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After 25 years in prison, Cocaine Cowboys hitman wants reduced sentence
Miami Herald - 30 Apr 2013 01:49
Jorge Ayala cooperated against Miami drug kingpin Griselda Blanco, but doomed case with phone sex with state secretaries.
Microsoft Video: Apple and Samsung Fans are "iSheep" and "Copybots", Respectively
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 03:58Poisoned OJ Slipped Into Starbucks Case
ABC News - 30 Apr 2013 23:52
San Jose, Calif., police say a local woman with no criminal record replaced orange juice bottles in a Starbucks cold box with tainted ones - and they are puzzled about why she may have done it. Ramineh Behbehanian, 50, w...
Generics And Private Label Sales Will Drive CVS's Results
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:56
CVS Caremark will release its first quarter earnings for fiscal 2013 on May 1. The company delivered strong results for FY 2012 as net revenues grew by $16 billion over 2011 to reach $123 billion. This was supported by r...
FBI says lab tests link Mississippi man to poisoned letters
Reuters - 30 Apr 2013 23:56
JACKSON, Mississippi
MasterCard Earnings: Munching Market Share As World Shifts To Plastic
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:50
MasterCard is scheduled to report earnings for the first quarter on Wednesday, May 1. The card processing giant has maintained double digit revenue growth the last few years and posted 13% growth in 2012. We expect the c...
Hezbollah chief warns militant group could intervene in Syria on Assad side if need arises
Fox News - 30 Apr 2013 23:48
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime militarily, warning that Syria's "real friends," including his Iranian-backed mi...
Barclays Raises Concern Over Brazil
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:48
Brazil isn't going broke anytime soon. Nor is it going the way of Venezuela and Argentina with its uber populist policies and threats of defaults of some kind or another -- either through debt, or by canceling contracts ...
FDA: Morning-after pill to move over-the-counter
Fox News - 30 Apr 2013 23:48
The government is moving the morning-after pill over the counter but only those 15 and older can buy it -- an attempt to find middle ground just days before a court-imposed deadline to lift all age restrictions on the em...
Into The Woods
OpEdNews - 30 Apr 2013 23:46
Doesn't Sanford's disappearing act in itself question his fitness for office? Kinda like Sarah "Mama Grizzly" Palin sniffing around the possibility of running for President when she couldn't even commit to a full term as...
Samsung Rides Smartphone Growth All The Way To The Bank
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:46
Samsung Electronics delivered a yet another stellar performance in Q1 2013, riding the smartphone boom to grow revenues by 17% and operating profits by an even higher 54% over the same period last year. Driven by the imm...
Apple wows market with record $17 billion bond deal
Reuters - 30 Apr 2013 23:44
NEW YORK/LONDON, April 30 (IFR) - Apple Inc wowed the debt markets on Tuesday with the largest non-bank bond deal in history, pricing a whopping $17 billion as the U.S. computer giant switches strategy to placate restles...
City Room: Cuomo Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses for Top Executives
The New York Times - 30 Apr 2013 23:43
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's demand came after a company director said the executives were given over $600,000 for "exemplary" performance in handling Hurricane Sandy, other storms and a monthlong lockout of workers.
Rebound in job growth eyed, but momentum still slow
Reuters - 30 Apr 2013 23:43
WASHINGTON
Verizon's Bid To Be A Power Producer
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:42
Many large businesses, including industrial operations, have long produced their own power instead of relying only on their local utilities. The emergence of solar, fuel cells and other low-carbon technologies are openin...
Alien-Looking Skeleton Poses Medical Mystery
Discovery News - 30 Apr 2013 23:40
Scientists are unsure what caused the squashed skull and tiny body size.
Billionaire Carl Icahn Increases Stake In Voice Recognition Firm Nuance After Horrible Earnings
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:38
Less than a month after disclosing his initial position in voice-recognition firm Nuance, billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed he's still buying the stock. The legendary activist now controls more than 10% of the co...
Developer Warns Of Google Glass Security Risks Following His Jailbreak Exploit
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:36
If the notion of an intruder hacking into your smartphone or PC seems disturbing, just imagine an even more personal sort of privacy breach--a hacker who gains full access to your sight.
Going to TED or TEDx? Here's How to Prep Your Talk
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:36
More and more the call is for short speeches. Of course, the popularity of TED and TEDx talks are one cause, but the impatient of the times is another, along with our shrinking attention spans and all the other distracti...
Bond Investors Line Up For A Parking Spot In Apple Debt
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:35
(AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Apple launched its first debt offering in almost 20 years Tuesday and by all accounts demand for the new six-part issuance was so robust the iPhone-maker will pay interest rates near or below Corp...
Congress Grapples With 5 Key Questions After Boston Bombings
Time - 30 Apr 2013 23:35
Congress Grapples With 5 Key Questions After Boston Bombings
'Soul Sacrifice' Review (PS Vita)
Forbes - 30 Apr 2013 23:31
The dark new action-RPG from Megaman creator Keiji Inafune is a gripping, if sometimes repetitive, PS Vita game.