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Occupy Chicago to vote on list of 12 demands

Sargent, Sims share 2011 Nobel in economics

UAW chief hopes for Chrysler deal by Wednesday

Project to fix rail choke point around Chicago begins

European pledge sparks Wall Street rally

Motorola launches rugged ET1 tablet for business

World's oldest car sells for $4.6M

Berlin, Paris vow new crisis plan as pressure builds

Europe bails out its first bank: Dexia

Netflix ditches plan to rent DVDs on Qwikster

Mid-sized companies to boost long-term investments, Deloitte finds

Apple says iPhone 4S breaks pre-order record

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Netflix's headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Netflix ditches plan to rent DVDs on Qwikster

Netflix has reversed an unpopular decision to put its DVD video rental business on a separate website and rename it Qwikster.

Once high-flying Netflix is now stumbling

Occupy Chicago to vote on list of 12 demands

The local spin-off of the Occupy Wall Street protests released 12 proposed demands during the weekend, some of the first specifics to emerge from...

Scenes from Occupy Chicago

Sargent, Sims share 2011 Nobel in economics

Christopher Sims of Princeton University and Thomas Sargent of New York University were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday.

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On Money

Germany's Weber says Eurozone's debt issues to worsen and need crisis management

Ben Bernanke asks U.S. and European leaders to step up

What does austerity mean? Is it virtue or vice?

Debt deal's relief rally evaporates as recession threats emerge

Business wires

Finance whiz and music lover to be Bertelsmann CEO

UAW chief hopes for Chrysler deal by Wednesday: source

Greece loan talks advance, EU delays summit

Sprint shares dive on cash worries

Your Money

Boston Beer Co. hit by higher price of barley

New election period adds to Medicare daze

Survey: Married folks more retirement-ready

Starker exchange could defer capital gains tax

Technology

Sprint shares dive on cash worries

BlackBerry has outages in Europe, Africa, India

Ready for movies in the cloud? Studios bet you are

"Le Huffington Post" to launch in France

Retail

Netflix drops unpopular Qwikster DVD plan

Alibaba seeks Temasek backing to buy stake from Yahoo: report

Metro CEO Cordes says not seeking contract renewal

Wal-Mart must finally show a U.S. rebound

Cars

Used car scams: Watch for these red flags

Lamborghini's new flagship car sold out for 12 months

Chevy's Sonic boom: New entry-level model

White remains most popular car color

Homes

Regulators to unveil complaint procedure for foreclosure cases

Buyer takes a shining to Jack Nicholson home

Furniture shopping: One easy piece

Sensual fall bedroom fixes

Jobs

15 companies hiring for the holidays

Online behaviors that will cost your next job

New generation doing things differently in the workplace

Hire ground: Business dining etiquette for job seekers

Stocks

Wall Street rallies on European pledge

Sinopec to buy Canada's Daylight Energy for $2.1 billion

Wall St Week Ahead: Earnings on deck as Europe eyed

Euro gains on debt promise, stocks flat

Healthcare

Workplace pollutants tied to kids' asthma risk

Snap Analysis: Gene sequencers edge away from Illumina's woes

Monkey mind control -- a breakthrough for paralysis?

Insight: Nobel winner's last big experiment: Himself

Legal

Innkeepers says in settlement talks with Cerberus

U.S. order targets WikiLeaks supporter's mail: report

New York crime ring was sweet on Apple: police

Former trader Emanuel Goffer sentenced to 3 years

The Gadget Q&A;

All-in-one desktops vs. laptops

Broken VCR? Time to transfer those tapes

Life in the cloud

Convert images on the cheap

Lunch Box

What's for lunch? Brain food

Market-fresh lunch hours

Desks: Dirtier than toilet seats

Stocking your cubicle cupboard

Office Hours

Office e-mail disasters

Meet the new boss, not as great as the old boss

Sleeping on the job? That's OK

Avoid these first-job faux pas

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