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U.S. oilfield services company Superior Energy Services Inc said it planned to acquire British subsea services provider Hallin Marine Subsea International for about 96.5 million pounds ($157.4 million) in cash, sending Hallin's shares up 76.7 percent.

Colum McCann's National Book Award-winning novel Let the Great World Spin is on its way to a movie deal.

Elvis Presley's legacy will be marked in force next year in a 75th anniversary birthday celebration featuring a new Cirque du Soleil production, movie marathons, a Facebook application and a cruise.

Quirky HBO comedy series The Flight of the Conchords will not return for third season.

Fashion designer Tom Ford is best known for reinventing the house of Gucci in the 1990s and more recently, launching his own Tom Ford label.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers stepped up spending on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.

Lil Wayne's oft-delayed rock album, Rebirth, has been pushed back again, from a planned December release to early 2010.

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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday after data showed retail sales rose more than expected last month, supporting optimism the burgeoning economic recovery would be sustainable.

James Cameron's long-awaited Avatar, one of the most expensive films ever made, takes off this week in an awe-inspiring display of Hollywood power that has revolutionized cinematic special effects.

President Barack Obama's bid to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system appeared to get a boost on Thursday when the top Democrat in the House of Representatives signaled interest in a Senate Democratic compromise.

Sales at U.S. retailers rose more than expected in November as consumers spent more on gasoline and a wide range of other goods, data showed on Friday, raising hopes of a self-sustaining economic recovery.

Australia will lift a five year ban on animal-to-human transplant trials at the end of 2009, the National Health and Medical Research Council said on Thursday.

One of the reversal candle patterns which you rarely see in Forex charts is the piercing pattern. This formation consists of two candles which usually appear at the bottom of a downtrend and is a significant sign of reversal. It especially becomes more reliable if you spot it around asupport area. The following image shows a typical piercing pattern.

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding said a late-stage study found its arthritis drug ocrelizumab helped ease symptoms of a type of rheumatoid arthritis.

The U.S. apartment vacancy rate is expected to remain high in 2010 and rent growth is not seen to resume until 2011, according to a forecast by CBRE Econometric Advisors.

Australian biodiesel company Mission NewEnergy has signed a five-year deal with Valero Energy Corp to supply up to 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year, potentially worth up to $3.5 billion.

Chemotherapy helps improve breast cancer survival in post-menopausal women, adding to a long-standing debate about how best to treat these women, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Post-menopausal women who have three to four alcoholic beverages a week of any sort have a significantly higher risk that their breast cancer will come back, U.S. researchers said Thursday.

When listening to the news, you often hear figures about the number of jobless claims. If you happen to be an investor in one of the investment markets like the stock market or the Forex market, that bit of news (often available on most online Forex trading system platforms) can have a direct affect on your trading strategies. The number of jobless claims, just like other economic news such as the number of new housing starts or the current GDP figures, can influence an investor's strategic tra....

Stock index futures rose on Friday as investors awaited data that could provide a look at the health of the consumer, including reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment.

Flight Near for Dreamliner; Bailout Funds for Small Biz; U.S. Credit Remains Top Level

The acronym PIP or rather pip which stands for percentage in point refers to the smallest measure for price movements in the Forex market. Since currency prices in Forex market are quoted in fractions, pip is the smallest decimal place that you could find in the price quotes.

Forex (currency) brokers and traders and all who are engaged with currency trading use special names to refer to currencies. The most common names are those issued under ISO 4217 document. Here are some of the most common currency pairs that we trade.

World stocks extended gains and oil rebounded on Friday as upbeat data from China and the United States underscored an economic recovery, weighing on safe-haven government bonds and the low-yielding yen.

Europe's new military transport plane, the Airbus A400M, made its first test flight on Friday as buyers resumed talks on how to keep the delayed 20 billion euro ($29.5 billion) project airborne.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening for Wall Street on Friday ahead of U.S. retail sales data, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.7 percent at 4:37 a.m. EST.

Royal Dutch Shell and Malaysia's Petronas on Friday won the rights to develop one of the world's largest remaining untapped oilfields as Iraq staged its second auction of oil contracts since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening for Wall Street on Friday ahead of U.S. retail sales data, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.7 percent at 0937 GMT.