December 3, 2009

the S&P 500 fell 0.8% to close at 1,100

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Comcast buys NBC Universal for $14B; Bernanke faces Senate fight

CBS

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supporters of fed chairman Ben Bernan say the economic crisis would have been even worse were it not for him but he came under Fire from critics as the Senate considers his nomination to a second term and that tops tonight cbsmoneywatch.com notebook Kentucky Republican Jim bunny said he'll do everything he can to retire Bern the AIG bailout alone is reason enough to send you back to Princeton but banki is expected to be reconfirmed as fed chairman a new sign that the road to economic recovery will be long and bumpy a report out today says retail sales fell in November after 2 months of gains and a major media purchase was announced today Comcast said it will buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric for nearly $14 billion if the deal goes through it will give the Nations a large cable company control of the NBC television network and about two dozen cable channels including USA sci-fi and Bravo

Bernanke on the hot seat

CNN

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