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PayPal Now Marketing In-Store Payments to Consumers - Daily Disruption5/26/2012 9:01 AM

Fast Company

PayPal Now Marketing In-Store Payments to Consumers
Daily Disruption
By Duane Barnhart | @dailydisrupt PayPal Inc. says 15 retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Office Depot and Jamba Juice, are adding its online payment system in their stores. PayPal, which is owned by eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), already is in place ...
PayPal expands mobile payment service to 15 more retailersAppolicious
PayPal to be accepted at 15 major retail chainsTechFlash
PayPal signs online payment deals with 15 retailersPacific Business News
Centralia Chronicle -BGR -Fiercemobilecontent
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Europe debt crisis and jobs numbers to drive stocks - CNN5/27/2012 5:36 AM

Europe debt crisis and jobs numbers to drive stocks
CNN
By Hibah Yousuf @CNNMoneyInvest May 27, 2012: 7:35 AM ET The Dow is down almost 6% in May and headed for its worst monthly loss since November 2011. Click the chart for more stock market data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Memorial Day may mark the unofficial ...
Europe Debt Crisis, Jobs Numbers To Drive StocksKRDO
Greece and short squeeze for oilEmirates 24/7
Dow posts first weekly gain for MayBoston Globe
Kathimerini
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JPMorgan Trading Loss: Did Regulators Overlook the Risk? - CNBC.com5/26/2012 4:24 PM

CNBC.com

JPMorgan Trading Loss: Did Regulators Overlook the Risk?
CNBC.com
Scores of federal regulators are stationed inside JPMorgan Chase's Roughly 40 examiners from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and 70 staff members from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are embedded in the nation's largest bank.
JP Morgan to Shake Up Risk CommitteeWall Street Journal
JPMorgan Gave Risk Oversight to Museum Head Who Sat on AIG BoardBloomberg
JPMorgan's Dimon to testify before Congress in JuneReuters
BusinessWeek -MarketWatch
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Euro Zone May Be Unprepared For Greek Exit: Belgian Official - CNBC.com5/27/2012 9:19 AM

Globe and Mail

Euro Zone May Be Unprepared For Greek Exit: Belgian Official
CNBC.com
Central banks and companies risk making a grave error if they do not brace for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone, Belgium's foreign minister said on Friday, rattling markets already alarmed by Spain's deteriorating finances.
A Power Vacuum Is Killing the Euro ZoneNew York Times
US data, Europe woes to set toneReuters
Dallara Says Greek Euro Exit May Exceeed 1 Trillion EurosBloomberg
CNNMoney -Forbes -Wall Street Journal
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Safety fears grow at Japan nuclear plant - Financial Times5/27/2012 9:35 AM

Globe and Mail

Safety fears grow at Japan nuclear plant
Financial Times
By Jonathan Soble in Fukushima Japan breathed a collective sigh of relief when the government declared that the worst of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was over – the stricken plant having reached a more-or-less stable state known as “cold ...
Concerns Grow About Spent Fuel Rods at Damaged Nuclear Plant in JapanNew York Times
Three-quarters of Japanese firms oppose nuclear powerReuters
Japan Nuclear Operator Conducts Check on Risky UnitWall Street Journal
The Associated Press -Washington Post
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Lagarde Expresses Sympathy for Greece, Says Rich Must Pay Taxes - BusinessWeek5/27/2012 10:36 AM

AFP

Lagarde Expresses Sympathy for Greece, Says Rich Must Pay Taxes
BusinessWeek
By Gregory Viscusi on May 27, 2012 International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she was sensitive to the plight facing Greece, while reiterating that the wealthy must pay their fair share of taxes.
Greek Facebook users start war against LagardeTelegraph.co.uk
France criticises IMF chief's view on GreeksAFP
Greeks riled by Lagarde's 'tax-dodging' commentsBBC News
WOGX -NEWS.com.au -Ninemsn
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Swiss eye capital controls if Greece goes - Financial Times5/27/2012 10:47 AM

AFP

Swiss eye capital controls if Greece goes
Financial Times
By Alice Ross in London and Haig Simonian in Zurich The Swiss National Bank is considering imposing capital controls on foreign deposits if Greece leaves the euro, as the franc comes under heavy demand from investors seeking a haven in Europe.
SNB's Jordan Says Capital Controls Among Possible MovesBusinessWeek
Swiss Prepare Plans in Case of Euro's DemiseWall Street Journal
Switzerland draws up eurozone collapse action planAFP
Reuters -Chicago Tribune -Economic Times
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Times-Picayune to cut back to publishing three days a week - Washington Post5/26/2012 3:11 PM

