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pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/lockerbie-families-still-seek-answers-libya-193224226.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jhQCpXPRkOEntOzfWFQ0aw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/34dd335931792d0e100f6a706700ab73.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Un policía pasa frente a los restos del avión de Pan Am en Lockerbie, Escocia, el 21 de diciembre de 1988. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, un libio encontrado culpable del atentado donde murieron 270 personas, murió a los 60 años debido al cáncer, se informó el domingo 20 de abril de 2012. (Foto AP/Martin Cleaver, Archivo)" align="left" title="Un policía pasa frente a los restos del avión de Pan Am en Lockerbie, Escocia, el 21 de diciembre de 1988. Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, un libio encontrado culpable del atentado donde murieron 270 personas, murió a los 60 años debido al cáncer, se informó el domingo 20 de abril de 2012. (Foto AP/Martin Cleaver, Archivo)" border="0" //aFor relatives of the people who died in the Lockerbie bombing, the death Sunday of the only man who was convicted stirred up questions once again about his guilt and whether others went unpunished./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/afghanistan-karzai-thanks-obama-taxpayers-money-182925141.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/zOpTIaGqsR1XgM5uVOnFwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-20T171742Z_01_WHT304_RTRIDSP_3_NATO-SUMMIT.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. President Obama shakes hands with Afghanistan President Karzai in Chicago" align="left" title="U.S. President Obama shakes hands with Afghanistan President Karzai in Chicago" border="0" //aLooking to a day when "the Afghan war as we understand it is over," President Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to discuss NATO's withdrawal from that strife-torn country by the end of 2014. Obama, who has put the draw-down of combat troops at the heart of his foreign policy, declared that "the [...]/pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/cory-booker-slams-obama-ad-attacking-romney-bain-200058987.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2gjjoxU31bz5r8DtXtHpNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/c849a1928c87f607090f6a7067003da2.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks during a ceremony at City Hall in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2012 file photo, Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks during a ceremony at City Hall in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)" border="0" //aNewark Mayor Cory Booker slammed the Obama campaign's ad criticizing Mitt Romney's record as the head of Bain Capital, and called for an end to"nauseating" attacks from both sides. "I have to just say from a very personal level, I'm not about to sit here and indict private equity," Booker, a Democrat, said in an [...]/pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/lockerbie-bomber-dies-libya-151647480.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iKIzSBTF0YdleOViKseIQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1337539860572-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (C) is escorted by security officers in 1992" align="left" title="Convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi (C) is escorted by security officers in 1992" border="0" //aAbdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence official who was sentenced to life in prison in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, has died, the Libyan government said on Sunday. He was 60. The bombing of the Dec. 21, 1988 Pan Am transatlantic flight to New York from London as it flew over [...]/pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-stream-chicago-park-nato-march-165606369.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tyTwsgb7fM7Dr3oh0inilw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/ab7e8d7a2ea9200e100f6a7067008afe.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NATO protestors form a sit-in in response to a police barricade of bicycles, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" align="left" title="NATO protestors form a sit-in in response to a police barricade of bicycles, Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)" border="0" //aA diverse crowd of protesters began streaming into a downtown Chicago park Sunday for one of the city's largest demonstrations in years ? a march to the lakeside convention center hosting a historic NATO summit./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/italy-earthquake-seven-dead-50-injured-authorities-154634480.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.wGEDYGKFhDu97WxxO3hlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/2e1cbeb731842d0e100f6a706700039a.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A man looks at the damage caused by a quake in Finale Emilia northern Italy, Sunday, May 20. 2012. An earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)" align="left" title="A man looks at the damage caused by a quake in Finale Emilia northern Italy, Sunday, May 20. 2012. An earthquake shook northern Italy early Sunday at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) north of Bologna at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles). (AP Photo/Marco Vasini)" border="0" //aAt least seven people died and 50 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, authorities there said. According to CNN, two ceramic factory workers were killed in Sant'Agostino di Ferrara, another in a shed collapse in Ponte Rodoni di Bondeno, and three others in under rubble in various locations. Among the [...]/pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/megrahi-death-closes-unfortunate-chapter-white-house-184808064.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jMkvK3NNYXkdTUqzvABrqQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1337517739456-5-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds in 2009" align="left" title="Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi was released on compassionate grounds in 2009" border="0" //aThe White House said Sunday that the death of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi closed "an unfortunate chapter" that opened when Scotland freed the former Libyan intelligence officer on humanitarian grounds in 2009. "We have received confirmation from the Libyan government that Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi died earlier today," National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor [...]/pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/ny-farmers-fracking-means-salvation-172824368.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/wZjRUQVuSY5Jz3pqqph50Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/65bf3aee315e2c0e100f6a70670098c7_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts" align="left" title="Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts" border="0" //aWhen Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/tropical-storm-alberto-hovers-off-carolina-coast-193546561.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ibiNJp5kZk7oyAMXIPKj7w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/be69747e199b1d0e100f6a706700f53d.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" align="left" title="This NOAA satellite image taken Saturday, May 19, 2012, shows tropical storm Alberto 140 miles (225 km) east of Charleston, S.C. Alberto is the first tropical storm of the season and formed Saturday off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). (AP Photo/Weather Underground)" border="0" //aTropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, canceling tourist cruises, producing showers along the coast and serving as a reminder that the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is just around the corner./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/un-nuclear-agency-chief-heads-174527858.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4UPHV9eXyi5c1c5N4M1trA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/e3ea7aeb327d310e100f6a706700667f_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="UN. nuclear agency chief heads to Tehran" align="left" title="UN. nuclear agency chief heads to Tehran" border="0" //aThe head of the U.N. nuclear agency flew to Tehran on Sunday on a delicate mission that ? if successful ? could finally lift the veil on whether Iran is seeking atomic arms while strengthening the Islamic .../pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/nancy-pelosi-defends-dems-rev-wright-fundraising-appeal-124744006--abc-news-politics.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/HPZiiRDXPXbDpijCzsLEYQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/abc_nancy_pelosi_lt_120520_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Nancy Pelosi Defends Dems Rev. Wright Fundraising Appeal" align="left" title="Nancy Pelosi Defends Dems Rev. Wright Fundraising Appeal" border="0" //aHouse Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi defended the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on "This Week" for sending a fundraising email that attempted to capitalize on the apparently dead advertising plan to link President Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/speaker-john-boehner-insists-tying-debt-limit-increase-124646213--abc-news-politics.html"img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AsEO.9ThuSw9n_hr5TattQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/us.news.abcnews.otus/abc_tw_john_boehner_lt_120520_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="'This Week' Transcript: House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi" align="left" title="'This Week' Transcript: House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi" border="0" //aHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, stood by his call insisting that any increase in the debt limit should be offset by greater cuts in spending and tax reform before the end of the year, saying that working toward an agreement now would improve the economy./pbr clear="all"/

SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and heart disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have cancer, the sleep disorder may raise their risk of dying from cancer.

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-stock-limps-monday-142511626.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/IW.9d9To8TC6Bh0ElHTCEQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1337523678489-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Market trackers say people are much more likely to click on ads at Google than at Facebook" align="left" title="Market trackers say people are much more likely to click on ads at Google than at Facebook" border="0" //aFacebook resumes trading on Wall Street on Monday with shares being closely watched to see how well they stand on their own after stumbling out of the gate in a historic but lackluster debut./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/2-more-activists-charged-related-nato-summit-163640491.html"img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fH9P0Y8FRdwQ8IYT8q7D8Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/58f4e92831a12d0e100f6a70670033b5.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated photo provided May 20, 2012, by the Chicago Police Department shows Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago. Chicago police said Sunday, May 20, 2012, that Senakiewicz has been charged with one felony count of terrorism/making a false threat. He is accused of planning to make a Molotov cocktail to be used during the NATO summit. Prosecutors previously charged three other men after a raid on a Chicago apartment with planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets. They're also accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)" align="left" title="This undated photo provided May 20, 2012, by the Chicago Police Department shows Sebastian Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago. Chicago police said Sunday, May 20, 2012, that Senakiewicz has been charged with one felony count of terrorism/making a false threat. He is accused of planning to make a Molotov cocktail to be used during the NATO summit. Prosecutors previously charged three other men after a raid on a Chicago apartment with planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets. They're also accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails. (AP Photo/Chicago Police Department)" border="0" //aProsecutors charged two more activists Sunday with crimes tied to the two-day NATO summit, accusing one of saying he wanted to blow up a downtown Chicago bridge and a second with seeking to build pipe bombs./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/nato-chief-insists-no-rush-exits-afghanistan-154834382.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E9KZbCaHH0W8VvKdfoOxVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/1792b04431fc2f0e100f6a7067000a58.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to media before state and government leaders arrive at the NATO Summit in Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" align="left" title="NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen speaks to media before state and government leaders arrive at the NATO Summit in Chicago Sunday, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" //aThe United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of plummeting public support for the war are using an alliance summit Sunday to show they want to move quickly away from the front lines./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/former-israeli-pm-jerusalem-must-partitioned-134037256.html"img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oYGSHkhe9f4axBzmuXeTWw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5195ef9b30ce2a0e100f6a7067007204.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012. 'Jeruslem Day' marks the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Mideast war.(AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)" align="left" title="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a special cabinet meeting marking 'Jerusalem Day' in the Ammunition Hill memorial in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 20, 2012. 'Jeruslem Day' marks the anniversary of Israel's capture of the eastern part of the city in the 1967 Mideast war.(AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)" border="0" //aFormer Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday urged Israeli leaders to relinquish the idea of a unified Jerusalem if they truly want peace, contending in a pair of interviews that years of government neglect have kept the Jewish and Arab sectors irreparably divided./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/3-charged-carjacking-pastor-marvin-winans-161201466.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PB9v4jqty3hmGK10UGCYlQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/71e831d8331e340e100f6a7067002adc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Rev. Marvin Winans preaches during a Sunday morning service at Perfecting Church in Detroit, Sunday May 20, 2012, his first appearance before the whole congregation since being beaten and carjacked this week. The 54-year-old gospel singer and pastor of Detroit's 4,500-member Perfecting Church told congregants Sunday that he was never afraid during Wednesday's attack but feels a lingering regret over what it says about the state of the community. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT MBO (REV-SHARE)" align="left" title="The Rev. Marvin Winans preaches during a Sunday morning service at Perfecting Church in Detroit, Sunday May 20, 2012, his first appearance before the whole congregation since being beaten and carjacked this week. The 54-year-old gospel singer and pastor of Detroit's 4,500-member Perfecting Church told congregants Sunday that he was never afraid during Wednesday's attack but feels a lingering regret over what it says about the state of the community. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT MBO (REV-SHARE)" border="0" //aThree young men were arraigned Sunday in the assault and carjacking of popular Detroit pastor and gospel singing icon Marvin Winans./pbr clear="all"/

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a number of Chinese fishermen and boats on Sunday two weeks after seizing them, ending a rare public dispute between the two allies, Chinese state media reported. The boats were taken in the Yellow Sea between China and North Korea on May 8 - although it remains unclear whether the action was authorised by the North Korean government. The North Koreans who took the boats had demanded 1.2 million yuan ($189,800) for releasing the fishermen, then cut their price to 900,000 yuan, the owner of one of the captured vessels said last week. ...

