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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.

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• Power Outage Knocks LiveJournal Blogs Offline (Ziff Davis) - Ziff Davis - A sudden power outage has knocked millions of Six Apart Ltd.'s LiveJournal blogs offline.

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• Concert Review: Bowling for Soup (Reuters) - Reuters - When second-billed American Hi-Fi took the stage with lead singer-guitarist Stacy Jones wearing a Cheap Trick T-shirt, it summed up the spirit of the band and its headlining pals Bowling for Soup.

» Company Earnings

• Key Report, Slew of Earnings Reports Due (AP) - AP - With a key report on consumer prices due and eight of the 30 Dow Jones industrials reporting earnings, the week ahead should give investors important insights into the state of the economy and hopefully shake Wall Street out of its post-holiday funk.

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• Former McDonald's CEO Charlie Bell Dies (AP) - AP - Charlie Bell, who began his McDonald's Corp. career as a part-time worker in a suburban Sydney restaurant and later became chief executive of the fast-food icon, died early Monday of colon cancer in his native Australia. He was 44.

» 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

• TiVo Faces Threat As Options Multiply (AP) - AP - TiVo has been synonymous with digital video recording since it pioneered the industry five years ago, controlling an estimated one-third of the market in 2004. That lofty perch is now beginning to crumble.

» Real Estate Industry News

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

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• McDonald's Former CEO Bell Dies at 44 (Reuters) - Reuters - McDonald's Corp. said Charlie Bell, who stepped down as the fast-food chain's chief executive in November to focus on his battle with cancer, died on Monday in his hometown of Sydney, Australia.

» 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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• Builders Back Mortgage Resolution -

» 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

• IBM Looks to 'Nocona' to Cool Off Blade Servers (Ziff Davis) - Ziff Davis - IBM next month will start powering its blade servers with Intel Corp.'s low-voltage version of its "Nocona" processor.

» Real Estate for Home Buyers and Sellers

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