The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Date: 03 December 2011
Among the week’s news: The spillover from Occupy Wall Street, the official start of the holiday shopping season and a global stock rally fed by euphoria over a concerted effort by central banks to stabilize credit markets in Europe.
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Western Digital’s Stock Surges on Flood Recovery
Date: 03 December 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Western Digital Corporation raised its quarterly revenue forecast, citing its recovery from flooding in Thailand, setting off a 7 percent gain in its share price Friday.
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Student Contest | Celebrate 2011 by Writing Raps About the Year’s News
Date: 02 December 2011
By Katherine Schulten
Katherine Schulten
We’ve teamed up with Flocabulary, creators of The Year in Rap, to offer a contest for students in which they are invited to write rap lyrics about 2011 news. In this post you’ll find the contest rules, as well as a related lesson plan and rubric.
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TimesCast | Good News on the Job Front
Date: 02 December 2011
Vijai Singh|Zena Barakat
Vijai Zena
December 2, 2011 — The United States unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped 8.6%, the lowest level in two and a half years.
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Chelsea Clinton, Living Up to the Family Name
Date: 03 December 2011
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
A job with NBC is the latest step in Chelsea Clinton’s gradual coming out as a public figure, one who seems to be finally accepting her celebrity.
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Education Group Tries to Rebound After Diatribe
Date: 02 December 2011
By Kristen McQueary
Kristen McQueary
With new leadership, the education group Stand for Children is trying to move past an embarrassing incident, when its founder was videotaped boasting about the organization’s use of its money and prowess.
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At Thomson Reuters, Corporate P.R. Mirrors Real Life
Date: 02 December 2011
By The Editors
As the fortunes of its chief executive were heading south, the company is sponsoring the Thomson Reuters Polar Vehicle, which is attempting to break the world record for an overland trip to the South Pole.
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Howard Cosell: Admired and Abhorred
Date: 02 December 2011
By Richard Sandomir
Richard Sandomir
Mark Ribowsky’s biography charts Howard Cosell’s rise from obscurity.
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The Economy Is Painful in Skokie, Even in High School
Date: 03 December 2011
By James Warren
James Warren
Students and school administrators in Skokie, Ill., talked about the economic downturn and its effects on families, making it clear that even in high school, Americans are making sacrifices.
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Riding the Republican Roller Coaster
Date: 03 December 2011
By Arthur S. Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane
The ever-shifting G.O.P. primary campaign challenges news organizations to keep pace.
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