A night that put Israel to shame - CNN
28 May 2012, 6:49 am
(CNN)-- One of the unintended consequences of the Arab revolutions has become evident in Israel, where a surge in the number of refugees from Africa has created new tensions in a country with no shortage of practical and ethical dilemmas.

4 Tech Stocks that Will Outperform Hewlett- Packard In 2013 - Seekingalpha.com
27 May 2012, 11:18 pm
It seems that now is not a good time to be an employee of Hewlett- Packard (HPQ), as the company may soon announce plans to cut 30,000 jobs across the company. In total, the company may cut as much as 10% (with some reports giving a lower estimate of about ...

Curtailing a Service that Parents Depend On - New York Times
27 May 2012, 9:10 pm
Every year, the mayor proposes cutting certain vital city programs and then, at the last minute, the City Council comes to the rescue by restoring at least some of the money. Council members look like heroes and the mayor gets himself a point or ...

Boston Red Sox: It's Obvious Now that Pitching Staff Needs to Be Re-Vamped - Bleacherreport.com
27 May 2012, 8:41 pm
Once again, the Boston Red Sox were on the cusp of sustaining a plus-.500 winning percentage barrier that has eluded them thus far in 2012. The idea that this team could string together a couple of wins and walk away from this series with a winning record ...

UN Security Council condemns Syria massacre that left more than 100 dead - msnbc.com
27 May 2012, 10:54 am
"The Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of (Houla), near Homs, in attacks that ...

3 Dividend Stocks that Make Bonds Look Silly - Motley Fool
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Forget bonds, smart investors today want dividends. The reason is simple -- with the Federal Reserve continuing to stomp on interest rates, the yields that investors can get from dividend-paying stocks are better than the yields they can get ...

JPMorgan Joins MF Global in Lobbying Wins that Backfire - Bloomberg
24 May 2012, 2:44 am
MF Global Holdings Ltd. argued in a December 2010 letter to regulators that futures brokers didn’t need tighter restrictions on how they invest client funds. Ten months later, as MF Global filed for bankruptcy, about $1.6 billion in customer ...

Syria denies it was behind attack that killed 90 - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind an attack on a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on "hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area.

How Mark Zuckerberg's Taxes Change Now that He's Married - Forbes
20 May 2012, 1:40 pm
What a week! First an unprecedented IPO, then marriage. Yes, Facebook’s Zuckerberg Marries His Longtime Girlfriend Priscilla Chan. And California marriages are, well different, as California divorce lawyers–aka “family lawyers”–will ...

Facebook is tough to quit, and investors like that - Los Angeles Times
18 May 2012, 5:28 am
Slowing growth. A weak platform for mobile advertising. Privacy legislation that could hamstring profits. With all the negative headlines, including General Motors Co.'s decision this week to pull its Facebook ads, why is there such a frenzy to ...