

A timeline showing the major movie releases of 2011.


For the past few weeks, old-timers in Washington and savvy bond traders around the world have watched the debt-ceiling debate in the U.S. with bemusement, assuming politicians are doing with the federal debt ceiling what they always do: Argue vociferously until the last moment at which point they do what needs to be done.

Microsoft plans to pay $8.5 billion to buy Skype, nearly triple the amount that eBay Inc paid six years ago for the money-losing Internet phone company.
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