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Facebook's new security feature: remote logouts

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:37 PM EST   [*New!*]

Facebook is rolling out a new security feature that lets users log out of their accounts remotely from another computer.

Ideas Wanted: Multinationals Open Doors to Entrepreneurs

Business Week - Small Business  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:37 PM EST   [*New!*]

Giants such as GE and PepsiCo are sponsoring competitions that let startups strut their stuff

Microsoft Quincy datacenter faces Ecology hearing

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:37 PM EST   [*New!*]

Microsoft's plans to expand its huge datacenter in Quincy will undergo a public hearing, giving people a chance to weigh in on the addition of 13 diesel backup generators planned for the complex.

News Analysis: France May Have a Hard Time Selling Its G-20 Goals

NYT World Business  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:34 PM EST   [*New!*]

As Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to take over as president of the Group of 20 on Nov. 12, analysts say many of his proposals appear to be hamstrung from the start.

Double hand transplant patient shows new hands

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:34 PM EST   [*New!*]

The recipient of a rare double hand transplant says he feels 'fantastic' and can wiggle fingers on both his new hands.

A whopper deal: Burger King in $3.3B buyout

MSNBC - Top Headlines  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:33 PM EST   [*New!*]

Burger King Holdings Inc., America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. Burger King - Hamburger - 3i - Business - Private equity

Stocks move higher following jobs, housing reports

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:33 PM EST   [*New!*]

Stocks rose Thursday, extending their gains from the day before, after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs all indicated that the economy continues to grow.

Earl threatens East Coast with a pounding

AP Top Business News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:31 PM EST   [*New!*]

By MIKE BAKER 2010-09-02T21:31:49Z BUXTON, N.C. (AP) -- The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard....

Amtech Systems gets $37M in new solar orders

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:31 PM EST   [*New!*]

Amtech Systems, Inc. said Thursday that a subsidiary has received $37 million in new solar orders from customers in Asia.

Officials Assess Damage From Blast in Gulf of Mexico

NYT Business  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:30 PM EST   [*New!*]

The explosion touched off flurries of conflicting reports about sightings of oil slicks in the water and whether any workers had been injured in the blast.

Nonprofits a Surprising Bright Spot in National Jobs Picture

Newswise: BizNews  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:30 PM EST   [*New!*]

Nonprofit employers are providing one of the few bright spots in the country's dismal employment picture this Labor Day, according to new data released today by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies.

Summary Box: Less gloom on economy clips Treasurys

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:29 PM EST   [*New!*]

ANOTHER SLIDE: Treasury prices slid again Thursday, though not as badly as they did the day before, following more positive news on the economy.

Utah bar sales rise 1 percent post-private clubs

Seattle Times: Business & Technology  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:28 PM EST   [*New!*]

Sales of alcohol in Utah bars rose 1 percent in the first year since the state eliminated its private club system.

Bridgeway Pays Shareholders to Invest, for Now

Morningstar  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:26 PM EST

Plus, Loomis Sayles swipes Wellington managers, and Joel Greenblatt plans 'Magic Formula' funds.

No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire

AP Top Business News  | Links  | Related | Sep 02, 2010 05:24 PM EST

By ALAN SAYRE 2010-09-02T21:24:16Z NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast....