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  • Bernanke's Portfolio Rebounded in '09
    Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made up last year for losses suffered in his personal portfolio in 2008—thanks, in part, to the stock market recovery he helped bring about.

  • Blue Chips Rose 7.1% in July
    The Dow industrials overcame an early 120-point decline to finish down by just one point on the day, but for the month of July the index rose 691.92 points or 7.1%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were up 6.9% for the month.

  • The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets
    A Wall Street Journal investigation finds that one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet is the business of spying on American consumers. First in a series.

  • Personal Details Exposed Via Biggest U.S. Websites
    The largest U.S. websites are installing new and intrusive consumer-tracking technologies on the computers of people visiting their sites—in some cases, more than 100 tracking tools at a time—a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.

  • Foreign Forces Transform U.S. Films
    The rising clout of international audiences is a sea change for Hollywood. Foreign ticket sales represent 68% of the global market, and studios are using foreign actors and tweaking plots to lure viewers abroad.

  • Merck's Profit Falls 52%
    Merck reported a 52% drop in profit, as the drug maker booked merger and restructuring costs.

Air tanker drops fire retardant, slows LA wildfire (AP)

Firefighters spray water on burning plants as flames race across the desert floor in Palmdale, Calif., Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Water-dropping aircraft slowed the progress of a wildfire that was bearing down on hundreds of homes in the high desert north of Los Angeles.



Israeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza (Reuters)

A Hamas policeman surveys the damage after Israeli air strikes in the central of Gaza Strip July 31, 2010. Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket maker in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group that rules the Palestinian territory said on Saturday.



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