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Moodys and work as manager. But after lengthy litigation -- suits and counter-suits -- he emerged the victor with 5 of his 8 hotels.But Hilton's personal life suffered during the trials. He divorced

Rupert Murdoch started building his multimedia empire with newspapers, and there's no doubt he still loves the dinosaurs. The New York Times says Murdoch's fondness for black ink on a white page is d

The miracle birth of octuplets to mother Nadya Suleman probably made Minyanville contributor Will Suarez happy, but a lot of taxpayers are fuming. How will an out-of-work woman afford the crippl

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The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

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Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

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As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti