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| | Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai"s main train station found two bombs Wednesday — nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen — i...
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| Rice pushes Pakistan, seeks to curb India response (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Pakistan to cooperate fully in the probe into the Mumbai attacks but she also warned India against any action that could stoke regional conflict.
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| Rice pushes Pakistan, seeks to curb India response (reuters)
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Pakistan to cooperate fully in the probe into the Mumbai attacks but she also warned India against any action that could stoke regional conflict.
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| Rice: Pakistan must help in terror probe (msnbc.com)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday Pakistan bears a "special responsibility" to help get to the bottom of last week's terror attacks in India.
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| Police: Mumbai suspect gives up info (cnn.com)
The only surviving suspect in the deadly attacks on Mumbai has reportedly given up information, including his name, his father's name and details of a three-month training stint in Pakistan, Indian police said today. The claims are likely to heighten tensions with Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied involvement in the siege that left 179 dead.
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| England set to resume India tour (bbc news)
England's cricketers will fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday ahead of resuming their tour of India - if happy with security assurances.
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| Bombs found in Mumbai train station (msnbc.com)
Police in Mumbai found explosives Wednesday hidden in a bag left behind last week at the city's train station at the start of a three-day rampage by Islamist militants.
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| Report: Mumbai suspect gives up info (cnn.com)
The only surviving suspect in the deadly attacks on Mumbai has reportedly given up information, including his name, his father's name and details of a three-month training stint in Pakistan, Indian police said today. The claims are likely to heighten tensions with Pakistan, which has repeatedly denied involvement in the siege that left 179 dead.
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Most approve of Obamas Cabinet picks, poll shows
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A national poll finds that Americans think President-elect Barack Obama"s getting it right when it comes to his Cabinet picks, especially Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates. Seventy-five percent of...
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| Obama names Richardson as Commerce Secretary (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday struggling automakers have put forward a "more serious" restructuring proposal to Congress but withheld judgment on the plans until hearings are held.
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| Paulson said weighing bailout's next $350 billion (reuters)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the idea, an Obama aide said on Wednesday.
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| Paulson said weighing bailout's next $350 billion (reuters)
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the idea, an Obama aide said on Wednesday.
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| Attacks in Iraq at lowest level since '03 (msnbc.com)
Attacks fell in November to their lowest monthly level since the Iraq war began in 2003, despite recent high-profile bombings aimed at shaking public confidence, a U.S. commander said Wednesday.
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| Obama: Financial bailout must help homeowners, too (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures by helping struggling homeowners with their mortgages. "The deteriorating assets in the financial markets are rooted in the deterioration of people being able to pay their mortgages and stay in their homes," he said.
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| Paulson said weighing bailout's next $350 billion (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is weighing whether to ask Congress for the remaining $350 billion of the financial bailout fund, with White House aides approaching President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about the idea, an Obama aide said on Wednesday.
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| Obama says automakers' plan is "more serious" (yahoo! news)
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday struggling automakers have put forward a "more serious" restructuring proposal to Congress but withheld judgment on the plans until hearings are held.
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| Obama says automakers' plan is "more serious" (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday struggling automakers have put forward a "more serious" restructuring proposal to Congress but withheld judgment on the plans until hearings are held.
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| Obama: Financial bailout must help homeowners, too (yahoo! news)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures by helping struggling homeowners with their mortgages.
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Jeb Bushs bid for Senate could clear GOP field
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he"s interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to ma...
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| Jeb Bush's bid for Senate could clear GOP field (yahoo! news)
Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother.
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| GOP keeps Georgia Senate seat (cnn.com)
GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia claimed victory Tuesday in a U.S. Senate runoff, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters. "You have delivered tonight a strong message to the world," Chambliss told supporters. Democrat Jim Martin had captured enough votes in November's three-person race to force the runoff.
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| Chambliss keeps seat, ending Dems' hopes (cnn.com)
GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia claimed victory Tuesday in a U.S. Senate runoff, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters. "You have delivered tonight a strong message to the world," Chambliss told supporters. Democrat Jim Martin had captured enough votes in November's three-person race to force the runoff.
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| Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
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| Republicans win crucial Georgia Senate seat (reuters)
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.
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| Chambliss claims Senate win, ending Dems' hopes (cnn.com)
GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia claimed victory Tuesday in a U.S. Senate runoff, killing Democratic hopes of gaining enough seats to halt filibusters. "You have delivered tonight a strong message to the world," Chambliss told supporters. Democrat Jim Martin had captured enough votes in November's three-person race to force the runoff.
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Thai crisis defused but dangers ahead
4 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Flights in and out of Bangkok resumed Wednesday after anti-government protests that paralyzed the capital"s international airport for more than a week ended with the peaceful ouster of the p...
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| Thai airport reopens after PM ousted by court (yahoo! news)
AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.
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| Flights resume as Thai protesters abandon airports (yahoo! news)
AFP - The first international flight in a week left Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after protesters ended a crippling siege, bringing relief to tourists even as Thailand's political turmoil rumbled on.
