Tea with FT Middle East: Fadi Ghandour - Financial Times
28 May 2012, 8:08 am
Weeks before the start of the uprisings that have turned the Arab world upside down, Fadi Ghandour had a memorable chat with another regional business titan, the Egyptian telecommunications magnate, Naguib Sawiris. During an onstage interview by ...

Kofi Annan in Syria for 'serious and frank' talks with President Assad - ITV
28 May 2012, 6:49 am
A Syrian protester is silhouetted behind a Syrian flag during a demonstration against President Bashar Al-Assad Photo: REUTERS/Majed Jaber The UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan has arrived in Damascus for what he called "serious and frank ...

Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller done with the UFC, Dana White confirms - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
Miller at UFC 146 weigh-ins (Getty)UFC president Dana White is done with Jason "Mayhem" Miller. After losing to C.B. Dollaway in a bout that was booed for being less than thrilling and an unknown backstage incident, White said Miller is no longer with the UFC.

A Few Minutes with Alex Morgan - New York Times Blogs
27 May 2012, 8:59 am
Alex Morgan made her debut for the United States women’s national team in 2010 and quickly established herself as a valuable substitute. Last summer, Morgan came off the bench in five of the six games at the World Cup — scoring in both the ...

Sick Of Facebook? Here Are 5 Value Stocks, with Enticing Dividend Strings Attached - Forbes
26 May 2012, 9:44 am
There are several ways for investors to find rewarding and reasonably priced stocks in this nervous market. Initial public offerings of stocks aren’t usually the way do it as they largely benefit the big guys with Wall Street connections.

SpaceX completes historic docking with the space station - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 2:17 pm
SpaceX's cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft docked with the International Space Station in a historic first for spaceflight. The unmanned, cone-shaped capsule became the first privately built and operated vehicle to ever dock to the orbiting ...

PayPal Strikes Deals with Toys R Us, J C Penney, Barnes & Noble, Other Retailers - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 11:54 am
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (Reuters) - PayPal has made deals with 15 retailers including Toys R Us, J C Penney and Barnes & Noble that will allow consumers to pay for purchases with their cellphones while expanding the online payment company's ...

Obama Rallies Base in Iowa with Attack on Romney Record - Bloomberg
24 May 2012, 9:42 pm
President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of trying to return to policies that crippled the U.S. economy as he renewed an appeal from his 2008 campaign for the nation to “come together around a common purpose.” Addressing a cheering rally ...

'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Finals frenzy - Los Angeles Times
22 May 2012, 10:38 am
We’re at the tail end of another cycle of “Dancing with the Stars” and oh so close to crowning our Season 14 champion in a sea of confetti and glitter. It’s a big event, ballroom fans. The studio audience was lined with “DWTS ...

Pfizer Teams with EatingWell To Launch Free Mobile App - Marketwatch
22 May 2012, 10:38 am
NEW YORK, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and EatingWell Media Group, publisher of EatingWell Magazine and part of Meredith Corporation (NYSE:MDP) , today announced the launch of Pfizer's Lipitor For You "Recipes 2 ...