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Nike’s 3rd-quarter earnings rise 7.1%

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie Welcomes a Baby Boy

Hilary Duff, 24, and husband Mike Comrie, 31, welcomed their first child Tuesday night, Duff proudly announced via Twitter. “Welcome…

Toyota Recall About 682,000 Vehicles

Toyota Motor Corp. (TM, 7203.TO) plans to recall around 682,000 cars and trucks in the United States to fix some stop lamp switches while remedying a separate problem with its pickups’ steering wheel assemblies. The larger of the 2 recalls involves almost 500,000 2005 to…

Apple Buys Search Startup Chomp

Apple Inc. (AAPL), the world’s most valuable company, acquired San Francisco-based Chomp Inc., which helps…

Hilary Duff and Mike Comrie Welcomes a Baby Boy

Hilary Duff, 24, and husband Mike Comrie, 31, welcomed their first child Tuesday night, Duff proudly announced via Twitter. “Welcome to the World Luca Cruz Comrie!” she tweeted. “Tuesday evening, we became proud parents of a healthy 7 pound 6 ounce beautiful boy.” She followed…

AIG Posts $19.8 Billion Profit on Tax Benefit

American International Group reported a bigger than expected 4th quarter Thursday, booking $1.6 billion in after-tax operating income. The insurer’s 82 cents earnings per share cruised past Wall Street expectations. The move, which sent the company’s shares up by about 6%, essentially means AIG will…

Earthquake Hits Mexico City

An earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, cutting electricity and phone service and sending startled residents into the streets from the capital to the Pacific resort city of Acapulco. Tuesday’s earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states, where Guerrero official…

President Obama declares support for same-sex marriage

President Obama‘s decision to endorse same-sex marriage staked out a stance that carries uncertain political risks but one he said was rooted in the biblical admonition “to treat others the way you would want to be treated.” President Obama’s announcement, after refusing to take a clear…