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Antonio Villaraigosa's Quest for Wall Street, Washington and Wealth
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Victoria Gotti in hospital after stroke
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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday. News from the Federal Reserve took stocks for a roller coaster ride.
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West Texas Intermediate fell for a second day after industry data showed U.S. inventories rose for a fourth week, the longest run of gains since February.
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Scarborough Rails Against Justice Dept Snooping On Fox News: 'More...
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Futures Tick Up; Fed News on Tap
U.S. stock-index futures pointed higher as traders awaited the latest clues on when the Federal Reserve could start tapering its bond-buying program.
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WMFD Meterologist Michael Joyce Chases Moore, OK Tornado
WMFD staff Meteorologist Michael Joyce just happened to be on vacation this week in Oklahoma participating in meteorology training and storm chasing when the mammoth Oklahoma tornado formed.
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Source: Fox 2 News OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - The National Weather Service issued a rare tornado emergency for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area Monday afternoon as at least one twister touched down in the area.
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Start Spreading the News: Yahoo Gets New Times Square Office, Offers Free Terabyte on Flickr and Updates Design to Look Like 2013 At a press event in New York today, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced a new office in Times Square for the Silicon Valley Internet giant.
Scripps News Says It Uncovered Unsecured Lifeline Personal Data
Scripps News, which serves the company's broadcast, newspaper and online properties, Monday began publishing stories on what it says it has uncovered data security lapses affecting thousands of customers whose data was collected by companies participating in the government's Lifeline phone subsidy program.
Ketchikan works to boot old Guinness record
Folks in Ketchikan likely set a new Guinness World Records mark when nearly 2,000 people showed up to race one kilometer in their rain boots.
The rapper, responding to a congratulatory e-mail from the program director of New York radio station Hot 97, said talk last week that he and Beyonc were expecting their second child was false.
On May 21, shareholders of JPMorgan Chase will have the opportunity to express their views of the Chairman/CEO of the mega-bank, and PR people have been filling the inboxes of every possible media outlet.
Time Warner Cable Eyes Hulu Stake - Meaning Hulu Still Won't Be Disruptive Anytime Soon
Hulu has consistently flailed and suffered from incomplete show catalogs because the company's owners, with a vested interest in the status quo, really don't have much of an interest in Hulu truly disrupting or succeeding .
Wall St hesitancy after new records
Wall Street touched fresh records earlier in the day before giving up gains as investors await clues from the US Federal Reserve on its plans for maintaining stimulus measures.
SUNY Students Helping Stewart's See Green
A group of MBA students at the State University of New York Albany School of Business have completed its G3 program, an intensive two-week process to develop an environmentally sound plan for a local businesses, including convenience retailer Stewart's Shops Corp., Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Although a previous group of student's focused on New York ... (more)