No house of cards, but in need of change

An apparently tiny rule change at two casinos in Las Vegas will have pretty serious negative consequences for gamblers.

The furore over Starbucks prices is the latest in a series of setbacks for foreign firms in China. The difference this time has been in how the chain has reacted to the criticism.

Showbiz info is everywhere now, making it harder to sustain Hollywood's slang-filled must-read as a daily print publication. The magazine printed its last daily this week but will continue online and in a weekly edition. Cultural historian Neil Gabler explains why this shift is significant.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Davos: It's "decoupling" day in Davos. Or that's how it feels. Everyone's talking about the Eastward shift in the balance of global economic power - and China, especially, as the key engine of global growth in 2010.

After more than 100 years as a daily print newspaper, The Columbia Daily Spectator announced plans Wednesday night to move to a weekly print schedule next year, Capital New York reports.

Ever since gold broke below critical support back in April, you’ve been inundated with statistics, price targets and countless charts. There’s certainly no shortage of gold analysis these days. But today, I want you to forget everything you’ve read about gold over the past eight months. Forget about production statistics, inflation guesses, or jewelry demand in Asia. Heck you can even discard the annotations on every other gold chart you’ve seen this year…

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Digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. and cable television provider Cox Communications Inc. are making it easier for Cox subscribers who use TiVo's DVR boxes to watch Cox's on-demand video content.