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The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of how near the human species is to self-destruction, probably as a result of nuclear weapons programs or climate change, was adjusted, on Jan. 9, to five minutes to midnight - or doomsday!

Gold hit a four-week high and broke above a key resistance on Wednesday, defying a stronger dollar, as the festering euro zone debt crisis lured investors to its safety and signs of strong demand from the world's top two consumers also supported.

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Jacob Lew, a former Citigroup executive, reportedly received a $900,000 bonus from the company after it took $45 billion in taxpayer bailout funds in 2008.

Chinese machinery maker Shandong Heavy Industry Group on Tuesday sealed a deal to take a 75 percent stake in debt-laden Italian yachtmaker Ferretti Group, the latest in a series of Chinese acquisitions of European brands.

The Chinese will take to the sea in style following an announcement Tuesday that Shandong Heavy Industry Group-Weichai Group will be buying a majority share of Italian yacht maker, Ferretti Group.

Barclays Capital expects ultrabooks to take center stage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as the thin and light concept emerges at the forefront of new product design trends.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Lululemon Athletica, Cirrus Logic, Focus Media Holding, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Research In Motion and Apple. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: WebMD Health, Illumina, Affymax, Brocade Communications Systems and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.

Personal finance guru Suze Orman launched The Approved Card, a prepaid debit card, on Monday. It is a purple plastic debit card with the Master Card logo on it and self-branded with Orman's name.

The Ron Paul campaign 2012 is gaining momentum every single day. Even the media and political experts who had initially neglected Ron Paul are now warming up to the Ron Paul Revolution.

Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp is suing 19 current and former executives, including its current president, for up to almost $50 million in compensation, as it struggles to recover from one of the nation's worst accounting scandals.

One day in year 2005, a young man called Mark Zuckerberg surprised the world with a new concept called social media service. He called it Facebook, which has grown to have a market value of $100 billion now.

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.

In a statement from the White House State Dining Room, President Obama praised Daley's contributions to his administration during his short time of service.

White House Chief of Staff William Daley is resigning effective at the end of this month, to be replaced by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Jacob Lew.

The SUV made by Land Rover's Range Rover brand, called by one pundit small but capable and luxurious, beat out other award finalists the BMW X3 and Honda's CR-V. The Evoque went into production in July 2011.

First it was the NFL, then the NBA, now the New York City Opera musicians are having their turn at a lockout.

Flight attendants with United Airlines could have their new contract in several weeks depending on how the airline's management votes on contract proposal sent to them on Saturday.

Lions Gate Entertainment is near a deal to purchase rival Summit Entertainment forapproximately $400 million in cash and stock and would assume $300 million of Summit's debt.

Germany and France warned Greece on Monday it will get no more bailout funds until it agrees with creditor banks on a bond swap and pressed for an early deal to avert a potential default in the Eurozone's most debt-stricken nation.

Japan's Nikkei share average slipped more than 1 percent on Friday, backing further away from its 25-day moving average as investors fretted over the euro zone debt crisis and weakness in the single currency.