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Acura's Super Bowl ad: Seinfeld and The Soup Nazi

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:45:45 GMT

Hot on the heels of their Ferris Bueller remake, Honda (this time for their Acura brand) brings the heavy nostalgia for Super Bowl Sunday again.

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Companies that wasted the most on the Super Bowl

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:14:10 GMT

A 30-second ad spot in this yearâ??s Super Bowl costs an average of $3.5 million. But despite spending this much to reach such a massive audience at once, the results are rarely impressive.

Aviation Front Page

Great game, too bad the ads didn't keep up

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 05:08:14 GMT

The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.

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Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:32:21 GMT

Boeing checks 787s for carbon fiber delamination

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 06:28:35 GMT

Boeing is inspecting its newest plane, the 787 Dreamliner for possible repairs to the carbon fiber composite structure of the plane. The issue involves a problem known as delamination.

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Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:04:19 GMT

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Facebook files for IPO; plans to raise $5B

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:53:37 GMT

Facebook just filed documents paving the way for an initial public offering of stock. Click here to read the filing at the SEC. More shortly ...

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Bankrupt Kodak tries to cancel Oscars date

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:04:19 GMT

Kodak has asked the U.S. bankruptcy court to void an estimated $4 million-a-year contract to have its name on the Hollywood theater that hosts the Oscars as the bankrupt photography company tries to reduce its debt.

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Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:06:59 GMT

Media Biz Front Page

Companies paid even lower tax rate than Romney

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:28:05 GMT

According to new data from the Congressional Budget Office, U.S.-based companies paid only 12.1 percent in taxes on profits earned domestically. This is the lowest rate in four decades.

Woman accused of selling fake Facebook stock

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:42:05 GMT

A Wisconsin woman has been charged with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's much-anticipated plans to go public by selling fake stock in the social media giant.

Facebook's $100 billion valuation may be vaporware

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:15:02 GMT

Facebook was famously born in a Harvard dorm room, which might be why its much-hyped valuation of $75 billion to $100 billion seems to suffer from grade inflation.

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VW 'Star Wars' Super Bowl ad isn't one, sort of

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:35:42 GMT

Volkswagen won the peoples' vote last Super Bowl by tugging on the heart strings and evoking Star Wars. The company has done it again. But this is kind of a mess.

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This Bud's for their best Super Bowl ads of all time

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:02:15 GMT

While other corporations wring their hands over the decision to pay an average of $3.5 million on a 30 second Super Bowl ad in a down economy, The King of Beers continues to spend.

Facebook offers reasons not to like its shares

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:52:21 GMT

Anyone looking for a reason NOT to invest in the most heavily hyped IPO of the decade need look no further than page 11 of the company's prospectus, filed with federal regulators Wednesday.

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States are hoping to profit off Facebook IPO too

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:39:50 GMT

Among the myriad investors out there salivating over the prospect of a Facebook initial public offering, there's one group you may not have thought of: people who manage states' finances.

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Going Green Front Page

Vote for your favorite Super Bowl ad

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 03:32:21 GMT

There's no question that the Giants and the Patriots played some exciting football tonight, but what about the ads? Did you like the nostalgia of seeing Jerry Seinfeld's and the Soup Nazi's return, and Matthew Broderick echoing Ferris Bueller?

There's more than one way to bet on Facebook IPO

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:06:59 GMT

While investors decide whether to place their bets on Facebookâ??s initial public offering of stock, there are plenty of other ways to gamble on one of the biggest IPOs on record.