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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Venezuela Star.com http://www.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 30 U.S. stocks spent the day see-sawing Wednesday as events in Greece kept industrial stocks on edge, while the geek-sector was helped by the record $5 billion IPO for Facebook. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203335748/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:45 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203335748/cs/1/ LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp's British arm has reached out of court settlements with 15 more phone hacking victims including politicians, sportsmen and celebrities in the scam, the high court w http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334354/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:16 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334354/cs/1/ BERLIN - German exports have grown 11.4 per cent to top one trillion euros in 2011 but a sharp decline towards the end of the year has triggered fears in Europe's biggest economy, according to fresh f http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334192/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:52:23 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203334192/cs/1/ SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's chairman and three other board members have decided not to stand for re-election, giving in to the demands of its shareholders frustrated over the Internet company's declining http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333913/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:41:42 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333913/cs/1/ SYDNEY - Australia's flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. said Wednesday it has pulled one of its A380 super jumbos out of service after cracks were discovered in its wings, despite Airbus assuring that t http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333763/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:36:05 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333763/cs/1/ MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down the http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333726/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:33:16 -0500 Venezuela Star.com http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203333726/cs/1/ US stocks edged higher Wednesday as investors were still hoping the debt talks in Greece will be resolved, Xinhua reported. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338582/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338582/cs/1/ Microsoft's iconic start button, which was introduced in Windows 95, is likely to be removed in the software firm's upcoming Windows 8 version, according to a report. http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323111/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:40:06 -0500 ANI http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203323111/cs/1/ CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. has ruled Illinois out of plans to relocate a factory and 1,400 jobs from Japan, citing both logistical problems with building the plant in its home state and ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338738/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:08:14 -0500 WRAL http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338738/ Stocks staged an afternoon-long rally and closed higher on Wednesday as Greece appeared to close in on the cost-cutting deal it needs to keep from defaulting on its national debt. The Dow Jones ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338727/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:06:01 -0500 Business News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338727/ IDG-T increased its revenue to almost $353-million in its third quarter, but reported a lower net profit of just over $14-million, the company said Wednesday.Indigo said it had net and comprehensive ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338629/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:07 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338629/ Citigroup Global Markets said Wednesday with the market awash in high liquidity, it is possible for the Taiwan Stock Exchange capitalization weighted index to challenge 9,000 points in 2012. In a ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338703/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:59:33 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338703/ Curtis Carlson Nelson, who once claimed a net worth of more than $29 million, agreed Wednesday to spend his immediate future under a $41.3 million cloud of debt as he fights through Chapter 7 ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338672/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:37 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338672/ Organic and natural foods grocer Whole Foods said Wednesday afternoon that it will open a store at the former Jaguar dealership site in downtown Minneapolis. Long rumored to be the anchor tenant of ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338673/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:32 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338673/ WASHINGTON - A new passenger screening program to make check-in more convenient for certain travelers is being expanded to 28 more major U.S. airports, the government said Wednesday. There will be ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338674/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:57:27 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338674/ Real estate bloggers in San Diego and elsewhere applauded and booed the San Diego region's MLS after it said it will allow members to enter their contact ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338660/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:08 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338660/ Two Del Mar-area hotels valued at more than $100 million are being marketed for sale by their owner, Orange County-based Sunstone Hotel Investors, a national real estate trade publication has ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338662/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:05 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338662/ Navy Pier, next to the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, would be reconfigured with a park on top of a parking garage, a 500-foot sail-like structure called "Wings of Freedom" and an ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338661/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:56:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338661/ Shares of San Diego's Mitek Systems surged 18 percent on Wednesday after the San Diego maker of mobile deposit applications posted better than expected earnings for its fiscal first quarter ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338663/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:59 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338663/ NEW YORK -; Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Gamestop Corp., up 77 cents at $24.50 The video game ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338664/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:56 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338664/ LRAD, a San Diego maker of long range acoustic hailing systems, posted revenue of $3.6 million and net income of $314,000, or 1 cent per share, for its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31.Sales ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338665/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:53 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338665/ In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, shows Cisco CEO John Chambers watches a Stanford basketball game in Palo Alto, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc., reports quarterly financial results Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338666/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:49 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338666/ The local job outlook looks stronger than it has in more than three years, suggesting continued growth in 2012, according to