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CNBC.comFacebook May File for IPO By Wednesday: Report
CNBC.com
Facebook could file for its long-awaited initial public offering as early as Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The social-networking company is expected to pick Morgan Stanley The company is currently looking at a valuation of $75 ...
Facebook Readies IPO Filing for Next WeekWall Street Journal
Facebook Targets IPO Filing on Wednesday: ReportFox News
Facebook IPO filing expected by WednesdayChicago Tribune Bloomberg -BusinessWeek -TheStreet.com all 198 news articles » 
Moneycontrol.comUS growth quickens, but speed bumps ahead
Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
White House Pushes Payroll Tax Cut as GDP Growth Rate SlowsBusinessWeek
US GDP grew at fastest pace in 1.5 years in fourth quarter 2011Washington Post
Unsold goods weigh on future economic growthmsnbc.com Alaska Dispatch -Christian Science Monitor all 1,065 news articles » 
Wall Street JournalGDP Report Hurts Stocks
Wall Street Journal
By CHRIS DIETERICH And CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN Stocks fell, jeopardizing chances for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations. US stocks fell after the opening bell as investors were ...
Wall Street retreats from bull marketFinancial Times
Stocks Slip After US Economic Growth DisappointsABC News all 1,171 news articles » 
Chicago TribuneBuffett-style investor doubles stake in RIM
Chicago Tribune
Fairfax Financial, the firm controlled by investor Prem Watsa, has more than doubled its stake in Research in Motion, a vote of confidence in the struggling BlackBerry maker that drove RIM's shares up nearly 3 percent on Friday.
RIM's New CEO Is Staying the CourseBusinessWeek
Canada Hot Stocks: RIM, Celestica, NorbordWall Street Journal
Fairfax Financial's Watsa May Increase RIM Stake After Joining BoardBloomberg Toronto Star -Sydney Morning Herald all 340 news articles » 
BloombergFitch Cuts Italian, Spanish Ratings by Two Notches
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Spain Economy Spain Economy Denis Doyle/Bloomberg At the Principe Pio metro station in Madrid on Sept. 23, 2011. Play Video Fitch Ratings cut the credit ratings of Italy, Spain and three other euro-area countries, saying they lack ...
Fitch Cuts Italian, Spanish Ratings as Europe Seeks FirewallBusinessWeek
Fitch cuts Italy, Spain, other euro zone ratingsReuters
Fitch Downgrades Five Euro-Zone MembersWall Street Journal ABC News -Forbes -AFP all 236 news articles » 
USA TODAYJustice Dept. unit to probe mortgage-backed securities
USA TODAY
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The US government dispatched 55 prosecutors, FBI agents and analysts Friday to a new financial crimes enforcement unit focusing on home mortgage abuses that fueled the 2008 economic collapse.
Holder Announces Working Unit on Mortgage-Backed Bonds FraudBloomberg
Justice unit to probe mortgage-backed securitiesThe Associated Press all 670 news articles » 
Globe and MailNorth America boosts Ford in 4Q as other markets suffer
Washington Post
DEARBORN, Mich. — For Ford, there's no place like home. North America propped up the company in the fourth quarter as the European debt crisis and flooding in Thailand hurt profits elsewhere. Ford Motor Co.'s shares took an initial hit after the ...
Biggest profit since '98CNN
Ford stuck in Europe as North America drives profitsAFP
Market shrugs as Ford reports $13.6-billion 4Q net incomeDetroit Free Press BusinessWeek all 627 news articles » 
Proactive Investors USA & CanadaThe anti-Kodak: Eastman Chemical
CNN
By Paul R. La Monica @lamonicabuzz January 27, 2012: 12:19 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It is every parents' dream that their children enjoy a better life than they have. I am not sure if that's also true for parent companies and their offspring.
Solutia and Eastman Chemical Shares Popped: What You Need to KnowDailyFinance
IB Options Brief: Eastman Chemical Co. (EMN) & Solutia, Inc. (SOA)The Options Insider
Summary Box: Eastman Chemical buying Solutia for about $3.38 billion in cash ...Washington Post TheStreet.com -BusinessWeek -Knoxville News Sentinel all 389 news articles » 
IBNLive.comIran hits back at EU with own oil embargo threat
Reuters
By Robin Pomeroy and Hashem Kalantari | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Fighting sanctions with sanctions in a trial of strength with the West over its nuclear ambitions, Iran warned on Friday it may halt oil exports to Europe next week in a move calculated to hurt ...
Oil futures edge up; gasoline ralliesMarketWatch
Iran edges closer to ban on EU oil exportsFinancial Times
Oil price waver on Persian Gulf supply concernsThe Associated Press BusinessWeek all 1,363 news articles » 
USA TODAYUnion membership up slightly, outlook in doubt
USA TODAY
By Sam Hananel, AP WASHINGTON – Union membership grew slightly last year, giving labor leaders hope that a period of steep declines has finally bottomed out. By Julio Cortez, AP Manuel Lantigua, center, cheers with a crowd of office cleaners from Local ...
