Description: Commentary: Starving the government is not patriotic
Source: Moneywatch.com
Date: 08/12/2011
Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ceos-and-tea-partiers-shut-up-and-pay-taxes-2011-08-12
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Description: CNNMoney’s Poppy Harlow explains how S&P’s downgrade of the US credit rating may impact mortgages, car and student loans.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 07/06/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/08/06/n_impact_credit_downgrade.cnnmoney/
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Description:  Around the world, people use their cellphones to pay for groceries and other retail goods, but the technology has been slow to take hold in the U.S. Google and Visa are among the companies aiming to change that, MarketWatch’s Georgia Wells reports.
Source: Moneywatch.com – video report
Date: 08/02/2011
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Description: SOMETHING weird is happening inside a Pret A Manger sandwich shop on Broadway in Midtown Manhattan.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 08/06/2011
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Description: The Mexican billionaire’s stock portfolio, measured in U.S. dollars, has dropped about 9.5 percent since July 29 and is valued at about $64.4 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with a 7.2 percent slide in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Source: Bloomberg.com
Date: 08/05/2011
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Description: The three-year-old online marketplace is selling more java from independent roasters by appealing to opinionated drinkers
Source: Businessweek.com
Date: 08/04/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/roastecom-a-website-for-coffee-cognoscenti-08042011.html
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Description: Amazon may sacrifice some profits as it invests, but investors focus more on the big sales increase and a solid outlook.
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 07/27/2011
Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2011/07/27/mkts_am_amazon_0727.cnnmoney/
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Description: AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson explains how the car industry is on the road to recovery despite an overall decline in new car sales.ÂÂ
Source: CNNMoney.com – video report
Date: 07/27/2011
Link:  http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2011/07/27/n_ceo_autonation_cars.cnnmoney/
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Description: Steve Perlman, Silicon Valley’s self-styled Thomas Edison, has found a way to increase wireless capacity by a factor of 1,000
Source: Businessweek.com
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Date: 07/27/2011
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/the-edison-of-silicon-valley-07272011.html
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Description: Sharply divergent climate change policies on opposite sides of the Atlantic are setting off political fireworks as European environmental regulators prepare to extend their reach across the ocean. Starting Jan. 1, the European Union will require all carriers entering or leaving its airports to either reduce their emissions or pay a charge  whether the airline is United, Air France or Lufthansa.
Source: NYTimes.com
Date: 07/27/2011
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