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Facebook trading underwhelms

12 hours 40 min ago
Facebook may have made amateur analysts on the web go wild. But on the Nasdaq, it was a less exciting ride -- ending the day at a price pretty much exactly where it began.
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Does Spain deserve battering?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 18:19
The events of the past few weeks have made increasingly probable what was once considered impossible: Greece may exit the euro.
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Greek company sleeps easy

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 14:40
Greece may be in the midst of an economic crisis but one company continues to sleep easy.
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Spain faces bank concerns after downgrade

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 13:41
Spain's government is expected to call for calm Friday, a day after rating agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks in the latest sign of distress in Europe.
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Greece's $1T question: Exit euro?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:20
The once-taboo topic of Greece's exit from the common currency is now being openly discussed. The country is now deep in financial and political crisis. So what is next?
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London: Eurozone safe haven?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:18
CNN's Nina Dos Santos finds out where Greeks are sending their money after withdrawing it from banks.
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Asian shares drop on eurozone fears

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 11:14
Asian shares dropped, with Japan's stock index falling to a four-month low, as investors dumped risky assets amid growing worries about Europe compounded by disappointing US economic data.
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Chinese tycoon sentenced to life

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 06:06
A Chinese court on Friday sentenced Lai Changxing, a tycoon who spent more than a decade as a fugitive in Canada, to life in prison for smuggling and bribery, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
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Frustration in Greece before election

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 00:16
Cabinet ministers in Greece's interim government, which will run the country until new elections on June 17, are sworn in as fears swirl of a eurozone exit.
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France: No EU pact without growth

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 23:32
Raising fears of a rift between Paris and Berlin, France's new finance minister says his country may refuse to ratify the European pact on budget discipline without plans for growth.
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Should I cancel my Europe break?

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 16:49
In the last decade of the 20th century, the Turkish lira fell in value 1,000 times against the U.S. dollar, meaning that tourists returning to that country after several years found that any old money they still possessed since their last visit had become almost worthless.
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Facebook: Journalism must-buy ?

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 13:07
Now that Facebook is friends with Wall Street, this journalist is giving her timeline a rethink.
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'Shape-ups' shoemaker fined $40M

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 06:29
Skechers agreed to pay a hefty $40 million fine to settle charges of deceiving consumers by making "unfounded claims" that its Shape-ups shoes would help people "lose weight, and strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles," the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
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Facebook co-founder's Singapore allure

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 03:18
With all the attention on the Facebook IPO, people have been wondering "Where in the world is Eduardo Saverin?"
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Japanese growth in strong bounce

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 02:53
Japan's economy rebounded in the first quarter, but analysts warned that the pace of expansion will soon ease as temporary boosts to consumption and investment fade.
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Google revamps search

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 01:22
So, let's say you're doing a Google search for "Kings." Did you mean the L.A. hockey team or the Sacramento basketball team? Maybe the TV show? Or maybe you actually wanted to know something about monarchs.
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'Social Network' writer to direct Steve Jobs film

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 01:21
Aaron Sorkin, the celebrated screenwriter whose punchy dialogue propelled TV's "The West Wing" and the Facebook movie "The Social Network," will write and direct an upcoming film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Sponsor's exit helps Lotus F1

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 01:12
At the start of the 2012 Formula One season, with a driver pairing that comprised of a virtual rookie and a former world champion who had been out of the sport for two years, little was expected of Lotus.
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Greek bank fears rise

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 01:10
Unable to cobble together a workable coalition, Greek President Karolos Papoulias has called for all parties to meet with him Wednesday to set up a caretaker government that will conduct new elections.
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Apps tackle travel expenses

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 18:00
Recording traveling expenses can be one the most frustrating aspects of the business traveler's busy life on the road. Restaurant bills, train tickets, hotel receipts; they all have to be accurately accounted for.
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