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| Thai airports reopens after PM ousted by court (yahoo! news)
AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.
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| Thai airports reopen after PM ousted by court (yahoo! news)
AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.
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| Thai premier's ouster ends airport sieges (msnbc.com)
Victorious anti-government protesters lifted their siege of Bangkok's two airports Wednesday while leaders of the ousted government named a caretaker prime minister to lead the politically chaotic kingdom.
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| Thai protesters lift airport siege (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Anti-government protesters lifted their crippling, eight-day blockade of Thailand's main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230,000 stranded tourists even though there is no end in sight to the wider political crisis.
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| Thai protesters lift airport siege (reuters)
Anti-government protesters lifted their crippling, eight-day blockade of Thailand's main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230,000 stranded tourists even though there is no end in sight to the wider political crisis.
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| Flights resume as Thai protesters abandon airports (yahoo! news)
AFP - The first flight arrived at Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after anti-government protesters packed up and left, ending a week-long siege that crippled Thailand and stranded thousands of tourists.
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| Thai flights resume after week of protests (cnn.com)
International flights to and from Thailand's capital are gradually resuming after week-long anti-government demonstrations at Bangkok airports paralyzed the country and stranded thousands of tourists.
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UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its par...
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| UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank (yahoo! news)
AP - The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delays payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans.
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| UAW open to contract concessions (msnbc.com)
A United Auto Workers official said Wednesday the union has agreed to restart contract talks with U.S. automakers and delay their payments into a union-run health care trust.
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| UAW open to contract concessions (msnbc.com)
The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in loans.
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress
4 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The New York Giants expect Antonio Pierce to play in Sunday"s game against Philadelphia while the team gathers information on the linebacker"s involvement in a shooting that led to the ...
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| Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress (yahoo! news)
AP - The New York Giants are still gathering information on linebacker Antonio Pierce's involvement in a shooting incident that led to the season-ending suspension of star receiver Plaxico Burress.
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| Giants suspend troubled Burress for four games (foxsports.com)
The fallout from Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted gunshot wound may still cause problems for New York Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce and affect the team's bid for a second straight Super Bowl title.
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| Hospital doctor in Burress incident suspended (foxsports.com)
The doctor who helped treat Giants star Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted gunshot wound was mysteriously summoned to the hospital in the middle of the night -- and has been suspended for failing to alert police and signing off on medical papers identifying him by a phony name, sources said yesterday.
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| Giants suspend Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress (yahoo! news)
AP - The fallout from Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted gunshot wound may still cause problems for New York Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce and affect the team's bid for a second straight Super Bowl title.
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| Giants suspend Burress for rest of regular season (yahoo! news)
AP - Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games — the rest of the regular season — after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn't come back for playoffs, either.
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BoSox sign MVP Pedroia to $40M deal
23 minutes ago @ foxsports.com news
Dustin Pedroia has a Rookie of the Year award, an MVP, a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger and, of course, a World Series ring.And now he"s got the big-bucks contract befitting one of the most decora...
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| Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal (yahoo! news)
AP - AL Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract. The deal includes a club option for 2015. He would not have been eligible for free agency until after the 2012 season.
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Laviolette fired, Maurice back in as Canes coach
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn"t win enough of them lately to keep his job with the Carolina Hurricanes, so they replaced him with t...
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| Source: Laviolette out as Hurricanes coach (foxsports.com)
A person familiar with the decision says Peter Laviolette is out as coach of the Carolina Hurricanes.The team scheduled a news conference Wednesday to announce a coaching change, and the person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the announcement was Laviolette's dismissal.The person requested anonymity because the official announcement had not yet been made.
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| Report: Laviolette out as Hurricanes coach (foxsports.com)
A person familiar with the decision says Peter Laviolette is out as coach of the Carolina Hurricanes.The team scheduled a news conference Wednesday to announce a coaching change, and the person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the announcement was Laviolette's dismissal.The person requested anonymity because the official announcement had not yet been made.
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Notre Dame Keeps Weis, Though Season Fell Short
5 hour(s) ago @ abc news
Notre Dame AD says Charlie Weis will get 5th season as coach, though season "fell short"
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| Notre Dame announces Weis will return (foxsports.com)
Charlie Weis will return for a fifth year as Notre Dame's football coach despite posting his second straight disappointing season.A person familiar with the decision said the university will make the official announcement later Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been authorized for release.Weis has seven years left on a 10-year contract signed midway through his first season.
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| Guess what? Weis isn't that bad (foxsports.com)
Charlie Weis is getting another year at Notre Dame and Pete Fiutak is OK with that. It might even help him win an argument.
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Bettman summons Avery to hearing Thursday in NY
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has summoned Sean Avery to New York for a hearing Thursday on remarks that resulted in the indefinite suspension of the Dallas Stars" instigator.
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| Brunnstrom's goal helps Stars win without Avery (yahoo! news)
AP - Fabian Brunnstrom's breakaway goal at 7:53 of the second period stood up as the game-winner as the Dallas beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 Tuesday night hours after Stars forward Sean Avery was suspended by the NHL.
