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MIKE WENDLAND: Apple 2.0 software outshines even the new iPhone 3G
12.07.2008 09:13
freep.com
With all the Apple frenzy dying down after the launch of the new iPhone 3G Friday, I'm finding it's the new iPhone 2.0 software upgrade that is the most impressive - allowing users to connect seamlessly to business e-mail and run hundreds of new games and programs.
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SLURP CITY, U.S.A.: Metro Detroiters are biggest U.S. fans of 7-Eleven Slurpees
12.07.2008 03:22
freep.com
It's Slurpee season. And Detroit is king. More than a million of the frozen treats are sold per month -- twice as many as the average national 7-Eleven store -- in 150 metro Detroit locations. Of the 6,190 stores that sell Slurpees in the nation, Detroit's southwest suburbs reign at No. 1 while the northwest 'burbs follow at second.
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Blue Cross rate hike OK'd
12.07.2008 03:22
freep.com
Michigan's insurance commissioner approved Friday a rate hike sought by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for 22,000 non-elderly people who buy their own insurance. The rate increase wasn't as much as Blue Cross sought -- 24.3% on average. The state Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation said it did not know how much the rate hike would be.
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Ford sues to collect interest
12.07.2008 03:22
freep.com
Ford Motor Co. is suing the federal government, saying the Internal Revenue Service owes it nearly half a billion dollars in interest for overpayments on corporate taxes.
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QUICK HIT: Business
12.07.2008 03:22
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AIR MERGER: Shareholders at Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. are to vote Sept. 25 on the stock swap that would join their companies.
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Banking regulators take over IndyMac
12.07.2008 03:22
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The Office of Thrift Supervision says it has closed mortgage lender IndyMac Bank. The banking regulator said Friday it has transferred IndyMac's operations to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. after determining the thrift is unlikely to meet depositors' demands.
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FINANCIAL HEADLINES: Greektown, MotorCity revenues down
12.07.2008 03:22
freep.com
Greektown Casino's revenues fell to the lowest level since 2001, the first full year the casino was open. The casino, which filed for bankruptcy protection May 29, reported revenues of $23.2 million for June, down from $28.5 million in June 2007. ALSO: More stimulus checks arriving; Magna International shares decline; Anheuser-Busch likely to OK bid; and the price of oil briefly passes $147 a barrel.
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Leading indicators
12.07.2008 03:22
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DOW NASDAQ Friday *-128.48 *-18.77 Close 11,100.54 2239.08 The week *-188.00 *-6.30
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Your Money: How Fallout Could Affect Main Street
12.07.2008 00:13
nytimes.com
The swooning stocks of two giant mortgage companies have consumers wondering about the effect on those buying or selling homes.
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