The News Corp. chairman's strategy for crippling rival Google has been more orchestrated than it seemed, a profile in this week's New York magazine reveals. And lest you doubt his intentions, Murdoch even named his effort after one of Julius Caesar's conquests for the Roman Empire.

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Inside Rupert Murdoch's War on Google originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:15:00.

Filed Under: People, Media, Google , Microsoft, News Corp.

Buffett's $44 billion acquisition of Burlington Warren Buffett says Northern Santa Fe (BNSF), which is his biggest deal ever, is an "all-in wager on the economic future of the United States." It's also a big bet for the future of Berkshire Hathaway and shows how Buffett is starting to change his approach to mergers and acquisitions

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A Buffett-Eye View of His Biggest Deal: Burlington Northern originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:20:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Columns, Investing, Berkshire Hathaway

The fact that nonrecalled Toyotas are also reported having sudden acceleration problems mean Toyota owners cannot rely on the recall lists to reassure themselves that their cars are safe.

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Legal Briefing: Nervous Toyota Owners Have Questions originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:30:00.

Greece has yet to present the other 15 nations in the eurozone with an adequate debt-reduction plan. Auditors for the group and International Monetary Fund officials have said that the Southern European nation will need to do more than it has planned to get its deficit as a portion of GDP within the eurozone's mandates for member countries.

Greece's current deficit is 12.7% of GDP. In the U.S....

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Plenty of Problems Remain for Greece's Crisis, Including Its Citizens originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:10:00.

Filed Under: Economy

Arkansas's Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program has $2.7 million dollars available for residents to claim for purchasing eligible Energy Star appliances.

With the 2010 Winter Olympics wrapped up in Vancouver, the bodies that fueled them are gaining momentum on the marketing front. The most-famous faces of the competition will garner millions in endorsement deals, but those star athletes often aren't worth it to their sponsors.

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Olympians Go to Market: Is a Gold Medal a Safe Bet? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:40:00.

Filed Under: People, Media, Retail

Celebrating Easter doesn't have to mean spending a lot of money. Having a potluck brunch or a simple breakfast will be a fun and cheap way to celebrate the holiday.

Apple has released the results of a wide-ranging audit of its suppliers that found a number of labor standards violations, including the use of underage workers at three supplier factories last year where iPhones, iPods and Macintosh computers are made.

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Apple Reports Child Labor Was Used to Build iPhones, iPods originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:48:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Apple

After the $6.4 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan in January, some Chinese military members have advocated retaliating by dumping some of China's $755 billion in U.S. Treasury bond holdings. But such a move would seriously hurt China, too. Is this talk mere saber-rattling?

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Will China Use Its U.S. Bond Holdings as a Weapon? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:00:00.

Filed Under: Economy