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• Dublin plant honored for environmental efforts

• Meet me at the mall for old times’ sake

• Ga. economic slump continues, could ease in 2011

• Anti-virus scams are a big problem

• HENSON: Brave new tech from Google

• Carlyle & Co. to close

• Atlanta radio host, author to speak in Macon

• Be wary of sites touting work at home offers

• Faces and places: Landau joins CGTC board

• Rude husband gets wife in hot water at work

• Holiday retail outlook: Local shoppers seek value, discounts

• Expect shortages of hot Christmas gifts, especially toys

• Indigo inventory at risk over bank's effort to raise cash

• WR area business leaders get H1N1 advice

TECHNOLOGY

Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty

Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.

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• EU extends Oracle/Sun review deadline until Jan 27

• B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders

• Library group offers text search to 4.6M books

• Microsoft offers about 24K training vouchers in NC

• Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

• GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

• Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

• Sony chief executive outlines turnaround plan

• Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

• Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

• Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays

• EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion

• AOL offers buyouts to over a third of work force

• Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads

FROM THE BUSINESS WIRES

• Global Defense Technology shares little changed

• Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

• California unemployment rate hits 12.5 percent

• Northrop Grumman gets contract with National Guard

• New Orleans eyes December sale for $40M bond sale

• SC unemployment rises to 12.1 percent for October

• Pfizer's Geodon gets expanded FDA approval

• Maine governor orders $63M in department cutbacks

• Couple charged in Phoenix airport luggage thefts

• Ohio moderates' budget fix meets immovable forces

• Fitch boosts outlook on Bon-Ton Stores

• Natural gas plunges 12 percent this month

• Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

• Taiwan firm uses recycled paper in shoemaking

• America's Car-Mart fiscal 2Q profit rises

FINANCIAL

• AirTran giving double rewards for Milwaukee travel

• Officers behind junk fax scam face Kan. sentencing

• Past CNN head, Bush aide named to broadcast board

• UPS sets new rates for 2010

• Solar electric system put in service in West Tenn.

• Economy, ash spill mean no TVA executive bonuses

• Glitch snarls air traffic in latest woes for FAA

• Govt wants speedy screening at more airports

• Former McKesson chairman convicted of fraud

• Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion to Japan Airlines

• Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage

• Urban League and partner to offer small biz loans

• Another credit card fee is about to fly

• SC offering shoppers tax-free weekend on guns

• Kudzu-munching bug also threatens US bean crops