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Minneapolis Star Tribune - Today Even the most die-hard cynic will be reaching for tissues as "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (6 p.m., KSTP, Ch. 5 I didn't want to leave the Twins' Fans fuming over Hunter, money, loyalty and Twins Stores welcome early shoppers Dissatisfied

Stake-hungry Chinese seen stalking fallen idol UBS
Reuters - They have got the money and want to learn how to do it," said Simon Maughan, an analyst at MF Global Securities in London. "I think there is a fat chance that a Chinese bank would want to buy the whole thing because they would not know how to run

Cramer & Shark: Beat the Odds, Make Money
Street.Com - Cramer & Shark: Beat the Odds, Make Money Rev Shark tells Jim Cramer how he overcame disabilities and a failing law career to try his luck in stocks and wound up managing his own money, working as a money manager and becoming a writer

1A: Goodhue 28, Adrian 7
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Adrian came into Friday’s Class 1A Prep Bowl hoping to again shut down an opponent. In the end, Goodhue’s two-headed I didn't want to leave the Twins' Stores welcome early shoppers Fans fuming over Hunter, money, loyalty and Twins Dissatisfied

Shoppers go Black Friday deal hunting
MSN MoneyCentral - Market Wire PrimeNewswire PRNewswire News by Topic Companies Stock Market Economy Industry Commentary This Week Index MSN Money Experts Jim NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eager shoppers stormed malls and stores across the country on Friday to snap up the early-bird

Injured McNabb doubtful to play vs. Pats
ESPN.com - Bettors putting their money on New England have cashed in so often this season, oddsmakers are forced to inflate the line. The Glantz-Culver line was 22 on Friday. Several Las Vegas sportsbooks and a few offshore Internet gambling sites listed it

Carolyn Hax: Sis wishes he would drop her ex-friends
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Home | Columnists | Carolyn Hax Carolyn Hax: Sis wishes he would drop her ex-friends Dear Carolyn: My daughter "Teri" and son I didn't want to leave the Twins' Stores welcome early shoppers Fans fuming over Hunter, money, loyalty and Twins Dissatisfied

Canadians Jump Into Black Friday Frenzy
Philadelphia Inquirer - You just want everything and before you know it, you've run out of money and now you're on the credit card and then your friends' credit cards," Vieira laughed. As the Canadian dollar surged to a peak of $1.09 earlier this month, Walden Galleria

Fixit: Fresh water will keep tree fresh
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Fixit: Fresh water will keep tree fresh Fixit: With down, cost reflects quality Fixit: Gravel driveway would minimize tree damage Sleepy after meal? Don't blame turkey Fixit: Energy tips for saving money without spending money Q What's the best way

IAAF annuls results, asks Jones to return prize money
ESPN.com - MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- All of Marion Jones' results dating to September 2000, including her Olympic and world championship titles, were annulled Friday because of doping. Track and field's governing body also told her to return her estimated $700,000

Leftovers from EU budget to finance Galileo, ministers decide
CNBC - At least ??1 billion (US$1.48 billion) of taxpayers' money has already been spent on the project. After arduous all-day talks Friday, Germany was persuaded by finance officials from the EU's other member states to carry on with Galileo. Britain, the

Chip maker seeks new injunction
CNBC - Qualcomm, based in San Diego, is the world's second-largest chip supplier for mobile phones after Texas Instruments Inc. but earns much of its money from licensing fees on its patented technology. Broadcom, based in Irvine, is a newcomer to the cell

TABLE-U.S. M-2 money supply down $3.6 bln Nov 12 week
Reuters - NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters) - U.S. M-2 money supply fell by $3.6 billion in the November 12 week to $7,403.2 billion, the Federal Reserve said on Friday. The Fed said the four-week moving average of M-2 was $7,405.0 billion vs. $7,397.4 billion in the

Risky business
FOXSports.com - Name a team — any team — and they're probably scrambling for starting pitching. Whether their teams truly need it or not, baseball executives are forever in search of capable hurlers. In baseball terms, pitching is like money: You can never have

ECB says it will hike liquidity amid 'tensions in euro money market
Forbes - FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - The European Central Bank (ECB) said tensions in the money markets have re-emerged and therefore it will increase the liquidity it provides to banks at least until 'after the end of' 2007. In an announcement

Westpac jilts Virgin Money
News.com.au - VIRGIN Money's struggling Australian business has been dealt another blow after Westpac said it would abandon its distribution deal with the company. Westpac has been the funder and back office administrator of the Virgin credit card since 2003, but

EU agrees public funding for satellite project
Reuters - The Portuguese spokesman said budget ministers agreed to finance a 2.4 billion euro ($3.55 billion) shortfall in start-up costs of the Galileo system by redeploying unspent money for farm subsidies and competitiveness projects. "We have an agreement

The world shops America
CNN Money - feed://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_news_economy.rss NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Happy Vendredi Noir! Or Schwarzer Freitag! Or Viernes Negro! Walking around midtown Manhattan on

Best Dressed Athletes
Sports Illustrated - months, SI.com has run a series of galleries and polls to let you narrow the field in our search for the best dressed male athlete in sports. Here are the four finalists. Go to the last frame to cast your vote. A is for A-Rod, who makes lots of money