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Farmville crops aren't expected to eradicate hunger in the world anytime soon, but they may just make their creators a cool billion when Zynga's shares are available publicly later today. Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) becomes the latest merchant to hawk its wares on NASDAQ, under the ZNGA symbol. That...

Think Goldman Sachs is having a bad year? Its former CEO isn't doing too well either. Jon Corzine was once in charge of the always in peril Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Corzine's new company, MF Global (NYSE: MF), may not be fighting the same battles as his former employer, but that doesn't mean that...

Wait, Craigslist makes money? Really? I had no idea the company had a revenue stream. Between its horribly bland site design and its questionable user base (no offense to the legitimate users, but let's not kid ourselves in thinking that Craigslist isn't covered in slime), I always assumed that...

On Friday, the EUR/USD pair rallied as comments from German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy indicated that a new bailout package for Greece worth nearly 150 billion euros would come sometime in July, Reuters reported. The markets moved higher on the news. In the U.S...

In a meeting on Wednesday, mired in disagreement, the ministers of OPEC declined to increase production quotas. The delegates were unable to reach an agreement on exactly what the new quotas should be, Bloomberg reported. The news was followed by a rally in oil prices and a slight decline in U.S....

The pound sterling fell against the euro on Tuesday after Moody's said it many contemplate lowering the credit rating of up to 14 British banks, according to Bloomberg. Notably, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group are two groups under review by Moody's. The U.K.'s Treasury also...