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Durable goods orders rise, business spending cools (AP)
WASHINGTON – A surge in demand for commercial aircraft lifted orders for big-ticket manufactured goods in September, but businesses spent less on products that would signal expansion. The Commerce Department says orders for durable goods rose 3.3 percent last month.
Fox rejects Cablevision’s new offer to end impasse (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Fox on Wednesday rejected a last-ditch offer from Cablevision Systems Corp. to pay it more for its TV stations’ signals, a move that could leave some 3 million Cablevision subscribers in the New York area with few options besides heading to a bar to watch baseball’s World Series on TV.
Is Putting a Cell Phone in Your Pocket a Health Risk? (Time.com)
We are a nation grown numb to the seemingly endless fine print that accompanies our purchases. But every now and then a product is sold with a warning that should command attention.
Tribune Board Appoints Executive Council to Oversee Operations
CHICAGO , Oct. 22 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Tribune Company today announced that its board of directors has appointed an Executive Council that will assume the responsibilities of the Office of the Chief Executive and President and oversee the company’s publishing and broadcast operations.
Summary Box: Verizon’s third-quarter results (AP)
NEW VERIZON: The wireless side of the business continued to do well, even though iPhone-fueled AT&T is attracting slightly more customers under contract, who are the most lucrative. OLD VERIZON: The wireline side is barely breaking even, now that Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon posts 25 pct profit drop for 3Q (AP)
NEW YORK – Verizon says its profit fell 25 percent in the third quarter, held back by a one-time pension settlement. The nation’s second biggest phone company said Friday that its net income fell to $881 million, or 31 cents per share, in the July-September period.
How the poll was conducted (AP)
The Associated Press-GfK Poll on issues affecting the midterm elections was conducted Oct. 13-18 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications.
Quinn’s Job Annoucements Not In Latest Jobs Report
By: Jennifer Wessner Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD– If you listened to Gov. Pat Quinn on the stump this week, you heard him hand out over $300 million in and create almost 5,000 jobs. But those job numbers don’t add-up with the latest jobless report in Illinois.
New IMC2.0™ Marketing System Achieves Results
A proprietary new marketing system, trademarked IMC2.0™ is being introduced at a conference this week by Neil Brown, Managing Partner of FUSION b2b, a marketing agency based in Naperville, Illinois. Naperville, IL (PRWEB) October 20, 2010 A proprietary new marketing system, trademarked IMC2.0™ is being introduced at a conference this week by Neil Brown, Managing Partner of FUSION b2b, a marketing agency based in Naperville, Illinois.
Motorola Solutions Awarded $30 Million U.S. Customs and Border Protection Contract to Upgrade Security Communications
— Motorola Project 25 (P25) LMRs to enable radio security, multi-agency interoperability, GPS location capabilities fundamental to CBP’s mission — Motorola to oversee delivery, deployment and optimization of mission critical communications technologies over a period of 24 months SCHAUMBURG, Ill. , Oct.