Daily Beast

Times-Picayune to cut back to publishing three days a week
Washington Post
New Orleans, a city that cares deeply about its traditions, learned Thursday that one of its bedrock institutions will undergo a major makeover: The Times-Picayune, the city's daily newspaper with a 175-year history, announced it will cut back to ...
New Orleans Newspaper Scales Back in Sign of Print UpheavalNew York Times
The Digital Future of The Times-PicayuneForbes
Times-Picayune of New Orleans No Longer a DailyWall Street Journal
USA TODAY -Reuters -bestofneworleans.com (blog)
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Stocks wobbly ahead of Memorial Day holiday - USA TODAY5/25/2012 7:37 AM

USA TODAY

Stocks wobbly ahead of Memorial Day holiday
USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks were mixed Friday ahead of the long holiday weekend on concerns over the lack of a concrete plan to keep Greece in the European currency union. Richard Drew, AP Stock specialist Michael Gagliano, foreground right, works at a post ...
The Jury Is Out on the EuroSlate Magazine
European Banks: Is Now the Time to Take the Plunge?Wall Street Journal
All Eyes on Europe, Jobs Report in Coming WeekTheStreet.com
Los Angeles Times -MarketWatch -ABC News
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HP tries to stem Autonomy exodus after founder goes - Reuters5/25/2012 12:14 PM

Telegraph.co.uk

HP tries to stem Autonomy exodus after founder goes
Reuters
By Paul Sandle | LONDON (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co has told staff at Autonomy they have a bright future even after founder Mike Lynch was shown the door on Wednesday, joining a long line of top managers to leave the Cambridge-based software maker ...
Hewlett-Packard Shares Rise As Some Worries Lift, But Not AllWall Street Journal
Whitman's HP Restructuring Hinges on Autonomy DealTheStreet.com
HP job cuts, results send stock higherMarketWatch
Telegraph.co.uk -The Guardian -Financial Times
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Business
Apple CEO Cook Gives Up $75M in Stock Dividends5/25/2012 12:25 PM
NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Apple Inc. said that Cook requested that his restricted stock units not receive dividends. The dividends that [...]
For Start-Ups, Getting the Basics Right Isn’t Easy5/25/2012 11:30 AM
Things like pricing and finding your market and niche are extremely important to the success of a new startup – but getting those basics right is a lot harder than you think. Setting pricing for your product or service can be tricky, says business mentor David Strom. Study what your competitors charge, he advises, and [...]
Hire for Passion, Not Just Talent5/25/2012 7:38 AM
People are more creative when they feel passionate about their work.
Study: Typical CEO Pay Up 6% to $9.6 Million5/25/2012 7:29 AM
NEW YORK — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more than 6 percent from [...]
‘Self-Employment Assistance’: How We’re Helping Americans Help Themselves5/25/2012 7:00 AM
In June of 2008, Adam Lowry and Michael Richardson found themselves unemployed. The tech startup where they worked in Portland, Vidoop, had just closed its doors, and employees were being offered company laptops in lieu of back wages. Common sense would dictate that these promising young programmers should file for unemployment insurance (UI) and begin [...]
How Ford Earned its Blue Oval Back5/25/2012 4:45 AM
When Alan Mulally took over as CEO of Ford in September 2006, the storied automaker was losing money on every car it produced, staring at a $17 billion annual loss, and getting trounced by the likes of Honda and Toyota on the global stage. “We were going out of business,” Mulally recalled matter-of-factly in a [...]
Is Innovation Dead — or Doing Just Fine, Thank You?5/25/2012 4:45 AM
Pundits are arguing that trendy social media companies are diverting capital from more serious, productive ventures.
Weekly U.S. Jobless Aid Applications Dip to 370,0005/24/2012 10:53 AM
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits changed little last week, signaling modest job growth. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for benefits dipped by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 370,000. Applications have leveled off this month after declining from April’s five-month high of 392,000. The four-week average, a less volatile [...]
How to Be Happier at Work: 3 Tips5/24/2012 10:48 AM
Google's chief happiness officer shares some of the wisdom that has made the company's employees more content and productive.
Collaborating with Your Customers Can Lead to Success5/24/2012 9:16 AM
Your customers may well be your most important asset, and if you’re not listening to them, you’re likely limiting your company’s growth much more than you think. That’s one of the premises behind “Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works,” a new book by Ash Maurya that looks at customer collaboration [...]


