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Open Road for GM Stock?

Steven Rattner spoke with reporters on Nov. 15 about GM's likely growth opportunities following the vehicle manufacturer's initial public offering

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Bye-Bye to the Phone Call

As a means of communication, the phone call is dying, soon to be replaced by a mix of text-based exchanges over e-mail, IM, and social networks. Pro or con?

 

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Ireland's Reckoning

On the brink of accepting an international bailout, the former economic superstar of Europe may be going the way of Greece

Debt and Taxes: Will Washington Ever Grow Up?

Two new proposals to get serious about the U.S. budget deficit are colliding with the same old dysfunctional politics

Executive Gift Guide

What to get a client, a cubemate, an assistant, and the boss

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Opening Remarks

Charlie Rose Talks to Erskine Bowles, Alan Simpson

News - Global Economics

The BRIC Debate: Drop Russia, Add Indonesia?

The Aussie Dollar Soars, Central Bank Shrugs

Bond Investors Detect a Whiff of Inflation

How Much Can Exports Help the U.S.? (.pdf)

Cotton Prices Rise as Chinese Output Falls Short

Economics: Using Seinfeld to Teach the Dismal Science

Tom Keene: A Talk with New York's Top Realtor

News - Companies & Industries

Pay Gap: Where For-Profits Beat the Ivy League

Bill Gates' Latest Challenge: Polio

Audi Feels a Need for Speed in the U.S.

China Can't Slake Its Thirst for Costly Wine

Briefs

News - Politics & Policy

Guess Who Opposes Reversing the Individual Mandate in Health Reform?

Wal-Mart vs. a Million Angry Women

The U.S. Chamber Goes Online to Track Civil Litigation

After U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, the State Dept. Steps In

Why Obama Keeps Mentioning China

Sarah Palin Stews Over Government Food Rules

News - Technology

How Zynga Is Polishing CityVille

Cisco Scales Back Forecasts

Dear E-Mail: Die Already. Love, Facebook

Credit Card Companies Woo Programmers

Beverly Harrison's Supersmart Computers

News - Markets & Finance

How ChiNext Helps China's Small Companies Thrive

Toronto Dominion's American Conquest

Citigroup Will Woo Small Business

Investors Are Bidding Up Auto Stocks (.pdf)

Jefferies Makes a Move in M&A

Companies Boost Their Profit Promises

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News - Focus On

Focus on Enterprise

Features

Left Behind by LeBron

General Tso, Meet Steven Covey

Karl's Kings of Industry

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Interview with a Vampire Squid

Hard Choices: Richard Branson

Corrections & Clarifications

Corrections & Clarifications

In Your Face

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Education's 'Race to the Bottom'

Reader Greg Bownik writes: "Colleges and universities that attempt to cut costs in order to compete have unknowingly joined the race to the bottom."

Read the story: The 'No-Frills' College of the Future

 

Charlie Rose Talks To...

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Erskine Bowles, Alan Simpson

The co-chairs of the U.S. Debt Commission explain the thinking behind their $3.8 trillion fix for America's afflicted budget