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TSMC profits down 22.5 percent, still able to afford a new yacht

It’s not been a great year for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: the chip foundry behind Qualcomm and NVIDIA’s silicon (amongst others) saw profits slump by 22.5 percent in the last quarter of 2011. Like everything in this world, however, trouble … Continue reading

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Harlan Green: Who Else But the Fed Will Rescue Real Estate?

How can we thank Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke for keeping our economy afloat with gridlocked Congress and a timid White House? Not only has the Fed kept interest rates low enough to prevent actual deflation, as happened to Japan over … Continue reading

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Economic woes could trump social issues in SC (AP)

PROSPERITY, S.C. ? Allen Koon had always picked his presidential candidates largely based on whether they shared his moral values and stances on issues such as abortion. Then the recession pushed South Carolina’s unemployment rate to record levels and Koon’s … Continue reading

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Barry Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame (AP)

NEW YORK ? Barry Larkin was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame on Monday with plenty of room to spare. The former Cincinnati Reds shortstop was chosen on 495 of 573 ballots (86 percent) in voting announced by the Baseball … Continue reading

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China loan growth quickens (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters) ? China’s banks ratcheted up lending in the last month of 2011 on the back of stronger money supply, reinforcing perceptions that the central bank is gently easing policy to cushion the impact of the global economic slowdown. … Continue reading

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Pet Care Poll: Most Owners Took Animals To The Vet In Past Year

LOS ANGELES — Vet visits cost pet owners an average of $505 dollars last year, according to a new AP-Petside.com poll, with those whose pets faced serious illness spending more than $1,000 on average. Eight in 10 pet owners took … Continue reading

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Spanish bond auction sees interest rate near 7 pct (AP)

MADRID ? Spain paid an interest rate of nearly 7 percent to raise euro3.56 billion ($4.8 billion) in an auction of 10-year bonds Thursday, the highest rate since 1997 and a level seen as unsustainable over the long term. The … Continue reading

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Dish Network 3Q earnings climb 30 percent (AP)

NEW YORK ? Dish Network Corp. posted another loss of subscribers from its slowly dwindling satellite-TV business, even as larger competitor DirecTV adds to its base. However, Dish’s subscriber losses translated into higher net income for the quarter, as it … Continue reading

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CDC: Self-reported drunken driving is down

ATLANTA (AP) ? Drunken driving incidents have fallen 30 percent in the last five years, and last year were at their lowest mark in nearly two decades, according to a new federal report. The decline may be due to the … Continue reading

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