Michael Bublé, Nickelback, Drake and Justin Bieber top Billboard’s chart. “It’s incredible,” says Alan Cross. “Earlier this year I think there were three in the top 10, but never four in the top five.”
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Four of Top 5 albums in U.S. are Canadian acts
Posted by N0085L4Y3R 59 days ago (http://www.thestar.com)
Here's Another Fine Mess Handed to Us: Dave's Daily
Posted by MihaVitez 91 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Other than tension followed by "happy talk" any euro-zone fix remain elusive with the entire affair run by oddballs. Most world leaders haven't been candid with people and this is especially true of those in the EU. The G-20 meeting produced little of anything while news the IMF will help bailout countries is definitely on the table. The latter means U.S. taxpayers will be in the mix as the l
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Excessive drinking costs society nearly $2 per beverage: U.S. study
Posted by Aragorn1123 109 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Medical expenses, lost productivity, car crashes and other consequences of drinking account for the high per-drink cost of alcohol.
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Bond-Fund Star Gundlach Sees 'Big Loss' in Europe, U.S. Recession
Posted by Vladimir67 129 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Star bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach said he's avoiding investments with ties to Europe, given its precarious financial condition and muddled future.
Gundlach, the CEO and CIO of DoubleLine Capital, said his firm is invested only in U.S. dollar-denominated assets, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing a talk at a financial conference in New York Wednes
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U.S. Money Funds Continue Euro Bank Flight
Posted by Kelenloth 167 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. money market funds have pulled all lending to Italian and Spanish banks and are continuing to reduce their exposure to European intitutions as uncertainty fuelled by the sovereign debt crisis rumbles on.
According to a report from Fitch, the top ten money funds had reduced their overall exposure to European banks by 9% on a dollar basis from the end of June, and by 2
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Moody's backs U.S. triple-A rating, but on a 'negative' note
Posted by FishFrost 184 days ago (http://www.chron.com)40 from U.S. join Somalia fighters with ties to al-Qaida
Posted by Beowulf309 193 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
U.S. counterterrorism officials have not confirmed the high numbers of Americans joining the Somali terror organization, al-Shabab.
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Mike Huckabee: Get rid of the IRS, start a U.S. retail tax
Posted by Mattyboy217 194 days ago (http://www.chron.com)Dewhurst poised to make U.S. Senate bid official
Posted by Rupert484 201 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Texas lieutenant governor gets into the race for the Republican nomination to fill the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison with a big advantage: If necessary he could self-finance a campaign that could top $10 million to wage.
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Top 10 U.S. Large-Cap Sector ETFs
Posted by Runehawk571 227 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
This posting features a comprehensive review of the large-cap ETF sector. To simplify matters for investors, and to be consistent with previous practices, we've highlighted what we feel are the top 10 choices in this category. Doing so makes sorting through the sector more manageable for most investors.
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High court: Having Mexican mom, U.S. dad is not citizenship
Posted by Killerheals 237 days ago (http://www.chron.com)Education secretary working on 'Plan B' for U.S. schools
Posted by Runemancer 238 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Frustrated by what he called a "slow motion train wreck" for U.S. schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he will give schools relief from federal mandates under the No Child Left Behind law if Congress drags its feet on the law's long-awaited overhaul and reauthorization.
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No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan up for Mexico ambassador
Posted by blueblock 257 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate career diplomat Earl Anthony Wayne as his new ambassador to Mexico.
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Violent crime falls 5.5% in U.S.; property crime down, too
Posted by Theiornman 258 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
All property crime categories — larceny and theft, burglary and motor-vehicle theft — decreased, according to the FBI.
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U.S. House panel puts brakes on repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'
Posted by Ninjawiki 269 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
A House panel voted Wednesday to delay President Barack Obama's new policy allowing gays to serve openly in the military despite Defense Secretary Robert Gates' argument that repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" will have little impact on the armed forces.
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Bin Laden dead, U.S. officials say
Posted by solaries10 280 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks against the United States, is dead, and the U.S. is in possession of his body, a person familiar with the situation said late Sunday.
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Caution urged over U.S. Alzheimer's guidelines
Posted by Mattyboy217 292 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
New U.S. guidelines that give patients an early warning of Alzheimer's disease could cause unnecessary worry if implemented here, says head of the Alzheimer Society of Canada.
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Hispanics now outnumber blacks in most U.S. urban areas
Posted by jaguar234 297 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
New Census figures show that Hispanics now outnumber blacks for the first time in most U.S. metropolitan areas.
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U.S. fires cruise missiles in first wave of assault
Posted by PatrickGeee 323 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Pentagon says U.S. and British ships and submarines have launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses, firing 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles at more than 20 targets along the coast.
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Fund Dumps U.S. Casino Stocks, Buys in Asia
Posted by Tinselteeth 324 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Rising prices at gas pumps have put the brakes on a rally in casino stocks, including Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts.
Jeff Middleswart, manager of the Dallas-based Vice Fund, says investors shouldn't be enticed to buy at these lower prices. The fund is known for buying so-called sin stocks such as tobacco, alcohol, gaming and defense.
The four industries tend
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Government Handouts Make Up 35% of U.S. Wages
Posted by WarriorZ100 333 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
By John Melloy, Executive Producer, Fast Money
NEW YORK (CNBC) -- Government payouts -- including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance -- make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn't taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.
Even as the economy has recovered, social wel
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US condemns crackdowns on Mideast protests
Posted by FireSyphon 350 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. diplomat on Sunday condemned the brutal crackdown on opposition protesters in Libya, saying Arab leaders facing pro-democracy protests need to lead the way rather than resist reform.
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NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- By now, most investors have at least "felt" the sting of emerging market under-pe
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Health magazine picks ‘drunkest’ city in the U.S.
Posted by Silverdawn 361 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Men’s Health looked at DUI-related crashes and arrests, death rates from alcoholic liver disease statistics, and frequency of binge drinking to draw up its list.
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U.S. to miss electric car goal, study says
Posted by Theiornman 368 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
President Obama's target of 1 million electric cars in 2015 is on the optimistic side, they say.
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