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Washington (PRESS RELEASE – February 9, 2010) — Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L.

Landrieu, D-La., who has shepherded small business job-creation measures through her Committee, made the following comment in regard to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s unveiling of the $30 billion Small Business Lending Fund, a fund that directs money to community banks for small business lending:

Swiss bank UBS AG posted a fourth-quarter profit of 1.205 billion Swiss francs ($1.12 billion) Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations partly thanks to a tax credit, but said rich clients' withdrawals had continued.

The LPACK20 is a 20 watt, full-cutoff LED Wallpack.

Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc.

In 2009, the number of union jobs in the public sector surpassed those in the shrinking private sector. As job loss and business failure has become increasingly commonplace, the face of unions is changing.

You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes naturally — hit the brakes.

But what if the car keeps going?

The new enforcement team at the Securities and Exchange Commission is working to police Wall Street -- and to shake off the psychic blow of the Bernard L.

Madoff affair.

Google is reportedly coming out with a Twitter-like tool this week.

Google's tried social a few times, but it hasn't done very well. Why are people so excited about it this time?

It's important to remember that everything Google touches doesn't turn to gold.

Sometimes they screw up. Sometimes they overestimate their own abilities, and sometimes they are just late to the game.

DUBAI , United Arab Emirates - The Burj Khalifa 's owner said Monday the observation deck of the world's tallest tower has been unexpectedly shut down, potentially disappointing thousands of tourists and marring the spire's image just a month after it opened.

Companies now spend $425 billion annually on contingent labor, which accounts for about 11% of the workforce, or 14 million people.