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NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week.... - Associated Press - 7 Reads

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- It was one of the best places in the western United States to watch the annular solar eclipse, and people drove for days just to get to this dusty stretch west of Albuquerque.... - Associated Press - 7 Reads

MOSCOW (AP) -- It was the end of an era, the kind of moment when a Twitter buff might unleash a barrage of 140-character spurts of sentiment, humor or self-aggrandizement.... - Associated Press - 7 Reads

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- From his tiny, windowless office, George Palamarizis tirelessly chips away at Greece's political establishment.... - Associated Press - 6 Reads

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the U.S. Justice Department, a department spokeswoman said on Monday after the hacker group Anonymous said they were behind the incident. - Reuters - 10 Reads

The improved results in emerging markets, as well as in Germany and Britain, helped offset declines in Italy and Spain. - New York Times - 9 Reads

MCLEAN, Virginia, USA, und MELBOURNE, Australien--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIBT, das globale Reisevisa- und Reisepass-Serviceunternehmen, hat die Übernahme des führenden australischen Visa-Serviceanbieters Visalink Systems Pty Ltd. bekannt gegeben. Die Übernahme ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein für die Strategie von CIBT, Visa- und andere Reisedokumente-Dienstleistungen weltweit anzubieten. Mit der Ergänzung um Visalink und dessen Standorte in Melbourne und Canberra unterhält CIBT nunmehr 30 Niederlassunge - BusinessWire - 5 Reads

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the blue-chip Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for its early investments in Google, is being sued by an investment partner. - New York Times - 9 Reads

Dell Inc reported revenue that was lower than Wall Street expectations. - New York Times - 9 Reads

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc admitted in a call with its member brokerage firms on Tuesday that it put the wrong fix for a technical glitch related to Facebook's IPO in place on Friday, which led to trading disruptions for much of the day. - Reuters - 9 Reads