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This edition was generated on Thu Jul 23 08:45:01 EDT 2009

Table of Contents

General News Update
Sports News Update
Business News Update
Miscellaneous Daily Information
Boston Area Weather


General News Update

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-General News:

Job seekers are seen 6th Annual Grand Slam Career Fair held at Citizens Bank AP
New jobless claims rise to 554K, total rolls fall AP – 6 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The government says the number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the report was distorted by the timing of auto plant shutdowns. Full Story »

Sports News

Yahoo! Reuters Headlines-Sports:

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Clay Buchholz, right, fields a bunt single by AP

Rangers put squeeze on Red Sox to complete sweep

AP – 2 hrs 12 mins ago

ARLINGTON, Texas – Clay Buchholz pounced on the bunt near the first-base line, yet all the Boston starting pitcher could do was watch one Texas runner slide across home plate while another ran safely to first. Full Story »

Ford F-150 pickup trucks are shown in the reflection of the grill on a F-350 on AP

Debt reduction pushes Ford to $2.3B 2Q profit

AP – 29 mins ago

DEARBORN, Mich. – Helped by a lightened debt load, Ford Motor Co. posted a surprise second-quarter profit of $2.8 billion Thursday, following the worst loss in company history a year earlier. Shares rose 8 percent. Full Story »

  • Ahead of the Bell: Existing home sales

    AP – 2 hrs 16 mins ago

    WASHINGTON - A real estate trade group's report is expected to show that sales of previously occupied homes inched up in June, a third straight monthly increase. Full Story »

  • Occidental profits down 70 pct; still beats street

    AP – 34 mins ago

    HOUSTON - Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 70 percent from a year ago as results were hit hard by lower oil and natural gas prices. Full Story »

  • NJ woman's bake sale helps make mortgage payment

    AP – Wed Jul 22, 9:18 am ET

    TEANECK, N.J. - A New Jersey woman's bake sale has helped her forestall foreclosure. Full Story »

  • Meltdown 101: Commercial real estate in distress

    AP – Wed Jul 22, 2:59 pm ET

    The residential housing market went into a tailspin over a burst housing bubble and a whole lot of bad mortgages. The commercial real estate market has suffered a different sort of one-two punch. Full Story »

  • Admissions Q&A: Minnesota

    BusinessWeek Online – 36 mins ago

    As a former student of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management (Carlson Full-Time MBA Profile) and its MBA admissions director for the last two years, Jeff Bieganek can describe the perfect MBA student for Carlson better than most. To hear Bieganek tell it, the ideal Carlson applicant is academically prepared, a team player, and a natural-born leader. Full Story »

Miscellaneous Daily Stuff

Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 23, 2009
What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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Irv Kupcinet
What's another word for Thesaurus?
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Steven Wright (1955 - )
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
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Dan Rather (1931 - )

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