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Black Friday: Bargain or Bust?

25 Nov 2009

Whether the deals are better than what shoppers will usually see or if it is just another marketing tactic, with Hitha Prabhakar, Style File Group; Brad Wilson, BlackFriday2009.com and CNBC's Jane Wells.

Holiday Central 25 Nov 2009
A discussion of the many ways retailers are preparing for Black Friday, live from K-Mart in Burbank, CA, with CNBC's Jane Wells.
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Retailers are getting ready for Black Friday, and CNBC's Jane Wells has the play by play. Stacy Janiak, of Deloitte, shares her insight.

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24 Nov 2009

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Friday, 13 Mar 2009

Silence Of The Scams - The Call Of Shame?

Posted By:Jane Wells

Topics:Bernard Madoff | Media | Print Media

Sectors:Media

Companies:Bank of America Corp

THE CALL OF SHAME

Call of Shame
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"The Call" takes its weekly look at the lowlights and lowlifes in the world of business, which this week includes scams, scum, and shoes.

And the nominees are...

MERRILL...LYNCHED?

Merrill Lynch [BAC Loading... () ] may be bullish on America, but bull*@#t is the term some are using to describe the company's statements about the timing of its mega-bucks bonuses. The firm stands accused of lying to Congress back in November when it said those decisions wouldn't be made until the end of the year, when management had allegedly decided already that bonuses would be paid out sooner.

SILENCE OF THE SCAMS

With Bernie Madoff admitting guilt, all eyes now turn to Houston's Allen Stanford, who did a verbal Texas Hold 'em this week. He is holding his tongue, invoking the fifth, and staying silent in the investigation accusing him of stealing $8 billion from investors.

YES WE CAN!

Democrats are showing President Obama they can do what they want, in stuffing 8,000 earmarks into the spending bill (of course, there's a bit of GOP pork in there as well). "Change We Can Believe In" turns into "The More Things Change..."

UN-cool

The UN calls the US a "deadbeat" for being $1 billion in arrears in financial commitments to the world body. This even though the US is the UN's largest donor, forking over $5 billion of your tax dollars last year.

SUCKS IN THE CITY

Carrie Bradshaw has nothing on Annette Yeomans, the California bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10 million over ten years from her employer, a woodworking/cabinetry firm (things must be good in the cabinet business when someone can take $1 million a year and no one notices). Yeomans is accused of using some of the stolen money to build a huge closet and fill it with shoes.

AND THE WINNER IS...

Who do you think?? Bernie Madoff, who took three months and one day after his arrest to finally admit he's sorry, finally admit he's guilty. However, he has yet to finally cough up all the details of where the money went, and who helped him.

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