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• FIVE QUESTIONS: How Israel Should React To The Crises Unfolding Around It
• SAICAST: The Lame Lawsuits Against Google Disco And GroupMe (GOOG, LNKD)
• GREECE: And Now, Here’s What’s Next…
• Halliburton eyes Polish shale (Investor’s Business Daily)
• Google Now Lets Website Owners Measure The Power Of +1 (And Any Other Social Widget)
• Business Highlights (AP)
• General Mills 4Q profit climbs but outlook soft (AP)
• Here’s Why You Should Get Your Wharton MBA In San Francisco
• Obama call for stimulus may complicate debt talks (Reuters)
• Ex-Treasury chief Summers tries venture capital (Reuters)
• The Tale of OpenGL vs. Direct3D
• Spending By Groups Eclipsed Parties In NY-26 Special Election
• Wall St posts biggest 3-day surge in three months (Reuters)
• How a Business Consulting Firm Makes Your Family Business More Successful
• Help – It’s not a dirty word!
• TMX Group kills merger with London Stock Exchange (AP)
• Did Paramount, Justin Bieber Deceive Fans In ‘Never Say Never’ Ads?
• United Nations’ New Arms Watchdog: North Korea
• Tumblr iPhone App 2.0 Makes Managing Blogs Easier
• Monsanto posts $680 million profit in 3rd quarter (AP)
• LSE, TMX abort their merger, leaving both in play (Reuters)
• LSE, TMX abort their merger, leaving both in play (Reuters)
• Justin Timberlake To Take Ownership Stake in MySpace
• He’s Bringing Myspace Back: Justin Timberlake Takes A Stake
• The Watchdog: Boeing Charged Pentagon $71 For Pin That Costs 4 Cents
• Broke Illinois Prisons Face Underwear Shortage
• Calif. budget deal leaves taxes, reforms to voters (AP)
• BofA $8.5 billion settlement likely faces legal fight (Reuters)
• Hybrid drivers lose special privileges in Calif. (AP)
• International Headlines – 24 February 2011
• Jamal Simmons: Michele Bachmann Might Just Smoke Sarah Palin in the GOP Primaries
• Gold, silver rebound as dollar weakens (AP)
• More Than 10,000 Await Return Of Unemployment Benefits In Wisconsin
• Summary Box: Stocks rise as Greece nears new loan (AP)
• UBS, Credit Suisse Vulnerable to Greek Debt Shenanigans
• Linear Forecasting
• Here’s how to do it: a great speech that doesn’t use PowerPoint
• How the major stock indexes fared Wednesday (AP)
• Coburn and Lieberman Offer Sensible Medicare Reform
• Home builders beating back fire sprinkler laws (AP)
• Workforce Management (WFM) Vendor Selection: Avoiding Pitfalls and Achieving Best Practices
• Gap to open its first stores in Africa (Reuters)
• Univision Names Randy Falco CEO
• Get Posting With Gorgeous New Tumblr iPhone App
• Unemployment rises in more than half of US metros (AP)
• CA To Buy Interactive TKO For $330 Million In Cash
• Linus Torvalds on userspace filesystems
• IMF warns US on debt; says economy still frail (AFP)
• Sixth Circuit Punts on Obamacare’s Individual Mandate
• Feds subpoena mortgage records from Ally Financial (AP)
• Bill Clinton’s group offers recipe for economy (Reuters)
• Welcome To The $2000 Car: What Difference Does It Make to You?
• Comex Gold, Silver End Higher amid Lower U.S. Dollar Index, Sharply Higher Crude Oil, and on Safe-Haven Demand
• For Greece, Nothing Ends With ‘Band-Aid’ Austerity Deal
• An ETF that Could Land You the Next Facebook
• Workforce Planning
• What does it take to be a leader?
• LSE-Toronto stock exchange merger fails (AFP)
• Money Talks: OpenSecrets.org’s Interview With Conservative Campaign Lawyer James Bopp
• How To Build Your Own Mac For Just $500
• Amazon will end affiliate program in California if new law passes
• 50 Million Myspace Profiles Now Belong to an Ad Targeting Firm
• 4 Factors That Will Push Oil Prices Even Higher
• Is Your Small Business Eligible For The $30 Billion Loan Assistance?
