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Google wants to run .lol Web domain

Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:28 Financial Resources - International Finance
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Internet addresses are about to expand way past .com and .org, and Google wants in. It applied to grab not only .google, but also fun suffixes like .lol.
 

Stocks on track for worst month of the year

Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:17 Financial Resources - International Finance
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U.S. stocks straddled the breakeven line Thursday afternoon, on track to end a wretched month on a weak note.
 

Thick as a BRIC - The Buzz

Thursday, 31 May 2012 09:56 Financial Resources - International Finance
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The so-called BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India and China don't look like the growth drivers of the global economy anymore. The European debt quagmire is clearly having an impact on even the most robust of economies.
 

U.S. 10-year yield hits record low (again!)

Thursday, 31 May 2012 09:39 Financial Resources - International Finance
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Investors continued to seek safety in U.S. Treasuries Thursday, further pushing the yield on 10-year notes to a fresh record low.
 

Spending won't rescue Europe's big spenders

Thursday, 31 May 2012 09:17 Financial Resources - International Finance
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France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Greece and Portugal have already proven that more government spending actually slows growth. Why do they want to spend even more?
 
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Date 6/1/20126/1/20126/1/2012
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Bosnia leader slams Serbia's Nikolic on Srebrenica

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The Muslim chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency criticized Serbia's new rightist president, Tomislav Nikolic, on Friday for playing down the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of up t...
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Rare copy of Book of Mormon reported stolen from Arizona store

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police searched on Friday for clues to the suspected theft of a rare, first-edition copy of the Book of Mormon, valued at $100,000, that was reported stolen from a suburban Phoenix...
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UN Rights Body Condemns Syria Over Massacre - TIME


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UN Rights Body Condemns Syria Over Massacre
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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY / AP Friday, June 01, 2012 (BEIRUT) — The UN's top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria ov...
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Paralyzed rats run again: Could method help humans? | The Republic - The Republic


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By Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Paralyzed rats learned to walk, run and spring deftly over obstacl...
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U.S. regulator said slow to see mortgage servicing risk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief regulator of U.S. national banks did not pay enough attention to how lenders process home foreclosures and underestimated the risks it posed until problems broke into ...
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It's Facebook Election Week: Here's How You Can Vote on Your Privacy - Mashable


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It's Facebook Election Week: Here's How You Can Vote on Your Privacy
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It's time to exercise your democratic right — not at the ballot booth, but on Facebook. The social netw...
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Kings-Devils Preview - Washington Post


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Since the Stanley Cup Finals became a best-of-seven in 1938-39, the team winning Game 1 has won 55 of 72 series. Although, teams that win Game 1 on the road are ...
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Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris Are Back Together - People Magazine


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By Mike Fleeman Crystal Harris, who left Hugh Hefner at the altar with a parting shot about his bedroom skills – calling him two-...
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US Markets

Stocks slammed as Dow erases 2012 gains

Wall Street suffered its bloodiest day of the year Friday as U.S. stocks sank more than 2% following an ugly jobs report. The Dow erased all its gains for the year, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq moved in...
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Economy and Government

California politicians taking pay cut

California's budget woes have come home to roost for the state's politicians.
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International Finance

Singapore has highest proportion of millionaires

The number of millionaires is on the decline in the U.S., even as the number of wealthy individuals has increased worldwide.
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Commodities

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Europe's Problems a Global Problem (The Street)

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Currencies

European Markets Fall on US Data

CNBC's Simon Hobbs reports on how weak U.S. employment numbers impacted Europe's markets, and discussing whether China is the next credit bubble to burst, with Gary Kaminsky. Also, CNBC's Mary Thompso...
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Mergers & Aquisitions

Ascentia to sell wines to Gallo, Accolade-source

NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - California's Ascentia Wine Estates is near a deal to sell its Columbia wine brand to E&J Gallo Winery and its Geyser Peak brand to Australia's Accolade Wines, a source...
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Investing Strategies

Team Obama on the Ropes?

Insight on what the latest employment data could mean for President Obama in November's election, with Ari Melber, The Nation Magazine; Heather Higgins, Independent Women's Voice; and John McLaughlin,...
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Investing Ideas

Lightning Round: First Solar, MarkWest Energy, Allegiant Travel and More

Cramer makes the call on viewers' favorite stocks.
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Banking

Europe Needs to Allow 'Freedom to Fail'

"We need a huge purge of insolvency of the banking sector, financial sector right across the European Union," Declan Ganley, Libertas chairman, told CNBC. "We need to let capitalism work once again. F...
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Mortgages

Mortgage Rates Hit NEW All-Time Lows Following Jobs Report

Mortgage Rates   fell decidedly to new all-time lows today after a much weaker-than-expected Employment Situation Report.  Because of today's movement, Best-Execution rates for 30yr Fixed Conve...

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Treasuries

Jobless Claims Up 10,000 & Q1 GDP Up 1.9%

CNBC's Rick Santelli breaks down the latest data on jobs and the economy, with John Silvia, Wells Fargo chief economist, and Curtis Arledge, BNY Mellon vice chairman.
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Interest Rates

The Week That Was

CNBC's Tyler Mathisen looks back at the week's top business and financial stories.
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Real Estate

Industries Hit Hardest by the Recession

Most economists now agree that the worst part of the recession took place in 2009 and 2010. Using data provided by the financial information firm Sageworks, CNBC.com shows which industries took the wo...
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Federal Reserve

A Catastrophic Jobs Report for Obama’s Re-Election

May's jobs report is a devastating number for the American economy, and a catastrophic number for Obama’s re-election hopes. All momentum on jobs and the economy has evaporated.
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Hedge Funds

Funds Keeping Risk Low, Looking to Preserve Capital: Expert

Chris Jones, head of alternatives at bfinance, told CNBC, "At the moment what everyone is looking at is top down volatility and the big macro political surprises that are there and the difficulty is f...
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Top 5 Up Unusual Volume

01 Jun 2012 16:00:00 - Top 5 Stocks up on Unusual Volume

  Intraday Unusual Volume - Top 5 Up
Symbol Volume %
Change 		Price %
Change 		News
  RGLD 195%  74.75% news
  SUSS 126%  29.75% news
  ROSG 112%  14.39% news
  GLPW 85%  19.73% news
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Wall St. shudders at grim global outlook

June 1 - The Dow erased all its gains for the year as stocks took a beating after the weakest job growth in a year sparked concerns the effects of the European debt crisis are hurting the global econo...
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Opinion

Pouch.com

If you’re looking for a purse that can keep up with your busy, non-stop life, the iPurse is the purse. Women are busier now than they’ve ever been before, pursuing more education, careers and bal...
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Take your fashion quotient to zenith with iPurse Pouch

The modern woman has needs that can only be met by modern and chic things. For instance, just imagine an active working woman carrying a big tote bag or a young lady hitting the bar sporting an old, c...

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