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Walmart Express hits Chicago

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc is opening its first small store in Chicago this week in the first true test of a store format the world's largest retailer hopes will let it penetrate urban markets that it so far has had trouble cracking.
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Netflix, you?ve got some ?splainin? to do!

When Netflix reports second-quarter earnings late on Monday, financial analysts will look to the company to give not only an update on its financials but also some clarity into its future. With an ambitious plan to expand into 43 Latin American countries and a dramatic change to its pricing plans, Netflix has a lot of big changes expected in the second half of the year.
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Earnings Numbers Show Need for BP to Split

BP announced second quarter earnings of 5.3 billion on Tuesday, a stark contrast from last year's second quarter loss of $17.15 billion, behind profits from skyrocketing oil prices.
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Wealthiest Nations Are Unhappiest: Study

Depression rates are consistently higher in more affluent countries than in low income countries, according to researchers who correlated socioeconomic data with depression levels.
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U.N. envoy heads to Tripoli as Western line softens

Efforts to find a deal to end the civil war in Libya intensified on Tuesday, with a U.N. special envoy heading for Tripoli and Western powers signalling that Muammar Gaddafi could stay in the country if he gives up power.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrives at Khartoum airport, Sudan,

UN envoy heads to Tripoli as Western line softens

Efforts to find a deal to end the civil war in Libya intensified on Tuesday, with a U.N. special envoy heading for Tripoli and Western powers signalling that Muammar Gaddafi could stay in the country if he gives up power.
Family say farewell to "angel" Winehouse

Family say farewell to "angel" Winehouse

The family of Amy Winehouse gathered at a north London cemetery on Tuesday to bid farewell to their "angel," three days after the troubled singer was found dead at her home.
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Google, Facebook Are Addictive to Users, Study Says

If the thought of no Internet, no Google, no Facebook, no Twitter left you feeling despondent, upset or lonely, turns out, you are not alone. A new study from the United Kingdom found that about half of the people queried said they'd feel "upset" if deprived of the Internet for a short amount of time.
Amanda Knox

Murder of Meredith Kercher: Could Knox be Freed? (Latest Photos of Her Appeal)

A British university exchange student Meredith Kercher was sexually assaulted and stabbed in Perugia, Italy on November 1, 2007. Along with Rudy Guede, a resident of Perugia, Amanda Knox, a young Seattle student and a housemate of Kercher, and Raffaele Sollecito, an Italian student have been held responsible for Kercher?s tragic death.

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