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Real-time startup Topsy launched its own variation on the retweet button today to compete with Tweetmeme’s leading version. It’s important because the retweet button was one of the distinguishing features that allowed Tweetmeme... [read full story]
By DONNA KARDOS YESALAVICH Stocks declined Friday in a broad drop led by energy and metals companies, as concerns about the impact of debt problems at Dubai World sent crude-oil and metals futures sharply lower while the dollar...
BY MATTHEW CURTIN Water looks likely to become one of this century's scarce commodities. Without massive investment in more efficient water use and making seawater drinkable, there won't be enough to go round. Global water...
I sometimes get the feeling that if Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) shares could walk and talk, they'd be diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Right now, it looks like the pendulum has shifted firmly to the side of investor greed, as...
By Jacob Goldstein There’s more buzz this morning about private equity’s interest in health care. This time, the reported target is Siemens’s hearing aid business. Sure, hearing aids may not sound like a sexy, go-go business....
