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The Bernie Madoff Auction: What I Was Gonna Bid On Until Someone Else Paid $3,000+ [PICTURE]

Over the past few days, I’ve been preparing to bid on the below item in the Bernie Madoff auction: MY WEBSITE SUCKS SO BAD I HAVE TO LINK TO THIS PICTURE ON CNBC (next week new site should fix this issue!) After all, my publishing company is called BullShip Press, LLC (seriously, look it up!)... […]

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Russia, Slovenia sign South Stream pipe deal (AP)

Slovenia agreed Saturday to take part in a pipeline project carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, bolstering a Kremlin attempt to defend its position as the continent's primary supplier.

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Merck Strengthens Its Commitment to Advancing Cardiovascular Health Care (Business Wire)

WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J.----Following the completion of its merger with Schering-Plough, Merck today confirms and underscores its commitment to marketing and developing cardiovascular medicines for a range of cardiovascular disorders.

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Mexican revokes permit for Canadian gold mine (AP)

Mexico revoked the environmental authorization Friday for a Canadian-owned open-pit gold mine that critics say threatens one of the most historic sites in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi.

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Financial and operating information filed for Cenovus Energy and post-split EnCana (Business Wire)

CALGARY, Alberta----EnCana Corporation today filed on the Canadian System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval www.sedar.com and the U.S. Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval System www.sec.gov the following information for Cenovus Energy and post-split EnCana: Cenovus Energy Interim Carve-out Consolidated Financial Statements and Managementâ??s Discussion and Analysis, for the period ended September 30, 2009 […]

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Ivanhoe Energy names Gerald Schiefelbein new CFO (AP)

Ivanhoe Energy Inc., a Canadian oil and gas company, said Friday that it named Gerald Schiefelbein as its chief financial officer, taking over for retiring CFO Gordon Lancaster.

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PrimeEnergy moves to 3Q loss as gas prices fall (AP)

PrimeEnergy Corp. on Friday moved to a loss in the third quarter as oil and gas prices fell, dragging results down. The company, based in Stamford, Conn., lost $2.3 million, or 76 cents per share, in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.

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Earnings reports push stocks higher; Dow gains 73 (AP)

Encouraging earnings news from major retailers and The Walt Disney Co. drew investors back into the stock market one day after a big drop.

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Fitch affirms BB-plus rating on El Paso Corp. (AP)

Fitch Ratings said Friday it affirmed the "BB-plus" issuer-default ratings on El Paso Corp. and its key natural gas production and pipeline subsidiary.

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Mountain Lake Closes Private Placement Financing (Business Wire)

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia----Mountain Lake Resources Inc. is pleased report that the non-brokered private placement announced on November 2, 2009 has been closed to raise gross proceeds of $450,000 through the sale of 1,500,000 flow-through units at $0.30 per Unit to the MineralFields Group .

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