Description: The CEO of a New York investment firm explains his decision to lease new space for its headquarters in Manhattan after dozens of employees were killed and its business almost wiped out on September 11, 2001.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: 09/09/2011
Link:  http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/09/alger-dan-chung-september-1/?iid=SF_F_River
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Description: Federal agents raid Gibson Guitar factories looking for rare, protected wood, such as ebony and rosewood from India, costing the guitar manufacturer $1 million in losses.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 09/02/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/09/02/n_gibson_raid.cnnmoney/
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Description: The H-P TouchPad is dead; long live the TouchPad. Due to unexpected, almost cult-like demand for cheap TouchPads after H-P decided to kill its iPad rival, the company has decided to revive the tablet for a limited time. Ian Sherr and Ina Fried discuss on digits.
Source: Marketwatch.com – video report
Date: 08/31/2011
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Description: A project near Moscow aims to rival the U.S. tech industry, with an “innovation city,” billions in government investment, and a university modeled after Stanford
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 09/01/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/skolkovo-russias-wouldbe-silicon-valley-09012011.html
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Description: Investors say the FDA’s approval process of medical devices is inefficient and opaque. The maker of a non-invasive device that’s proven to identify melanomas risks it all to tell the tale.
Source: Fortune.com
Date: 09/02/2011
Link:  http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2011/09/02/melafind-fda-innovation/?iid=SF_F_Lead
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Description: The precocious Israeli coder is co-founder of a startup building the one search box to rule them allâ€â€and to organize your entire online life
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 09/01/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/daniel-grosss-greplin-is-one-smart-search-engine-09012011.html
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Description: A look back at why Steve Jobs was ousted from Apple and how his return reinvented the computer giant.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 08/25/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2011/08/24/t_steve_jobs_apple_fall_rise.fortune/
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Description: A 54% jump in quarterly profits buoyed shares of the luxury home builder despite a beleaguered housing market.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 08/24/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/08/24/mkts_midday_toll.cnnmoney/
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Description: Midpriced chains are getting facelifts and tweaking menus to lure younger diners
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 08/25/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-great-casualdining-upheaval-08252011.html
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Description: Watching debt, gold, banks and other catalysts that move stocks
Source: Marketwatch.com
Date: 08/26/2011
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-triggers-that-will-ignite-the-next-bull-market-2011-08-26
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