Union membership grows slightly, but share of workforce remains at historic lowWashington Post
Government Cuts Kept US Union Rate at Record Low in 2011Bloomberg
Private Sector Unions Add Members As Jobs ReturnTheStreet.com all 184 news articles »
The HinduSyrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter
Voice of America
January 27, 2012 Syrian Violence Escalates as Diplomatic Efforts Falter Edward Yeranian | Cairo Violence in Syria continued Friday, bringing to more than 50 the number of people killed there over the past two days, as a resolution to curb the bloodshed ...
Syria violence has risen 'significantly', says Arab League mission chiefThe Guardian
Syria: claims of 'racial cleansing' as 14 family members are killedTelegraph.co.uk
Deaths rise in Syria as UN Security Council to hold talksCNN BBC News -The Press Association -The Hindu all 4,223 news articles » 
CTV.caFormer Hostages Brought to American Base
New York Times
ROME — Two hostages rescued in Somalia by Special Operations Forces this week after three months of captivity were recovering at a military base in Sicily, an American military official said Friday. Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker, ...
Families of Somalia kidnap victims grateful for rescue, relieved American and ...Washington Post
US commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raidReuters
Somali pirate captors move US hostage after SEAL raidChristian Science Monitor 6abc.com -CNN -Fox News all 3,917 news articles » 
Boston.comAustria's 2 faces: As some mourn Auschwitz victims, others gather for right ...
Washington Post
VIENNA — Austrians gathered in memory of the 2 million Jews murdered in Adolf Hitler's Auschwitz camp condemned plans to hold a ball of extreme rightists later in the day Friday, saying the event's timing transformed it into a macabre dance on ...
Auschwitz Survivor Dies in Oswiecim on AnniversaryABC News
Far-right Vienna ball sparks outrage on Holocaust DayAFP
Capturing the world through photography, video and multimediaLos Angeles Times all 438 news articles » 
The Associated PressSuicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open ...
Iraq sectarian war flares as 32 killed in suicide attack on funeral processionTelegraph.co.uk
Suicide bombing at Baghdad funeral kills 32 peopleLos Angeles Times
Suicide Bomber Kills 32 at Iraq Funeral ProcessionABC News Wall Street Journal -Washington Post all 1,393 news articles » 
ABC NewsCruise disaster lawsuits face choppy seas in US
Fox News
MIAMI – While the parent company of the owner of the stricken Costa Concordia is based in Miami, passengers who want to file a lawsuit in US courts over the cruise ship disaster will likely face choppy seas. That's because of fine print on tickets ...
Costa Cruises offers compensation to rescued passengersReuters
Costa offers $14.5K per passenger for ruined cruiseUSA TODAY all 4,035 news articles » 
Moneycontrol.comEU, IMF press Greece on reforms, Rehn upbeat on debt
Reuters
By Ingrid Melander and Paul Carrel | ATHENS/DAVOS (Reuters) - The European Union and IMF want Greece to push through more budget cuts and implement a series of long-agreed austerity reforms before they sign off on a new bailout the country needs to ...
Europe Pushed to Bolster Defences to Lock In Crisis RespiteBusinessWeek
DAVOS: IMF's Lagarde: Greek Debt Reduction Must Be SignificantWall Street Journal
Greece locked in parallel talks over debtCBS News all 1,006 news articles » 
Telegraph.co.ukNigerian violence: Police disappear as Boko Haram brings terror to the streets
Telegraph.co.uk
When a city of 9 million people comes under almost daily assault, the police would normally step up their presence. But not in Kano. By David Blair, Kano In the biggest urban centre in northern Nigeria a new terrorist group has inflicted a steady ...
Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes sharia lawThe Guardian
Nigeria Pursues Talks With Militant GroupWall Street Journal
Nigeria on edge as Islamist group extends campaign of violenceCNN The Associated Press all 845 news articles » 
BBC NewsLibya: Is a breakdown in order forcing NGOs out?
BBC News
While some NGOs are guilty of trying to apply western 'best practice' in unrealistic ways, or to put the safety of their own teams ahead of project work, MSF's reputation, built over decades of operations in the most inhospitable parts of the world, ...
Canada blasts Libya over torture reportsGlobe and Mail
Libya undecided on future of African investmentsThe Guardian
UN Rights Chief: Libyan Gov't Must Control PrisonsABC News all 589 news articles » 
Los Angeles TimesBrazil buildings collapse; at least 4 dead, 18 missing
Los Angeles Times
Three large structures in Rio de Janeiro fall for as-yet-unknown reasons. Survivors say there was no time to flee. By Vincent Bevins, Los Angeles Times Rescue workers in Brazil searched for survivors Thursday after three large buildings collapsed in ...
Rescuers in Rio de Janeiro search for survivors of buildings collapse as hopes ...Washington Post
Two buildings collapse in Rio de JaneiroReuters
Rio building collapse: where is the oversight?Christian Science Monitor ABC News -BBC News all 1,348 news articles » 
AFPUS 'disappointed' Putin challenger disqualified
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States said Friday it is "disappointed" that Russia has disqualified the sole liberal challenger to Vladimir Putin from the March 4 presidential ballot. "The United States is disappointed by the refusal of the Russian Central ...
Russia bars liberal candidate from presidential electionChristian Science Monitor
Russians Divided Over Trust on Elections – Pollster ChiefRIA Novosti
Spoof Videos Highlight Challenge Facing PutinSky News BusinessWeek -Washington Post -Voice of America all 1,212 news articles »
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