Yahoo! News - Top Stories
Will 'Amour' conquer all in Cannes prize race?   5/27/2012 1:42 AM
Love is in the air at Cannes, as the jury sits down to choose the film festival's prizewinners.
Lady Gaga Indonesia concert off after threats   5/27/2012 1:39 AM

Indonesian Islamic hardliners called Lady Gaga a "devil's messenger" who wears only a "bra and panties" on stagePop diva Lady Gaga on Sunday cancelled her Indonesian concert with promoters saying the security threat was too serious after Islamic hardliners promised "chaos" if she entered the Muslim nation.


Afghan official: 8 civilians killed in airstrike   5/27/2012 1:23 AM

More than 1,500 Afghans block the highway between Kabul and Kandahar in Seed Abad, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 26, 2012. The protesters demanded a stop to military night operations. (AP Photo/Rahmatullah Nikzad)Afghan authorities said on Sunday that an airstrike by the U.S.-led NATO coalition killed eight members of a family in eastern Afghanistan.


Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian show over security   5/27/2012 1:22 AM

Muslim men shout slogans during a rally against U.S. pop singer Lady Gaga's concert that is scheduled to be held on June 3, outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, May 25, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia because police worry her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the country's youth. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Lady Gaga is canceling her sold-out show in Indonesia over security concerns after Muslim hard-liners threatened violence if the pop diva went ahead with her "Born This Way Ball."


Joyful metalheads unite at biggest US festival   5/27/2012 1:22 AM

The Maryland Deathfest is celebrating its 10th anniversary this yearHonestly, you couldn't meet a nicer bunch of people than the metalheads gathered in gritty downtown Baltimore this weekend for the biggest death, doom and black metal festival in America.


New Mexico fire forces evacuation near ghost town   5/27/2012 12:05 AM

This image provided by NASA shows smoke from New Mexico wildfires drifting across the southcentral United States. The image was acquired Thursday May 24, 2012 by NASA's MODIS satellite Aqua. Firefighters are battling a massive wildfire in southwestern New Mexico that has destroyed a dozen cabins and spread smoke across the state, prompting holiday weekend air-quality warnings. The fire burned early Saturday through remote and rugged terrain around the Gila Wilderness and has grown to 85,000 acres or more than 130 square miles. Fire officials say nearly all of the growth has come in recent days due to relentless winds. (AP Photo/NASA)Residents near a privately owned New Mexico ghost town were ordered Saturday to evacuate as a blaze in the Gila National Forest continued to burn erratically, as Colorado crews took to fighting a new fire along the Utah-Colorado border.


Beryl to bring rain, winds to southeast US coast   5/27/2012 12:03 AM

This image provided by NASA shows Subtropical Storm Beryl along the South Carolina Georgia coastlines. The image was acquired Friday May 25, 2012 at 11:30 p.m. EDT. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for the Southeast coast from north Florida to South Carolina as a cluster of thunderstorms was gathering strength Friday night and expected to become Tropical Storm Beryl over the Memorial Day weekend. The National Weather Service said that the storm's maximum sustained winds were at 45 mph. But they are expected to increase as the storm moves over the waters of the Atlantic. (AP Photo/NASA)A menacing cluster of thunderstorms dubbed subtropical storm Beryl crawled closer to the Southeast U.S. coast early Sunday, poised to make for a rainy finale to the Memorial Day weekend on beaches and in tourist towns from northeast Florida to South Carolina.


Queen Elizabeth's jubilee souvenirs sweep Britain   5/27/2012 12:02 AM

Souvenir shops are peddling an unofficial range of commemorative chinaHer face looms from the shelves on everything from biscuit tins to ashtrays; with celebrations for her diamond jubilee in full swing, Britain's monarch reigns supreme over the souvenir market.


Small plane sinks in San Diego Bay, 2 survives   5/27/2012 12:00 AM
The pilot and passenger of a banner-towing plane made an emergency landing on San Diego Bay and were plucked out of the water before the aircraft sank, authorities said Saturday.
Dozens of children killed in new Syria attack   5/26/2012 11:25 PM

This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed Saturday, May 26, 2012 purports to show covered bodies after a government assault on Houla, Syria. Government troops shelled a string of villages in central Syria before pro-regime thugs swept through the area, shooting people in the streets and in their homes in attacks that killed more than 90 people, activists said Saturday. The assault on Houla, an area northwest of the central city of Homs, is one of the bloodiest single events in Syria's 15-month-old uprising. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALGruesome video Saturday showed rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and T-shirts with gaping head wounds, haunting images of what activists called one of the deadliest regime attacks yet in Syria's 14-month-old uprising.


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