Apparently the number one New Year's resolution for discount brokerage firms this year is building assets.

Trying to rebound from an economic environment that had many investors sitting on the sidelines or pulling money out of stocks, Charles Schwab (SCHW), TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and ING Direct began pushing saving campaigns to their clients last week.

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Discount Brokerages Push Savings Products to Investors originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:30:00.

Filed Under: Investing, Charles Schwab

Yahoo (YHOO) was drawn into the growing international cyber-war between Google (GOOG) and the Chinese government Saturday after it declared its support of the U.S.-based search giant. Google threatened to pull out of China after it became the victim of a massive cyber attack that is believed to be masterminded by the Chinese government. Now several other U.S. companies are also believed to have been victims of a similar attack, including Yahoo.

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Yahoo Drawn Into Growing Cyber War Between Google and China originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:28:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Google , Dow Chemical, Yahoo

At this month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the tech-minded, digitally obsessed masses were joined by a different breed: book publishers, whose interest in digital products is growing with the increasing number of e-readers set to hit the market in all shapes, sizes, and color capabilities. And the children's sector of publishing is taking particular notice of how to use this emerging technology to capture the youngest audiences.

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E-Books for Kids Get Publishers' Attention originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:00:00.

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As the world strives to avert a larger humanitarian catastrophe in earthquake-stricken Haiti, all resources and immediate attention first must be dedicated to saving as many lives as possible. But the earthquake that cruelly struck this poorest of nations also can and should serve as a catalyst for the international community to make Haiti a nation where its people finally have decent, safer, modern living conditions, a thriving economy and a future filled with hope.

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A Mini Marshall Plan Is Needed for a True Resurrection of Haiti originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:30:00.

Filed Under: Economy

After weeks of sitting on the sidelines while Cadbury (CBY) played cat-and-mouse with Kraft Foods(KFT), Hershey (HSY) is finally ready to make a bid for the UK-based chocolate maker.

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Hershey Is Finally Ready to Make a Bid for Cadbury originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:00:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Kraft Foods, Hershey

This year is slated to be one of the few in history when the price of a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl declines, hobbled by the recession and decisions by some top marketers to sit on the sidelines. But 2010, when a 30-second spot is selling for $2.5 million to $2.8 million, compared with $3 million in 2009, may prove a glitch rather than the new norm. According to a new study from San Francisco advertising firm Venables Bell & Partners, Super Bowl commercials not only continue to spur consumer buying, but may influence consumers for much longer time than in previous decades. And that may push up ad rates in future games.

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Advertisers Will Kick Themselves for Skipping Super Bowl XLIV originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Media, Pepsico

At 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) reset the famous "Doomsday Clock" to six minutes to midnight from its previous position of five minutes to midnight. This shift of one minute, the smallest adjustment in the history of the clock, indicates that the BAS is slightly more optimistic that the world might be able to address its problems and increase its security.

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Doomsday Clock Resets: Is This the End? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:00:00.

Filed Under: Energy, Technology, Green