Did Bernard Madoff's niece helped hide $50 billion fraud? Ongoing inquiries on the $50 billion fraud made by fund manager Bernard Mudoff caused that the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to order the agency's inspector general to investigate all SEC staff contacts and relationships with the Madoff family and the firm. 17 Dec 2008
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Apple's Steve Jobs Won't Deliver Any More Macworld Keynotes Apple announced Tuesday that Steve Jobs will not give his annual keynote address, a platform he has used to launch revolutionary products such as iTunes in 2001 and the iPhone in 2006. 17 Dec 2008
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NY Gov. Paterson proposes 'iPod tax' Gov. David Paterson has proposed a so-called 'iPod tax' on downloaded and entertainment services to help his state close a $15.4 billion budget deficit. 17 Dec 2008
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Cadbury Sees Good '08 Profit Despite Slow US Sales Cadbury PLC, the world's biggest candy maker, said Tuesday it expects a strong rise in profits for 2008 despite seeing sales growth in North America slow in the fourth quarter. 17 Dec 2008
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Newspaper Group Moves to Drop 'Paper' From Name As Detroit's two daily newspapers became the most prominent to curtail their print editions, an organization of newspaper editors moved Tuesday to drop ''paper'' from its name. 17 Dec 2008
Nation's first face transplant in Cleveland The nation's first near-total face transplant has been done on a woman at the Cleveland Clinic, the hospital announced Tuesday. 16 Dec 2008
The Overnight Report: It's All Happening - Tomorrow The Dow fell 65 points or 0.8% while the S&P fell 1.3% and the Nasdaq 2.1%. The Nasdaq was paticularly weak following Goldman Sach's downgrade of Apple. Apparently Christmas demand for iPhones, iPods et al is not up to expectation. 16 Dec 2008