp/useconomyfinanceretailholidayWilliam Priest explains a key concept in stock analysis.
trackback:http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/20/priest-shareholder-yield-intelligent-investing-cash-flow.html?feed=rss_business_businesstechSometimes bigger isn t better.
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trackback:http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/10/travlos-apple-amazon-intelligent-investing-mobile.html?feed=rss_business_businesstechThe mobile internet cycle continues to play out as stocks take a breather.
trackback:http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/09/travlos-mobile-internet-intelligent-investing-earnings.html?feed=rss_business_businesstechWhich is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8309356e67c9f004a90e635418ef9790Investment funds are buying mortgages, trimming some of them to the benefit of homeowners, and shifting any risk to the federal government.
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