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Corporate raider Icahn enters battle over Dell

AFP News

Dell's plan for a private equity buyout ran into a potential snag Thursday as corporate raider Carl Icahn revealed that he has a stake in the computer giant and is opposing the deal.

U.S. jobless rate falls to 7.7% as jobs surge

AFP News

The February U.S. jobs report delivered an encouraging surprise Friday, with the unemployment rate slipping to a four-year low of 7.7 percent, from 7.9 percent in January.

Actress Daryl Hannah, far left, is among the first to be arrested protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, February 13, 2013 (Photo by Christine Irvine / Project Survival Media)

Dozens Arrested at White House Protest of Keystone XL Pipeline

Environment News Service

Today, 48 prominent environmental, civil rights, and community leaders from across the country demonstrated at the White House demanding that President Barack Obama reject TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the climate crisis.

Women Sue Revenge Porn Website

Law & Industry Daily

A group of Texas women are filing a lawsuit against a website where men post explicit photos of their ex-girlfriends. ...

Wall Street

Krugman: We Had the Mother of Financial Overreaches

Law & Industry Daily

Princeton University Professor of Economics Paul Krugman looks at the U.S. economy, employment, wealth destruction and financial crisis. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."

Mediator Welcomes ‘Progress’ in Port Talks

Law & Industry Daily

The federal mediator guiding negotiations aimed at averting a port strike along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico said management and labor leaders “made progress” and had agreed to meet again before a Feb. 6 strike deadline.

U.S. Inflation Flat in December

Law & Industry Daily

The U.S. consumer price index was flat in December, with increases in food and shelter prices offsetting a decline in gasoline prices, government data released Wednesday showed. The gasoline index, which declined by a steep 7.4 percent in November, fell by 2.3 percent in December, the Labor Department said.

manufacturing

U.S. manufacturers bringing factory jobs home

Law & Industry Daily

The U.S. manufacturing base appears poised for growth, after years of hemorrhaging jobs to Asia and Latin America, among other less costly labor markets, researchers found.

gas-prices

California governor orders emergency gas switch

Law & Industry Daily

Amid spiking gasoline prices in California, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Sunday ordered air-quality officials to allow sales of winter-blend gasoline this month.

EPA

CBO estimates costs of Safe Chemicals Act

Chris Rizo

A proposed sweeping overhaul of federal regulation of toxic substances would result in significant administrative costs for government agencies and millions of dollars in increased costs for chemical manufacturers.

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