The FINANCIAL -- This week at Microsoft TechDays at the Palais des Congres de Paris, several Microsoft partners demonstrated intelligent systems for European retailers.

The FINANCIAL -- The overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites is a very positive one where adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters, according to The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.

The FINANCIAL -- Intel Corporation and the New York Attorney General have agreed to terminate the lawsuit alleging violation of U.S. and state antitrust laws that was filed by the New York Attorney General in November 2009.

The FINANCIAL -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and IBM Research - Zurich have fabricated an ultrasharp silicon carbide tip possessing such high strength that it is thousands of times more wear-resistant at the nanoscale than previous designs. 

The FINANCIAL -- HeidelbergCement presented its preliminary and unaudited figures for sales volumes, revenue, operating income before depreciation and operating income or the fourth quarter and full year 2011.