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Caterpillar moving most motor grader production from Decatur to Arkansas (Herald & Review)

DECATUR - Caterpillar Inc. workers in Decatur were told Monday that most motor grader production and some 600 jobs were being moved to a new company plant in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

U.S. auto sales hit 16-year low (People's Daily)

U.S. major auto makers all experienced a sales decline of at least 30 percent in the country in December, capping its worst year since 1992, reports from Detroit revealed on Monday. The auto companies' sales are reeling from tough economic times, spurred by the Wall Street meltdown, the subsequent tightening of the credit market and consumers moving from larger vehicles to more fuel-efficient, ...

Taiwan closer to bailing out its chipmakers (Financial Times)

Taiwan's government is moving closer to devising a bail-out package for the country's struggling memory chipmakers, many of which face impending loan repayments amid mounting losses.

AT&T, Ford, GM, Lennar, Micron, Pulte, Wynn: U.S. Equity Movers (Bloomberg)

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies had unusual price changes in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 4 p.m. in New York.

Louisiana Moving Ahead With Incumbent Franchise Opt-Out Provision (MultiChannel News)

Louisiana is moving forward with implementation of its state franchising law, as a state court judge issued a one-paragraph ruling in December that the opt-out provision for incumbent operators in the new law is constitutionally permissible.

Tech security: Most big companies unprepared for IT risks, survey finds (Finance and Commerce)

Last July, a disgruntled San Francisco municipal employee afraid of being fired hijacked the city’s entire computer network, creating a password that granted him exclusive access and effectively locking out everyone else.

Conmed, Digi, GSI, Intercontinental, Micron: U.S. Equity Movers (Bloomberg)

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies are having unusual price changes in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 1:40 p.m. in New York.

Bernstein Research analyst targets phone companies (Schaeffers Research)

U.S. phone companies were targeted by some negative brokerage action this morning...( Read More )

Wall Street reverses recent sharp gains (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Stocks fell on Monday as investors took profits on strong gains racked up in thin trading last week and shares of the largest telecommunications companies sank on worries about slowing cellphone sales.

Some gains -- but mostly losses -- for S. Florida companies in past year (Miami Herald)

Warning: Reading this story could cause nausea, anxiety and depression. For investors in South Florida companies, 2009 couldn't have come soon enough. Yes, last year was that bad.