Expect Mayan cosmology to take a hit to its reputation when the world doesn't end on Dec. 21, 2012.

WSJ: Stephens: The Great Global Warming Fizzle

But their journey will come to an end this Monday, Dec. 17th when the two probes will be deliberately crashed into the surface of the Moon.

FORBES: NASA Prepares To Crash Its Probes Into The Moon

DEC's high-end workstations and the servers that use its blazingly fast Alpha 64-bit microprocessor and run on the Unix operating system open up new markets for Compaq.

ECONOMIST: Compaq goes after Big Blue

Facebook's current fiscal year ends on Dec. 31, making its disclosure deadline the end of April 2012.

WSJ: Facebook Sets Stage for IPO Next Year

The donors proposed the gift of private stock on Dec. 29 and wanted to complete it by year-end (to take the tax deduction for the charitable gift in 1999), but the charity's approval process for stock gifts couldn't work that fast.

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