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February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
FACT CHECK: Errant claims on auto bailout, taxes (AP)
AP - Twenty Republican presidential debates later, the head-scratching claims kept coming. (...)
February 23 · Topix Accounting News
Avoiding big stock losses requires investor discipline
A: Some bad decisions are easy to recover from, like that extra helping of turkey gravy at dinner last night. (...)- February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
HP profit plummets, CEO urges patience (Reuters)
Reuters - Hewlett-Packard Co's earnings fell nearly 44 percent and the world's No. 1 computer maker forecast a second-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates as it struggles with weak sales of PCs (...) - February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
Take Two: Can a Second Bailout Save Greece? (Time.com)
Time.com - After months of delays, arguments and doubts, euro zone finance ministers agreed on a second, 0 billion bailout of beleaguered Greece in the early hours of Tuesday morning (...) - February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
HP CEO pleads patience as earnings fall 44 pct (AP)
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Meg Whitman pleaded for patience Thursday as she described operational challenges and other internal problems that contributed to a decline in earnings at one of the world (...) - February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
Ford to add .8B to pension plans this year (AP)
AP - Ford Motor Co. will pump .8 billion into its global pension plans this year as it tries to get them closer to fully funding their obligations. (...) - February 23 · Yahoo! Business News
Romney proposes 28 percent top income tax rate (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican Mitt Romney revised his proposal for overhauling the U.S. tax code on Wednesday, calling for all individual tax rates to be cut by 20 percent while declining to offer specifics on (...) - February 22 · Topix Accounting News
Lessons from Enron
We're fast approaching the 10th anniversary of the Enron fiasco - when investors got a big wake-up call and realized that they'd best start taking a closer look at corporate financial statements. (...) - February 22 · Yahoo! Business News
Some money from mortgage settlement to be diverted (AP)
AP - The ink wasn't even dry on a settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders when Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon laid claim to a chunk of the money to avert a huge budget cut for public colleges and u (...) - February 22 · Yahoo! Business News
Banks sink on European economic worry (Reuters)
Reuters - Banks led stocks lower on Wednesday as the S&P 500 stalled near a 10-month-high after signs of weak European business activity rekindled concerns about a recession overseas. (...)
