Mark Memmott

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News Corp. Confirms Split; Rupert Murdoch Will Chair Both Companies

Thursday, June 28, 2012

The company plans to split its publishing and media/entertainment operations. It's responding to investors who don't want to be part of the slow-growing world of newspapers.

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JPMorgan's Losses 'May Reach $9 Billion'

Thursday, June 28, 2012

"People who have been briefed on the situation," say the losses from bungled trading have more than tripled from the initial estimate, The New York Times reports. The bank isn't commenting for the record.

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Orbitz Shows Mac Users Pricier Hotel Options: Big Deal Or No Brainer?

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The travel site noticed that Mac users seem more likely to spend more on hotel rooms. So, it's experimenting with showing them costlier options than Windows users see. Is that smart business or unfair in some way?

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House Committee Cites Attorney General Holder For Contempt

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The panel's decision next goes to the full House. It was a vote along partisan lines over whether the Justice Department has fully cooperated with the committee's investigation of the...

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No iPads Or iPhones For You, Apple Store Clerk Tells Iranians

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Sahar Sabet of Alpharetta, Ga., says that when she was in a local Apple store last week to buy an iPad and an iPhone, she was told by a clerk that he couldn't sell the company's produ...

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UPDATE: Sandusky Defense Rests; He Doesn't Testify

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Closing arguments will begin Thursday in the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

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Moon Shot From JPMorgan's Dimon Is Day's Money Quote

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The bank lost $2 billion — and counting — on some risky bets. But could it ever lose $1 trillion? Only if there's a celestial catastrophe, its CEO quipped today.

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Should Roger Clemens Go Into Baseball's Hall Of Fame?

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The superstar pitcher has been found not guilty of lying to Congress about performance-enhancing drugs. His career stats are Hall of Fame stuff. Should he get in?

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Trayvon Martin Case: Jailhouse Calls From Zimmerman To Wife Released

Monday, June 18, 2012

Prosecutors say the calls show the Zimmermans knew that roughly $135,000 had been raised by a website set up to support his defense. They did not tell that to a court during his initial bond hearing.

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Obama's Played 100 Rounds Of Golf; Which Presidents Beat That?

Monday, June 18, 2012

While the current president has gone golfing much more often than his predecessor, he lags far behind two other former occupants of the White House.

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In Egypt, Generals Will Be In Control 'Until October, At Least'

Monday, June 18, 2012

The generals who have effectively been running things since Hosni Mubarak's regime was toppled in early 2011 will be "around and in charge" for months, NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports.

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110-Year Prison Sentence For Ponzi-Scheming Tycoon R. Allen Stanford

Thursday, June 14, 2012

The flamboyant billionaire bilked investors out of more than $7 billion.

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George W. Bush's Decapitated Head Appeared On 'Game Of Thrones'

Thursday, June 14, 2012

HBO says it is "deeply dismayed" and will have the image removed from future DVDs of the show. Producers say they meant no disrespect — that they were trying to save money by reusing prosthetic body parts.

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Egypt Braces Amid Reports Of Parliament Being Dissolved

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Parliament had passed a law barring former Mubarak aides from seeking office. Now the nation's highest court has rejected that. And it has taken aim at the parliament. Protests are expected.

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Russian Helicopters Heading To Syria May Not Be New

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Administration officials tell The New York Times that the aircraft are likely ones sold to Syria in the past that had been sent to Russia for repairs and refurbishing.

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JPMorgan Execs Who Bungled Billions May Have To Return Bonuses, Stock

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

"It's likely that there will be clawbacks," CEO Jamie Dimon told Congress today, invoking a term that those executives certainly didn't want to hear.

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'Pets,' 'Pizza' & 'Porn' Among New Internet Domain Names Sought

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Those, and others such as ".sex," may be among suffixes such as ".com" at the end of Internet addresses.

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Syrian Children Are Being Killed, Tortured And Used As Shields, U.N. Says

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

"The world is keeping a detailed account of the violence committed against civilians in Syria," says the U.N.'s secretary-general for children and armed conflict. The report points at...

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Prosecutor Says Sandusky Cultivated Boys, Defense Calls Case Flimsy

Monday, June 11, 2012

The trial of the former Penn State assistant football coach has begun. He's accused of sexually abusing 10 young boys over 15 years, beginning in the late 1980s. Sandusky has pleaded innocent.

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Supreme Court's Ruling On Health Care Law Looms

Monday, June 11, 2012

If you're looking to get your mind ready for the news before it's released, we've got some suggested links.

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