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Alcoa Posts Q4 Loss but Gives Positive Aluminum Outlook

Alcoa Inc posted a fourth-quarter loss Monday due to a steep plunge in aluminum prices, but its revenue beat expectations and the company gave a positive outlook for global demand for the metal, especially in the aerospace and automotive markets.
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Blue Ivy Carter: How Did Beyonce and Jay-Z Keep Secrets Among Endless Rumors?

International pop star Beyonce and rapper Jay-Z welcomed a daughter into the world Saturday via a scheduled C-section at Lenox Hill hospital in New York. Details of their daughter's birth have been shrouded in mystery ever since the couple announced Beyonce's pregnancy at the VMA's in August 2011. How did Beyonce and Jay-Z keep secrets about Blue Ivy Carter's birth?
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November Consumer Credit Surges by Most Since 2001

Consumer credit surged in November by the most since October 2001, rising 10.0 percent on higher credit card debt and more student loans doled out by the government, a Federal Reserve report showed on Monday.
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Beyonce’s Sister Solange Knowles Signed to Next Models

For the Knowles family this has been a big week. Singing superstar Beyonce welcomed her first child on Saturday night, baby girl Blue Ivy Carter. Not only did her sister Solange Knowles become an aunt to the baby girl, she is now also officially a model.
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Mandela's African National Congress Celebrates 100 Years

In a stadium packed with tens of thousands of dancing revelers, South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday, amid accusations that it has not delivered on its promises since taking power in 1994, namely resolving outstanding issues with poverty and unemployment.

Immigration Reform: Eyeing Election, Obama Acts Without Congress

Obama has recast himself in preparation for the 2012 election, pivoting from compromiser-in-chief to a more aggressive posture of denouncing Republican obstructionism and enacting measures that do not require Congress' consent. That tactic has extended to immigration policy, with Obama presiding over a series of administrative changes to how immigration laws are enforced.
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AT&T Launches 4G LTE in New York City

AT&T may have lagged in the 4G LTE race but the mobile giant has finally launched the speedy network in New York City and 10 other markets, with hopes to roll the service out completely by the end of 2013.
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Gold Prices up on Euro Strength

Gold recovered from lows on Monday, lifted by gains in the euro versus the dollar after French and German leaders said there had been progress on the region's fiscal integration, but its rise was capped by caution after the metal's hefty losses last month.
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Beyonce’s Baby, Blue Ivy Carter, Prevents Man from Seeing Newborns at Lenox Hill Hospital

While it seemed the entire world awaited the birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, not everyone was as excited, like those waiting at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. According to Neil Coulon, a 38-year-old man from Brooklyn, security present at Lenox Hill during Beyonce's stay prevented him from entering the neonatal intensive care unit where his two premature twin girls were staying.

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