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Posted by Stephanie Startz on December 9, 2009 08:06 AM

A campaign to rebrand "Made In China." [Marketplace]

Is Ford ready to sell Volvo to the Swedish? [NY Times]

Kroger suffers a $875 million loss. [NY Times]

Howard Stern to play hard ball in contract negotiations with Sirius. [WSJ]

EMI joins Universal in the launch of music video site Vevo. [NY Times]

Regulators at odds over when Citi can repay TARP. [FT]

Nielsen finds growing consumer preference for "three screens." [BrandWeek]

Tween retailer LittleMissMatched enjoying rapid growth, faces a branding crisis. [Newsweek]

Talbot's swings to 3Q profit, merges with BPW Acquisition Corp. [WSJ]

Forrester Research study finds that multiple shops best serve brands in a vast media environment. [MediaPost]

It's a buyers market for luxury automobiles. [WSJ]

Richard Branson unveils the Virgin Galactic spaceship. [NY Times]

GM plans to replace their current CFO Ray Young. [NY Times]

The Merrill Lynch bull returns to business cards. [WSJ]

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