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SBA tries to get a grip on Ohio small businesses' concerns with survey (BizJournals)
The majority of Ohio's small businesses are having trouble getting financing while almost half have watched their sales fall, according to a first-time survey commissioned by the Small Business Administration in Ohio. Johnson rues England indiscipline (BBC News)
England manager Martin Johnson says the four yellow cards handed out to his side played a key role in the 32-6 defeat by New Zealand at Twickenham. On the Job: Shop owners have the magic touch (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Tom "Tom Jay" Peiritsh peddles illusions. There's the deck of cards, with faces that appear and disappear, the stack of nickels that transform into dimes, and the tiny sponge balls that multiply in the palm of his hand. Between jail and freedom, residents are living in the center of their sentence (Evansville Courier & Press)
It's just past 6 p.m. at the Vanderburgh County Community Corrections Complex adjacent to the jail. The wall telephones are all busy. The one television set is turned to an action movie. A chess match is under way. The vending machines do a brisk business. One man braids another's hair. There's a lively discussion about being served so many bologna sandwiches that they've become one of the ... ANZ card system crashes (The Examiner)
RETAILERS across the country were demanding cash-only sales for three hours yesterday after a computer crash at ANZ rendered them unable to accept credit or debit cards. US Treasury and the Fed: too close for comfort? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Some economists have reservations about recent moves to rescue the economy. Louisiana Business: New Orleans Economy, Home Sales, Robert Gates, Jobs, Insurance (Bayou Buzz)
November 26, 2008 Brits Prefer Tunes on Phones (PC World)
Music-capable mobile phones are outselling CD players in the UK, a study shows. Down, Grinch, down (Tulsa World)
Being thrifty during an uncertain economy doesn't mean an unhappy Christmas. Monday, December 1, 2008 (Deccan Herald)
Providing a holistic perspective, Erich Dash & Julie Creswell * recapitulate how Citigroup saw no red flags even as it made bolder bets in its adrenaline rush to riches.
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