Mitt Romney I congratulated him on the success of his campaign

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U.S.

Yuengling Just Became America’s Biggest Brewery

Yuengling Just Became America’s Biggest Brewery »

  D.G. Yuengling and Son is now the largest US-owned brewer that makes all of its beer in America.   How’s that possible? Well, both Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors are now foreign-owned, and Yuengling has now...

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Hero of American Capitalism: Jim Koch

Hero of American Capitalism: Jim Koch »

I’ve long been biased in favor of Jim Koch, founder of the Boston Beer Company, at right in a picture from today’s NYT. – Two percent of the reason: he was a college classmate of...

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World

Iran nuclear talks fall short »

Iran nuclear talks fall short

MOSCOW — Two long days of talks meant to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons ended Tuesday night short of either success or failure,...

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The UK Government Is Flirting With Privatizing Its Police Force »

The UK Government Is Flirting With Privatizing Its Police Force

Sections of the UK’s police force could soon be run by private companies, The Telegraph reports. West Midlands and Surrey have invited bids from...

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The Amazing Story Of How This ‘Insane’ CEO Blew $33 Million And Never Released A Product »

The Amazing Story Of How This ‘Insane’ CEO Blew $33 Million And Never Released A Product

Beyond Oblivion was a music startup. It was supposed to change the music industry by bundling unlimited songs with new phones — consumers would...

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Tech

Toshiba Is About To Shock Us Next Week With The World’s Thinnest And Lightest Tablet And Laptop »

Toshiba Is About To Shock Us Next Week With The World’s Thinnest And Lightest Tablet And Laptop

Toshiba is planning on announcing the world’s thinnest and lightest tablet and Ultrabook at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, according to the company’s Japanese website. The tablet will have a 10.1 inch display and be only 7.7 mm thick, according to Phandroid. That’s 1.1...

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Coke, Ford See Benefit in Advertising on Facebook »

Coke, Ford See Benefit in Advertising on Facebook

Facebook Inc. is getting support from two big-name advertisers after tough questions over the effectiveness of its ads. On Tuesday, Ford Motor Co. KO and Coca-Cola Co. separately said they found value in Facebook advertising and Ford plans to expand use of the social network...

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What the Internet Means for How We Think About the World »

What the Internet Means for How We Think About the World

In this time of easy access to information, experts, and news, the last thing you would expect is that we are in the midst of a crisis in knowledge. But sometimes it seems that we, in fact, are, says Internet theorist David Weinberger. How’s that?...

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Markets

JPMorgan’s Loss Was From Prop Trading, Not Hedging »

JPMorgan’s Loss Was From Prop Trading, Not HedgingMeredith Whitney is answering a question that neither the House nor Senate banking could figure out after questioning JPM chief Jamie Dimon for hours over...

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Bill Miller: Stocks Look Really Cheap »

Bill Miller: Stocks Look Really CheapBill Miller is the legendary fund manager who beat the S&P 500 for 15 years in a row through 2005 while he was running Legg...

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Italy, Spain Now ‘Big Focus’ of Markets »

Italy, Spain Now ‘Big Focus’ of MarketsEuropean shares rose on Monday following Greek election results that lessened the likelihood Greece would make a sudden exit from the euro zone, although persistent...

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