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL for crude line (yahoo! news)
AP - Of all the cajoling, snide remarks and other stunts Sean Avery pulled on the way to becoming the biggest pest in hockey, never had he gone so far that the NHL suspended him — until Tuesday.
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL (yahoo! news)
AP - Sean Avery was suspended indefinitely by the NHL on Tuesday, hours after the Dallas Stars forward made a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.
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| Avery suspended indefinitely by NHL (yahoo! news)
AP - The NHL suspended Dallas Stars forward Sean Avery indefinitely Tuesday for making a crude reference to former girlfriends while talking with reporters.
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| | Sandra Oh
1742 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
1742 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
1742 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
1742 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
1742 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Wikipedia hopes to make editing user-friendly
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Concerned that many would-be contributors to Wikipedia are being scared away, the foundation that runs the Internet encyclopedia is getting an $890,000 grant to try to make the editing process more us...
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Icahn says opposes partial sale of Yahoo
23 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Billionaire Carl Icahn opposes selling part of Yahoo to former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller or anyone else because it is undervalued, he told CNBC on Wednesday.
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NFL to broadcast first game in 3-D on Thursday
23 minutes ago @ msnbc.com
In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an 〜up close, personal, visceral〠experience that c...
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YouTube Clamps Down on Sexual Content
38 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
While the Internet promotes free thought, free speech and the ability for the world to express itself, companies are attempting to find a balance between welcoming free expression and censoring inappr...
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Professors aim to get students a Web analysis tool
38 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
For anyone who remembers sifting through yellowed card catalogs in the library for that 10th-grade history project, the abundance of information available online is astounding — as is the task of sift...
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| | US economy weaker in all areas
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
The Federal Reserve"s Beige Book paints a bleak picture of the US economy, with weaker economic activity across the country.
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| GM's last stand (latest financial new...)
General Motors wasn't doing any sugarcoating when it presented its restructuring plan to Congress Tuesday.
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| U.S. Nov. ISM services below consensus 42.7% (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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| U.S. Nov. ISM services employment 31.3% vs 41.5% in Oct. (marketwatch.com)
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Oil prices slump under 45 dollars
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - Oil prices tumbled Wednesday under 45 dollars, hitting their lowest point since February 2005, as weak US economic data sparked renewed concern about slowing global energy demand.
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| Oil prices continue slide (business and financi...)
Oil prices fell to another 3-1/2 year low Wednesday, even after a government report showed a surprise decline in oil stockpiles last week.
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| Oil inches up on inventory drop (latest stock market ...)
Oil prices rose Wednesday after a government report showed a surprise decline in oil stockpiles last week.
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| Oil rises on inventory drop (business and financi...)
Oil prices rose Wednesday after a government report showed a surprise decline in oil stockpiles last week.
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| Oil up, stockpiles and OPEC credibility down (cbc)
Oil prices edged up marginally on Wednesday after U.S. stockpiles showed a surprising decline in November and Qatar's oil minister hinted that new OPEC production cuts were imminent.
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| Oil down after inventory report (business and financi...)
Oil prices remained down after a surprise decline in oil stockpiles last week reported by the government Wednesday failed to overcome concern about slipping demand.
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| Oil up after inventory report (latest financial new...)
Oil prices turned higher Wednesday after the government reported a surprise decline in stockpiles last week.
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Obama Taps Richardson for Commerce Secretary
2 hour(s) ago @ abc news
President-elect Obama selects fmr. rival Gov. Richardson for cabinet position.
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| Obama selects Richardson as commerce head (latest financial new...)
President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for the position of secretary of Commerce in a news conference Wednesday morning.
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| Obama selects Richardson as Commerce head (cnnmoney.com)
President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for the position of secretary of Commerce in a news conference Wednesday morning.
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| Obama picks Richardson to head up Commerce (business and financi...)
President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for the position of secretary of Commerce in a news conference Wednesday morning.
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| Obama names Bill Richardson as commerce secretary pick (marketwatch.com)
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Business leaders differ on stimulus
23 minutes ago @ cbc
Business leaders are giving conflicting advice to the federal politicians who are embroiled in a dispute about whether to stimulate the economy quickly.
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$700B bailout: Critical oversight issues
11 hour(s) ago @ business and financi...
The first official review of the federal government"s $700 billion financial rescue plan said Treasury has yet to address critical oversight issues to ensure the plan is working.
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| Audit: More oversight for $700B bailout (cnnmoney.com)
The first official review of the federal government's $700 billion financial rescue plan said Treasury has yet to address "critical" oversight issues to ensure the plan is working.
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| $700B bailout needs better oversight - auditor (cnnmoney.com)
The first official review of the federal government's $700 billion financial rescue plan said Treasury has yet to address "critical" oversight issues to ensure the plan is working.
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| $700B bailout needs better oversight (cnnmoney.com)
The first official review of the federal government's $700 billion financial rescue plan said Treasury has yet to address "critical" oversight issues to ensure the plan is working.
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