an employment index released today by San Diego Workforce Partnership, a ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338667/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:45 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338667/ NEW YORK -; Social-sharing app Path has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' phone address books without their permission. The information has now been deleted, and Path has ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338669/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338669/ This product image provided by First Act, Inc., shows the Soulo Digital Wireless Mic and App, a consumer electronics product that turns an iPad into a karaoke machine. (AP Photo/First Act, Inc.) - ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338668/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:39 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338668/ FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2008 file photo, the Time Warner Center is shown in New York. Time Warner said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, its fourth-quarter earnings grew slightly as revenue jumped 8 percent ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338670/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:55:36 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338670/ Media conglomerate News Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 65 percent on increased earnings at its cable-television networks and film and television studios.The company ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338655/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:13 -0500 New York Post http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338655/ Access Denied. A probe by New York State’s top financial services cop into possible fraud in the sale of pricey mortgage insurance is being stonewalled by a pair of Wall Street firms who ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338656/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:49:10 -0500 New York Post http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338656/ CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Among the stocks that could see active trade in Thursday's session are Groupon, Dunkin' Brands, Lorillard and ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338575/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:26 -0500 MarketWatch http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338575/ News of The World cost Rupert Murdoch's News Corp $87m in the last three months of 2011, the company has announced. But the media giant shrugged off the hacking scandal as net income increased ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338630/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:26 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338630/ Apple to pay ongoing royalties to Nokia after legal dispute in which Finnish phone maker accused Apple of infringing 24 patents. By Charles ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338631/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:22 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338631/ If the Bank of England's MPC agrees to another 50bn of QE on Thursday, it will bring the total to 325bn. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338632/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:16 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338632/ Now industrial production and export orders are declining even in Europe's powerhouse, as the austerity Berlin demands stifles its customers' ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338633/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:11 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338633/ mining club.Andrew Keen, analyst at HSBC, reminds us that BHP Billiton initially offered a 21% premium when it bid for Rio Tinto at end of 2007. Tom Albanese, Rio's boss, reckoned that was ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338634/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:01 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338634/ Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has spoken out after the row over his bonus. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive/Press Association ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338636/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:47 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338636/ Europe's stockmarkets turned negative at close of play, retreating from six month highs as uncertainty grew over the ability of Greek leaders to agree a bail-out package.The FTSE dipped 0.24% ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338637/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:33 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338637/ Groupon , and on Wednesday's earnings call the online disount company faces its biggest test to date as investors get their first look at Groupon as a publicly traded company.Two years ago ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338638/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:26 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338638/ Europe is debilitated by the effects of two years of desperate crisis management. The prescribed treatment resembles the old practice of bloodletting on ailing patients. Growing debts are paid with ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338639/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:22 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338639/ SuperGroup , after a decent Christmas, would defy the trend.The Superdry brand may soon suffer from overexposure but surely, you might have supposed, there was enough momentum in the business to ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338640/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:07 -0500 Guardian http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338640/ Sirius XM is reporting its Q4 and full year 2011 results on Thursday. It will be interesting to see how subscription acquisition costs have trended as Sirius has added subscribers and the outlook ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338626/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:28:35 -0500 Forbes http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338626/ Update: A P&G spokesman said the consumer products giant was disappointed by the news out of Diamond and that it will evaluate all of its options for the Pringles business, ';a valuable ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338627/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:28:12 -0500 Forbes http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338627/ Irish Finance Bill 2012: Includes tax incentives for executives of foreign firms and mortgage relief for first time homebuyers By Finfacts Team Feb 8, 2012 - 2:48 PM ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338689/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:23 -0500 Finfacts Business News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338689/ In December, Diamond Foods said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had launched a probe into its walnut payments, raising concerns of further delays to its deal to acquire Procter & ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338591/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:33 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338591/ ] more-than-100 percent run--from its March 2009 low of 666 to its current 1340-plus level--generally depicts the most powerful comeback of the past seven cyclical stock market recoveries, Wells ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338592/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:28 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338592/ If your long-term plan is to keep working, investing and living where you are until the day you retire, and then change your lifestyle and financial life, you are practicing what I call "cliff ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338593/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:18 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338593/ After enduring the financial impact of the recession, a whopping number of Baby Boomers say money isn't the most important thing they hope to leave to