| AUTOMAKERS
FIGHT LOSSES:
Chrysler Financial will stop offering vehicle leases
in the U.S. and General Motors Corp. will extend employee
pricing, Dow Jones Marketwatch reports. More...
HOW
TO CHOOSE A BUSINESS NAME: Once you start that
business that will change the world (or your block),
how do you go about giving it a name that will truly
reflect the company and your products? On CBSNews.com,
columnist Naomi Harker discusses factors to consider
when naming your company and steps you should take to
secure the perfect name once you find it. More...
 WORK
STRESS? YOU CAN FIX IT, BUT NOT EASILY: As
the nature of our work changes, we've become a stressed
out nation, according to CNet blogger Steve Tobak. And
as with most problems, you can't fix it by popping a
pill or reading the latest self-help book. "We're
joining clubs and buying books in record numbers,"
he writes. "But we're still not getting any thinner
or happier." So what does work? Tobak says getting
to the solution starts with understanding that nobody
has all the answers, there are no quick fixes and that
"employing an intelligent, methodical approach"
provides your best shot at achieving career happiness.
More...
HOW
TO ALLOCATE THOSE MARKETING DOLLARS: Marketers
have more tools at their disposal than ever before –
perhaps too many. Deciding how divide the budget between
television, radio, the Internet, viral marketing and
other options is a daunting task. In a recent article
posted on the Web site HBS Working Knowledge, Harvard
Business School professors Sunil Gupta and Tom Steenburgh
discuss their framework designed to help allocate their
resources wisely. More...
HIGH-IMPACT
FIRMS BEST AT CREATING JOBS, SBA SAYS: High-impact
firms – defined as those that have at least doubled
their sales over a four-year period and have a high
"employment growth quantifier" – account
for almost all employment and revenue growth in the
national economy, according to a study released by the
U.S. Small Business Administration’s of Advocacy.
More...
 HOMEOWNER
RESCUE AWAITS BUSH SIGNATURE: Congress approved
mortgage relief for 400,000 struggling homeowners Saturday
as part of an election-year housing plan that also aims
to calm jittery financial markets and bolster the sagging
economy. President Bush said he would sign it promptly,
despite reservations. The measure, regarded as the most
significant housing legislation in decades, lets homeowners
who cannot afford their payments refinance into more
affordable government-backed loans rather than losing
their homes. More...
HOUSING
BILL PODCAST: Sen. Debbie Stabenow is interviewed
live on WWJ Newsradio 950 regarding a bill passed by
the Senate on a rare weekend session aimed at helping
homeowners avoid foreclosure. 
MICHIGAN
WORST FOR GRADUATING BLACK MALES: Michigan
is the worst in the nation when it comes to graduating
black male students from high school, and Detroit Public
Schools has the second-lowest rate for big-city school
districts, according to a national report. Michigan
graduates 33 percent of black males compared with 74
percent of white males, according to a report issued
Friday by the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
Detroit Public Schools graduates 20 percent of black
males and 17 percent of white males, according to the
report "Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State
Report on Public Education and Black Males." More...
RETAILERS
EXPECTED TO RAISE PRICES: Coming to a store
near you: Even higher prices. Most inflation this year
has come from food and fuel, as retailers resisted passing
along to strapped consumers the higher prices manufacturers
charged them, but coming increases from companies such
as Johnson & Johnson and Hasbro Inc. may leave them
with no choice. More...
RICHEST
AMEX CUSTOMERS SPENDING LESS: They may not
be leaving home without it, but wealthy American Express
cardholders seem to be keeping the credit card in their
wallets and purses. American Express says its most affluent
cardholders spent less on discretionary purchases in
the second quarter of this year, which contributed to
unexpectedly weak earnings. The company is warning that
a deteriorating economy is choking off earnings growth.
More...
WORLDWIDE
AUTOMOTIVE REPORT PODCAST: General Motors Corp
cuts a deal with the Canadian Auto Workers union on
Oshawa Truck Plant. Chrysler gets out of leasing. Kerkorian
likes Ford's future plans.
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