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| Microsoft Deploying Service Reps Into Stores |
(Fri, 05 Sep 2008)
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As part of its new $300 million marketing campaign and image makeover, Microsoft Corp. plans to deploy its own customer-service representatives at retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City to help people with their PC purchases.
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| Home Loan Troubles Break Records Again |
(Fri, 05 Sep 2008)
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An industry group says a record 9.2 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continues to mount.
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| Too Much Experience May Hurt You When Job Hunting |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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| In today's competitive job market, standing out in a crowd is crucial. But did you ever consider that your years of work experience might actually work against you? Career experts say some job-hunters may appear "old" on their resume, even when they're not. |
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| FDA Wants Stronger Warnings For Arthritis Drugs |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.
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| Sony Recalls 440,000 Vaios For Overheating Fears |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating. Sony has received 209 reports of overheating worldwide, including seven cases in which people received minor burns.
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| Target Says Consumers Skimping On Food, Essentials |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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| Target says August same-store sales fell 2.1 percent as consumers shopped cautiously, mainly for essentials like food. |
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| Sony Recalling Thousands Of Laptop Computers |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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| Sony is recalling 440,000 units of Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating. About 73,000 of those were sold in the United States. |
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| Woman Sentenced For Tampering With Kids' Vitamins |
(Thu, 04 Sep 2008)
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| A Woburn woman who admitted she switched Flintstones vitamins with candy in stores has been sentenced to two years of probation. |
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| Fed: Next President To Face Woes Plaguing Economy |
(Wed, 03 Sep 2008)
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| The Federal Reserve's new snapshot of business conditions, released Wednesday, underscored the toll the housing, credit and financial debacles are having on the economy and the challenges likely to be faced by the next president. Problems are expected to persist into next year. |
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| A New & Improved Way To File Complaints Online |
(Wed, 03 Sep 2008)
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| It's happened to just about all of us. You need help from a company; you call their main number and get lost in a maze of automated phone messages, often giving up before you get the answer you need. But some savvy consumers are taking a different route to get help. They're going online, but not to the company's Web site. |
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