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Small investors have finally had it with stocks, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the 1990s, individuals embraced the stock market, investing in mutual funds and helping push major indexes higher. But history shows these investors tend to pull back after a big market decline, and thatas exactly what weare seeing right now. Their specific reasons are numerous: discomfort with banks, concerns over the national debt, the specter of another aflash crash,a when a computer glitch sent stocks plummeting 700 points. But it really all comes down to this rationale, from one man who got out of stocks entirely: “I won’t make 8% on my money. I will make 4% or 5%, but the money will be there.” Sources say these investors arenat likely to return until stocks are booming again.

Sprint (S) beat its rivals to the market with the first 4G network, but the Wall Street Journal says the way things are going, the company will have a tough time sustaining its lead. Execs had hoped they could use their 4G edge to attract customers and steal market share. But the reality of the situation is less rosy. “We thought we would have more of a head start than we’ll end up having,” says CEO Dan Hesse. The companyas primary means of attracting 4G customers is the HTC EVO, but the manufacturer canat keep up with demand. So the phone is currently backordered with no estimated ship date available on Sprintas Web site. Meanwhile, rivals Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) are near to launching their own 4G networks.

They resisted for years, but luxury retailers like Jimmy Choo, Hugo Boss, and Marc Jacobs are finally opening online stores, the New York Times reports. Itas still difficult to recreate the boutique experience with a Web site, but last yearas 8 percent drop in luxury good sales impressed upon these companies the need to exploit all their sales opportunities fully. aThe recession forced these manufacturers to realize they needed to look for revenue wherever they could,a says Jeffrey Max, CEO of an e-commerce tech company. Luxury retailers are also finding many features of the web to their liking: They get to keep a higher percentage of the money by cutting out the department-store middleman, and they completely control the marketing and presentation of their products.

The New York Times takes a look today at the intensifying conflict between TV networks and cable providers. Distributors have always paid for premium channels but carried networks like ABC for free. But broadcast channels, strapped for cash and looking for revenue streams, are fighting to change that. On the other hand, upstart pay-TV services see an opportunity to pressure their more established competitors. The latest round of contract negotiations, these between Disney (DIS) and Time Warner (TWX), inspired Verizon to take out ads suggesting Time Warner customers go ahead and switch to Fios, so they wouldnat run any risk of having their ESPN or ABC cut off. aAs time goes by, weare seeing that these things are getting really, really vicious,a says one analyst.  

Lawmakers have caved to industry pressure and scaled back their plans for auto-safety legislation, the Los Angeles Times reports. Drawn up in response to Toyotaas runaway acceleration problems, the bill was meant to be a comprehensive overall. But the latest version is considerably less aggressive. For example, it caps safety violation fines for automakers at $200 million, and the secretary of Transportation will only have to consider safety standards for vehicle electronics, rather than to establish any. But Rep. Henry Waxman insisted this version will improve automobile safety and implied it can actually garner the support to pass: “Through this process we were able to earn broad support from our membership.”

As oil continues to gush into the gulf and clean-up costs mount, BP (BP) is considering a billion-dollar asset sale, the Journal says. The company is currently trying to place another, tighter cap, which would capture more of the oil and gas leaking from the well. Meanwhile, BP has already paid out $147 million in compensation claims, and that number is going to get a lot larger. To raise cash, the company is in talks with Apache Corp, a U.S. oil and gas producer, for a deal worth up to $10 billion. That would include stakes in BPas Alaskan operations.

Small investors have finally had it with stocks, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the 1990s, individuals embraced the stock market, investing in mutual funds and helping push major indexes higher. But history shows these investors tend to pull back after a big market decline, and thatas exactly what weare seeing right now. Their specific reasons are numerous: discomfort with banks, concerns over the national debt, the specter of another aflash crash,a when a computer glitch sent stocks plummeting 700 points. But it really all comes down to this rationale, from one man who got out of stocks entirely: “I won’t make 8% on my money. I will make 4% or 5%, but the money will be there.” Sources say these investors arenat likely to return until stocks are booming again.

Sprint (S) beat its rivals to the market with the first 4G network, but the Wall Street Journal says the way things are going, the company will have a tough time sustaining its lead. Execs had hoped they could use their 4G edge to attract customers and steal market share. But the reality of the situation is less rosy. “We thought we would have more of a head start than we’ll end up having,” says CEO Dan Hesse. The companyas primary means of attracting 4G customers is the HTC EVO, but the manufacturer canat keep up with demand. So the phone is currently backordered with no estimated ship date available on Sprintas Web site. Meanwhile, rivals Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) are near to launching their own 4G networks.

They resisted for years, but luxury retailers like Jimmy Choo, Hugo Boss, and Marc Jacobs are finally opening online stores, the New York Times reports. Itas still difficult to recreate the boutique experience with a Web site, but last yearas 8 percent drop in luxury good sales impressed upon these companies the need to exploit all their sales opportunities fully. aThe recession forced these manufacturers to realize they needed to look for revenue wherever they could,a says Jeffrey Max, CEO of an e-commerce tech company. Luxury retailers are also finding many features of the web to their liking: They get to keep a higher percentage of the money by cutting out the department-store middleman, and they completely control the marketing and presentation of their products.

The New York Times takes a look today at the intensifying conflict between TV networks and cable providers. Distributors have always paid for premium channels but carried networks like ABC for free. But broadcast channels, strapped for cash and looking for revenue streams, are fighting to change that. On the other hand, upstart pay-TV services see an opportunity to pressure their more established competitors. The latest round of contract negotiations, these between Disney (DIS) and Time Warner (TWX), inspired Verizon to take out ads suggesting Time Warner customers go ahead and switch to Fios, so they wouldnat run any risk of having their ESPN or ABC cut off. aAs time goes by, weare seeing that these things are getting really, really vicious,a says one analyst.  

Lawmakers have caved to industry pressure and scaled back their plans for auto-safety legislation, the Los Angeles Times reports. Drawn up in response to Toyotaas runaway acceleration problems, the bill was meant to be a comprehensive overall. But the latest version is considerably less aggressive. For example, it caps safety violation fines for automakers at $200 million, and the secretary of Transportation will only have to consider safety standards for vehicle electronics, rather than to establish any. But Rep. Henry Waxman insisted this version will improve automobile safety and implied it can actually garner the support to pass: “Through this process we were able to earn broad support from our membership.”

As oil continues to gush into the gulf and clean-up costs mount, BP (BP) is considering a billion-dollar asset sale, the Journal says. The company is currently trying to place another, tighter cap, which would capture more of the oil and gas leaking from the well. Meanwhile, BP has already paid out $147 million in compensation claims, and that number is going to get a lot larger. To raise cash, the company is in talks with Apache Corp, a U.S. oil and gas producer, for a deal worth up to $10 billion. That would include stakes in BPas Alaskan operations.

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