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/ahmadinejad-open-nightclubs-iran-mp-jibes-163748535.html"img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9B67Q_jcodnRytSPJLCq2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/photo_1337531742354-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen through two Shiite women" align="left" title="Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is seen through two Shiite women" border="0" //aA hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the Islamic republic./pbr clear="all"/

pa href="http://news.yahoo.com/hidden-fingerprint-weapons-grade-plutonium-finally-found-132154848.html"img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nfcYNBLREgi55SMKpMyvxw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/LiveScience.com/plutonium-pellet-110426.jpg1337359062" width="130" height="86" alt="Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally Found" align="left" title="Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally Found" border="0" //aAfter 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex molecule behind nuclear weapons./pbr clear="all"/

World leaders have gathered this weekend for the G-8 summit. Here#8217;s a portion of my recent interview with Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group and author of #8220;Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World.#8221; Read more: G-8 or G-Zero? Why the West No Longer Sets the Global Agendaimg alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38116#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/rT5eoB-wWSw" height="1" width="1"/

Hey! Where is everyone? I headed to Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square, ground zero of the biggest high tech stock offering ever, where Facebook would be welcomed into the arms of the investing public. And all I found was a bunch of CNBC cameras. One block south, the corners at the intersection of the world were [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38042#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/n5bYp7npJog" height="1" width="1"/

WASHINGTON? Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country. And in many states, unemployment has fallen well below the national average, which was 8.1 percent last month. Rates were lower than 7 percent in 22 states in April. That [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38084#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/QufP44DDtWo" height="1" width="1"/

Social media has unnerved businesses and given consumers unprecedented power by letting them take complaints straight to the internet, where they can be read by anyone before a business can even see and respond. But this brave new world of social media can also benefit your business. It lets you see what customers think about [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37923#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/_ppIHsP1EDA" height="1" width="1"/

It?s tough to tell when an internet phenomenon reaches actual meme status. But, in the case of the ?creepy finance guy,? I think we can finally call it. This week saw yet another jaw-dropping tale of Wall Street prattishness, this time in the form of a post-date survey. Yep, a finance dude went on a [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37926#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/2sTOYusQqjA" height="1" width="1"/

Facebook#8217;s public debut #8212; the largest tech IPO in history #8212; performed below expectations Friday, jumping 13% to hit $43 just minutes after trading began, only to retreat quickly to the initial offering price of $38. At that point, the IPO underwriters, including the largest banks on Wall Street, stepped in and waged a buying-battle to support [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38007#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/FmxxgduXOa4" height="1" width="1"/

BEIJING  ? China#8216;s government on Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its makers of solar power equipment and Chinese manufacturers warned possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean energy. The conflict has worsened U.S.-Chinese trade tensions. The two governments have pledged to cooperate in developing renewable energy but accuse each other of [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38032#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/BbePhKl12Rk" height="1" width="1"/

Do you have thousands of messages in your inbox, and receive hundreds more every day? Welcome to the club. Instead of being overwhelmed by email, take these steps to regain control: Turn off the spigot. Unsubscribe to irrelevant e-newsletters and turn off Facebook or Twitter notifications. Consider whether colleagues are copying you on too many emails. [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38022#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/nGXY4xAA0LI" height="1" width="1"/

alue My Stuff removes apprehension by letting clients submit details about an objet d'art electronically. They buy credits in increments of one, three or 10, with each credit good for a single appraisal. Then they submit photos and any details they know about the item, and wait 48 hours for an appraisal that typically includes the value of the piece, its provenance and details about how certain traits or flaws affect its worth for better or worse.img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37855#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/Ukq5-fA6iqo" height="1" width="1"/

Their slogan is ?ideas worth spreading.? But the folks at TED ? the Technology Entertainment and Design nonprofit behind the TED Talks, beloved by geeks and others interested in novel new ideas ? evidently think that some ideas are better left unspread. At least when the ideas in question challenge the conventional wisdom that rich [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37951#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/tLD_BHQuXJM" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK ? Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of #8220;likes#8221; are worth on Wall Street. Facebook#8217;s stock is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market on Friday, the day after the world#8217;s definitive online social network raised $16 billion in an initial public [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=38013#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/NYnQFkFYEzY" height="1" width="1"/

