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EIA: Crude Inventories up by 1.3 Million Barrels

Commercial crude inventories in the week ended Dec. 2 rose by 1.3 million barrels of oil when compared to the week before, remaining in the upper limit of the historical average for this time of year, according to EIA's weekly report.
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Wall Street flat, eyes on euro zone summit

Stocks were little changed in choppy, light trading on Wednesday as investors weighed high expectations about an upcoming euro zone summit against headline-driven selling.
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Citi begins London investment bank layoffs

Citigroup began a round of layoffs among its London-based investment bankers this week, with jobs in advisory, equities and fixed income set to go as the bank readies 4,500 redundancies worldwide.
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EU ends antitrust investigation into IBM: sources

EU antitrust regulators are set to accept concessions offered by International Business Machines Corp and end an antitrust investigation this month, averting a possible fine, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Cockerell's Bumblebee

Elusive Cockerell's Bumblebee, Last Seen in 1956, Rediscovered in New Mexico

An elusive bumblebee that was last seen in the United States in 1956 was recently rediscovered in New Mexico. Scientists announced Monday that the bee, known as the Cockerell's bumblebee, was rediscovered in the White Mountains of south-central New Mexico by a team of scientists from the University of California, Riverside
A person uses the new Blackberry Bold 9900 at a release party to promote the BlackBerry OS 7 devices made by RIM in Toronto

RIM walks away from BBX name after trademark fight

Research In Motion has unceremoniously dumped the BBX brand name it had chosen two months ago for its new BlackBerry operating system after a U.S. court embarrassed the beleaguered smartphone maker by slapping a temporary ban on its use.
Novo7

Novo7 - World's First 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Tablet For Only $99? (VIDEO)

Here comes another shocking price-breaking tablet - close on the heels of the launch of $199 Amazon Kindle Fire that runs on Android 3.2, MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor have joined hands to launch an even cheaper tablet - Novo7 - that costs only $99 and - hold your breath - runs on Ice Cream Sandwich!
Colleges Buy Up ".XXX" Domains

.XXX Domains: Colleges Snatch up Porn Site URLs

One unlikely group has joined the scramble to buy up porn site URLs not that .xxx domains are up for sale by the ICM Registry: U.S. colleges and universities. Why did schools like Indiana University, Chicago State and Northwestern spend thousands on Porn Tuesday? Because college officials believe porn parodies under their name can't be far behind.
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Anti-Wall Street protesters target foreclosures

Anti-Wall Street protesters, seeking a new focus as cities across the country shut down two-month old Occupy encampments, launched a new wave of activism on Tuesday by rallying around homeowners as they try to resist evictions from foreclosed homes.

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