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EU regulator investigates container-shipping firms for possible price fixing

The European Commission is looking at the way container-shipping companies announce their price increases, saying it may be possible that they are colluding with each other to rig prices.


Bitcoins to pay for university tuition fee

The University of Nicosia, a private school located in Cyprus, boasted that it is now the first university in the world wherein you can pay your tuition and other fees through Bitcoin. This also part of their publicity efforts to promote its new Master of Science Degree in Digital Currency.

Report reveals where Obama's first-term finance team have gone

A report from The New York Times's The Dealbook showed where some members of the finance team who served in the first term of President Barack Obama are now.

Investment in activist funds can be a high-stakes gamble - report

A Reuters report cautioned the risks involved in investing in activist funds like Pershing Square Capital Management because just as it can earn high returns, it could also result to massive losses.


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Top leaders of the Chinese government released its plans to make major reforms in the economy and social systems, and vowed that such reforms would make decisive results by 2020.
Samsung Electronics Co's newest smartphone would be equipped with a three-sided display that would allow users to view their messages or phone content at various angles, said sources who were familiar with the company plans.
Yahoo's old domain names might fetch lower prices that current retail prices on the domain names market due to the sale of new domain names with non-traditional extensions (gTLDs) by Donuts and GoDaddy, said VentureBeat.
As most business owners are aware, paying for a landline phone system is an expensive venture, but necessary for the continued health and public image of a company, no matter how big or small. Even in the age of facebook and twitter for communication, companies that can't be called for an immediate answer die a slow and agonizing death.
Veterans Day is an official United States holiday that honors people who have served in armed service, also known as veterans.
Several industry observers believed that Alibaba's upcoming IPO on November 15 would not be eclipsed by the media frenzy of Twitter Inc's recent public listing.
A Reuters report said a change in the US Federal Reserve's bond-buying program might come out from its officials as several of them, including vice chair Janet Yellen, would have speaking engagements next week.
Data from the US Department of Transportation did not indicate a true picture of airline fares. Although a US Department of Transportation said airline fares in the US had been falling, observers cautioned that this was not the case.
Celine Dion, the pop music diva, had gone on record to clarify that the rumors of her death on Facebook are untrue and are hurtful to her close-knit family.
Maria Gabriela Isler was crowned 2013 Miss Universe in Moscow, Russia. A former television host from Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2013 last Saturday.