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Lululemon raises profit forecast, shares jump

Lululemon raises profit forecast, shares jump
Lululemon Athletica expects profit and sales in the current quarter to top earlier forecasts after holiday shoppers flocked to its shops to snap up the trendy yoga wear that have made the company a runaway retail success story.
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Bank of America Laying off 20% of Asian Staff

Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, is cutting around a fifth of its managing directors across its Asia investment banking division, sources said on Monday, in a bid to cut costs as the outlook sours in a once-booming region.
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Future Computers May Become Nano Scale with Wires 10,000 Times Thinner than a Human Hair

A team of scientists have designed an 'ultra-thin' wire which will play a pivotal role in the development of future computing devices and smaller but powerful electronic devices. According to the journal Science, this wire is an atom tall and four atoms wide and 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. But amazingly, this tiny wire, which is made out of phosphorus atoms in silicon, has the same electrical power as copper and can carry a charge as efficiently as conventional wires.
Best Tablets Under $299 To Debut in 2012

2012 Trends: 5 Items to Get Cheaper in 2012

The times and trends are always changing, and some benefit consumers while others do not. But the shopping Web site dealnews did a good job in recent days noting things that will be less expensive and more expensive in 2012. Among the items that will get cheaper in 2012, according to dealnews, is wine and homes.
Esme Barrera: Jim Ward, Indie Bands Pay Tribute

Esme Barrera: Jim Ward, Indie Bands Pay Tribute as Murder Victim Remembered

Indie musician Jim Ward is just one of countless friends, family members and even total strangers rocked by the death of Esme Barrera, a staple of the Austin, Texas music scene and a devoted advocate of children with special needs. As police search for Barrera's killer, who may be linked to two more attacks, Barrera's loved ones are fighting to preserve the memory of her life, not her untimely death.
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Virat Kohli Fined for Finger Gesture

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli will be fined 50 percent of his match fee, for a finger gesture made to the crowd on the second day of the second Test match against Australia.
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Michael Clarke Gives India Bowlers a Hard Day

Michael Clarke hit a brilliant unbeaten 251 and Ricky Ponting his first hundred in two years as Australia took control of the second test against India on Wednesday, finishing the second day on an imposing 482 for four.
Tendulkar is bowled by Australia's Pattinson during the second cricket test in Sydney

Cricket: India All Out for 191 Against Australia (Photos)

Australia's pace attack ripped through India on the opening day of the second test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. India was all out for 191 as fighting a lone battle, Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached his 24th half-century off 67 deliveries.

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