Portfolio Today for January 5 2010

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Tuesday, January 5 2010

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INTERACTIVE FEATURES

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A Slow Race to the Top

An ego-driven race once played out from Seoul to Kuwait City to construct the world's tallest building. The latest to claim that title opens in Dubai, while the rest just hope to be called "completed."
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THE WEISS FILE

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The Year of Forgetting

The stock market picked itself up off the floor in 2009, but a feel-good rally may decrease the odds of meaningful financial market reform coming to pass in 2010.
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BUSINESS NEWS

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Giant Leap

Deal makers rolled up their sleeves and negotiated 86 venture-backed acquisitions, spending $7.3 billion in the last quarter of 2009.
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HEALTH CARE

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Records Rule Too Ambitious?

Hospitals, providers ask the federal government to ease its proposed standards for electronic health records.
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BUSINESS TRAVEL

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2010: The Year of Living Dangerously?

If business travelers can be thankful of anything right now, it's that most of them aren't in airports. But when they do start traveling again, they'd best be prepared for more delays and complications.
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY

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Northrop will relocate HQ to Washington area

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Koss fires accounting firm; losses could hit $31M

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Flu fears lead Southwest Airlines to jettison blankets, pillows

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More venture-backed paydays seen for 2010

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Survey: M&A market seen heating up

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Ford transfers retiree health liabilities to UAW

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New Continental Airlines CEO gives up salary

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Cuomo: H&R Block to refund customers more than $11M

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Charter to sell up to $2.7B in stock

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Novartis AG buys Alcon stake

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VeriFone buys taxi media business from Clear Channel Outdoor

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Chuck Yeager sues Virgin America over ad

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