CAREER COACH: Mark Schnurman Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, said ignorance is always better than false knowledge, because if you think you know something and you don’t, you may make bad decisions. On the other hand, knowing you…

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Pooling knowledge is an intelligent decision

Israeli National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau denied claims by Hamas that his visit to an international conference in Abu Dhabi this month was connected to the death of one of the Islamic movement’s leaders in neighboring Dubai.

Israeli Minister Denies Link to Hamas Leader’s Death (Update1)

Nine of the 10 biggest U.S. banks by assets, including Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley, reduced their political giving last year, Federal Election Commission reports show.

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GAVIN LAWRENCE/GETTY IMAGESAds for prescription drugs have been seen on everything from TVs to racecars. Sexual innuendo is being muted in TV ads for Pfizer’s erection pill Viagra as drugmakers react to added U.S. scrutiny of promotional campaigns for medicines….

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Under more pressure, drug ads replace sassy with serious

The Obama administration said Sunday it would consider local opposition when deciding where to hold Sept. 11 trials and pledged to seek swift justice for the professed mastermind of the attacks. “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to meet justice and he’s going…

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Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest carmaker, said it started phasing out potentially faulty gas pedals from European production lines in August following complaints, though it didn’t consider the matter a safety risk.

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DUBAI (Reuters) – New York’s famed Bloomingdale’s finally opened its doors in the Middle East’s biggest mall on Sunday in its first foray outside its home market.

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John Dorfman, Bloomberg News columnist Don’t buy Cablevision Systems. Stay away from Moody’s and Dish Network. Avoid Qwest Communications International and Mead Johnson Nutrition. Be leery of Pitney Bowes, Delta Air Lines, Morgan Stanley, Coca-Cola Enterprises and American International Group….

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Investors must keep debt in mind when considering a stock

John Gardner, the estimable founder of Common Cause and former secretary of health, education and welfare, said one of the conditions for effectiveness in Washington is to employ “inside-outside alliances.”

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Obama Needs to Take His Inside Politics Outside: Albert R. Hunt

Toyota is the latest Japanese corporate icon making headlines for all the wrong reasons. News of the automaker’s massive vehicle recalls over faulty gas pedals in the U.S. came just days after Japan Airlines, a once proud flag carrier, filed for bankruptcy,…

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Problems at Toyota, JAL taint Japan Inc.’s image

The Pakistani government was investigating reports Sunday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike launched in mid-January after he helped orchestrate a deadly bombing against the CIA in…

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Pakistan investigates report Taliban chief is dead

Australian borrowing for home- buying fell to a five-year low last month after house prices climbed and the central bank increased lending rates, according to Australian Finance Group Ltd.

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Australian Mortgages Slump to Five-Year Low on Rates, Prices

Dozens of states have begun selling Powerball and Mega Millions tickets in what could be a step toward an eventual national lottery. Margaret DeFrancisco, co-chair of a committee for both lotteries and president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corp., says…

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For a president in political trouble, the State of the Union address seems the ideal launch site to get past it and get going. But that seldom has worked as planned. Now President Barack Obama is trying to make a go of his “we don’t quit” campaign for change….

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Analysis: Despite setbacks, Obama’s aims unchanged

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which helped quell demonstrations against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned that protesters during the Islamic Republic’s anniversary will be considered foreign agents.

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Iran Warns Against Protests During Islamic Republic Anniversary