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Half of the assets managed by the world?s largest money managers are now pension fund assets.

The largest gold fund players including hedge fund titan John Paulson stuck with their bullion bets in the second quarter, opting not to follow George Soros who further reduced his gold ETF holdings.

Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after Wall Street shares climbed for a third straight session, but the euro slipped ahead of talks between French and German leaders on possible further measures to contain Europe's debt crisis.

Gosselin will have to rely on her book deals, residuals and live appearances for financial support.

Hundreds of Verizon workers in red shirts interrupted a nine-day-old strike to place a wreath at a site in suburban New York on Monday morning, where a colleague was fatally injured on a picket line 22 years ago. The union workers began reportedly one of the biggest labor strikes in recent U.S. history on Aug. 7.

Dell;'s earnings may show progress, moves in tablets and smartphones

Star bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach was in discussions to join Western Asset Management Co while he was employed at rival firm Trust Co of the West, he testified on Monday.

Two studies published Monday suggest re-framing the way medical practitioners look at overweight and obese patients. The studies question the notion that BMI and weight determine health - even when someone is severely obese.

Cathay Pacific is set to delay their upcoming ad campaign promoting the crew after photos emerged online of two alleged crew members engaging in sexual acts.

The Kenyan shilling was stable against the dollar on Monday and was seen firming due to a squeeze on shilling liquidity in the money markets, while stocks edged lower for a second session.

Kenya's central bank raised on Monday its discount window rate to 11.34 percent from 6.25 percent previously, a posting on its website showed, after it revised its overnight lending rules last week.

Time Warner Cable Inc. said Monday it will pay $3 billion in cash for cable operator Insight Communications Co. Inc., which has more than 750,000 customers in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.

The union says health care is not the issue in the Verizon strike. A local union president says Verizon is attempting union busting.

About 45,000 Verizon workers, represented by the CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, have been on strike since last Sunday after talks for a new labor contract failed.

After being pushed into a corner by the Rockstar consortium which acquired a portfolio of 6,000 patents from Nortel Networks, Google has upped the ante in the smartphone arena by acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12 billion.

Virtually all strikers are from the company?s struggling wireline division.

Hundreds of drag race cars met at Utah's salt flats for the 63rd annual Bonneville SpeedWeek race.

Research in Motion launched a new, free online management system intended for small businesses on Monday.

Adobe has launched its newest web tool, Muse, which is intended to allow complex HTML sites that come with CSS and HTML 5 support to be developed easily and establish an online presence.

Jefferies recently met with Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) management and felt the sessions were upbeat in terms of Visa's competitive positioning, product strategy, post-Durbin initiatives, business model resiliency (regardless of macro climate), and robust, highly visible EPS growth.

The last time Verizon workers went on strike was in August 2000, when members of the Communication Workers of America (CWA) held a work stoppage for eighteen days.