Today's Best Market Rumors (12/18/2009) (GOOG)(GENZ)(TTWO)

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Douglas A. McIntyre

Published: December 18, 2009 8:52 am

Last Updated: March 26, 2020 9:08 am

Updated throughout the day.

The auto task force says GM and Chrysler are recovering ahead of schedule (Reuters)

Carl Icahn may force a sale of Take-Two Interactive (NASDAQ:TTWO) after buying 11% of the company (various).

Harvard ran short of cash during the credit crisis (Bloomberg)

Regulators are fighting over whether the FDIC should keep its role with the banking industry (WSJ)

The founder of Genzyme (NASDAQ:GENZ) said that the CEO must step down (The Street)

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may buy Yelp for $500 million (TechCrunch)

Douglas A. McIntyre

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