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Harold Camping thinks the end of the world is on Saturday, May 21, 2011. He even pinned down the hour (6 p.m. local time).

Harold Camping has convinced his followers that the end of the world is Saturday, May 21, 2011. Here is how he interpreted the Bible to arrive at that date.

Dominque Strauss-Kahn’s womanizing is well-known. However, the media scrutiny following his arrest unearthed allegations that some of his past activities were extremely inappropriate.

Strauss-Kahn was widelly known for being a womanizer. He admitted to an affair with a Hungarian subordinate at the IMF and often sent flowers and notes to female journalists he fancied.

The German city-state of Bremen has just lowered the voting age to 16. Austria, Nicaragua, Brazil, Eduardo, Hungary, Slovenia, and Norway already allow 16-year-olds to vote in certain circumstances.

LinkedIn’s IPO is priced at $45, which already gave it an incredible price-to-earnings ratio of 260. In the first day of trading, its shares more than doubled to $107 (at 11:53 a.m. ET), which takes the price-to-earnings ratio to more than 600.

LinkedIn shares, priced at $45 for the IPO, surged to almost $93 in the morning session of its first trading day, before settling down at $85 per share at 10:13 a.m. Eastern time.

LinkedIn’s IPO debuted on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LNKD.” Priced at $45 a share, the whole company is valued at close to $4.3 billion.

The housing market is the worst sector in the US economy. After seemingly recovering from the crash in 2009, it started to double-dip in mid-2010.

LinkedIn's IPO will be priced at $45 per share, which values the entire company at close to $4.3 billion.

Consumer inflation in the US has remained relatively stable after the 2008 financial crisis. In April 2011, however, it jumped to 3.2 percent year-over-year. From here on out, it's only going to accelerate.

Mark Carney, a former Goldman Sachs employee and the current Governor of Bank of Canada, is a huge commodities bull.

A new World Bank report projects that by 2025, foreigners' net ownership of US assets will be 69 percent of the US GDP.

Jack Lang, a Frenchman and member of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s political party, is angry at the “inhuman” way Strauss-Kahn has been treated by US authorities.

The two hottest personalities in the hedge fund industry just disagreed about the hottest investment in the world.

Newt Gringrich, one of the few serious candidates in the GOP primary now that Mike Huckabee is out, may have just shot himself in the foot with GOP primary voters.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested by US authorities for rape allegations. There is a very good chance he won’t be returning as the head of the IMF.

Many young business professionals are obsessed with choosing the best MBA program for them. They rely on advice from colleagues, mentors, and the numerous guides and rankings published by experts.

Influential Republican Paul Ryan, who heads the House Budget Committee, is making some tough demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling.

European finance ministers are finally talking about a Greek debt default, something the market already sees as inevitable.

Stanley Druckenmiller and Bill Gross are two of the most accomplished individuals in the investment world. They also hold opposite opinions on the US Treasuries market.

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the failure to raise the debt ceiling will bear “catastrophic consequences.”

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s sex scandal has captured the world’s attention and shocked his supporters back in France.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested in a foreign country, something that rarely happens in the Western world. He’s been accused of attempted rape, a serious crime that can potentially carry a stiff, multi-year sentence.

Google's Chromebook may spell doom for Microsoft, a lumbering, bureaucratic, and non-innovative giant that's only good at one thing: milking the Windows OS.

Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism's study on traffic sources for the top 25 news website provides some good pointers on how to increase traffic to your website.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest in New York on rape allegations is a big deal.

The PSN is back up in the US after weeks of disruption. According to Sony’s map here, it’s functional in all 50 US states.

Ameneh Bahrami was once a beautiful Iranian woman. Now, even after 17 surgeries, she is still completely blind and disfigured with rivulets of skin running down her cheeks.