Tweet SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia woman fighting a rare flesh-eating disease is alert and bored enough to ask her family for a book…. Read more from the original source: Father: Ga. student with flesh-eating bug  Read More →

Tweet NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc increased the price range on its initial public offering an average of 14 percent to raise more than $12 billion, giving the world’s No. 1 social network a valuation potentially exceeding $100 billion. More here: Facebook increases IPO range to raise $12.1 billion  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has opened an inquiry into JPMorgan’s multibillion-dollar trading loss, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Go here to read the rest: DOJ opens inquiry into JPMorgan trading loss: report  Read More →

Tweet Facebook is selling 180 million of its shares in its initial public offering. Another 157 million are coming from existing stockholders, including the company’s earliest investors and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who’s selling some of his stock to cover tax obligations…. Excerpt from: Facebook IPO: Who is selling stock?  Read More →

Tweet PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Hollande was sworn in as France’s first Socialist president in 17 years in a brief ceremony on Tuesday ahead of a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s austerity prescription for Europe. Visit link: Hollande sworn in as new French president  Read More →

Tweet WASHINGTON (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation’s top humor prize…. Here is the original post: Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize in DC  Read More →

Tweet ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and called a new election that threatens to hasten the nation’s slide towards bankruptcy and a future outside the euro zone. View post: Greece calls new election after coalition talks fail  Read More →

Tweet (Reuters) – Shares in Chesapeake Energy Corp dropped as much as 6.5 percent early Tuesday after sources said the natural gas producer had increased a new bridge loan to $4 billion from $3 billion. Visit link: Chesapeake shares drop as loan increased to $4 billion  Read More →

Tweet (Reuters) – Alaska Air Group Inc on Tuesday promoted Brad Tilden to chief executive officer, replacing Bill Ayer, who is retiring after leading the company since 2002. See the article here: Brad Tilden becomes Alaska Air Group CEO  Read More →

Tweet VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran gave an upbeat assessment on Tuesday of talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about its atomic activity but diplomats voiced doubt inspectors would gain access to a military site where they believe tests of use in making atomic bombs were carried out. The rest is here: Iran upbeat on U.N. nuclear talks, diplomats...