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The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	Chesapeake Tries a New Bit With gas prices falling and credit tightening, Chesapeake Energy unveils its plans to deal with these hopefully temporary maladies.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Tim Beyers	Did Apple Just Hang Up on the iPhone? The price of the eight-gigabyte iPhone drops from $599 to $399 less than two months after its debut. Management says the strategy will make the phone more accessible to common users as we enter the holiday season. What's really going on?
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Emil Lee	Investing the KKR Way Although they operate on opposite ends of the capital-structure spectrum, private equity firm KKR and Warren Buffett have more in common than you might think. They invest in good companies led by talented managers.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Kristin Graham	Curse You, Steve Jobs! Apple lowers the price of the iPhone just two months after it was initially released. The company has to know this decision would frustrate its customers who paid nearly 33% more for the phone, so why is it doing this?
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Amazon Takes a Bite Out of Apple Will Amazon.com plus NBC be a must-see for investors? What does this mean for Apple? Watch a video discussion about NBC's decision to say goodbye to Apple's iTunes and hello to Amazon.com's Unbox.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Lucky Seven for VF? VF hopes that recent acquisitions of trendier, more upscale brands will bolster its fortunes. The consumer-goods company has recently purchased jeans-maker Seven for All Mankind, and Lucy, an activewear company.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Amazon 1, Apple 0 Apple's loss of NBC shows will clearly be Amazon's gain. Just days after Apple announced that it won't carry new NBC shows for the upcoming primetime season, NBC's programs are already springing up on Amazon.com's fledgling Unbox service.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	BlueLithium: Yahoo!'s Latest Addiction Yahoo! aims to improve its ad reach by acquiring BlueLithium, the second-largest ad network in the United Kingdom. The deal is small by recent standards, but ultimately, it's better for Yahoo! to acquire BlueLithium than to let someone else have it.
HBS Working Knowledge September 4, 2007 Lynda M. Applegate	Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage Jumpstarting innovation is a critical business imperative. Executives realize that radical change is needed but do not feel equipped to make such change.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2007 Alyce Lomax	Sony Vies for Video Has Sony learned from its music-service mistakes? After announcing last week that it's disconnecting its Connect music service, the electronics giant is mulling the idea of its own digital movie service. Maybe Sony can enter the download game a bit wiser this time.
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