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Worrying about a recession might just cause one.

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The retirement advocate’s financial products get mixed reviews

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Latin America’s largest beverage company, Fomento Economico Mexicano, might have a couple of good reasons to pop the bubbly.

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Perhaps Dolby Laboratories’ (DLB) biggest asset is its ability to change with the times.

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As the economy slows, recession fears mount. Job losses are likely.

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Stocks rebounded after a rough start Friday, shaking off some soft economic reports and ending the session with mixed results.

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Stocks slipped Friday, but managed to cut losses by the close, after surprisingly weak surveys on manufacturing and consumer sentiment revived worries about the threat of a recession.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Yahoo Inc. expects to incur pretax charges of $20 million to $25 million for severance-pay expenses and related cash expenditures stemming from restructuring its workforce, the Internet company said in a regulatory filing Friday. The majority of the charges will be recognized in the first quarter, with the remaining costs being recognized over the remainder of 2008, it said. Yahoo also acknowledged that it has started to notify workers whose employment will be terminated as part of the restructuring. In late January, the company said it would enact a ”realignment” of 1,000 positions this month.

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Though the hot Mexican restaurant chain missed the fourth-quarter profit forecast, analysts say it still has a better chance of attracting cost-conscious diners than other brands

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Wall Street wrapped up the trading week on a down note today, with investors fretting over slashed fiscal-year guidance from Best Buy (BBY) and a deluge of unimpressive economic data…(Read More)

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