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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who may soon be a free man after serious questions have been raised about the credibility of the woman who accused him of sexual assault, might be able to enter the 2012 presidential race in France, according to a report in the British paper The Daily Telegraph.

Bankrupt bookseller Borders will soon hHave a new owner, following a $215 Million sale.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Oshkosh Truck Corp, Corning, Sirius XM Radio, American Tower Corp, Marathon Oil, Cablevision Systems, Eastman Kodak, Radioshack, MEMC Electronic Materials and General Mills.

Investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office have discovered significant inconsistencies with the account of the chambermaid who claimed Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, sexually assaulted her in a luxury hotel room in May, sources said Thursday.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: Oshkosh Truck, Phoenix New Media, National Bank of Greece, Hovnanian Enterprises and Beazer Homes. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Eastman Kodak, SouFun Holdings, CapitalSource, China Ming Yang Wind Power and Noble Corp.

The sexual assault case against disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is falling apart as the investigators have found evidence for lies, prevarication and possible criminal links of his accuser, a Manhattan hotel maid.

An ATM receipt found in Hamptons this month shows a balance of nearly $100 million in billionaire David Tepper's account, reports say.

Investigators have found evidence of a sexual encounter between former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn but an unidentified law enforcement official says the accuser has repeatedly lied, the New York Times reported.

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn may be freed on bail six weeks after being arrested on charges of sexual assault, the New York Times reported Thursday evening.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday at a conference that he would remain as President Obama's top economic official for the foreseeable future after a report saying he was considering stepping down.

Giant online retailer Amazon.com has ended its relationship with some 10,000 internet business partners while Overstock also severed a couple hundred business relationship in California, in order to avoid state taxes that Gov. Jerry Brown signed.

Amazon has ended affiliate relationships in California over a new state law requiring online retailers to collect sales tax there.

In order to take a break from government service, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering leaving his post after President Barack Obama and Congress reach an agreement on raising the national debt ceiling.

The color red appears to have a long positive association in Russian culture – from long before the rise of Communism.

Seven state prisons, camps, and work release facilities will close within 60 days, due to the state’s declining inmate population - something that will save the state millions of dollars, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday.

Did Hitler escape the fall of Berlin? Newly public FBI documents show that the bureau followed up on sightings and Argentine-leads.

A new California law requires Internet retailers like Amazon to collect sales tax on sales of products to California residents.

The Yankees have some solid players in the minors.

In this new feature, IBTimes Books provides a handy roundup of what authors are saying out there in the Twitterverse. Today, Margaret Atwood is working away on the third Madd Addam book, and Paulo Coelho is warning about attacks by mediocres.

China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.

Federal officials have canceled the deportation of a Venezuelan man who married his American partner in Connecticut, signaling the government's willingness to recognize a crucial federal benefit for same-sex couples.