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Headline Roundup: Windfall Prophets

Posted by Peter Feld on October 19, 2009 08:29 AM

Falling dollar helps US exports. [NY Times]

UK considers windfall tax on banks that received aid. [Guardian]

Apple's earnings soar despite recession. [WSJ]

Threatened by Google, Microsoft prepares to launch Windows 7. [FT]

But in China, where software pirates romp, Windows 7 is widely bootlegged. [NY Times]

Lack of a smartphone hobbles Nokia's efforts to battle back in US. [NY Times]

US luxury sector still soft, dropping 8%, recovery awaits 2011. [WSJ]

Twitter helps The Guardian beat gag order about lethal Trafigura waste dump. [NY Times]

Location-based mobile social network Foursquare connects users in real life. [NY Times]

(More headlines: Aid threatens GM and Citi, Lufthansa brings back WiFi.)

France battles Google and Amazon to control its cultural integrity. [NY Times]

Still reeling from Messier's tenure, Vivendi shakes up its empire. [NY Times]

GM could back out of Canadian deal to sell Opel on concerns over German aid. [Bloomberg]

US aid threatens Citi's stake in Mexican bank Banamex. [Business Insider]

Allegiant is the toast of the low-cost airline industry. [FT]

National Express denies it solicited merger proposal from Stagecoach. [Times of London]

Reality TV prods fame-hungry parents to push kids like Balloon Boy into the limelight. [LA Times]

Upcoming Facebook movie signals social networking trend has peaked. [WaPo]

New 10pm timeslot for Jay Leno disrupts local NBC stations' schedules. [LA Times]

With final rankings unresolved, "Where The Wild Things Are" may have been No. 1 US film this weekend. [LA Times]

Lufthansa to restore in-flight wi-fi, in partnership with Panasonic. [Times of London]

Enough recession, already! Retail therapy brings credit cards out of hiding in US. [WaPo]

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