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Superbowl fails to create global brand

The word "billion" is thrown around a lot come Super Bowl time, but much like the big game, the potential audience and ad revenues don't always live up to expectations.

British Airways secures a High Court injunction to block a planned 12-day strike by cabin crew that had threatened to hit millions traveling over the festive period.

The good news for merchants is that more Americans this year turned out to bag Thanksgiving weekend deals than last year. The bad news, however, is that shoppers on average spent less on their purchases compared to a year ago.

The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency.

Toyota President Akio Toyoda appears before the U.S. Congress over the recall of 8 million vehicles worldwide for problems related to sudden acceleration and unresponsive brake pedals, among other things.

Federal prosecutors say four men hacked the computer systems of online ticket vendors and bought up 1.5 million tickets to prime concerts, sporting events and live performances in an elaborate scheme that netted them more than $25 million.

The collapse of the Saturn sale and glitches in the Opel and Hummer deals are signs that GM faces a difficult turnaround after a quick bankruptcy.

New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport isn't exactly the poster child for on-time departures and things may get worse before they get better for travelers using the airport this spring.

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Greece is not looking for a bailout by the rest of Europe as it struggles to bring down sky-high budget deficits and public debt after years of profligate spending, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said Monday.

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Both sides in a pilots strike against Lufthansa agree to suspend the standoff -- which has canceled hundreds of flights -- at midnight (6 p.m. Monday ET).

The weirdest campaign ad of this season -- maybe any season -- debuted on the Internet this past week. The ad has been nicknamed, "Demon Sheep," and can be viewed here.

Sidekick owners and the broader tech community are asking after one of the largest data failures in recent memory

The president of ConocoPhillips Alaska was killed in an avalanche and another person in his snowmobiling party is missing, according to Alaska State Troopers.

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