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United States Market and Economy

July 21st, 2007

links for 2007-07-22

Consuming Amazon’s Web API Directly with Javascript (via JSON and XSLT)
(tags: amazon json javascript webservices xml XSLT ajax web2.0 howto webdev)

Why Small Tech Companies Aren’t Outsourcing
Many are focused on product innovation-and that’s difficult to shift overseas
(tags: business Outsourcing for_TM innovation)

Why Fannie And Freddie Are Fidgety
The financial giants are loaded down with dicey loans as defaults […]

Original post by FeedZilla

July 21st, 2007

Reader mailbag: Rare case of fund-merger reversal

BOSTON (MarketWatch) — It’s time to take a look back at a few recent columns where developments have raised new questions from investors. Here are some of those questions, answered.

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July 21st, 2007

Economists will get no joy from Q2 GDP jump

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Annual growth is expected to jump from 0.7% in the first quarter to about 3.4% in the second quarter, but many economists said they will feel little joy.

Original post by FeedZilla

July 21st, 2007

July 20, 2007 Stock Market Recap

Well, we knew coming in to this week with options expiration and earnings that it would be a busy one and it didn’t disappoint. The last three days, especially, were a serios tug-o-war between bulls & bears. We had some big moves in both directions but when all was said & done […]

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July 21st, 2007

Barclays considers options for recovering losses at Bear Stearns

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Barclays Plc, once an investor in a now worthless Bear Stearns hedge fund that bet on subprime securities, is now considering its options for recovering $400 million it invested in the fund, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Saturday.

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July 21st, 2007

India elects its first female president

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — In a landmark victory, Pratibha Patil will become India’s first female president after she won almost two-thirds of the votes cast by state assemblies and the country’s parliament on Saturday, according to media reports.

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July 21st, 2007

Harry Potter buzz explodes with final book release

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Move over, iPhone — Harry Potter is the new king of hype.

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July 21st, 2007

The week’s 10 best Personal Finance stories — July 16-20

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of July 16-20:

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July 21st, 2007

U.S. stocks end lower; Dow tallies weekly loss of 0.4%

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stocks fell sharply on Friday and also for the week, as enthusiasm wilted under disappointing earnings from Google Inc. and Caterpillar Inc., while nervouness in credit markets led to worries about the future of corporate buyouts.

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July 21st, 2007

2007 Hyundai Santa Fe: An SUV for changing times

DARNESTOWN, MD. (MarketWatch) — It was not the kind of thing that one wanted to hear at the top of the early morning radio newscast — ”Gas prices have hit another record high.”

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