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GoDaddy No Longer Supporting SOPA Legislation

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GoDaddy, a giant domain name registrar, has announced that it is no longer supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act otherwise known as SOPA, which is now making its way through U.S. Congress.
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Building New York: Biggest Real Estate News in 2011

Sometimes, New York feels like its own country. Even as the rest of the U.S. struggles in the face of a down housing market, the New York of 2011 saw skyscrapers charge ever upwards, with pricing inevitably following. It is truly the global city, with developers, buyers and architects from around the world gathering to shape the future. Here are five of the biggest developments of 2011.
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Northeast Petroleum Supplies Set To Drop: EIA Report

Refineries in the Northeast are closing their doors, and as a result, more than half of the area's petroleum refining capacity will be reduced. The reduction is likely to be problematic for ultra-low sulfur diesel, gasoline, heating oil and jet fuel supplies.
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Teresa Guidice: Husband Joe Guidice Could Face 10 Years for ID Charges

A grand jury on Passaic County, N.J. on Tuesday, indicted Joe Guidice, a former developer, on charges that include wrongfully using identifying information of another and impersonation. The first charge reportedly carries as sentence of up to 10 years in prison while the second charge carries an 18-month prison term.
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Best Buy Black Friday Failure: Top Scathing Comments

Best Buy cancelled/delayed some of its Black Friday online orders, citing overwhelming demand in November and December. The company admitted its shortcomings to FOX 9 and said it was very sorry for the inconvenience to its customers.
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MF Global Holders of Physical Gold to Get Their Assets: Lawyer

A lawyer working on behalf of physical commodity account-holders at bankrupt broker-dealer MF Global has worked out an agreement with a major gold futures merchant that will unfreeze their assets. However, that's not great solace to the account-holders, who have lost big in the bankruptcy.
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Michael Buble brings Christmas to CityVille

Singer Michael Buble is taking his Christmas spirit into the virtual realm, collaborating with popular Facebook game CityVille and giving an interactive gift to his fans over the holidays.
Graphics of new Amazon Kindle tablets seen at news conference in New York

Amazon may benefit as digital goods sales jump

Digital goods are the fastest-growing category online this holiday, led by e-books, suggesting Amazon.com Inc's strategy of blanketing the world with cheap e-readers and tablet computers may be producing some early gains.
The suits are the latest in a series filed against the NFL in recent months by former players who say the league did not do enough to protect them from concussions.

Four Ex-Players Sue NFL Alleging Brain Damage

Four former National Football League players, including two Pro Bowl players, sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them facing medical problems years after their careers ended.
Firefox Gets $900M from Google

Firefox, Google Agree to $900M Deal

Mozilla Firefox has earned about $900 million in a deal with Google. The agreement will ensure that Google remains the default search engine in the Mozilla Firefox web browser for three years.
John Paulson, founder of New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co., speaks at the Reuters Hedge Funds..

Paulson funds down again in December: source

There will be no holiday cheer for hedge fund manager John Paulson this month, as his dismal performance in 2011 is capped off by another miserable performance so far in December.

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