How Amazon Could Shake Up the e-Coupon Market

While news that Groupon has rebuffed Google’s $6 billion offer has stolen the limelight, Amazon’s $175 million investment in LivingSocial could end up shaking up the daily-deal business and helping the No. 2 e-coupon company ga…

Stocks Retreat as Korean Hostilities Get Hot

Stocks fell sharply Tuesday as investors fled riskier assets following an exchange of artillery fire between North and South Korea. Better news on U.S. economic growth was no match for the new worries, on top of Euro-jitters.
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Exxon Mobil Sells $1 Billion of Gulf of Mexico Assets

Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) sold nine U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas stakes to Energy XXI in a deal worth $1.01 billion.

The assets produce about 20,000 net barrels of oil a day, The Wall Street Journal said. They contain net proved and probable…

Dow Dives 178 Points on China Interest Rate Hike Fears

The Dow tumbled Tuesday as part of a global sell-off in stocks fueled by further speculation that China will hike interest rates to fight inflation and renewed worries over the wobbly finances of Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
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