Dan Bobkoff
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AIG: 'Thanks for the bailout. See you in court?'
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 8, 2013
AIG board mulls whether to join a former CEO in suing the U.S. government for shortchanging shareholders in a $182 billion financial crisis bailout.
Banks settle again, homeowners to get relief
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 7, 2013
In a costly day of legal settlements, 10 banks agree to pay $8.5 billion to four million homeowners for mishandling their foreclosures.
After FTC win, can Google keep up search success?
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 4, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission has decided that Google is not being anti-competitive when it promotes its own services in search results.
Spam maker Hormel to buy Skippy peanut butter
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 3, 2013
The company best known for canned and deli meats is taking Skippy off the hands of the huge food conglomerate Unilever for a cool $700 million.
Delay of federal Sandy relief package to squeeze state budgets
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 3, 2013
A $60 billion Sandy relief package passed the Senate in December, but House leadership reneged on its pledge to pass the bill before the end of the session.
Avis to buy Zipcar for $500 million
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 2, 2013
Avis Budget Group, one of the largest car-rental companies, will merge its traditional car rental services with Zipcar's up-start model.
Fiscal cliff deal raises payroll tax
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Dan Bobkoff
Jan 2, 2013
The 2 percent payroll tax rise means that a person who earns $50,000 a year will pay $1,000 more in taxes.
How the markets signal Washington
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Dan Bobkoff
Dec 28, 2012
Come Monday, if there’s no fiscal cliff deal, the best way for people to indicate their unhappiness is the markets.
Fiscal cliff aside, payroll tax holiday to end
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Dan Bobkoff
Dec 28, 2012
For two years, paychecks have been a little fatter thanks to a payroll-tax cut. But did it stimulate the economy, and what happens when it goes away?
Netflix, Amazon typify corporate 'coopetition'
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Dan Bobkoff
Dec 26, 2012
Whether it’s Netflix and Amazon, or Apple and Google, companies that start off cooperating can turn into fierce competitors.