Apple subsidiary Filemaker announced the availability of the third interation of its easy-to-use database application Bento, which is exclusive to the Mac.

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Bento 3 Is Out

We spend a lot of time here on the HotProperty blog gauging the health of the real estate market and pointing to clues about where it might be heading.

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An Ecuadorean court has said it will allow a judge to withdraw from overseeing a $27 billion lawsuit charging the Chevron Corp. with environmental damage in the Amazon rain forest. The lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit told The Associated…

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Ecuador court lets judge leave Chevron case

Oil prices fell Tuesday on a new report suggesting that consumers remain unsure about the economy’s direction and one day before the government releases data expected to show a build up in crude supplies. Benchmark crude for November delivery fell 33 cents $…

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The European Union’s critics often claim the 27-member bloc meddles in people’s lives. The most famous case: legislation that <a …

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European Union to Limit MP3 Noise Levels

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Poll: Extend First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit?

Petra Diamonds Ltd. says a diamond the size of a chicken egg has been found at South Africa’s Cullinan mine. The diamond may be among the world’s top 20 high-quality gems. It was discovered Thursday at the mine northeast of Pretoria, South Africa. Johan…

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500-carat diamond found at South African mine

A poor reading on consumer confidence erased early gains in the stock market Tuesday. Stocks edged slightly lower after after the Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 53.1 in September, down from 54.5 in August, and much lower than the…

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Stocks waver on housing, consumer confidence data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said on Tuesday he is starting to look for a successor, and he named Jes Staley, current head of the No. 2 U.S. bank’s asset management unit, to the key post of investment bank CEO.

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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose above $67 a barrel on Tuesday, with support coming from the dollar’s fall in response to U.S. data showing weak consumer confidence.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. banking regulators proposed on Tuesday that banks prepay three years of fees to help cover the rising cost of bank failures, facing a $100-billion cleanup bill through 2013.

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FDIC propose banks prepay fees

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Walgreen Co , the largest U.S. drugstore chain, reported a quarterly profit that topped expectations as it began to benefit from a make-over that includes sprucing up stores and cutting corporate jobs, sending its shares 11 percent higher.

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Walgreen tops Wall Street view, drugstore shares rise

A Goldman Sachs analyst boosted the price targets of some lodging companies Tuesday, citing slowing supply growth and an uptick in demand. Many lodging operators saw declining demand during the recession as consumers looked to trim costs and held back on…

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On the eve of a European Union report on who started the Russia-Georgia war, EU monitors said Tuesday they have stepped up patrols in Georgia to keep tensions from boiling over into violence. The August 2008 war ended with Russian soldiers driving Georgian…

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks traded slightly lower on Tuesday after mixed economic data on consumer confidence and home prices.

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Wall Street slightly lower after mixed data