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Banksy art grows more popular even if hated by New York authorities

Artworks of British renegade graffiti artist Banksy became popular overnight in New York as city authorities had tried in vain to catch him for vandalism charges.


Successful Twitter IPO to benefit major stakeholders- report

Twitter's major stakeholders would benefit from the initial public offering should the social media company's debut would succeed.

Yahoo reduces planned share sale of Alibaba stake in IPO

Yahoo decided to keep more of its stake in Alibaba after the latter would go public. Yahoo amended its planned share sale of its holdings in the Alibaba Group and decided to keep a larger stake of the Chinese e-commerce firm.

Google, Facebook partner up to assist client ads in FBX platform

Rivalry between Google Inc and Facebook Inc seemed to have thawed after the former announced its partnership with the latter on aiding clients to purchase ad inventory.


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EBay Inc's fourth quarter earning estimates were in the range of USD0.79 to USD81 per share, lower than analysts' estimates.
The legislation passed by the US Senate and Congress included fund allocations to cover fund reliefs to back payments of veteran soldiers.
Trial began Tuesday for the case filed by Chevron Corp against villagers in Ecuador and their lawyer Steven Donziger.
American economist Lawrence Summers said policy makers should focus on growth strategies rather than debate on issues about the budget deficit.
TPG Capital agreed to buy a stake in Phoenix Satellite Television from Star Entertainment for a price tag of USD 214 million.
Caesars Entertainment would no longer be partnering with Suffolk Downs to bid for a casino gambling license in the Boston area.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had approved a dry run on October 26 for trading firms to test its systems to check whether there are technical issues that could affect trading in the upcoming Twitter Inc IPO.
An impending economic crisis could have happened to Americans should US Congress and the government had not arrived at a debt ceiling agreement.
Global ratings agency Fitch ratings was confident that the US government would be able to fulfill its debt payments even if no agreement would be passed after October 17.
NBC had cancelled "Welcome to the Family" and "Ironside" after only three episodes.