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Dec 01 2008 10:50am EDT

First Bytes: Yahoo, ArenaFest, Apple, Redstone

Rumors, again, of a deal between Microsoft and Yahoo. Bo-ring. [Portfolio.com]

Woodstock for social networking: "ArenaFest" aims to bring people out from behind their computers and into the real world. [TechCrunch]

In the retail arena, Apple did okay for itself on Black Friday, says one analyst. [SAI]

Sumner Redstone's big videogame bet in Midway Games is over. [WSJ]
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Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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