Does EMC Want to Keep Ownership of VMware?Seeking Alpha - 52 minutes agoNobody saw it coming, but now that VMware Inc. (VMW) CEO Diane Greene has been replaced some analysts are theorizing that the company's majority shareholder, EMC Corp.

KSTP.comAmerican Girl store to open in Mall of AmericaUSA Today - 55 minutes agoThe store that's become popular selling dolls and accessories will come to the Mall of America in November. The closest store to Minnesota now is in Chicago, and the only other stores are in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta.MOA dolling for dollars with American Girl store Pioneer PressAmerican Girl will doll up MOA Minneapolis Star TribuneBizjournals.com - Playthings - KSTP.com - Trading Markets (press release)all 60 news articles

Hedge Funds Fell 0.75%, Worst First-Half Performance (Update1)Bloomberg - 55 minutes agoBy Katherine Burton and Saijel Kishan July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds turned in their worst first-half performance in almost two decades because of the credit crunch and the onset of a bear market in stocks.New Hedge Funds Grow Fatter Wall Street JournalFewer US hedge fund starts so far this year ReutersMarketWatch - New York Times Blogs - HedgeCo.net - FINalternativesall 20 news articles

Bush is just showing us what a bunch of dangerous ditherers we are and we hate him for it. Naturally.

The Olympics in Beijing are an inspiration to many, including an army of landscape artists. Edward Scissorhands has just been upstaged!

AP - After 10 years and two championships, Tony Stewart appears set to end his relationship with Joe Gibbs Racing to pursue an opportunity to buy his own NASCAR team.

AP - The labor drama gripping Hollywood is now entering its final act after one actors group said its members ratified a new deal and the other prepared to turn down the major studios' final offer.