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A gas station and convenience store chain popular on the east coast for its hoagies has announced plans to expand with locations in Indiana and Kentucky.

Evansville, Indiana bank Integra Bank was closed by the FDIC today in a multi-state closing of three separate banks. According to the WSJ.com, Virginia Business Bank of Richmond, Va. and BankMeridian NA of Columbia, S.C. as well as Integra Bank were all closed today by the FDIC which brings the total of closed banks in 2011 up to 61...

Microsoft is set to shell out big bucks - a whopping $8.5 billion - to buy Skype Global, the NY Times is reporting. According to the report, the deal will allow Microsoft to leverage Skype, which last year had 207 billion minutes of voice and video conversations, on platforms including Xbox 360, Kinect and Outlook. "Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the