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Gold could peak in 2013 after 12-year bull run: GFMS

Gold Prices Ease For Second Day

Gold eased for a second consecutive day on Thursday, but was still set for its largest weekly gain in six weeks, thanks to the toll the re-emergence of the euro zone debt crisis has taken on investor risk appetite.
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DARPA Offers $2M Prize For Rescue Robots

DARPA, a division of the U.S. Department of Defense, is offering a $2 million prize to anyone who can develop a humanoid robot that can complete a set of disaster challenges.
Source: Pew Charitable Trusts

US Reclaims Top Rank From China In Clean Energy Investments

The US reclaimed the top position as the biggest investor in clean energy last year, with clean energy finance and investment witnessing a growth $48 billion, a 42 percent increase over 2010, according to a global rank list published in a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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North Korea: The Starving Nation That Can Launch Satellites

North Korea is poised to launch its first satellite into orbit; the U.S. says it is a missile test in disguise. And tensions in northeast Asia are high as the North, an impoverished but nuclear-armed nation, engages in saber-rattling ahead of the launch.
AIG

AIG Returns To U.S. Real Estate Investment

American International Group Inc., the beleagued insurance company that was brought to its knees by the subprime mortgage collapse, is re-entering U.S. real estate investment later this year.
adelson

Adelson Eyes $35B Spanish Las Vegas

Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson announced on Wednesday plans to open a casino strip in Spain, pushing for a $35 billion casino complex in either Barcelona or Madrid.
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Carlyle eyes $7.5-$8 billion valuation in IPO: source

Carlyle Group LP is eyeing a market valuation of $7.5 billion to $8 billion in an initial public offering, as the U.S. private equity firm prepares to kick off a marketing blitz to investors, perhaps as soon as next week, said a source with knowledge of the situation.
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Starboard to AOL: Patent sale not enough

Activist hedge fund Starboard Value, dissatisfied with AOL's $1 billion deal to sell the majority of patents to Microsoft Corp , has filed with U.S. regulators for the nomination of three of its candidates to the board of the Internet firm.
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Carlyle to sell 10 percent stake in IPO: source

Carlyle Group LP, the private equity firm with $147 billion in assets under management, is planning to sell a 10 percent stake in its upcoming initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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Wall Street Plummets Below Key Support Level

Wall Street felt tremors Tuesday afternoon as the S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Composite Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average both dropped precipitously following declines in European equity markets.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's policy of quantitative may have made U.S. Treasurys a less attractive investment to the Chinese

Bernanke Calls For More Shadow Banking Curbs

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pushed for new steps to stem risks from “shadow banking” operating beyond traditional oversight and said the economy is still suffering from the 2008 financial crisis.

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