Description:  YouTube is enlisting Hollywood’s help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes.
Source: USAToday.com
Date: 02/20/2012
Link: http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/story/2012-02-20/youtube-original-content/53170394/1
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Description: If you think tweets are worthless, you’re wrong. A professor has developed a program that uses tweets to predict where markets are headed.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 02/21/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/02/20/mkts_twitter_markets.cnnmoney/
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Description:  The chances of finding a job are grim for the four million long-term unemployed in the U.S., but Joe Carbone is looking to change that in his Connecticut town. Scott Pelley reports.
Source: MoneyWatch.com
Date: 02/19/2012
Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399352n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox
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Description: The U.S. manufacturing sector needs more skilled workers and can’t support middle class living standards as it once did.
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 02/17/2012
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Description: Independent movie houses scramble to pay for expensive new gear
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 02/17/2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/for-small-theaters-the-digital-future-is-dark-02162012.html
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Description:  Flash sale sites and the fashion industry’s maturing web presence boost sales to young consumers
Source: eMarketer.com
Date: 02/22/2012
Link: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1008854&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4
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Description:  When countries post a 40% youth unemployment rate, you know something is terribly wrong. The last time developed countries experienced such an employment disaster was during the Great Depression, and it is a moot question as to whether the current period will prove to be worse for the southern European countries than the Great Depression. Indeed, one could probably argue that for Greece it already is.
Source: FinancialPost.com
Date: 02/17/2012
Link:  http://opinion.financialpost.com/2012/02/17/the-euro-dream-that-became-a-nightmare/
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Description: From Knicks jersey sales to tickets on the road, many firms are profiting from Linsanity. But can it last?
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 02/17/2012
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/02/16/n_jeremy_lin_business.cnnmoney/
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Description: The Boeing 787 “Dreamliner” was billed as a revolution for travelers, offering a more humid, comfortable cabin and lighting that would lessen fatigue, dry eyes and jet lag. Scott McCartney on Lunch Break looks at the validity of those claims.
Source: Moneywatch.com – video report
Date: 02/15/2012
Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/is-boeing-787-really-a-dreamliner/CC9F10E4-0EE5-4F2D-A2C2-62B6C6D49DDB
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Description: A rumored audio device and new testing facilities hint at the search giant’s hardware ambitions
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 02/16/2012
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/googles-bid-to-be-everything-to-everyone-02162012.html
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