Goldman Sachs and 9 other stock picks
MSN MoneyCentral – Here s a regularly updated list of stock picks from guests on CNBC. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. It was recommended March 14 by Sandy Lincoln, chief market strategist at Wayne Hummer Asset Management. His company owns the stock. The company

A star gets snipped
Montreal Gazette – Philippe Dubuc is fighting to save the fashion business he founded 12 years ago with partner Marie-Claude Gravel. A day after having been forced into bankruptcy, the acclaimed Montreal fashion designer said private investors will help him stay afloat

Board says junior high should stay
MaineToday.com – WINSLOW —Don’t write that eulogy for Winslow Junior High School. The school board Monday night made clear it wants to keep the system’s oldest building, using a practical, no-frills approach to repairs and maintenance. This ranks as an abrupt shift

The Best Wholesale Price List for Nike Air Force One!
Podcasting News – I am selling my suppliers’ contact. They are direct China factory contacts and they have their own shoes factories. In my contact list, you will get the website URLs for shoes pics, email addresses, company name/contact name, phone #, and fax

DOJ opens probe into online music pricing: sources
ABC News – LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into online music pricing at the world’s major music labels, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The DOJ probe closely tracks a similar investigation by

China Jan-Feb retail sales up 12.5 pct yr-on-yr – NBS - UPDATE
Forbes – BEIJING (AFX) – For the months of January and February retail sales in China rose 12.5 pct from a year earlier to 1.26 trln yuan, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Retail sales were up 9.4 pct year-on-year in February and 15.5 pct for the month

Put up your dukes
Columbus Dispatch – Costco Wholesale Inc., dubbed the “anti-Wal-Mart” for its stand on employee pay and its more upscale goods, is looking to make its mark on Columbus. The Seattle-area retail powerhouse will open its first store in the region in the fall, just north of

Umbro FY Sales Slip 1.5% In Non-Tournament Year
SportingGoodsBusiness.com – MARCH 09, 2006—UK apparel mark Umbro was happy to see its wholesale equivalent sales (TWE) dip only 1.2% in a non-tournament year. Profit before taxes and on-timers (including the price-fixing fine, the loss of Chelsea and the cost of new

Wal-Mart and the Shanghai Pirates:
Slate – The video pirates of Shanghai, China, have developed an amazingly successful business model for exploiting the home market. In the back rooms of video stores, shoppers fill their baskets while choosing from an almost endless inventory of DVDs that

Verizon Wireless INpulse Pay-As-You-Go Service Now Available at Wal
WebWire – 03/09/2006, BEDMINSTER, NJ Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the nation s most reliable wireless network, and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the world s largest retailer, announced today that Verizon Wireless INpulse pay-as-you-go service is