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Chavez foes face intimidation ahead of vote
President Hugo Chavez is threatening to imprison a popular opposition leader, roll tanks into the streets and use force to defend the results of Sunday's state and local elections.
Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee. 
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Welcome to today's round-up of business news from The Times: what we're
saying, what they're saying
Microsoft still interested in Yahoo...
Microsoft says it is still interested in some sort of Web search deal with Yahoo.
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Lawyers 'sprint' to be ready on...
Climate change is bad for the environment, but it may be good for business. Very, very good.
Reporting deadlines tight
Small companies are struggling with tight reporting deadlines, a survey has shown.
High street sales rise defies gloomy...
Retail sales fell by just 0.1 per cent in October, much less than the forecast
0.9 per cent decline, official figures revealed today.
Report: Online shoppers cutting back this holiday season
Thanks to inflation, low confidence in the economy, and unemployment, almost 71 percent of online shoppers plan to cut back their spending this holiday season. Things are not looking so rosy in Whoville, it seems.Read More...
Oil prices fall with global stock markets
Oil slipped below $54 a barrel Wednesday as stock markets across the globe fell and yet another U.S. government report showed how badly the housing market has been hit.
Truck charges to hit hard
A hike in truckies' fees will hit shoppers at the checkout, the Nationals have warned.
Jobs: be careful how you ring changes
With unemployment predicted to rise above three million, many employers are
starting to plan on how to cut their wage bills. While BT and Citibank have
announced that...
It exists! Chinese Democracy launching on MySpace Music
In 1991, the original George Bush was midway through his term, music came on cassette or CD, and Guns 'N Roses released their last album of original material. That will change at midnight Thursday as Chinese Democracy, 17 years in the making, is streamed for free on MySpace Music.Read More...