New Voters May Sway Fed Actions

As the Federal Reserve debates its $600 billion effort to nurse the economic recovery in 2011, four men will have a newly prominent role in influencing the central bank’s path.

New Voters May Sway Fed Actions

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Secret Cable Discusses Pfizer’s Actions in Nigeria Case

A secret cable indicated that information about the Nigerian attorney general was spread through the media to publicly pressure him to drop lawsuits against Pfizer.

Secret Cable Discusses Pfizer’s Actions in Nigeria Case

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Continuing pro-Wikileaks DDOS actions, Anonymous takes down PayPal.com

Third Anonymous "Operation Payback" takedown in a single day: PayPal.com is effectively offline, moments after the command was tweeted. At the time of this blog post, the PayPal *service* is still functioning, but the site's dead. Earlier today, Visa.com and Mastercard.com were taken offline by Anonymous DDOS attacks, along with other targets perceived as enemies of Wikileaks and of online free speech.

Continuing pro-Wikileaks DDOS actions, Anonymous takes down PayPal.com

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Markets Surge on Retail Sales and European Bank Actions

November retail sales in the United States exceeded analyst estimates, posting one of the biggest increases in three years.

Markets Surge on Retail Sales and European Bank Actions

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