Expedia Now Boarding For Run To $39 Despite Airline Wars

Expedia Now Boarding For Run To $39 Despite Airline Wars
Resurgent Thirst For Crude Takes Anadarko To $80+
Egyptians ready for 'day of departure'
Truck maker Volvo posts Q4 profit (AP)
Egyptians ready for 'day of departure'
Troops patrol Cairo as protests planned
One of U.S.'s 'most wanted' fugitives caught in Argentina
Why India is Investigating a Reincarnated Tibetan Lama (Time.com)
Hunger stunts Philippine children (AFP)
Cultural shift behind Italian women's thinning (AFP)
22,000 Pakistanis flee fighting near Afghan border (AP)
U.S. in talks over possible Mubarak departure (Reuters)
China property taxes a stab at dousing inflation (AP)
Global food prices hit record high
German sues Macedonia over alleged CIA kidnapping (AP)
Apple's Next Multi-Billion-Dollar Business: Connected Televisions
Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3
Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3 (Reuters)
Myanmar parliament to pick president; likely ex-PM (AP)
New Exclusive Clubhouse For Entrepreneurs Is Almost Full

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:57 PM PST

As airline websites compete for air ticket bookings on more than just price, the impact will be felt

Resurgent Thirst For Crude Takes Anadarko To $80+

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:49 PM PST

The oil demand forecast for 2011 is higher than 86.1 million barrels of oil consumed per day in 2008

Egyptians ready for 'day of departure'

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:16 PM PST

Protesters in the Egyptian capital Cairo are preparing to stage a "Day of Departure" for President Hosni Mubarak

Truck maker Volvo posts Q4 profit (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:56 PM PST

AP - Swedish truck maker AB Volvo reports a profit for the fourth quarter, bouncing back mainly from a jump in sales.

Egyptians ready for 'day of departure'

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:16 PM PST

Protesters in the Egyptian capital Cairo are preparing to stage a "Day of Departure" for President Hosni Mubarak

Troops patrol Cairo as protests planned

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:47 PM PST

Troops in riot gear stood guard around Cairo's Tahrir Square, as demonstrators promised further protests calling for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation. ACTIVISTS DETAINED | DIGITAL REVOLUTIONARIES | FULL STORY

One of U.S.'s 'most wanted' fugitives caught in Argentina

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:57 PM PST

Paul Merle Eischeid -- one of the U.S. Marshals Service's "15 Most Wanted" fugitives -- is no longer on the run.

Why India is Investigating a Reincarnated Tibetan Lama (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:20 PM PST

Time.com - The young Karmapa Lama is one of the most important incarnations in Tibetan Buddhism. So why is New Delhi picking on him?

Hunger stunts Philippine children (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:32 PM PST

AFP - A third of Philippine school children are stunted because poverty has forced them to eat too little food for years, according to a government study released this week.

Cultural shift behind Italian women's thinning (AFP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:13 PM PST

AFP - Gone are the "Big Mamma" stereotypes and the full figures of yesteryear -- a new study on Friday has found Italian women are the only ones getting thinner despite an obesity epidemic in the Western world.

22,000 Pakistanis flee fighting near Afghan border (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:13 PM PST

AP - A Pakistan government administrator says about 22,000 civilians have fled intense fighting between government troops and militants in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border.

U.S. in talks over possible Mubarak departure (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:36 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. officials said on Thursday they were discussing with Egyptians different scenarios for a transition of power, including one in which President Hosni Mubarak leaves office immediately.

China property taxes a stab at dousing inflation (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 11:19 PM PST

AP - China's latest maneuver in its war on inflation — new property taxes for two of its biggest cities — looks likely to have little impact on wider price pressures or on the flood of investment that some here fear is feeding a potentially destabilizing bubble.

Global food prices hit record high

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:48 PM PST

Problem is set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the United States and floods in Australia.

German sues Macedonia over alleged CIA kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:09 PM PST

AP - A German man who says he was snatched by the CIA in Macedonia and tortured at a secret prison after being mistaken for a terrorism suspect, will begin a legal battle against Macedonia Friday to demand official recognition of his ordeal.

Apple's Next Multi-Billion-Dollar Business: Connected Televisions

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:51 PM PST

For more than a year now, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has been insisting that Apple (AAPL) is

Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:45 PM PST

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's veteran leader has called a snap presidential election on April 3, about 20 months before his current term in office is due to end, a decree published in the official Kazakhstanskaya Pravda on Friday said.

Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3 (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:45 PM PST

Reuters - Kazakhstan's veteran leader has called a snap presidential election on April 3, about 20 months before his current term in office is due to end, a decree published in the official Kazakhstanskaya Pravda on Friday said.

Myanmar parliament to pick president; likely ex-PM (AP)

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:05 PM PST

AP - Myanmar's new parliament convened Friday to choose a president, with all indications pointing to the selection of Thein Sein, the junta's outgoing prime minister.