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Marcellus Shale Creates Opportunities for Western Pennsylvania Banks

FBR Capital Markets remains positive on the Marcellus Shale as a catalyst for banks in Western Pennsylvania, following a recent investor field trip. Meanwhile, the brokerage upgraded its rating on shares of First Commonwealth Financial Corp. (FCF) to "outperform" from "market perform".

Facebook's 'I’m CEO, Bitch' inspired by Steve Jobs

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg listens to a question from the audience in San Francisco
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who beat out Steve Jobs for the honor of Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” and Forbes magazine’s list of wealthiest American’s in 2010, has modeled his management style after Steve Jobs.
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Pete "Pretty Boy" Davekos takes part in the "World Poutine Eating Championship"

Potatoes the new enemy, Should we spud the spud from our diets?

Fast food, soda, potato chips, cookies. Fat, carbs, sugar. We've heard it all at one time or another, this makes you fat. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports how much weight a person is likely to gain or lose over four years based on one additional daily serving of a range of specific foods. Is it really potato chips that contribute to overweight and obesity?
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Singapore: Drug Laws and The Death Penalty

Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty.
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Nokia N9 MeeGo Smartphone is ‘pointless’

Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop spelled confusion over the N9 smartphone, which uses MeeGo platform, as he said the company would launch its first smartphone using Microsoft's Windows platform later this year.
A brief look at Windows Azure

Microsoft's cloud venture Windows Azure poised for take off

Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows Azure, is similar to cloud sky in many ways, according to reports of a test at the available production-level features in Microsoft's platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, but with some major differences

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