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Facebook IPO’s Youngest Victim: 11-Year-Old Investor Wants His Money Back

A fifth-grade victim of last Friday’s technical glitches does not ‘like’ how NASDAQ handled Facebook’s IPO.

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Woman Fired from Lingerie Shop Because She Was ‘Too Hot’

Lauren Odes, who said she lost her job at a New York boutique because owners found her appearance distracting, now has celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred on her side.

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Australians Losing Their Taste for Vegemite

The stereotypically Aussie dish is losing favor at home, and scrambling for new markets.

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Top 10 Biggest Trading Losses in History

On May 10,  JPMorgan Chase admitted a “grievous” failure in their trading operations that led to a $2 billion loss for the storied investment bank in the past six weeks alone. How does the latest money mismanagement stack up against history’s biggest losses?

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Guy’s Billboard Resume Gets Him a Job

Cover letters not working out? Think bigger.

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Band Sued Beastie Boys on Eve of Adam Yauch’s Death

A company representing the band Trouble Funk picked a bad time to accuse the hip hop legends of copyright infringement.

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Titanic II: Retro Genius, or Just Another Bad Remake?

An Australian billionaire has signed up with a Chinese shipyard to create a replica of the world’s most famous metaphor for human overconfidence.

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Who Is the Richest Fictional Character?

Fiction’s 99% is reportedly pitching tents and rolling out the sleeping bags.

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Travel Agents Make a Return Trip

The traditional brick-and-mortar agencies are back in business with more tech-savvy, niche services

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Chinese Company Names Sunglasses After Helen Keller

Naming sunglasses after a blind activist? It’s no “lost in translation” moment.