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EBay, PayPal sue Google over trade secrets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay and its online payment unit PayPal Inc on Thursday filed suit against Google Inc and two executives for trade secret misappropriation related to mobile payment systems.

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Arab aid tied to G8 reforms

Leaders are to wrap up their two-day summit in France by launching a partnership with the Arab world that ties cash to progress on democracy and economic reforms by states that have thrown off autocratic rulers.  Full Article | Video 

U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-NV) announces he will not seek another term in 2012 during a news conference at the Lloyd George Federal Building in Las Vegas, Nevada March 7, 2011. Ensign's wife Darlene stands by him on the left. REUTERS/Las Vegas Sun/Steve Marcus

John Ensign in new legal jeopardy

After the former Nevada senator turned over hundreds of emails, the Justice Department, which had cleared him, is now almost certain to reopen its criminal investigation, attorneys close to the case told Reuters.  Full Article 

A picture illustration shows a 100 Dollar banknote laying on one Dollar banknotes, taken in Warsaw, January 13, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
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Personal income on the up

Data released Friday is expected to show a rise in personal income from 1.8 percent to 2.2 percent, according to IFR, and pending home sales figures will also be released.  Video 

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn listens to his lawyer, William Taylor, inside of a New York State Supreme Courthouse during a bail hearing in New York May 19, 2011.

Sex history may hurt DSK, or not

Lurid details of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's past sexual exploits have filled the tabloid since his arrest. But trying to introduce them as evidence in court may be an uphill battle, experts say.   Full Article 

President John F. Kennedy is seen working in the Oval Office in the White House in this 1963 photo by White House photographer Robert Knudsen provided by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston. REUTERS/JFK Presidential Library/The White House/Robert Knudsen/Handout JRB/GAC

Kennedy and "Doctor Feelgood"

Frederick Kempe, author of the bestselling book BERLIN 1961, explores whether John Kennedy's performance at a crucial summit in Vienna was affected by regular injections that included amphetamines.   Full Article 

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Google unveils new "pay phone"

"Google Wallet" takes shoppers a step closer to paying for purchases using their mobile phones at the checkout counter.  Full Article | Video 

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Citi seeks to keep $1 billion Lehman collateral

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc on Thursday sought to dismiss an effort by Lehman Brothers to recover $1 billion in collateral that the investment bank was forced to post when it was teetering on bankruptcy in the fall of 2008.

Wall Street gets earnings lift, with strong forex link

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose for a second day on Thursday in a choppy session, with technology and consumer discretionary stocks leading the way after upbeat earnings.

Lawmakers may back electric cars bill: White House advisor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers may be able to pass a small energy package this year focused on popular measures such as electric cars and energy efficiency, White House energy adviser Heather Zichal said on Wednesday.

Ratko Mladic hunted for massacre to face tribunal

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic will face trial on genocide charges in the Hague following his arrest in Serbia after 15 years on the run, with European officials expecting his extradition within 10 days. | Video

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