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News Deep content and multiple wire service stories make this site a comprehensive resource for the financial and business news junkie. With daily updates. Navigation poor, however. Daily Briefing from BusinessWeek A collaboration of Standard and Poor's and BusinessWeek, this site provides highlights and briefs for market and business news, fresh daily. And if you missed a story, there's an easy archive search.