Eight years after launching Facebook in a Harvard dorm room, Mark Zuckerberg is about to pull off one of the most valuable stock offerings in U.S. history #8212; and the largest ever in tech #8212; making him one of the world?s richest men, worth nearly $20 billion. Thousands of employees and early investors will reap [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37840#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/FuNWdnzOGlA" height="1" width="1"/

NEW YORK (AP) ? Facebook has priced its initial public offering of stock at $38 per share, at the high end of its expected range. It means investor demand is strong for the world?s largest online social network. (VIDEO: The Facebook IPO: Explainer)img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37941#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/gdHOiBIfdzM" height="1" width="1"/

(WASHINGTON) ? Average U.S. rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgages fell to record lows for the third straight week. The steady decline has made home-buying and refinancing more affordable than ever for those who can qualify. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year loan dipped to 3.79 percent. That#8217;s down from [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37903#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/cMTq1-4IbU4" height="1" width="1"/

Data is the lifeblood of any business, so keeping it safe and accessible should be a top priority for even the smallest startup. Keeping your data safe can seem like a daunting process, but this checklist will help you get started. Make sure your data is recoverable:  Making backups of existing data has long been [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37920#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/hHnXKjjwnUQ" height="1" width="1"/

Good entrepreneurs make money. Great entrepreneurs make serious money. But remarkable entrepreneurs do more than make money. They are the few who possess qualities that don#8217;t appear on balance sheets but do make a significant impact on the lives of their employees, industries, and communities. Here are nine qualities of remarkable entrepreneurs: 1. They find [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37808#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/s9Bte8K4t_8" height="1" width="1"/

Anyone who has faced rivals at work ? bosses who take all the credit, team members who undermine things ? knows how difficult it is to ignore them. Instead, turn your adversaries into collaborators by following these three steps: Redirect. Try to channel your rival?s negative emotions away from you by bringing up something you have [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37897#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/FM-32zieGhs" height="1" width="1"/

(WASHINGTON) ? The number of people seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting steady gains in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370,000, the same level as the previous week. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell for the second straight [...]img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37892#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/Fnf79wV5yOY" height="1" width="1"/

Why is everyone getting so outraged about JPMorgan Chase losing two billion bucks? It?s a bank. Isn?t losing money what modern banking is all about?you take in deposits from normal folk and then invest those hard earned funds in completely ludicrous schemes: subprime mortgage companies, credit card loans for people who aren?t creditworthy, Greece. img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37859#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/B4yOir0ZBqE" height="1" width="1"/

In her new book, Sleeping with Your Smartphone, Harvard Business School professor Leslie Perlow details her years-long research project with The Boston Consulting Group, an attempt to improve the work-life balance at the hard-driving firm with incremental but meaningful changes in attitude and behavior. img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com#038;blog=31173800#038;post=37585#038;subd=timebusinessblog#038;ref=#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/business/~4/iq4TdyUbaaM" height="1" width="1"/

The first-class way to travel across Google's globeimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/8ydn-F6ric8" height="1" width="1"/

No-Mistake Tech Buying for the Holidays and Beyondimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/E-3oZrh2yUQ" height="1" width="1"/

Some last minute advice about the hot tech toysimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/7PUac9ZLuIE" height="1" width="1"/

The newest digital SLR camera might teach you a thing or twoimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/lYK58dbJHY0" height="1" width="1"/

Ups and downs with a music and messaging phoneimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/KrQrvQsLtro" height="1" width="1"/

Can the latest high-powered consoles offer more than videogames? You bet.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/2uSi7uZWxq0" height="1" width="1"/

Rather than being something truly special, the anti-Apple initiative is just another non-iPodimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/r8zs7xVQFK8" height="1" width="1"/

Enough with the smartphones, here comes an easy phone for older folksimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/dR_8k73OR6E" height="1" width="1"/

Are smart phones ready for the masses?img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/YRZbCL6fDTo" height="1" width="1"/

Place shifting in the age of high-definition televisionimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/gadgetoftheweek/~4/LA5Q2tqIxcU" height="1" width="1"/