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		<title>Netflix CEO Gets Humble. Qwikster is Born</title>
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings explains that the company&#8217;s decision to separate its DVD and video streaming services is because the DVD business will become Qwikster. Hastings writes that his company &#8220;realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost structures, different benefits that need to be marketed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2011/09/netflix-ceo-gets-humble-qwikster-is-born/</link>
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		<title>RIM Takes Earnings Hit</title>
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Disappointing sales (only 200,000) of the PlayBook and tough competition with Android phones in the consumer market resulted in lower than expect earnings for RIM:
RIM said Thursday that its net income was $419 million, or 80 cents per share, in the three months ended Aug. 27. That&#8217;s down from $796.7 million, or $1.46 per share, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2011/09/rim-takes-earnings-hit/</link>
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		<title>Unauthorized Trades Cost UBS $2 Billion</title>
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Hey CEOs, keep an eye on your employees or billions could go POOF like they did at UBS:
UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, said it may be unprofitable in the third quarter after a $2 billion loss from unauthorized trading at its investment bank.
London police arrested Kweku Adoboli, a UBS employee, in connection with the loss, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2011/09/unauthorized-trades-cost-ubs-2-billion/</link>
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		<title>Free Money from Whole Foods</title>
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Whole Foods, the organic grocer, teamed up with Living Social in a nationwide campaign. Giving away $10 per customer is one way to get people into a store nicknamed &#8220;Whole Paycheck.&#8221;
The deal is scheduled to run on Tuesday and is available to existing LivingSocial subscribers and anyone who registers for the service.
LivingSocial has agreed a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2011/09/free-money-from-whole-foods/</link>
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		<title>Free Starbucks Coffee Today</title>
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At noon at participating Starbucks you&#8217;ll be able to get a sample of their new Pike Place coffee. It&#8217;s part of Starbuck&#8217;s plan to get people excited about their coffee again and liven up sales. 
How does it taste? A Chicago Starbucks ran out of coffee and started selling Pike Place early. The Chicago Tribune&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/free-starbucks-coffee-today/</link>
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		<title>TPG Investing $5 Billion in Washington Mutual</title>
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A private equity firm has gotten into the act of shoring up a firm hit by the housing crisis. Texas Pacific Group, TPG will inject $5 billion into Washington Mutual (WM):
Washington Mutual, the country’s largest savings and loan, is poised to receive a $5 billion investment from TPG, a big buyout firm, and several other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2008/04/tpg-investing-5-billion-in-washington-mutual/</link>
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		<title>Paulson Calls for Regulatory Reform</title>
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In light of the recent turmoil in the housing and financial markets Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will release a proposal for revamping the regulatory agencies monitoring the U.S. financial system:
Mr. Paulson&#8217;s plan will include merging some agencies, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, while broadening the authority of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2008/03/paulson-calls-for-regulatory-reform/</link>
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		<title>Miller, Coors Join Forces</title>
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Miller and Coors will merge their North American brewing operations:
Miller Brewing Co. and Coors Brewing Co., the nation&#8217;s second- and third-largest brewers, are combining their operations, creating a bigger challenger to Anheuser-Busch Cos. &#8211; but also raising the possibility of future job cuts at Miller&#8217;s Milwaukee headquarters. 
For now, longtime Coors executive Leo Kiely will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2007/10/miller-coors-join-forces/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with SkyBus CEO</title>
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Popular Science interviews SkyBus CEO Bill Diffenderffer. Some may see SkyBus&#8217; strategy of offering cheap plane tickets but charging for everything to be nickle-and-diming the customer. Diffenderffer counters:
Q: Your business model also requires passengers to pay for any extras—drinks, blankets—piecemeal. Will consumers go for that?
A: They were paying for it before! Those were never free. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2007/08/qa-with-skybus-ceo/</link>
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		<title>Midwest Airlines Goes Private</title>
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The private equity boom hit Milwaukee. For fans of an independent Midwest Airlines (MEH) this is a good thing. TPG Capital agreed to pay Midwest shareholders $16/share cash to take the airline private. 
An interesting wrinkle is Northwest Airlines, the number two carrier out of Milwaukee&#8217;s Mitchell International Airport is putting in some money. Rick [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://moneyandfinance.theamericanmind.com/2007/08/midwest-airlines-goes-private/</link>
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