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The banks do well out of the rescue plan (Times Online) A s any customer of Britain’s big banks knows, they drive a hard bargain. So the Government has found. The package announced yesterday looks great for the banks. This is not nationalisation. It’s not even part-nationalisation. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Market's Most Undervalued Stocks (Morningstar.com via Yahoo! Finance) These five high-quality companies are truly cheap. us.rd.yahoo.com
Cloud: the New Age of Computing? (Radio Netherlands) After slow dial-up connections, fast ADSL lines, mobile access, what next for the Internet? Information engineers have their heads in the clouds - almost literally. Cloud computing is the way ahead. So what is it? us.rd.yahoo.com
Economy Stutters Amid Worsening Credit Market Conditions (INO News) (RTTNews) - Even as the economy is showing significant weakness, a breakthrough was achieved this week in the crusade for stemming the rot in the troubled financial sector. us.rd.yahoo.com
Accelerating Sales (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance) Deckers Outdoor with its furry, $300 Ugg boots ought to be struggling in a cranky economy. Yet Ugg is in fiercer demand than ever. us.rd.yahoo.com
Greens burn a hole in pockets (The Times of India) Two-year-old Ila loves carrots, and needs no coaxing to eat her vegetables. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gordon Brown in struggle to shore up HBOS rescue (Times Online) Gordon Brown was personally fighting to save the proposed £12 billion rescue of Britain’s biggest savings bank last night amid growing doubts over the deal. us.rd.yahoo.com
UTILITIES: Constellation sells for $4.7B (York Daily Record) Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is reaching into its deep pockets to give a steady hand to Constellation Energy Group and, at the same time, grab a bargain. us.rd.yahoo.com
Why greens must learn to love nuclear power (The New Statesman) "If nuclear power is the answer, it must have been a pretty stupid question," went an oft-cited slogan of the 1970s environmental movement. us.rd.yahoo.com
Gas spike blamed on buying run (WBIR-TV Knoxville) When it comes to assigning blame for the recent spike in gasoline prices, Tennessee drivers might look no further than themselves. us.rd.yahoo.com
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