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Obama sets out his budget priorities
ft.com - The budget’s main goal is to bring down the deficit by pushing through tax increases on wealthy Americans, while leaving funds to spend on discretionary projects [Read More]
Why A Chocolate Shortage May Be Near
huffingtonpost.com - A chocolate shortage is probably the last thing you want to hear about today. Valentine's Day is tomorrow -- you may just want to focus on the orgy of cocoa ahead. But experts have been sounding the a... [Read More]
Europe OKs Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility deal (AP)
yahoo.com - AP - Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approval of European antitrust regulators, moving Google one step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-y... [Read More]
 
Dental Products Company Shut Down By FDA
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials say a New Jersey company has been legally barred from making and selling a variety of dental products due to violations at its manufacturing facility. The Food ... [Read More]
Identified Hits 1.5M Active Users, 202M Profiles, But Can It Beat BranchOut (Or LinkedIn)?
techcrunch.com - The professional networking space has been heating up over the last few years, with a number of players vying for control of our digital resumes, job and employment searches, and career buildings. For... [Read More]
 
House GOP Offers Deal In Big Fight
huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- House GOP leaders announced Monday they were putting forward a "backup plan" that would extend the payroll tax cut for ten months, while cleaving it from a similar extension of unemploym... [Read More]
WATCH: Fareed Zakaria's Plea To Focus On Poverty
huffingtonpost.com - Back on Feb. 1, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney made a controversial comment on poverty. "I'm in this race because I care about Americans," Romney said. "I'm not concerned about the very poor. W... [Read More]
Apple Stock Soars To New High
huffingtonpost.com - NEW YORK -- Apple's stock broke above $500 for the first time Monday. It was the latest step in a rally that began more than two weeks ago, when the company reported staggering sales and profits for t... [Read More]
Bits Blog: Apple Asks Outside Group to Inspect Factories
nytimes.com - Apple said the Fair Labor Association had begun auditing working conditions at Chinese factories where Apple products are made. The first inspections involved a Shenzhen factory known as Foxconn City.... [Read More]
 
McDonald’s Vows to Help End Use of Sow Crates
nytimes.com - Several states have moved to ban or restrict the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant. ... [Read More]