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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

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Deals so good, they’re a steal — literally


Say a homeowner wakes up to find a bicycle dumped on her lawn. She calls the police to come get it, but its owner is never found. Maybe a burglar is caught and a gold mine of loot is recovered. Or perhaps an iPod is seized in a drug raid.

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Billions, trillions — it boggles the brain


NEW YORK — There’s an old saying attributed to Everett Dirksen, the Illinois senator who dotted his speeches with colorful rants against government borrowing: A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.

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Delaware North to focus its efforts this week on Skelos


ALBANY — With two of the three state government leaders backing its bid to win a lucrative contract to run a sprawling casino at a downstate racetrack, Delaware North officials said they will make an all-out push this week to convince the lone holdout to embrace the company’s proposal.

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Six Sigma gains wider appeal

Motorola Inc. may have pioneered Six Sigma, the business discipline that aims to solve problems and improve performance, but it is not just for manufacturers anymore.

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Newly filed liens stalling group’s bid to buy, rehab Statler

The investment partnership that wants to buy Buffalo’s historic Statler Towers is finding the path to ownership riddled with potholes.

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Where did all those trillions go?

NEW YORK — Trillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you’re saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone, gone, gone.

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