• Egyptian Women’s Group Wins 2011 Madeleine K. Albright Grant
• Showdown: Emanuel Threatens Layoffs If Unions Don’t Agree To Changes
• Key Greece vote boosts euro against dollar (AP)
• Amazon Warns That It May Shut Down CA Associates Affiliate Program
• The 15 Most Expensive iPad Apps
• Yelp Brings Local Deals To Mobile And Gives Groupon Now A Run For Its Money
• Bank of America expects loss after settlement (Reuters)
• Oil rebound weakens effect of supply release (AP)
• Putting Process on the CEO’s Agenda
• Top 10 Hot Jobs in the Greatest Place to Stand in Florida – Rockets in The Everglades
• Meet the People Who Scored Twitter’s Shortest Usernames
• Disparate Treatment Remains a Problem, EEOC Told
• Plan Amendments Must Be in Place for 2011 PPACA Changes
• Align Pay with Business Priorities to Reap Rewards
• Execs’ Advice: Turn Debates into Conversations
• Want to Build a Great Business? Be Happy!
• Boehner’s Position Unchanged On Taxes After Obama Press Conference
• Greece Is Screwed And So Is The Rest Of The World
• SpyCloud: Intel Agencies Look to Keep Secrets in the Ether
• Elizabeth B. Wydra: G.W. Bush-Appointed Judge Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Obama’s Health Care Reform Law
• It’s More Likely You Will Survive A Plane Crash Or Win The Lottery Than Click A Banner Ad
• The Modern Hidden Slave Trade
• Why Android Viruses Are Growing And How To Stop Them (GOOG)
• The Student Loan Ranger’s Mailbag Express: Consolidation and Repayment (U.S. News & World Report)
• The Fed’s Rule Call On Swipe Fees Sends Visa And MasterCard Way Higher (V, MA)
• "It’s Like Facebook With No People" (GOOG)
• Summary Box: Pending Home Sales (AP)
• CoolWorks.com selected as a WEDDLE’S User’s Choice Award Winner for 2011
• Turtles Block JFK Runway, Launch Twitter Account
• Pending home sales rise but recovery still distant (Reuters)
• The Awl Publisher and Co-founder Heads to ESPN’s Grantland
• International Headlines – 9 February 2011
• Myspace Acquired, CEO Out: Email From Mike Jones To Employees
• Report: People without college degrees more pessimistic about their future
• The Shortest URLs
• Myspace to Be Sold to Specific Media for $35 Million
• Raymond James to buy back $300 million auction-rate securities (Reuters)
• MySpace Sold for $35 Million [REPORT]
• Geithner Warns Ron Johnson On Debt Ceiling
• White House Official Unveils New Counterterrorism Strategy
• Make Your Company a Habit
• A look at economic developments around the globe (AP)
• Pending real estate sales rise in May
• Energy – An Important Entrepreneurial Attribute
• Информационный город vs Открытый город
• London Exchange ‘disappointed’ after merger collapse (AFP)
• Undocumented Journalist And Students Push Obama To Halt Deportations
• Democrats Slam ‘Business Friendly’ Supreme Court
• Federal Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Health Care Reform
• SEC proposes conduct rules for swap dealers (Reuters)
• Have We Ever Got Something to Sell!!! Small Business Headquarters
• Stat of the Day: 68% of Millennials Ask Friends Before Choosing a Restaurant
• Obama warns of ‘significant’ default impact (AFP)
• U.S. must hike debt limit soon to avoid "shock": IMF (Reuters)
• Obama Press Conference: Not Saying Anything Says A Lot
• Obama Press Conference: Not Saying Anything Says A Lot
• Yahoo Study Shows Online Video Watching Shifting To Primetime
• Gooseneck lights: Perfect fixtures for Stores
• Bipartisan Bill Would Force Congress to Wait for Pensions as Long as other Americans
• Bipartisan Bill Would Force Congress to Wait for Pensions as Long as other Americans
• 5 Innovative Facebook Campaigns to Learn From
• Big changes to Fed debit card rule seen unlikely (Reuters)
• Accel Puts $34 Million In Online Payments Platform Braintree