their kids. They don't just want to ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338594/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:13 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338594/ Computerworld - Microsoft today said it will host a launch event for the Windows 8 beta on Feb. 29 in Barcelona, the site of the Mobile World Congress. Previously, Microsoft had promised that it ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338684/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:07 -0500 Computerworld http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338684/ The Israeli Secret Service has opened its archives to reveal how its agents captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was living under an assumed name in ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338595/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:06 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338595/ --and the subsequent amendments--that set up the current Federal Reserve. Born out of the 1907 depression and following 80 years without a Fed-like institution, the law was created to implement ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338596/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:17:02 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338596/ The company expects adjusted earnings per share growth in the high teens for fiscal 2012. Net income for the first quarter rose to $1 billion, or $1.49 a share, from $884 million, or $1.23 a share, ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338642/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:57 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338642/ U.S. prosecutors secured an indictment against a Chinese company for conspiracy to commit economic espionage and other charges in a widening case over the alleged theft of industrial secrets from ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338597/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:54 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338597/ A pilot program that moves passengers through pre-flight security screening more quickly if they volunteer information about themselves in advance is set to expand to 28 of the nation's busiest ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338598/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:46 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338598/ Instead, she found success and a job as engage life director for Atria Senior Living in Newburyport, Mass. Atria is one employer actively seeking senior employees, finding them to be ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338599/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:39 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338599/ It often seems that celebrities operate on a faster timeline than the rest of us. A lot can change in a year with them, especially regarding real estate -- just look at the lineup of duos from the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338600/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:26 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338600/ ] posted fiscal second-quarter earnings excluding items of 47 cents per share, up from 37 cents per share in the year-earlier period. Net income grew to $2.2 billion from $1.5 billion last year. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338709/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:24 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338709/ The day's non-business news, including video of what is said to be a river monster in Iceland; a 7-ton whale shark is auctioned off in Iceland; and Jesse Nelson, a girls basketball coach in ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338601/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:17 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338601/ ] announced this season's roster of Fashion Next designers at its kickoff of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Monday. For the first time since its inception four seasons ago, one of the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338603/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:48 -0500 CNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338603/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A reproductive rights group asked a federal judge to reopen a lawsuit over access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B, claiming the Food and Drug Administration acted in ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338618/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:10 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338618/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Sprint Nextel Corp., the third- largest U.S. wireless carrier, reported a wider fourth-quarter loss after demand for Apple Inc.’s iPhone boosted costs to subsidize the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338619/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:07 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338619/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat elected in 2010, wants to overhaul rules for giving public-school teachers tenure, introducing new standards for evaluating their ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338621/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:04 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338621/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Prudential Financial Inc., the life insurer that expanded in Japan through acquisitions, said fourth-quarter profit more than tripled on non-U.S. earnings and narrower losses ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338620/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:02 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338620/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Visa Inc., the world’s biggest payments network, said fiscal first-quarter profit climbed 16 percent as consumers increased use of credit and debit ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338622/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:00 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338622/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Rick Santorum shook up the race for the Republican presidential nomination by sweeping three contests yesterday, casting doubt on front-runner Mitt Romney’s hold over the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338623/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:57 -0500 Business Week http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338623/ Follow this company will restate earnings for two fiscal years by as much as $80 million. But Cincinnati-based P&G (NYSE: PG) stopped short of calling off its deal to sell its ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338682/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:39 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338682/ Follow this company 's stock was down nearly 10 percent after hours on Wednesday. It closed at $5.21 per share. The Santa Clara-based company (NASDAQ:AFFX) on Wednesday reported its ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338678/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:22 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338678/ Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338615/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:10 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338615/ Follow this company (Nasdaq: AKAM) blew past Wall Street revenue expectations in the fourth quarter, sending the company's stock up by a double-digit percentage increase in trading ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338679/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:06 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338679/ Follow this company nearly doubled its 2010 earnings last year. Net income for fiscal 2011 was $36.9 million, or 70 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $19.1 million, or ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338675/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:12:00 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338675/ Follow this company reported a 32.1 percent increase in net income year over year in the fourth quarter and a 0.93 percent increase