Business Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
New area code not necessary until 2012, commission says ... Data-protection company receives $5.3 million funding ... Esterline to buy California company making fasteners ... WaMu Inc. can restrict sale of large stock blocks, court says ... Boeing posts second-biggest drop in Dow Jones average ... GE reorganizing its loan unit to save $2 billion next year.
Buy a Car at Fire-Sale Prices (TheStreet.com)
If you have the money and access to credit, it's a buyer's market in the car industry.
Why buy a business at a time like this? (Scoop.co.nz)
There’s no hiding from the current hard times – the media is awash with headlines of hard luck stories, however it’s not all bad. Now might, in fact, be the very best time there is for buying your own business. Why?
Mazda stake sale Tokyo, Nov. 18: (The Telegraph)
Ford Motor Company will sell a 20 per cent stake in Mazda Motor Corporation to raise cash. Mazda will buy back 6.87 per cent of its own shares from Ford for up to 17.9 billion yen ($185 million), keeping them as treasury stock. More than 20 business partners will purchase the remaining 13 per cent.
Bankruptcy sale of Boscov's chain nears completion (AP via Yahoo! News)
The bankruptcy sale of regional department store chain Boscov's to two former executives moved a step closer to fruition following a court hearing on Tuesday
