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Here is the list of the 5 most challenging smartphones that packs enough firepower to see off Samsung’s dominance in the smartphone domain.

New rumors have surfaced about the release of Google Nexus 4G on AT&T. It is being said that the Nexus 4G will arrive this Thanksgiving, Nov. 24, which be late in comparison to the Motorola Droid Bionic. The device’s rumored launch date also goes past Samsung Galaxy S2 and the expected release of Apple iPhone 5.

Welcome to the end of the NCAA as you have known it before. The big shuffle is underway. First, Texas A&M said it was bolting from the shaky Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference -- starting the process of conference moves and consolidation. Now, Syracuse and Pittsburgh have started the formal process of leaving the Big East to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

UBS, it appears, had no idea that accused rogue trader Kweku Adoboli might be messing around with unauthorized risks in its London office, losing $2 billion. It's shocking that $2 billion could slip away so easily, but that's apparently what happened. The bank's analytics simply never caught on, and by now, you know what happened from there -- $2 billion is gone, and the 31-year-old Adoboli has been arrested by London police and charged with three counts while UBS, the Swiss bank with ...

Research in Motion, by all accounts, had a terrible week. But things might get even worse.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg cautioned Friday that social unrest in the United States could ensue if action is not taken by policy makers to create jobs and lower the U.S.'s high 9.1 percent unemployment rate.

The energy-thirsty United States is on the hunt for a game-changing energy source or energy usage technology -- and batteries and fuel cells are strong candidates. But their mass use could be 20 years away. Meanwhile, a conventional source may bridge that gap, or provide even more upside: natural gas.

Under which scenario could former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin make it harder for the Republican Party to win the U.S. presidency in 2012?

Former President Jimmy Carter appeared on MSNBC Thursday night and endorsed candidate Mitt Romney for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Could the endorsement doom Romney's nomination chances?

President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law since 1952 -- one that officials say will speed the application and approval process for inventors -- a short-cut that could lead to more inventions coming to market sooner, creating more jobs.

The BlackBerry smartphone phone was a big deal, at one time. But that was a long time ago, in tech terms. It was before 2007, when Apple launched its first iPhone. Now, as Apple nears launch of its iPhone 5, the BlackBerry and Research in Motion, the smartphone's manufacturer, are both on a fast track to demise. Here are five reasons RIM and its BlackBerry smartphones may die.

That's what happened in Cairo. That's what happened in Madrid. You don't want those kinds of riots here.

Heidi Jones is hardly the first TV weatherman (or weatherwoman) to run afoul of the law.

At a meeting with E.U. finance ministers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner made the case for a leveraged E.U. buyout fund ala the U.S.'s successful 2008 TALF, to help address Europe’s banking crisis, but the structure and size of any beefed-up intervention mechanism remained undetermined as of Friday night in Europe.

The good news for Congressional Republicans is that President Barack Obama's approval rating is hovering at a term-low 40 percent. The bad news is that the GOP's approval rating is at 19 percent.

Swiss bank UBS came under increasing pressure to shrink or sideline its investment bank business -- source of a $2 billion rogue trading loss -- as ratings agencies warned lax risk management could prompt downgrades.

Continued losses in the investment bank arena could lead to more restructuring and another round of job cuts to be unveiled in November.

Speculation is growing in markets that Greece will be unable to avoid a full-blown default, despite two international bailouts and pledges of support from the eurozone's biggest economies.

A strike involving thousands of workers at Freeport McMoRan's Indonesian copper mine and port has delayed around 133,000 tonnes of copper ore concentrate shipments, industry officials said on Friday.

The idea is out there: Republicans on Capitol Hill considering a ceiling for defense cuts mandated by the deficit-reduction super committee. If it becomes a reality, however, it would not exceed $150 billion over 10 years.

Findings of the second major investigation by the government into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may press BP into putting over $30 billion on the table to quickly settle its outstanding legal headaches.

Here is the list of a few features that the smartphone will not arrive with although they are deemed necessary.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Thursday wasn't bashful and certainly wasn't partisan about what he thinks Congress' bipartisan super committee, tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction, should do to achieve that goal.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Thursday wasn't bashful and certainly wasn't partisan about what he thinks Congress' bipartisan super committee, tasked with finding $1.5 trillion in additional deficit reduction, should do to achieve that goal.

Apple is known for improving the iPhone experience with the launch of new iPhone versions year after year. This year looks no different if rumors are to be believed. Both hardware and software improvements are expected this year as well.

The world's major central banks, led by the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve, in a coordinated effort Thursday intervened to provide dollar loans to commercial banks in an effort to maintain liquidity in Europe and check institutional investor concern about Europe's private sector banks. What will be the impact on U.S. stocks?

Electric car battery production may exceed demand to such a degree by 2013 that battery prices will plummet. But will the price drop help or delay the advancement of car battery technology?

If Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO is off for the year, would its crackerjack board of directors now consider buying Yahoo in a reverse takeover?

In the latest Bloomberg News Poll on the 2012 election, Republican and Republican-leaning Independent voters favor Texas Gov. Rick Perry over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, but in the poll's entire sample, the public still favors President Barack Obama over any GOP nominee.