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Ines Sainz, the television reporter who prompted the NFL to introduce new code of conduct rules, grabbed the Super Bowl spotlight Tuesday, attracting nearly as much attention as the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano has reached an agreement to sell the NHL team and its related companies to billionaire Terry Pegula, the Sabres said Tuesday.

Apple Inc has blocked rival Sony Corp's electronic book application from the iPhone because it would have circumvented Apple's system for buying content.

Microcosm Publishing, a not-for-profit book publisher and distributor, started a campaign earlier this month with an unusual premise: Swapping unwanted Amazon Kindle's for offerings from its inventory.

In a bid to intensify labor talks, the National Football League and the union representing its players have agreed to a series of talks starting on Saturday in the Dallas area.

The newly-elected governor of New York has proposed a state budget that will reduce funding for state operations by 10 percent and potentially layoff almost 10,000 state employees.

In direct defiance of her father’s policies and views, Barbara Bush, one of former President George W. Bush’s twin daughters, supports gay marriage. She has taped a video which calls for the state of New York to legalize same-sex marriage.

A big blizzard making its way through the central United States has significantly affected air travel, with nearly 8,000 flights having been cancelled on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Howrey is reportedly mulling a tie-up with Chicago-based intellectual property (IP) specialist Winston & Strawn and the top bosses of the two law firms are in discussions whether a merger would make sense.

Business news and financial data provider Thomson Reuters is strengthening its legal process outsourcing (LPO) unit, Pangea3, by hiring full-time, temporary, and experienced contract attorneys for its new facility in Michigan.

U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down and promise that neither he nor his son will run in the presidential election scheduled for later this year. Kerry is the highest-level US politician to call for Mubarak’s removal.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will play in his first Super Bowl on Sunday but he could be forgiven for wondering if his time would ever come after spending three years as Brett Favre's understudy.

The New York Jets fitness coach who was suspended for intentionally tripping a Miami Dolphins player from the sidelines during a December game, has resigned, the NFL team said on Monday.

Snow may covered roads and driveways, but it's melted away budgets.

RBC Capital Markets downgraded rating of ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) to "sector perform" with above average risk qualifier from "outperform" and lowered its price target to $15.25 from $16.

Gold rose in Europe on Tuesday as the dollar index hit a 12-week low and geopolitical tensions centered on Egypt added risk premium to prices, with Asian demand for coins and bars after January's price drop adding support.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Longtop Financial Technologies, Manitowoc Co, Camelot Information, Concord Medical Services and Aercap Holdings. The top after-market NYSE losers on Monday are: Exterran Holdings, Hovnanian Enterprises, Fifth Street Finance, Seaspan and Nabors Industries.

The Financial Times has just released its 2011 rankings of global MBA programs; Wharton regains top spot

Twenty-five people have been arrested for trespassing during a protest demonstration outside of a retreat where the secretive billionaire Koch brothers held an assembly for conservative elected officials, political donors and strategists.

Hollywood starlet Winona Ryder has sold her long time home in Sunset Strip, Los Angeles for $3,725,000.

U.S. consumer spending rose more than expected in December to post the sixth straight month of gains as households drew down on their savings to fund purchases, government data showed on Monday.