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How Big Banks Fleece You

While the government bails out big banks, the big banks squeeze the little guy. The Daily Beast’s Nomi Prins calculates how individual banking fees funds their risky activity. Too big to fail means big enough to screw taxpayers twice. That’s my conclusion after a few weeks of combing through…

Facebook Offers Real-Time, Highlight Reel News Feed for the Homepage

Facebook Oct. 23 changed its homepage again, offering users a highlight reel view of the most interesting activity that's happened in the last day and a real-time view that shows users what is happening now. This move takes on an interesting light in the wake of Microsoft's announcement at Web 2.0 Summit

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Tips on keeping the flu out of your witch's brew

Some people this Halloween are choosing to make a joke of the H1N1 or swine flu by dressing up in medical scrubs and a pig's nose, but health experts say the disease is no laughing matter -- especially when it affects young children.
Children under the age of 5 -- particularly those with diabetes or
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Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Gets Midnight Release

Michael Jackson may be gone, but he isn’t finished releasing new music. The first drop in what might be a flood of unheard Jackson material is a song called “This Is It,” which Sony had scheduled to send to radio stations on Sunday night. Based on a tape Mr. Jackson left behind containing onl…
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Australia raises rates from 49-year low

Australia became the first OECD nation to raise interest rates on Tuesday when its central bank increased the official cash rate from 3 percent to 3.25 percent.

In raising rates from their 49-year low "emergency" rate, Glenn Stevens, governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, said
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Are you ready for flu season?

The H1N1 vaccine won’t be available to everyone for weeks. Here’s what you can do now.
The estimates are alarming: Public health experts say that because of the combination of swine flu and seasonal flu, as many as 20 percent of Boston residents will experience flu symptoms this fall and winter.

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Tsunami deaths likely to rise in Pacific islands

Relief workers in American Samoa and Samoa searched for survivors on Thursday after a series of tsunamis smashed into the tiny Pacific islands, killing more than 100 people, flattening villages and leaving thousands homeless.
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G20 Leaders Tout Progress on Bank Regulation, But Big Issues Remain

WASHINGTON—U.S. and foreign leaders meeting at the Group of 20 summit agreed to toughen regulation of global banks, but some key differences remain related to capital rules, compensation and derivatives oversight.

The complexity of the issues suggests they could take months or longer to be resolved. The leaders of the 20 largest industrial and
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