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Venture Capital-Backed Companies with Women Execs More Likely to Succeed

A recently released study by Dow Jones finds that venture capital-backed companies with female executives are more successful than those with only men in senior executive roles.


Alexis Wright Zumba Scandal: Lawyer Trying to Stop Release of Names

In a Maine courtroom today, a state judge said he would not stop the release of more than 100 names of men who frequented Alexis Wright's Zumba Fitness studio in Kennebunk, Maine, where the hot fitness craze got a little too hot: the studio allegedly served as a brothel.

iPad Mini Release Date Rumored: Apple Device Set for Oct. 23 Debut

Apple's answer to the Kindle Fire and Nook, the iPad Mini, could be in stores as early as Oct. 23, according to the technology website AllThingsD, as reported by ABC News.

Casey Anthony Getting Sued Update: Judge Dismisses $3 Billion Lawsuit Claiming Illuminati Conspiracy

The infamous Casey Anthony who was tried for the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee and acquitted in July of 2011 is the subject of a recent lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania woman who claims Anthony caused her emotional and mental distress and threatened to murder her.


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The sale of at least $100 million in fraudulent renewable energy credits since 2009 has fueled arguments by oil and gas refineries opposed to their government-mandated purchase of such credits.
The third richest man in America and the sixth richest billionaire in the world, Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison, is interested in bidding on the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) sports and entertainment empire, Reuters reported this morning based on two inside sources.
Beano Cook, whose real name was Carroll Hoff Cook, passed away in his sleep, the University of Pittsburgh announced today, as reported by ESPN. He was 81.
A 29-year-old Zumba Fitness® instructor in Kennebunk, Maine has been arrested for allegedly running a brothel from her dance studio, according to the Associated Press.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt called the contentious relationship between Google and Apple, the industry's defining fight in an interview in New York on Wednesday.
A temporary injunction banning the sale of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones has been overturned, dealing a blow to Apple in its ongoing battle with the South Korean electronics giant.
Two dozen letters posted to the SEC's website a month after the company went public indicate the social media company attempted to overstate the number of users of its mobile devices and cited the wrong research in its February 1 filing with the SEC, according to Bloomberg News.
Thanks to a motion made by The New York Times in August, e-mails relating to an anti-trust civil lawsuit being brought against 11 of the biggest private equity firms have been made public.
Greek's ancient Port of Piraeus is half-owned by the Chinese-owned giant Cosco, which has tripled the volume of cargo traffic there since 2010. The trade-off is in workers' salaries and employment protections.
A Piper Jaffray survey shows that 40 percent of teens own an iPhone, according to Fortune. A recent survey showed that teens love their iProducts. Of 7,700 teens polled by the investment bank/ asset management firm Piper Jaffray, 40 percent owned an iPhone, and 62 percent planned to buy one.