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Los Angeles TimesWall Street clicks 'like' on Facebook IPO
Los Angeles Times
The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would require Facebook to begin disclosing its financial information in April ...
Facebook Aims For IPO Filing Next Week: ReportForbes
In Facebook IPO, bankers seek prestige over feesReuters
Facebook's Top Investor 'Pretty Sure' It Can Grow Once PublicCNBC.com ABC News -Wall Street Journal all 490 news articles » 
BloombergFannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Abandoned houses at the Desert Mesa subdivision in North Las Vegas Nov. 13, 2011.
Mortgage modification program expanded to investors, othersChicago Tribune
Obama Administration Expands Aid For Delinquent HomeownersBusinessWeek
Home-Aid Program ExpandedWall Street Journal MarketWatch -Reuters -Los Angeles Times all 140 news articles » 
Kansas City StarS&P Ekes Out Fourth-Straight Weekly Gain, But Dow Snaps its Winning Streak
Fox Business
The broad S&P 500 ended in the green for the fourth week in a row, but the Dow's weak showing on Friday left the blue-chip average in the loss column for the first time in so many weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 74.2 points, or 0.58%, ...
Dow Ends Lower; S&P, Nasdaq Gain for 4th WeekCNBC.com
US Stocks End Mixed After GDP Misses ExpectationsWall Street Journal
US Stocks Fall as American Economy Grows Less Than ForecastBusinessWeek USA TODAY -ABC News all 1,315 news articles » 
Los Angeles TimesGrowth quickens, but speed bumps ahead |
Reuters
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012.
Obama Pushes Payroll Tax Cut as GDP Growth Trails ForecastsBusinessWeek
Fourth Quarter GDP Fastest Of 2011 But Not Good EnoughForbes
Economic recovery is still threatenedMarketWatch Chicago Sun-Times -New York Post -Investor's Business Daily all 1,039 news articles » 
Boston.comJustice Department Unit Issues Subpoenas in Mortgage Fraud Inquiry
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A new law enforcement group examining securities fraud from the housing bubble and financial crisis has already issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial companies for information related to their actions in the market for residential ...
New York AG: Settling Foreclosure Case Won't Hurt Mortgage ProbeWall Street Journal
Mortgage probe unveiled as foreclosure talks loomCNN
Justice Dept. unit to probe mortgage-backed securitiesUSA TODAY Fox News -AFP all 744 news articles » 
The GuardianCall for EU to control Greek budget
Financial Times
By Peter Spiegel in Brussels and Kerin Hope in Athens The German government wants Greece to cede sovereignty over tax and spending decisions to a eurozone “budget commissioner” to secure a second €130bn bail-out, according to a copy of the proposal ...
Dollar slips; Greek hopes buoy euroMarketWatch
Greece To Continue Debt Talks Saturday -Greek Govt OfficialWall Street Journal
Greece debt talks 'close to deal'BBC News AFP -Reuters -The Associated Press all 874 news articles » 
Telegraph.co.ukFitch Cuts Italy's Credit Rating, Citing Adverse Debt Dynamics
BusinessWeek
By Chiara Vasarri Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Italy's credit rating was cut two levels by Fitch Ratings, which cited the impact of a surge in borrowing costs on the nation's debt, the second-biggest in the euro region. Fitch lowered Italy's rating to A- ...
Fitch downgrades 5 eurozone nationsLos Angeles Times
Italy, Spain Are Among Five Euro-Zone Nations Downgraded by Fitch RatingsBloomberg
Greek debt deal hit by eurozone ratings downgradesTelegraph.co.uk Reuters all 375 news articles » 
USA TODAYBrazil Juice Exporters Seek to Raise US Fungicide Limit
BusinessWeek
By Lucia Kassai Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Orange juice producers from Brazil, the world's largest exporter, are in talks with the US Food and Drug Administration to raise accepted levels of a banned fungicide after shipments from the country were detained ...
FDA finds fungicide in Brazil, Canada orange juiceCNN
FDA Finds Fungicide In Brazil Orange Juice ShipmentsFox Business
Brazil Juice Exporters Seek to Raise U.S. Fungicide LimitBloomberg CBS News -USA TODAY -Chicago Tribune all 310 news articles » 
Telegraph.co.ukBrent up on Iran; refinery work lifts US gasoline
Reuters
By Robert Gibbons | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent crude prices rose a second straight day on Friday as Iran's upcoming parliamentary vote on halting exports to the European Union kept supply uncertainty in focus and another US refinery problem helped send ...
Iran hits back at EU with own oil embargo threatChicago Tribune
Oil ends little changed, below $100 a barrelCBS News
Oil price waver on Persian Gulf supply concernsBoston.com all 1,522 news articles » 
USA TODAYUnion Membership Rate Fell Again in 2011
New York Times
The nation's union membership rate continued a decades-long slide last year, falling to 11.8 percent of the American work force in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in a report on Friday. That was down slightly from 11.9 percent the ...
Union membership grew nationally in 2011Los Angeles Times
Union membership up slightly, outlook in doubtUSA TODAY
Private sector unions add members as jobs returnSan Jose Mercury News all 200 news articles »
Globe and MailViolence Rises in Syria, Vexing Arab League Monitors
New York Times
DAMASCUS, Syria — Violence in Syria has escalated sharply in the past two days, with heavy bloodshed reported Friday in at least three flash points as Arab League monitors expressed exasperation and the United Nations Security Council prepared to ...
