Microsoft's slide hits tech shares, but retailers gain

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France recognizes new Syria opposition

CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) - France became the first European power to recognize Syria's new opposition coalition as the sole representative of its people and said on Tuesday it would look into arming rebels against President Bashar al-Assad once they form a government. Twenty months into their bloody uprising against Assad, fragmented Syrian opposition groups struck a deal in Qatar on Sunday...

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Zynga CFO leaves for Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Zynga Inc‘s chief financial officer, David Wehner, will leave the company for an executive position at Facebook Inc, the gaming company announced Tuesday as it reshuffled its upper ranks.David Ko, chief mobile officer, has been elevated to become Zynga‘s new chief operations officer. Mark Vranesh,...

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Psy to Be This Year's New Media Honoree at the American Music Awards

11/13/2012 at 04:00 PM EST Psy Dave Hogan/MTV 2012/Getty All the YouTube clicks have paid off for "Gangnam Style" rapper, Psy.He became an overnight sensation in the United States, and now the Korea-bred artist, also known as Park Jae-Sang, is being honored at...

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Report: FDA wanted to close Mass pharmacy in 2003

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a decade ago, federal health inspectors wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak until it cleaned up its operations, according to congressional investigators.About 440 people have been sickened by contaminated steroid shots distributed by New England Compounding Center, and more than 32 deaths have been reported since the outbreak began...

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S&P 500 and Nasdaq inch higher, fiscal cliff a concern

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Syria's new opposition coalition seeks recognition

DOHA (Reuters) - Syria's new opposition leadership, painfully forged under Arab and Western pressure, set out on Monday to gather recognition and wider backing for the struggle to take over the country from President Bashar al-Assad. Violence flared again on the Turkish border and the line separating Syria from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, underscoring how the conflict is spilling...

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Windows Server Developers Can Now Use HP Cloud to Build, Deploy and Scale Their Applications

I am happy to share that HP Cloud Compute now supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 instances in addition to the variety of Linux distributions that are already available. Windows Server instances can now be launched in our US-West region. Since HP Cloud Compute is in public beta, all customers receive a 50% discount (see pricing below).It is a priority...

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Reese Witherspoon, Jim Toth & Ryan Phillippe: Soccer Cheering Section

By Pernilla Cedenheim 11/12/2012 at 04:45 PM EST Ryan Phillippe, Jim Toth and Reese Witherspoon Ramey They're one big happy family – at least as far as soccer is concerned. On Saturday, Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth – who welcomed their first child...

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British medical journal slams Roche on Tamiflu

LONDON (AP) — A leading British medical journal is asking the drug maker Roche to release all its data on Tamiflu, claiming there is no evidence the drug can actually stop the flu.The drug has been stockpiled by dozens of governments worldwide in case of a global flu outbreak and was widely used during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.On Monday, one of the researchers linked to the BMJ journal called for...

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