Palm, the onetime handset pioneer, is in trouble. The company lowered its 2010 sales forecasts for its Pre and Pixi devices, which were supposed pull it out of a slump. Sales would be "well below" the $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion it had previously forecast, Palm said.

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Palm Battered After Lowering Sales Outlook originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:45:00.

Filed Under: Research In Motion, Apple, Palm

Traveling for business, vacation and need to put hold on mail? Find out how to quickly, easily file USPS mail hold on Internet, telephone, or in person at postal office.

It looks like Gatorade wasn't too impressed by the abject apology Tiger Woods offered the world last week regarding his affairs. The sports drink brand has ended its sponsorship of the world's top golfer. It was largely thanks to such endorsements that Woods became the first athlete to earn $1 billion.

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Gatorade Loses Its Taste for Tiger Woods originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:00:00.

Filed Under: People, Media, Pepsico

In many Amway Global organizations, Platinum level IBOs earn money not just for their network of product distribution, but also for their network of BSM sales.

Warehouse clubs BJ's and Costco report quarterly earnings Wednesday, and both are expected to show improved results thanks to rising gas prices, food inflation and easy comparisons to the year-ago period. But their numbers could be dampened by the effects of this winter's weather.

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Earnings Preview: Costco and BJ's Bank on Rising Prices originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:38:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Economy, Earnings, Costco Wholesale Corp., Retail

Harrah's Entertainment, owned by Apollo Management and Texas Pacific Group, posted a fourth-quarter income of nearly $300 million -- up from a nearly $5 billion loss a year earlier. Here's how the casino company did it.

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Harrah's Casino Empire Reverses Huge Losses originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:22:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Earnings

Contrary to jittery investors' fears, the euro is likely to survive. But its slide in value amid the eurozone's current debt crises points to a big danger: The actions Europe is likely to take to solve those debt problems may induce another continent-wide recession.

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A Sliding Euro and Debt Crises Could Push Europe Back Into Recession originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:56:00.

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Republican Senator Jim Bunning has twice stopped the Senate from passing a $10 billion measure that includes a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits that are set to expire this weekend. Without this bill, 1.1 million Americans will be left without vital financial resources.

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One Senator Blocks Extension of Jobless Benefits for 1.1 Million Americans originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:00:00.

Filed Under: Economy

It's been a grueling winter for travelers as airlines cancel flights ahead of possible bad weather. In February, 13,000 flights have been cancelled and 1 million passengers stranded. And even when winter ends, new rules could keep more planes grounded.

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Flight Cancelled for Bad Weather? It's Going To Get Worse originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:30:00.

Filed Under: Economy

In the first annual report of his Middle Class Task Force, Vice President Joe Biden Friday proposed a range of reforms designed to help keep middle-class families afloat; among them, updating 401(k) regulations to make the system "safe, transparent, and well regulated."

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Biden's Task Force Seeks to Make 401(k)s Safer originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:15:00.

Filed Under: Retirement, Economy, People, Investing