Dreaded Summer Doldrums; Skin In The Game - Weblogs.sun-sentinel.com
25 May 2012, 8:33 am
Geez, the Dreaded Summer Doldrums already? Well, with No. 1 seed FAU baseball losing to No. 5 seed Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday in the conference tournament, today’s game is meaningless, as the Warhawks have already clinched a spot in the championship ...

Emerging Stocks Head for Longest Weekly Losing Streak Since 1994 - Bloomberg
25 May 2012, 4:37 am
Emerging stocks swung between gains and losses, with the benchmark index headed for its longest weekly losing streak since 1994, as optimism European Union leaders will support joint bonds for the euro area countered concern China’s biggest ...

Why HTC Is Losing ‘Relevance’ in the Smartphone War - CNBC
25 May 2012, 3:18 am
“HTC sees China as a major growth driver, but this story may not work,” says Gai. According to Barclays, Taiwan-based mobile chipmaker MediaTek, will start supplying the Chinese market with mass produced high-tech chips by the third quarter of this ...

Nikkei marks longest weekly losing run in 20 years - Reuters India
25 May 2012, 2:57 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei stock average on Friday declined for an eighth straight week, marking its worst weekly losing streak in 20 years, as fears mounted about the impact of Greece's possible exit from the euro zone. But the benchmark ...

Dow breaks 6-day losing streak, barely - Yahoo Finance
24 May 2012, 11:58 pm
The Dow Jones industrial average broke a six-day losing streak Thursday, notching a small gain after the government released better unemployment numbers. The Dow rose 19.98 points to close at 12,855.04, after rising almost 100 points earlier in ...

Despite losing backing, Lacey's fireworks event will go on in new spot - Tacoma News Tribune
24 May 2012, 11:43 pm
The Third of July fireworks display in Lacey is set to continue this year despite losing its major sponsor and location. The Third of July celebration will be held after 10 p.m. at William A. Bush Park, 4400 Chardonnay Drive S.E., near Yelm Highway.

Donors losing enthusiasm for Obama - Hotair.com
24 May 2012, 7:47 pm
In 2008, Barack Obama drew huge crowds everywhere he went, whether for rallies or for fundraisers.  In 2012 … not so much.  The Weekly Standard and the New York Times report that a Denver fundraiser yesterday afternoon ended up less than 80% ...

Stock market breaks losing streak; Facebook falls - Yahoo Finance
24 May 2012, 5:17 pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- After three weeks of dumping stocks, investors finally found something to be hopeful about. Major U.S. indexes climbed Monday after falling every day last week. Investors latched on to weekend statements from China's Premier Wen ...

Losing half a stone 'could halve a woman's risk of getting breast cancer' - Daily Mail
22 May 2012, 5:55 pm
Losing just over half a stone could dramatically lower the chance of developing breast cancer. Research shows that overweight women who shed 5 per cent of their body weight are up to 50 per cent less likely to have the disease. The study of women aged ...

Miley Cyrus Flashes Side Boob, Talks Sex Scenes & Losing Her Virginity (PHOTO) - Huffington Post
22 May 2012, 3:25 pm
Miley Cyrus can't be tamed and neither can her boobs. The actress and singer shunned undergarments yet again, letting it all hang out on Monday in Los Angeles. The 19-year-old was spotted running barefoot across a road wearing a sleeveless ...