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NY Times: Aaron Patzer on the Future of Mint + Intuit

Mr. Patzer, 29, became vice president and general manager of Intuit’s personal finance group and now oversees the company’s Mint and Quicken products for desktop, online and mobile. Mr. Patzer, who says the new Quicken 2010 desktop program is vastly improved over the old version, spoke recent...

Blame Canada, Says The Times [Canada]

The strong Canadian dollar is buoying Canadian NHL teams at the expense of American ones, while the Bills' "home game" in Toronto is decimating Buffalo businesses. It's time we use rendition to get Chris Bosh. [NY Times / NY Times]

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NY Times' Bill Carter Is At It Again...

If you think The New York Times television reporter Bill Carter's usual suck-up coverage of the small screen biz has been even more fawning than usual to The Powers And Entertainers That Be, this is why: Carter is doing another book.

He made the deal with Viking's Rick Kot during the summer and ...

Stake valuations hit Comcast deal for NBC

General Electric and Vivendi are at least $1bn apart in their valuation of the French group’s stake in NBC Universal, damping hopes of a quick resolution to a stand-off that is holding up Comcast’s planned bid for a majority stake in the US broadcast, cable and film group ...

NY Times’ Pogue: Verizon, AT&T scamming mobile customers by charging for bogus data downloads

Starting next week, Verizon will double the early-termination fee for smartphones...

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