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EADS under fire over job cuts in defense shake-up

PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS (EAD.PA) came under fire on Tuesday from shareholders France and Germany over plans to cut 5,800 jobs, but its chief executive said that ignoring weak defense and space markets would have put even more jobs at risk. EADS said a three-year reorganization of its defense and space activities would affect 4,500 jobs on its main payroll, of which 1,500 would be…

  • Retailers Turn Store Clerks Into Web Shippers

    Retailers ranging from Sears to Saks have all embraced shipping to compete against Amazon. They are shuttling merchandise store to store, warehouse to store, store to customer—often both quickly and free....

    The Wall Street Journal
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  • Cyber Monday 2013: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

    Now is a perfect time to digest the takeaways with Cyber Monday 2013 in the books and discover what the busiest online shopping day of the year says about the future. Overall sentiment was positive with a reported 21% rise in online sales for the day. However, sales tapered throughout the day…

    Business 2 Community

  • Learn More about the Winter Olympic Athletes

    Get excited for the 2014 Winter Olympics with Team Kellogg's #GreatStarts videos. Get inspired by athletes, like ice skater Kristi Yamaguchi

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  • 4 Tips That Transform Holiday Shoppers Into Loyal Customers

    Challenge: Tis the season for customers to think “sale.” However, while customers are concentrating on transactions, companies need to think beyond the holidays. We hope the following 4 tips will help you move beyond “quickie transactions” for the 2013 holiday season to creating relationships for…

    Business 2 Community

  • Speculators Hold Smallest Bullish Gold Positions Ever In One CFTC Report

    (Kitco News)?- One the two reports compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reviewing weekly trading positions shows large speculative traders cut their bullish gold futures and options holdings to the smallest ever, according to data released late Friday. In the Dec. 3 commitments of…

    Forbes

  • Europe's largest parcel service, DHL, shows off a test flight of its delivery drone

    A small unmanned aerial vehicle flew a 6.6-pound package of medicine across a river today as part of research by the German delivery giant DHL into the use of drones. A company spokesman told the Associated Press that this was part of preliminary research and that the company is exploring how…

    The Verge

  • JPMorgan's Chinese Napping Analyst Knew What's Up

    It's easy to get confused about what makes a good investment banker but you can keep it simple. A good banker gets clients to give him money. This clarifies discussions of whether clients' children are ...

    Bloomberg

  • NOG Makes Notable Cross Below Critical Moving Average

    In trading on Monday, shares of Northern Oil & Gas Inc (AMEX: NOG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $14.20, changing hands as low as $13.97 per share. Northern Oil & Gas Inc shares are currently trading off about 1.7% on the day. The chart below shows the [...]

    Forbes

  • Square Reveals A Thinner Credit Card Reader With Higher Accuracy And More Device Compatibility

    Square did indeed reveal something new today as promised, and it's a credit card reader design update, which is what we suggested was most likely yesterday when they teased the news. The new reader is ...

    TechCrunch
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    Celeb Social Snaps: Week of December 9, 2013 (8 photos)

    Check out the best personal pics stars are sharing on social media this week!

  • The Barcode Turns 61

    The barcode has turned 61! This important and much-overlooked little aspect of business has now been around since 1952 – and has evolved and changed in a lot of different ways over the years. Let’s take a closer look. The Barcode’s History The world’s first barcode was created in 1952 by Joseph…

    Business 2 Community

  • Jobs vs environment in Pinelands pipe plan fracas

    The age-old jobs-versus-the-environment clash is playing out again, this time in the New Jersey Pinelands, a million-acre spread of protected woods and wetlands that happens to be in the way of a proposed ...

    Associated Press
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    High deductibles part of ACA lie: Pro

    Discussing the high cost of deductibles under Obamacare, with Matt Miller, Washington Post online columnist, and Betsy McCaughey, health policy expert and author of "Beating Obamacare".

    CNBC Videos

  • Twitter shares soar, near all-time high

    By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter shares soared more than 9 percent on Monday to their highest level since the company's initial public offering after a spate of product announcements that could boost its revenue prospects. Twitter has mostly traded in the low-$40 range in recent…

    Reuters

  • Adobe Chases Elusive Profit in $67.3 Billion Cloud Market

    During five days in August 2011, Adobe Systems Inc.’s top executives sequestered themselves in an 18th-floor boardroom atop the software maker’s Silicon Valley headquarters to address an emerging threat: ...

    Bloomberg
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  • China Export Bounce Surprises Market

    Exports surprise big time in China, could send the FXI exchange traded fund to $41.

    Forbes

  • Alibaba to Invest in Haier, Driving Up White-Goods Maker’s Stock

    Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. agreed to buy shares in Haier Electronics Group Co. and its logistics business, as China’s biggest e-commerce company builds its distribution in the world’s most populous country. ...

    Bloomberg

  • Auto bailout saved 1.5 million U.S. jobs: study

    The federal bailout of General Motors Co , Chrysler and parts suppliers in 2009 saved 1.5 million U.S. jobs and preserved $105.3 billion in personal and social insurance tax collections, according to a study released on Monday. The Bush and Obama administrations loaned the auto industry, including…

    Reuters

  • As rates rise, don't give up on bond funds

    Anxious mutual-fund investors are dumping bonds in favor of riskier assets, but many are likely to regret it.

    MarketWatch

  • HSBC Sources Deny Float Plans

    The long-running saga about what HSBC Holdings Plc, will end up doing about its U.K. business, re-surfaced on Monday, following a report in the Financial Times which said HSBC was sounding out investors ...

    The Wall Street Journal
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  • How to Use Your Credit Card for Charity

    Tis the season for giving, and this year many people will use credit cards to donate. Here's what to know before you use your credit card for charity.

    Credit.com
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