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Macbook Pro Release Date 2012: Battery Life May Improve With Apple's New 'Power Management Technologies' [SPECS]

Macbook Pro Release Date 2012: Battery Life May Improve With Apple's New 'Power Management Technologies' [SPECS]
Apple fans seem to have a lot to be excited about as of late. The most recent iPad model was launched in the beginning of March, and then rumors of an iPhone successor began surfacing soon after. Now it seems that a revamped Macbook Pro is in the works. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company has yet to unveil the next-generation Macbook Pro and hasn’t mentioned a release date, but some rumors point to May or June.
George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman Released From Jail With GPS Tracking Device Fitted Onto Him

On Sunday, while Trayvon Martin's parents published a Card of Thanks in The Miami Herald obituary page, the man accused of killing the 17-year-old boy has been released on $150,000 bond from a Florida county jail around midnight. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, walked out of jail with another man avoiding eye contact with photographers waiting outside the jail. The man and Zimmerman walked straight to a BMW parked outside the jail, and drove away.As of now, the destination ...
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A screen grab shows the access to Netflix online, as displayed on a television screen, in Encinitas, California

Netflix To Post Loss In Q1, Subscriber Count In Focus

Home entertainment company Netflix Inc. (NAS: NFLX) is expected to post a loss for the first time in the last seven years, according to Wall Street analysts. Netflix Q1 results will be out Monday, and according to analysts, the entertainment trendsetter will lose 27 cents per share.
IMF raises its GDP growth forecast for the U.S.

IMF Eyes BRICS To Meet $400B Fundraising Goal

The International Monetary Fund is eyeing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, a bloc of countries commonly known as BRICS, to meet its goal, set by the institution's managing director Christine Lagarde, to raise at least $400 billion of additional funds to safeguard the global financial system against the euro zone sovereign debt crisis.
Blade Runner

Sex Robots: 4 You Can Buy Today

Sex robots will take the place of prostitutes in 2050, according to a new paper. If you can't wait, here are four that are available for you to buy today.
Emerging Markets

Emerging Powers Ready To Give Billions To IMF

Major emerging powers stood ready on Friday to pledge money to bolster the International Monetary Fund's crisis-fighting war chest, though Brazil was holding out for promises that their voting power at the global lender would increase.
McDonald's

McDonald Employee Marvin Washington Jr. Arrested For Spitting In Customer's Iced Tea

A customer's worst nightmare came true when a South Carolina McDonald's employee allegedly spit into cups of iced tea that were returned by the customers since they were not sweet enough. The sickening event took place when a mother and a daughter visited McDonald's on Main Street over the weekend and picked up two iced teas from the drive-through, according to Associated Press.
US Congress

In Budget Fight, Obama Warns Republicans Of Government Shutdown

In a move that evokes the grueling partisan battles of last summer as the United States teetered on the brink of default, the White House is warning Republicans of a government shutdown if they reject the debt-reduction deal they made with Democrats.
Morgan Stanley CEO Gorman

Morgan Stanley 1Q Down But Beats Street

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) on Thursday reported weaker first-quarter profit but still beat analyst expectations, which helped lift shares up more than 2 percent.
The World Gold Council remains constructive on gold prices despite diminished chances of QE3

Gold Prices Set To Rise: World Gold Council

While chances of a third round of U.S. money-printing quantitative easing measures, or QE3, have dimmed, the World Gold Council, or WGC, remains positive on the yellow metal's outlook due to its international appeal and value in hedging against inflation and deflation.
Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Sued By A Disabled Woman Over Injury At Concert

A 52-year old U.C Irvine assistant medical school professor is claiming that Johnny Depp's bodyguards injured her at an Iggy and the Stooges performance at the Hollywood Palladium last December. The woman, who walks with a cane and is identified in the lawsuit papers as Jane Doe, alleges that the bodyguards violently restrained her while trying to restrict her from accessing the VIP section, reported Los Angeles Times.
Bank of America reported better earnings on lower credit losses and strong trading performance

Bank of America Expected To Swing To Loss In 1Q

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to report highly disappointing financial results Thursday morning, a development that -- as has been the case in the past -- will provide plenty of schadenfreude to the company's vociferous and numerous critics.

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