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The turbulent stock market may throw up obstacles in front of two initial public offerings on tap, including on-line game site Zynga as well as workplace social networking developer Jive Software.

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It was billed as a summit to save the euro. It may be remembered as the day Europe lost patience with Britain, as most of the continent threw its lot in with European Union founding members France and Germany and committed to binding their economies ever more tightly.

Ignoring the U.S.'s major economic/social problems won’t make them go away. And neither will voting against liberals or Obama. On the contrary, those latter two actions will make the problems worse, leading to more disenfranchised Americans -- the others -- and even bigger economic/social changes in the years ahead.

If you want to know the truth, follow the money. Or so says conventional wisdom. The 2012 Republican presidential-nomination race is shaping up to be a three-man contest between Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney. So who are they funded by?

At one point, the cowboy-boot wearing huckster from the Lone Star State was the darling of the GOP's right, before shoddy debate performances and a goofy stump speech in New Hampshire sent his poll numbers plummeting. Now Perry has adopted a hyper-Christian posture in a last ditch effort at garnering support from Iowa's Evangelical base of Republican voters.

IBM, the No. 2 computer giant, said it plans to acquire e-commerce specialist DemandTec for $440 million to beef up its retail and marketing software services.

Crude oil prices advanced in Asian trade on Thursday ahead of long-awaited crucial European Union (EU) summit on the regional debt crisis.

Occupy Wall Street's reverberations have finally crossed into the political realm, as prominent Democrats at all levels of government -- from the president to Congress to state houses -- have begun echoing the movement's lambasting of the under-representation of the poor and the unemployed and capitalism's ills.

Now is not the time for experimental business models, which means now is the time to consider JC Penney (JCP), according to one stock reviewer.

European shares slipped back slightly in cautious trade on Wednesday, ahead of a EU summit this week, amid uncertainty about the chances a comprehensive deal would be reached to help end the region's debt crisis.

The European Union (EU) summit this Friday will consume market attention, as it will discuss steps to resolve the Eurozone debt crisis. Price sensitivity to headlines will persist, if not intensify, and make for jerky market moves.

The stock of online retail giant Amazon.com (AMZN) has dipped recently, but is the pull-back a buy opportunity?

The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index (CESIYUSD), a closely watched index that compares economists' expectations for key indicators and actual results, is at a peak. If trends are to be believed, it's three months from a cyclical nadir -- a point that has signaled a stock market correction in the past.

Women are attending and obtaining degrees from U.S. colleges and universities at a pace exceeding that of men. On some co-ed campuses, the girls outnumber the boys by a ratio of almost three-to-one.

Shares of specialty software vendors like MicroStrategy and Qlik Technologies rose sharply early Monday as investors contemplate Oracle’s retaliation for SAP’s $3.4 billion bid for SuccessFactors.

Oil prices ratcheted up on Monday morning on concerns that tension between Iran and Western countries could lead to an oil distribution disruption and a potential shortage.

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The Metropolitan Transit Authority called an earlier New York Post story on Apple's new store at Grand Central inaccurate.

Canada is reviewing a policy that restricts foreign ownership of uranium mines, but there has been no decision on revising those rules at this time, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Friday.

As banks around the world race to satisfy international capital requirements, they are going through a veritable fire sale, getting rid of non-core businesses no matter how much they will fetch. Beyond that, they are engaging in some odd transactions, including a substantial amount of balance sheet engineering.

Cain, who has never held elected office, says he will make a decision before Monday on the future of his White House bid. Still on the campaign trail, Cain will reportedly sit down with his wife, Gloria, this weekend to discuss whether or not he drops out of the race amid allegations of sexual harassment and a long-term affair.

It is believed that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of women in Afghanistan are languishing in jails over so-called ‘moral crimes.’

Recently, a top tech analyst predicted that Amazon is likely to release its own smartphone for under $200 next year. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney said in a research note that Amazon may sell the smartphone for as little as $170. Citing supply-chain channel checks in Asia, he said Amazon may release its first-ever smartphone by the fourth quarter of 2012.

If you can tolerate moderate-risk, Pepsi is a stock that offers that rare opportunity for a decent dividend with capital appreciation, according to one stock reviewer.

Herman Cain, facing new accusations of a 13-year affair, is reassessing whether to stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. With growing evidence against him, can Cain salvage his campaign?

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that Facebook will settle over privacy disputes. Commissioned by Alcatel-Lucent, Allison Cerra and Christina James set out in Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets Technology in the Networked-Community Age to understand how users construct their virtual identity and how much information consumers are willing to share with companies online.

The high school senior has sparked a debate on the limits of First Amendment free speech in public schools, when a joking Twitter post landed her in the principal's office, pressured to write a dictated apology to Gov. Brownback. Sullivan's right to tweet has been backed by news sites, but as social media blurs the line between public and private, the Kansas school district may stick by its decision.

The numbers for Malta are 21.1 percent for women are obese (second highest in Europe) and 24.7 percent for men (the highest for the continent).