Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges to give away wealth

Household Worth in US Rose by $1.2 Trillion in 3rd Quarter Bloomberg By Courtney Schlisserman - Thu Dec 09 19:56:36 GMT 2010 Pedestrians look at a holiday window display outside Tiffany & Co. in New York. Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg Household wealth in the US rose by $1.2 trillion in the third quarter as share ... See all stories on this topic »

Facebook's Zuckerberg pledges to give away wealth Forbes By BARBARA ORTUTAY , 12.09.10, 03:36 PM EST NEW YORK -- Another 17 of America's richest people, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, junk bond pioneer Michael Milken and AOL co-founder Steve Case, have promised to give away most of their wealth. ... See all stories on this topic »

Dell Seeks Data-Storage Co At Below-Market Price Wall Street Journal By Shara Tibken Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Dell Inc. (DELL) said Thursday it is in exclusive talks to buy data-storage provider Compellent Technologies Inc. (CML) in a deal valued at about $900 million, an 18% discount to the ... See all stories on this topic »

More US Rail Funds for 12 States as Two Reject Aid New York Times By MICHAEL COOPER Ohio and Wisconsin's loss of $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money for rail projects will be California, Florida and 11 other states' gains, federal officials said on Thursday. Ohio and Wisconsin were among the biggest winners of ... See all stories on this topic »

China is hot. But is it too hot? CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- China's economy, to quote the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen, is hot hot hot. Name an asset and there are worries that it may be a bubble in China. Several experts, most notably short seller James Chanos, ... See all stories on this topic »

US Stocks Wobble Following Mixed Economic Readings Wall Street Journal NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks wavered between small gains and losses Thursday as data providing mixed readings on the US economy failed to send the market in a clear direction. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently fell 27 points or 0.2% to 11345 ... See all stories on this topic »

ECB: some banks too dependent on liquidity help Reuters FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Some euro zone banks may be too reliant on liquidity provided by the Eurosystem as the sovereign debt crisis chokes off access to funding, the European Central Bank said on Thursday. In its twice-yearly Financial Stability Report, ... See all stories on this topic »

ConAgra Foods cuts outlook again MarketWatch By Matt Andrejczak, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — ConAgra Foods cut its fiscal 2011 outlook for the second time in recent months Thursday as its struggles to gain traction with shoppers and copes with rising commodity costs. ... See all stories on this topic »

Citigroup Names Obama's Orszag Vice Chairman of Investment Bank Bloomberg By Bradley Keoun - Thu Dec 09 19:23:27 GMT 2010 Former White House Budget Director Peter Orszag may take a job in Citigroup's investment-banking division, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Photographer: Peter Foley/Bloomberg Dec. ... See all stories on this topic »