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The U.S. Postal Service is facing its own fiscal cliff this spring.

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Every year at the Consumer Electronics Show, there's a big television advance to spotlight. Whether it's super-slim LED TVs, or 3-D TV or Internet-integrated "smart TVs," manufacturers always coalesce around a trend and hope consumers will follow their lead.

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Shopping is a serious business in London whatever the season -- but it doesn't get much more serious than this time of year.

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Hundreds of job seekers arriving in the oil boomtown of Williston, N.D., are being sent back to where they came from after ending up homeless.

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Whether you're a domestic company or an international business, failure to comply with China's strict Internet regulations risks having your online presence curtailed or shut down completely.

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Tim Cook, making his second trip to China as Apple's CEO, predicted Friday that the world's most populous country will one day become Apple's number one customer.

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This week's burst of catastrophic bushfires in Australia continues a run of extreme weather events that, aside from the toll in human suffering, is pushing up the cost of doing business in the Australian agricultural sector.

FEATURES AND COMMENTARY

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Review: 'Gangster Squad' offers a thin gloss on LA crime.

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Tributes are pouring in from the entertainment world for Claude Nobs, the founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, who has died aged 76 following a skiing accident.

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Now that we're done hyperventilating and collectively freaking out, we can talk about Justin Timberlake's cryptic proclamation that he might be back in business. The music business, to be precise. A rep for the newly married entertainer said in August that Timberlake didn't have new solo music in the works, despite rumors to the contrary. But it would appear that in 2013 Timberlake is changing his tune. The 31-year-old dropped hints on Twitter and on his website Thursday that new tunes are forthcoming, even setting up a countdown clock so the eagerly anticipating can watch the seconds tick by.

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As the newly minted "Hottest Woman of the 21st Century" - per GQ magazine - Beyonce is well aware of the power she wields as an influential entertainer. But that doesn't mean she completely understands it. The 31-year-old singer said as much to GQ in its February issue, which boasts the mom of one on the cover in just skivvies and a cropped top. "I now know that, yes, I am powerful," Beyonce said. "I'm more powerful than my mind can even digest and understand."

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When it comes to notable water attractions, the humble lake has a hard time keeping up with the swelling oceans, seas and rivers of this world. But for many a water-faring holidaymaker, these picturesque, calm and often overlooked expanses can offer an interesting -- even challenging -- alternative to the their more voluminous counterparts.