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Pinterest gets $100mn, led by Japan's Rakuten Japanese online giant Rakuten announced Thursday it was leading a $100 million investment in Pinterest, a fast-growing US bulletin-board style social media website. |
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| Bill Clinton, Paul Ryan Headline Fiscal Summit Talks | |
| Bill Clinton as symbol and a source of wisdom can be a flexible campaign instrument â€" used in different ways by Democrats and Republicans depending on the circumstances. | |
| Christie Uses Humor Video To Connect, But Would Romney Follow Suit? | |
| A new viral video starring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Newark Mayor Cory Booker helps underscore the value for politicians in being able to navigate new media and contempora... | |
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Super Pac Eyes Jeremiah Wright Ad Buy First Read: Possible plans for an ad campaign focused on controversial minister could ratchet campaign to a whole new level. |
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Boehner: 'i'm Not Threatening Default' House Speaker John Boehner denied he was threatening default when he called for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling. |
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Romney, Aided By Prop, Pushes Debt Message In Swing State Florida Mitt Romney continued to drive a debt-oriented message on Wednesday, extending his "prairie fire" of debt metaphor with the assistance of a debt clock. |
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| Wal-mart's Profit Up 10.1% | |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported a 10.1 percent increase in first-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates as its re-emphasis on low prices drove bargain-hungry U.S. shoppers in... | |
| Here's How You Get A Piece Of Facebook | |
| Excitement is mounting for Facebook's expected debut on financial markets Friday. So if you're an individual investor, can you get a piece of the action, and should you? | |
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Acura Recalls Over 56,000 Sedans In North America Honda's Acura brand is recalling 56,881 TL sedans from model years 2007 and 2008 in North America to replace a power steering hose that could leak over time and potentially cause a... |
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Pinterest Joins Ranks Of $1 Billion Start-ups With pre-IPO buzz about Facebook at fever pitch, it would be easy to overlook Pinterest's growing appeal. But a huge new infusion of cash has given the company a boost. |
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Stocks Open Slightly Lower In Early Trading On Wall Street U.S. stock indexes opened slightly lower on Wall Street as the federal government reported that new unemployment claims held steady last week. |
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| World Bank On Greece: Spain, Italy Could Be Next | |
| Spain and Italy will be the next victims of the European financial crisis if Greece crashes out of the euro currency zone, the head of the World Bank has warned. | |
| 'butcher Of Belgrade' Genocide Trial Halted Over Errors | |
| The judge in Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial on Thursday indefinitely delayed the presentation of evidence due to "errors" by prosecutors in disclosing evidence to defense lawyers ... | |
Immigration Decision A Plus For Klezmer Tango Band U.S. immigration officials are clarifying their definition of "culturally unique" in a move that could make it easier for foreign "hybrid" or "fusion" bands to get a visa to play i... |
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Horrors Of Srebrenica Massacre Set Out At Mladic Trial Prosecutors in the trial of Ratko Mladic have described five days in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in 1995 when his troops massacred 7,000 unarmed Muslim boys and men. |
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A Message To Assad? War Games Held Near Border A military exercise involving more than 11,000 troops from 19 countries is under way in Jordan, reportedly just miles from Syria's border. |
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| Book Talk: Museum Conservator Finds Life In Automaton | |
| NEW YORK (Reuters) - A museum conservator and horologist loses her colleague and married lover of 13 years, forcing her to use the intricate restoration of a 19th century automaton... | |
| Telemann's 'orpheus' Given Staging By Nyc Opera | |
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No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg P... |
'newsies' Choreographer Draws On His Background Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches. |
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Mexican Author Carlos Fuentes Dies At 83 MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican author Carlos Fuentes has died at the age of 83, President Felipe Calderon said on Tuesday via his Twitter account. Fuentes was known for works incl... |
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Up On The Roof Of Ny's Met Museum In "cloud City" NEW YORK (Reuters) - Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno combines art, architecture and science in a striking installation on the rooftop garden of The Metropolitan Museum of Art that ... |
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| Garcia, Freese Lead Cardinals Past Giants | |
| SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jaime Garcia matched his career high with nine strikeouts, David Freese hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals gave ma... | |
| Dodgers Owners Could Gain Much From Bankruptcy Court Settlement | |
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Terms of settlement between former owner Frank McCourt and Major League Baseball could allow the team's new owners to retain millions in television revenue.The Dodgers' new owners ... |
Is This The Dawning Of The End Of The Age Of Mike Scioscia? The firing of Mickey Hatcher, the voicing of criticism by Torii Hunter and Albert Pujols, the chill between Scioscia and GM Jerry Dipoto, the Angels' poor record may all point to a... |
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Who's The Fairest In Lala Land? Try Kings' Hockey In playoff-happy Los Angeles, the Kings are separating themselves with a style of winning that gives fans reason to clue into this version of Hockey 101.While you were sleeping, L.... |
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Key Accuser Returns For 4th Day In Clemens Trial WASHINGTON (AP) - Brian McNamee, the key prosecution witness in the Roger Clemens perjury trial, returns to the stand for his fourth day of testimony Thursday. |
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| John Woo Directing Remake Of Japanese Mob Movie | |
| LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Woo, the Hong Kong action maestro, will bring his stylistic flare to a remake of "Day of the Beast." Woo will direct the English-language u... | |
| 'american Idol' Judges Spread The Love For Final 3 | |
| The three "American Idol" finalists earned nearly uniform votes of confidence from the show's judges. But it's the audience tally that will determine which two sing... | |
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Spooked Horse Swims Two Miles Offshore Beach goers and boaters along the coast of central California are accustomed to seeing fascinating sea creatures large and small off its shores — but an Arabian horse? Some at fi... |
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"godfather Of Go-go"' Chuck Brown Dies At 75 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chuck Brown, known as the "Godfather of Go-Go" for the subgenre of funk music he helped create, died on Wednesday at the Johns Hopkins University Ho... |
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Relaxviews:Â carlos Gomez, 'live From Cannes' - Where Are The Women? Journalist and cinema industry insider Carlos Gomez provides exclusive insights to Relaxnews on what makes Cannes Cannes -- on a daily basis for the duration of the Festival. |
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