» College Journal MBA News

• Talking Your Way Out Of a Tight Salary Spot - All is not lost once you reveal your compensation expectations. Here's how to refocus the discussion and strengthen your negotiating position.

» Yahoo Internet

• Yahoo! Set to Celebrate 10th Anniversary (AP) - AP - Co-founders Jerry Yang and David Filo parlayed Yahoo Inc. from a college hobby into a full-time job 10 years ago, but the Internet icon was never quite comfortable with the happy-go-lucky mood of the dot-com boom.

» Reviews

• Concert Review: Duran Duran (Reuters) - Reuters - Nattily attired in all black, with a couple of white shirts, MTV's first gods of video reached way back to last year for their opening number.

» Company Earnings

• Clear Channel Posts $4.7B Quarterly Loss (AP) - AP - Clear Channel Communications Inc. on Friday reported a loss of $4.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2004, all of it due to an accounting change to comply with federal regulations.

» Most Viewed

• 'Baby' Wins Best Picture Academy Award (AP) - AP - Clint Eastwood received the best-director Academy Award on Sunday for the boxing saga "Million Dollar Baby." The film also took home the best picture Oscar. A previous winner for "Unforgiven," Eastwood joined an exclusive club of dual-directing recipients that includes Billy Wilder, David Lean, Robert Wise and Steven Spielberg.

» Real Estate Journal News

• Are Foreclosure Deals Too Good to Be True? - A would-be homeowner with little money in the bank is considering buying a distressed property. But unless you're an experienced investor, our columnist warns, foreclosures rarely are bargains and almost always are trouble.

» Yahoo Technology

• WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband (Reuters) - Reuters - Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland.

» Real Estate Industry News

• Company builds biz around online transaction - StartPoint invites agents, loan officers, vendors from all brands

» Yahoo Business News

• Federated to Buy May -Sources (Reuters) - Reuters - Federated Department Stores Inc. plans to buy rival May Department Stores Co. for about $11 billion in a deal that would combine famous store brands such as Bloomingdale's, Macy's and Marshall Field's, people familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

» Active Business Networking

• Lead Generation is Important in Real Estate - Most real estate agents fail because they don't know how to generate leads. To be successful in real estate, you must first think of yourself as being in the lead generation business.  Without leads, you won't survive in this business...

» Stock Markets

• Stocks Surge as Dow and S&P Hit '05 Highs (Reuters) - Reuters - U.S. blue-chip stocks hit new highs for 2005 on Friday after a three-day rally as oil company shares including Exxon Mobil Corp. touched historic peaks amid lofty crude prices and a brokerage upgrade.

» U.S. Economy

• ECB Can Recover and Grow-Fed's Pianalto (Reuters) - Reuters - The European Central Bank is providing the region's economy with enough liquidity to ensure a recovery in growth, the Cleveland Federal Reserve President Sandra Pianalto was quoted as saying on Saturday.

» WallStreet Journal Business News

• Federated Clinches Deal to Buy May -

» Personal Finance

• Accountant Decries IRS on Insurance Taxes (AP) - AP - Most people dream of golfing, fishing or playing with their grandchildren at the end of a long career, not picking a fight with the Internal Revenue Service. Not so for Charles Ulrich, a certified public accountant in Baxter, Minn., who has spent 45 years in the field. Now, he is battling the nation's tax collectors over life insurance.

» Enterprise Software

• Icesoft rendering technology used by Macromedia (InfoWorld) - InfoWorld - Icesoft Technologies said its Icereader SDK is being incorporated into the Macromedia ColdFusion application server, providing for conversion of HTML-based data into PDF or Flash content.

» Real Estate for Home Buyers and Sellers

• Home-business expenses add up to tax savings - Realty Tax Tips – Part 7: Special tests determine eligibility