Syria crisis: UN Security Council mulls Assad measuresBBC News
Damascus Battles Risk Tipping Capital Into ChaosWall Street Journal
Russia "disappointed" with UN Syria draft: envoysReuters The Associated Press -The Press Association -CNN all 4,451 news articles » 
AFPFar-right Vienna ball sparks outrage on Holocaust Day
AFP
WARSAW — Nazi death camp survivors marked Holocaust Remembrance Day in Poland on Friday, while in Austria guests at a far-right ball were accused of "dancing on Auschwitz graves". Survivors joined Israeli and Polish officials at ceremonies for the 67th ...
'Far-right' Vienna ball condemnedBBC News
Obama pledges to combat denial on Holocaust commemoration dayJewish Telegraphic Agency
Austria's 2 faces: As some mourn Auschwitz victims, others gather for right ...Washington Post Albany Times Union all 608 news articles » 
USA TODAYCrooked guard led to aid workers' kidnapping in Somalia, group says
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Rome (CNN) -- A crooked Somali cop may have been the one who made the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers in October possible, the safety adviser for their employer told CNN. US military forces rescued Jessica Buchanan, 32, ...
Former Hostages Brought to American BaseNew York Times
US commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raidReuters
Rescued aid workers face controlled recovery after rescueGlobalPost Washington Post -Christian Science Monitor -Fox News all 3,927 news articles » 
ABC NewsSuicide Bomber Kills 33 at Shiite Funeral in Iraq
ABC News
A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open sectarian warfare ...
Iraq sectarian war flares as 32 killed in suicide attack on funeral processionTelegraph.co.uk
Blast near funeral procession kills 32 in BaghdadLos Angeles Times
Dozens Killed in Attack on Iraqi Funeral ProcessionWall Street Journal Washington Post -CNN International -Fox News all 1,450 news articles » 
New York TimesSuspected militants attack police station in Nigeria
CNN
By Nima Elbagir, CNN KANO CITY, Nigeria (CNN) -- Police said a group of suspected militants attacked a police station in Nigeria's Kano province on Friday. Military forces have since cordoned off the area around the provincial capital city of Kano ...
After Bombings, An Exodus From A Nigerian CityNPR
Boko Haram leader tape threatens Nigeria forcesReuters
Nigeria: fundamental issuesThe Guardian Telegraph.co.uk -The Associated Press all 890 news articles » 
Fox NewsStricken Cruise Ship's Operator Offers Settlements to Passengers
New York Times
ROME — The operator of the Costa Concordia luxury cruise liner, which crashed and partly sank two weeks ago with more than 4200 people aboard, made its first attempt on Friday to limit the legal consequences of the shipwreck and chaotic evacuation, ...
Costa Concordia passengers offered compoABC Online
Uninjured cruise ship survivors offered $14460 in compensation, and many say ...Washington Post
Carnival Reaches Consumer Settlement as Cruise Ship Wreck Sparks LawsuitsBloomberg ABC News -Atlanta Journal Constitution all 4,174 news articles » 
BBC NewsLibya: Is a breakdown in order forcing NGOs out?
BBC News
While some NGOs are guilty of trying to apply western 'best practice' in unrealistic ways, or to put the safety of their own teams ahead of project work, MSF's reputation, built over decades of operations in the most inhospitable parts of the world, ...
Libya undecided on future of African investmentsThe Guardian
MSF quits prisons in Libya city over "torture"Reuters
UN Rights Chief: Libyan Gov't Must Control PrisonsABC News Telegraph.co.uk all 558 news articles » 
Aljazeera.comLiberal Opposition Leader Barred From Running in Russian Election
Voice of America (blog)
Russian officials have barred liberal opposition leader Grigory Yavlinsky from running for president against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin because of alleged problems with his registration forms. The central elections commission said Friday that about ...
Russians Divided Over Trust on Elections – Pollster ChiefRIA Novosti
US 'disappointed' Putin challenger disqualifiedAFP
Russia bars liberal candidate from presidential electionChristian Science Monitor BusinessWeek -Washington Post -Bloomberg all 1,221 news articles » 
USA TODAY16kg cocaine worth $2m seized at UN
Times of India
UNITED NATIONS: The UN headquarters recently became the recipient of a very unusual package - 16 kg of cocaine from the notorious Mexican drug cartels valued at about $2 million. Yes, a whopping 16 kg of the highly addictive drug and that too sent in ...
Do Not Return to Sender: 16 Kilos of Cocaine Mailed to UN HeadquartersTIME
Huge cocaine shipment lost by Mexican traffickers turns up at UN headquartersNational Post
Cocaine sent to UN headquartersCNN KETK -Wall Street Journal all 492 news articles » 
AFPEurope Crisis Stifling Remittances, African Central Bankers Say
BusinessWeek
By Tal Barak Harif and Paul Richardson Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- East Africans are sending less money back to their home countries as the crisis in the euro region crimps the outlook for the global economy, government officials from Burundi, Tanzania and ...
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi says troops to leave SomaliaBBC News
Zimbabwe: AU Urged to Show Strong Leadership On Zimbabwe CrisisAllAfrica.com
Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia 'as soon as feasible': PMAFP Voice of America -Bloomberg -Reuters Africa all 136 news articles »
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