The Big Weekend news Catch-Up - Wall Street Journal
18 May 2012, 9:27 pm
Here is our weekly roundup of news and features from India and around the world from The Wall Street Journal. The Indian rupee continued its freefall, with a range of aggressive central bank measures and suspected large-scale interventions in ...

Thomas Peele: news operation seeking involvement from citizen journalists - Contra Costa Times
18 May 2012, 3:30 pm
Maybe you don't subscribe to a daily newspaper and instead get news on your computer -- or on a handheld device or tablet where you also store music, shop for clothes and play solitaire. Maybe you follow Twitter feeds from journalists who write ...

Former CBS news Producer Michael Rosenbaum Dies At 64 - Huffington Post
18 May 2012, 2:54 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Rosenbaum, an award-winning CBS news producer who served as Tel Aviv bureau chief during the first Palestinian uprising against Israel, has died. He was 64. CBS news reports that Rosenbaum died Thursday in New York of a ...

Trades of Facebook shares could break a record, as price hangs on above $40 [San Jose Mercury news, Calif.] - Businessweek
18 May 2012, 2:18 pm
May 18--The most successful technology IPO in history roared to a start Friday morning, with sales of Facebook shares opening at $42.05 -- well above the pre-set price of $38 -- and the trading volume was exceptionally heavy. The stock's price ...

Ryan Callahan tells Daily news his left hand is not bothering him, Marc Staal says he only had wind knocked out on Bernier hit - New York Daily news
18 May 2012, 1:49 pm
Ryan Callahan has one goal and two assists in his last 12 games, so the speculation is that the Rangers captain could be playing through an injury to his left hand from a blocked shot in the Ottawa series. But even if Callahan is injured, he wasn’t ...

GOOD news: Unemployment Rates Fall In 37 States - The Business Insider
18 May 2012, 12:59 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in two-thirds of U.S. states last month, evidence that modest economic growth is boosting hiring in most areas of the country. And in many states, unemployment has fallen well below the national average, which ...

Rooney ban good news for France, says Nasri - Reuters UK
18 May 2012, 12:52 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Wayne Rooney's suspension for the first two games of the 2012 European Championship is a great opportunity for France, who meet England in their opening match of the tournament, Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri said on ...

Real Estate news: The New First Family of Real Estate - Wall Street Journal
18 May 2012, 10:50 am
Here is a look at real-estate news in Friday’s WSJ: The New First Family of Real Estate: In a real estate shopping spree of epic proportions, the daughters of Formula 1 Racing boss Bernie Ecclestone have snapped up hundreds of millions of ...

VeriFone Media Brings Sky news into London’s Taxis - Yahoo Finance
18 May 2012, 9:24 am
VeriFone Systems, Inc. (NYSE: PAY - news), today announced an agreement with Sky news to broadcast news bulletins in London's iconic licensed taxis. With the launch of the service expected in May, VeriFone Digital Network (VNET) will deliver Sky ...

Ex-news Corp. Executive Charged Over Phone-Hack Cover-Up - Bloomberg
15 May 2012, 4:20 am
Rebekah Brooks, the close friend of news Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch and former head of the company’s British publishing unit, was charged with trying to cover up the tabloid phone-hacking scandal. Brooks, 43, faces three charges for ...