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Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday - January 26, 2009 - Pfizer to Buy Wyeth for $68 Billion, What You Need to Know About Gold, Who Needs Economists?

Layoffs: GM to lay off 2,000 workers, cut production


Wintry weather is dumping snow across the Plains and Midwest

Google's Rumored GDrive May 'Kill' the PC

Casey Anthony's Attorney Wants More Information on Ex-Boyfriend

2 dead, 8 injured by gunman at teen nightclub in Portland, OR

New York Knick's Eddie Curry's ex-girlfriend and her 9 month old son are murdered by gunshots in Chicago

Gatehouse Media vs. New York Times' Boston Globe in case which could affect the way newsites, bloggers (such as A1A News), etc., use headlines and links to cut to an original story

Equestrian culture fading into the sunset?

Republicans step up criticism of Obama



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Who Needs Economists When We Have the Home Builders?

Stone Age Animal Art

Why women should feel good naked

In a survey released today, leading Economists say the Recession will become worse with more job layoffs and worsening economic conditions

Jim Rogers predicts the Euro won't be around in 20 years

GE Rattles Investors

Slide show of metro areas with the biggest rent drops

Intel embraces Linux, develops new mobile chips, going after Apple and Microsoft in the mobile market




Monster truck promoter who spoke earlier about his great safety record of 16 years, is run over and killed at his show

Veteran cop on the phone with gas company about the smell of gas is gravely injured when his house explodes to smithereens

Al Jazeera - The Violence Network

Rising revenue at Barclay's, despite $11 Billion in 2008 writedowns, means it will not have to borrow from the UK government

Layoffs: Harley-Davidson sees 60% drop in profits in fourth quarter of 2008; fires 1,100 (10% of workforce)
Layoffs: John Deere lets go 700 workers
Layoffs: Large Bahamas resort lays off 1/5th (181) of its workers, due to downturn in tourism
Layoffs: Starbucks to say good-bye to possibly 1,000 at its headquarters
Layoffs: 50 Abercrombie HQ office workers laid off
Layoffs: Phillips halts buyback of stock, cuts 6,000 jobs after big loss in 4th quarter

Home prices and housing starts continue to fall at record pace



WSJ Editorial: Money spent on Obama's stimulus will take too long to turn around the economy . . . would be bettter to reduce corporate taxes

Barron's Alan Abelson: "Woe Is Us"

Scientists discover just one brain cell can hold "memories"

Avalanches in Turkey and Scotland kill 13

Nigerian police hold robber goat which a vigilante group says was once a man thief who used witchcraft to change shape

California going for $6 Billion in budget cuts as they've already gone for broke

Gasoline prices have been steadily rising for the past two weeks

Florida prison guards break up rec yard brawl by firing their guns

Pfizer agreed to buy Wyeth for $68 Billion yesterday to form the world's largest drug company

People are no longer focusing on jobs that pay more; now they are searching for jobs which will last

Drinking coffee can lower your risks of dementia as you grow older

Obama will probably tighten up on auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards today

Humor from Motley Fool poster AlphaWolf

Senators Kerry and Conrad in the WSJ: "Congress Needs to Help the Economy Fast"

U.S. unemployment rate would now be 17.5% if calculated like it was 80 years ago



Karmic comeback: At 2-5 in the Pac-10, Arizona itself might be a bit of a doormat, but that doesn't make it OK to just go around and wipe your feet on Chase Budinger's face. Arizona went on to win 96-90 in overtime, despite the fact that Houston led 63-51 at the time of the face-stomping.

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