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Occupy Wall Street Protests: A Fordham Professor Discusses What's Next

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's decision to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park Tuesday has forced the movement to re-evaluate its strategies. IBTimes spoke to Fordham University Sociology Professor Heather Gautney about how the movement has successfully regrouped and where it's headed.

Occupy Wall Street: 'Day of Action' Defining for Protesters

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Occupy Wall Street had spent the better part of its two-month existence an ideological Rorschach test. Amoeba-like, it would mold to whatever circumstances dictated, easily adoptable and welcoming to multiple causes. Protesters felt that changed on Thursday night.
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UBS Shares Rise on Pledge to Restart Dividends

Shares in Swiss bank UBS rose on Friday as investors welcomed its pledge to start paying dividends again, though its plans to trim its scandal-hit investment bank failed to go as far as some had hoped.
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Tim William, Eric Roberts, Matt McGinley and Travis McCoy of the Gym Class Heroes arrive at the 2008 VH1 Hip Hop Honors event in New York

Gym Class Heroes grow up, get serious on new album

Gym Class Heroes has graduated from party life to adulthood on their latest album, The Papercut Chronicles II, a follow-up to their first CD after three records of anthems to youth, rebellion and just plain having fun.
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HP adds activist investor Whitworth to board

Activist investor Ralph Whitworth is joining Hewlett Packard Co's board after taking a small stake in the Silicon Valley behemoth, a move that may cheer many on Wall Street frustrated by the company's recent decisions.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to an Atlanta Braves batter in the first inning at their MLB National League baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia

Dodgers' Kershaw humbled by Cy Young win

Clayton Kershaw joined Major League Baseball's elite on Thursday by winning the top pitching award but the Los Angeles Dodger said he still had a long way to go before he could be considered one of the team's greats.
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Occupy Wall Street: Vermont Protesters Suggest a Change in Strategy

As Occupy Wall Street enters its third month and its members try to regroup from Tuesday's police raid of Zuccotti Park, Occupy Vermont protesters are suggesting that the movement use the eviction as an opportunity to move into a new phase. But is that the best strategy?

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