NEW YORK (Reuters) - A volatile trading session ended with U.S. stocks mostly higher on Wednesday, even as Apple, the most valuable company in the United States, suffered its worst day of losses in almost four years. In a strange occurrence, Apple accounted for the entirety of the Nasdaq 100's <.ndx> fall of 1.1 percent, while the Dow industrials - which do not include Apple as...
Bloodshed as Islamists and Secular Protesters Battle in Cairo
Label: WorldTara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesMuslim Brotherhood supporters and anti-Morsi protesters clashed in front of the presidential palace on Wednesday in Cairo. CAIRO — Angry mobs of Islamists battled secular protesters with fists, rocks and Molotov cocktails in the streets around the presidential palace for hours Wednesday night in the first major outbreak of violence between political factions...
Snooki Gives Kate Middleton Motherhood Advice
Label: Lifestyle By Julia Haskins 12/04/2012 at 05:30 PM EST Nicole Polizzi and Kate Middleton Daniel Boczarski/WireImage; REX USA Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is lending her expertise to Kate Middleton – as a mommy mentor! The Jersey Shore star, who gave birth to son Lorenzo in August,...
Study: Drug coverage to vary under health law
Label: HealthWASHINGTON (AP) — A new study says basic prescription drug coverage could vary dramatically from state to state under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.That's because states get to set benefits for private health plans that will be offered starting in 2014 through new insurance exchanges.The study out Tuesday from the market analysis firm Avalere Health found that some states will require...
Wall Street slips as investors seek cliff progress
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks finished slightly lower in a quiet session on Tuesday as the back-and-forth wrangling over the "fiscal cliff" gave investors little reason to act. Trading volume was light as legislators continue to negotiate a deal to avoid a $600 billion package of tax hikes and federal spending cuts that would begin January 1 and could push the economy into recession. ...
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Four Things Google’s Nexus 4 Has in Common with the iPhone 4
Label: TechnologyBesides being each company’s flagship smartphone (and having the number 4 in their names), Google‘s new Nexus 4 and the 2010 iPhone 4 have a fair bit in common with each other.This could be a good thing, if you remember just how popular the iPhone 4 was. Unfortunately, in this case it’s more of a bad thing, and hearkens back to “Antennagate” and the iPhone 4′s other problems. Do any of these features...
Rose McGowan Debuts Platinum Hair
Label: Lifestyle Stylewatch Style News Now 12/03/2012 at 06:00 PM ET AKM-GSI; Inset: GettyLooks like Rose McGowan is going to be having a little more fun these days.The actress debuted a new blonde ‘do while out in West Hollywood over the weekend,...
Fossil fuel subsidies in focus at climate talks
Label: HealthDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hassan al-Kubaisi considers it a gift from above that drivers in oil- and gas-rich Qatar only have to pay $1 per gallon at the pump."Thank God that our country is an oil producer and the price of gasoline is one of the lowest," al-Kubaisi said, filling up his Toyota Land Cruiser at a gas station in Doha. "God has given us a blessing."To those looking for a global response to climate...
Wall Street sours on weak domestic factory data
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks struggled to extend the previous week's gains, dropping on Monday as disappointing U.S. factory numbers dampened optimism about China's economic growth. The declines broke a three-day streak of gains for the S&P 500, keeping it shy of its 50-day moving average of about 1,420, a level that the index has been below since October 22, and now serving as a key...
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