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• Informational Interviews Offer Great Opportunities - Have you ever wondered what you should be asking contacts in your network? Here's how to be sure you select the right people -- and make the most of your meetings.

» Yahoo Internet

• EBay to Increase Fees, Angering Sellers (AP) - AP - Some small business owners who reach most of their customers via eBay Inc. expressed anger Thursday at the online auction giant's plan to boost the monthly fee it charges sellers by 60 percent. Its shares lost nearly 4 percent.

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• Review: 'Racing Stripes' Well-Intentioned (AP) - AP - Dismissing "Racing Stripes" as a paltry retread of "Babe" would be mean, and it's hard to be mean to a movie that's so well-intentioned.

» Company Earnings

• CHUM reports Q1 earnings climb to $21.4M, up from $13.6M a year ago (Canadian Press) - Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - CHUM Ltd. reported a 56 per cent increase in first-quarter profits Friday, beating analyst expectations and pushing shares of the big radio and TV broadcaster higher.

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• Va. Court Strikes Down Singles Sex Law (AP) - AP - The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down an archaic and rarely enforced state law prohibiting sex between unmarried people.

» Real Estate Journal News

• New Home Innovations Are Functional, Not Fun - Some of the hottest new trends in homebuilding aren't going to dazzle the neighbors, at least at first glance. From juiced-up electrical sockets to tankless water heaters, our columnist highlights new products from the International Builders' Show.

» Yahoo Technology

• Student Seeks Legal Aid in Apple Case (AP) - AP - The 19-year-old publisher of a Web site facing a lawsuit over an article about a top-secret $499 Apple computer said Friday he can't afford to defend himself.

» Real Estate Industry News

• Missouri moves to restrict limited-service real estate - State joins others in defining what services brokers must offer

» Yahoo Business News

• Oracle Cutting 5,000 Jobs (Reuters) - Reuters - Oracle Corp. will cut 5,000 jobs as it combines with PeopleSoft Inc., the business software rival it acquired for $10.3 billion after a bitterly fought takeover battle, the company said on Friday.

» Active Business Networking

• Donald Trump Charges $1 Million/Hour - When Donald Trump does almost anything, he likes to do it in a very big way, and speaking fees are no exception. He's reached an Agreement with the Learning Annex to present three classes in 2005 titled "How to Succeed...

» Stock Markets

• Stocks Close Higher; Industrials Gain (Reuters) - Reuters - U.S. stocks gained on Friday as investors were cheered by data on producer prices and industrial output which indicated healthy, noninflationary economic growth and boosted cyclical shares such as Honeywell International Inc. .

» U.S. Economy

• Wholesale Prices Slump on Energy Costs (AP) - AP - Easing fears about inflation, wholesale prices fell by the largest amount in 20 months in December, aided by a big decline in the cost of energy.

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• Oracle Cuts 5,000 Jobs -

» Personal Finance

• Bush May Raise Pell Grant Award (AP) - AP - President Bush proposed on Friday an increase in the government Pell Grants that help lower-income students afford higher education but said he would shave the cost out of a federal student loan program that also provides college aid.

» Enterprise Software

• Oracle Firing 5,000 in PeopleSoft Takeover (AP) - AP - Oracle Corp. will fire 5,000 workers in the financial fallout from the business software maker's recently completed $10.3 billion takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.

» Real Estate for Home Buyers and Sellers

• Downward trend seen in real estate rates - Fed tightening may be hindering economic growth