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Today's Best Market Rumors (10/29/2009) (SNI)(NWS)(YHOO)
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Updated 10.45 AM EST There is not as much cash on the sidelines as most investors expect. (Reuters)
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) has frozen hiring on the team evaluating integration with the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing search platform (BusinessInsider)
GMAC’s request for more bailout money may hurt the chances of its CEO, Al de Molina, getting the top job at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC)
Galleon may have paid millions of dollars to Wall St. firms for market information. (FT)
Former NBC CEO Bob Wright thinks an IPO of the unit as a means to get it out of GE (NYSE:GE) are very small. (PaidContent)
The dollar will rally in coming months. (Forbes)
News Corp (NYSE:NWS) and Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE:SNI) have made $800 million offers for 65% of the Travel Channel. (The Deal)
Holiday shopping may drop more than expected this year. (CNBC)
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