- Crude oil prices firm before US energy report
- German-owned airline BMI says to cut 600 jobs
- Alarm over asset bubbles returns with recovery
- Congo has failed to disarm Rwandan rebels: UN
- Britain defends secret Bank of England loans
- Dubai issues 5 billion dollars of its bond programme
- Britain is last major nation in recession
- Malaysia Airlines posts third-quarter loss
- British banks win overdraft charges appeal: court
- British economy shrinks, but edges towards recovery
S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spamSouth Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.
Microsoft names new CFOUS software giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday that chief financial officer Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of the year.
Australia, Canada approve Yahoo!-Microsoft dealAustralian and Canadian competition authorities have approved the Internet search and advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft, the companies said Tuesday.
Facebook changes stock structure but 'no plans to go public'Hot social networking site Facebook said Tuesday it has introduced a dual-class stock structure but has no plans to go public for the moment.
Forbes
Celebrity Homes For SaleIn the 1997 film Con Air, Nicolas Cage fought for control of a hijacked plane. Ten years later, as Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, he risked his life as a daredevil motorcyclist on a mission to avenge his father's death. And in 2006's The Wicker Man, Cage's character faces down a hostile group of pagans.
Six Signs Your Boss Is Just Not That Into YouDon't Waste The Pretty They can't find the budget? Stellar interview, but they've decided to outsource the position? Not returning your calls? Yeah, he's just not that into you. Here's the truth: For the right person there's always more money, an opening, a call back. Don't waste the pretty.
Surviving A Workaholic SpouseWhen Beth Frazier took her three children for the family holiday portrait on a blustery Brooklyn afternoon last winter, her husband Eric was conspicuously absent. A jack of many trades, Eric routinely logged 100-hour weeks working as a mortgage broker, construction foreman and landlord on several multi-family investment properties. Days started at 6 a.m. and ended at 1 a.m.--including Saturdays, when the photo session was scheduled.
Top-Earning States For WomenIs your hard work being compensated? ForbesWoman's ranking of the best and worst states for women's wallets may make you think twice about where you settle down. The list, based on a July 2009 release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ranked the median weekly earnings of full-time women workers by state.
Newsweek
- Health 'Reform' That Burdens Our Young
The House health 'reform' bill would extract more subsidies from the young.
- College Students Hit by High-Interest Loans
College degrees are supposed to last a lifetime, but should tuition loan payments? How some schools got away with charging interest rates of up to 18 percent.
- Developing A Taste For China's New Economy
What a meal of beef stomach and duck throats taught me about the new China.
- Economy: China's New Materialism
Chinese are just like New Yorkers. They can't stop talking about real estate.
- China's Consumers Are Starting to Spend - Gross
Made in China—and sold there, too.
- U.S.-China Relationship Is Good for the World
Why the U.S.-China relationship is not only the fulcrum of the world economy, but a good thing after all.
- Small Business: Why Is Mary Kay Thriving in China?
Why the American brand Mary Kay is thriving in China.
- Why We Need the Humanities
The idea that we must choose between science and humanities is false.
- Zakaria: Can America Still Innovate?
Innovation is as American as baseball and apple pie. But some traditions can't be trademarked.
- Soldiers of Fortune
How the Israeli Army became the most prolific innovation engine on earth.
- Hedge-Fund Manager John Paulson's Greatest Trade Ever
How hedge fund manager John Paulson bet against the real estate bubble and made $15 billion in a single year.
- The Mighty, Messy Power of Europe
How the financial crisis could leave Europe even stronger than America.
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Sports
More Champions League games linked to betting scandalMore Champions League qualification games from this season have been linked to the betting scandal currently rocking European football, it was reported on Wednesday.
Liverpool give Benitez their backingRafael Benitez has been assured he will not be sacked as Liverpool manager after the five-times European champions exited the Champions League at the group stage on Tuesday.
India in driver's seat in second Sri Lanka TestRahul Dravid struck his 28th century and Zaheer Khan picked a wicket off the first ball as India tightened their grip on the second Test against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday.
AC Milan, Real Madrid on brink of knockout roundReal Madrid and AC Milan have 16 Champions League titles between them but both have work to do on Wednesday if they are to book their places in the next round of this season's competition.
Celebrity Gossip
Emily Blunt had stutter Emily Blunt has confessed she had a stutter when she was growing up but she managed to overcome the speech impediment through her acting.
Robert Pattinson's pop plan Robert Pattinson wants to pursue a music career after he has finished filming the 'Twilight' movies.
Lady Gaga mad for men Lady Gaga has revealed she is more attracted to men than women, despite being bisexual.
Miley Cyrus to get Trace tattoo Miley Cyrus' brother Trace can't wait until she turns 18 so they can get matching tattoos.
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The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-astronaut crew undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday as it prepared its return to Earth.
- US consumer spending jumps 0.7% in October
- China 'will not sacrifice growth' for emissions cuts
- GM to keep all German Opel plants open
- AC Milan, Real Madrid on brink of knockout round
- Pakistan charges seven over Mumbai attacks: lawyer
- Britain is last major nation in recession
- GM vows to keep all Opel plants in Germany open
- British economy shrinks, but edges towards recovery
- Milan, Real Madrid on brink of knockout round
- Millions begin hajj amid swine flu fears
- Liverpool out of Champions League despite victory
- Gold hits record high $1,180 per ounce
- Gold hits record high 1,180 dollars
- Ton-up Dravid heaps misery on Sri Lanka
- ABN Amro reports quarterly loss of 1 bln euros
- ABN Amro Group reports one billion euro loss
- Iran's Ahmadinejad in Venezuela on official visit
- Mysterious toilet blockages plague Cathay flights
- We're running out of gold: miners
- Federer feeling on top of the world