in net income for the year 2011 compared with 2010. FNF ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338681/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:11:49 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338681/ Follow this company , based in Peoria, Ill., have told Peoria County officials that they intend to build a a 1,000-employee plant to make tractors and hydraulic excavators closer to its ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338683/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:11:26 -0500 Business Journal http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338683/ The U.S. Labor Department has recommended fining Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $365,500 after inspectors say they found 24 workplace safety violations at an upstate New York ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338616/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:43 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338616/ By Eve Tahmincioglu Even though some employees are frustrated with their jobs because the tough economy has led to furloughs, wage freezes, and cuts in benefits, many of them aren’t upset ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338692/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:18 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338692/ By Paul A. Eisenstein, The Detroit Bureau There are plenty of bargain-priced cars, trucks and crossovers, but that doesn’t always mean they add up to a good deal. Smart shoppers know there are ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338693/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:09 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338693/ Online dating’s Adam and Eve - Mina Jo Rosenbloom and Michael Linver found each other in 1965 with the help of a primitive computer dating program.  Four and a half decades after they ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338694/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:06 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338694/ By Allison Linn It seems there’s an app for everything these days, including checking the status of your income tax refund.The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday that it had updated its ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338695/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:56:00 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338695/ 54th Grammy Awards at the Los Angeles Staples Center. But even pop stars need a place to crash once and awhile. Here is where Kanye, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, R. Kelly and the Kings ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338696/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:56 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338696/ Stocks closed little changed Wednesday as investors waited for Greece to accept tough reforms in exchange for a new bailout, but underlying confidence kept the Dow near its almost four-year high ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338697/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:51 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338697/ I've been a freelancer for more than a decade, and for most of those years I've been able to work out of my home. Being a Work-at-Home Worker has its perks and its pitfalls. Here are ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338698/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:48 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338698/ Today Money financial expert David Bach joined us for a live Web chat Wednesday to answer your questions.Here’s one of his answers to questions from the live chat. (See below for the full ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338699/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:45 -0500 MSNBC http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338699/ Tennis great Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has accused her parents of losing through poor management the estimated $60 million US she earned in her career. The 40-year-old Sanchez Vicario let loose ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338685/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338685/ The negative growth figures for the final three months of 2011 intensified the pressure on the BoE to inject further cash into the ailing economy. But recent, more positive data from the UK services ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338671/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:41:39 -0500 Sky News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338671/ It should come as no surprise that business-friendly BlackBerrys can now get Microsoft’s Office 365 via the cloud. But some say the move may be a sign of a bigger deal going on between the two ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338700/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:03 -0500 Wired News http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338700/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed flat in another thinly traded session on Wednesday as Greece remained in a standstill over accepting tough reforms in exchange for a bailout critical to avoiding a ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338613/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:24:14 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338613/ Groupon, unveiling its first results as a public company, said its fourth-quarter net loss attributable to common stockholders was $42.7 million, or 8 cents a share. That compares to a loss of ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338604/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:39 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338604/ (Reuters) - The watchdog board for corporate auditors on Wednesday said it has imposed a $2 million penalty, its largest fine ever, on accounting and consulting firm Ernst & Young LLP in a ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338607/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:27 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338607/ (Reuters) - The excitement generated by Facebook's IPO filing rubbed off on companies listing on U.S. stock exchanges on Wednesday, with four of them seeing strong first-day ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338732/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:26 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338732/ (Reuters) - Wall Street has been lashing out against the Volcker rule since it was proposed, but a senior Goldman Sachs executive said on Wednesday the trading restriction might actually help the ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338608/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:22 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338608/ CZR.O ) shares almost doubled in value on their market debut after an unusually small initial public offering, viewed by many as an exit strategy for its private-equity backers to make up some of ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338733/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338733/ HIG.N ) soared on Wednesday after the company said it had considered the possibility of a breakup and hedge fund titan John Paulson pushed it to be more aggressive on that ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338734/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:16 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338734/ ICE.N ) posted quarterly results lifted by better-than-expected energy trading volumes and gave an outlook that keeps a lid on expenses, sending shares ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338735/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:12 -0500 Reuters http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338735/ EUROPEAN stocks have given up early gains to close mixed as investors grew impatient for Greece to finally seal a bailout deal with creditors and avoid a potentially disastrous ... http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338659/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:56 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.venezuelastar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3a8a80d6f705f8cc/id/203338659/