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European Central Bank (ECB) in Germany initiative to bid for $158bn (€120bn) cheaper loan has encouraged the banks to participate in the second auction, to be held in February end. Earlier, in the first bid nearly 500 banks participated to get $648bn ...  

Valentines Day is a holiday that's worth ignoring. Restaurants price-gouge. Servers are harried with demanding crowds. It's infantilizing intimacy with all those hearts and flowers, the same genre as rainbows, unicorns, and My Little Pony. I'd rather go ...  

FRANKFURT — Few would begrudge Mario Draghi his boast last week that he and the European Central Bank had prevented a disastrous credit crisis by showering banks with cheap loans in December. But beneath the gratitude toward Mr. Draghi, the president of ...  

If you need some last minute ideas for Valentine's Day, here are a few that won't break the bank. 1. Leave a love note on his/her pillow or attach a note to the steering wheel. 2. Find a classic love poem and write it on the bathroom mirror. 3. Breakfast ...  

Taking children to the ballet can get expensive, but if introducing them to dance on the stage is your goal, I highly recommend taking them to the one-time show of Peter and the Wolf at 2 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11 in TPACs Polk Theater. Tickets are ...  

Rebtel, the second-largest voice-over IP calling company behind Skype, announced major milestones today that prove consumers just can’t get enough of cheap phone calls. The company says that it has surpassed 15 million connected users (it’s ...  

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- What is great about Facebook for businesses may not be great for Facebook, the business. Who wins and who loses with the high-flying Facebook IPO I will leave to greater minds. But for businesses, anyway, getting in ...  

Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Syria’s bloody crackdown and Greece’s potential default are leaving markets unfazed as central bankers take unprecedented steps to prevent the global economy from crumbling. The VIX, a measure of equity volatility ...  

VALENTINE'S Whether you're hopelessly in love, completely philophobic, or somewhere in between, here's a sweet slew of events on the horizon that won't tap you dry. We've chosen our favorites that are all less than $20 (except for a couple ...  

The political cheap shot was aimed at Senator Stabenow, but its shrapnel hit Chinese-Americans across the state and nation. In 2012, more than ever, we need less political rhetoric and more solid plans to get Michigan working again. China ...