Tech, businesses groups plan investor pitch competition (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fifteen entrepreneurs will take part in the Hawaii Entrepreneur Investor Pitch Competition set for tomorrow at the Plaza Club.

Consumer and Investor Confidence Fall to Record Lows--AGAIN (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
Consumer and investor confidence once again fell to record lows on Monday.

CA-BUSINESS Summary (The Globe and Mail)
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed above $54 a barrel on Wednesday ahead of data expected to show U.S. crude stocks rose last week, another sign that the global economic slump is clipping fuel demand.

Sears' future hanging on holiday sales (Chicago Tribune)
Poor showing may jeopardize retailer in '09, analysts say It was four years ago this week when billionaire investor Edward Lampert stunned Wall Street by announcing that Kmart Holding Corp., the discount chain he resurrected from bankruptcy, had agreed to buy Sears, Roebuck and Co., America's largest department store chain.

Investor raises his Circuit City stake (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
A Mexican billionaire who made a portion of his fortune in consumer electronics has become Circuit City Stores Inc.'s largest shareholder. Ricardo Salinas Pliego, 52, bought 30.3 million shares of the Henrico County retailer last week at prices ranging from 19 to 29 cents per share, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Circuit City filed for bankruptcy at the ...