'07: Buyouts and Bailouts Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 09:00 PM -0800
When I sat down for my annual review of what I've written over the past year, something jumped out at me. Usually, I write about widely diversified subjects. But in 2007, I devoted an inordinate...[more]
Celebrity Chefs Bring Plane Food to New Heights Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 09:00 PM -0800
CHICAGO -- What celebrity chef worth his lamb chops with pomegranate glaze would risk culinary shame by creating airline food -- the butt of innumerable jokes about reheated hash that always seems...[more]
Electronic Passports Raise Privacy Issues Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 09:00 PM -0800
The federal government will soon offer passport cards equipped with electronic data chips to U.S. citizens who travel frequently between the United States and Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean. The...[more]
Stock Market Shows Resilience In a Year of Economic Turmoil Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 09:00 PM -0800
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- After a year of stomach-churning swings, U.S. stocks managed to finish 2007 with a modest gain despite a worsening credit crunch and concerns about an economy possibly headed...[more]
South Korea turns more cautious on 2008 economy Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:36 PM -0800
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's economy will probably expand by slightly less than the previously projected 5 percent in 2008 due to increased risks from the slowing global economy and firmer oil...[more]
A down day, but stocks gain in '07 despite subprime Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 04:31 PM -0800
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, but the market managed to make a modest advance in 2007 after gains in energy and technology offset the dramatic sell-off in financials from the mortgage...[more]
2007: A winning year on Wall Street Category: BusinessPublish Date: 12-31-2007 02:09 PM -0800
Stocks fizzled Monday, limping through the last trading day of 2007 but will close the year with respectable gains.
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