Business
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 | The Dow Jones industrial average finally reached new heights
Tuesday, extending Wall Street's seven-year recovery with a record
closing level after climbing into uncharted territory in trading
earlier... |
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 | Oil tumbled more than $2 Tuesday to below $59 a barrel, sinking to
the lowest level since February and prompting OPEC's president to call
on the exporter group to deepen supply cuts.
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 | Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.98 percent on Wednesday as energy
stocks such as Nippon Mining Holdings and trading firms fell on a sharp
drop in U.S. crude oil futures prices.
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 | European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in telecom and
banking stocks, while the Dow Jones pushed to a fresh all-time high.
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7th October
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| European shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by a rally in telecom and
banking stocks, while the Dow Jones pushed to a fresh all-time high.
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 | Tokyo's Nikkei average booked its highest close in nearly five
months on Thursday, climbing 2.28 percent as investors snapped up
shares of Canon and other leading Japanese firms after the Dow Jones
in... |
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 | Tokyo's Nikkei finished nearly flat on Friday as shares of Canon and
some other blue-chips were sold after pushing the market to its highest
close in nearly five months a day earlier, offsetting an adv... |
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 | Telstra Corp. Ltd., Australia's top phone company, cut its
long-term earnings forecast on Friday due to increased costs, days
ahead of the government's launch of an A$8 billion selldown of its
stake i... |
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 | From the relatively small amount of money going into socially
responsible investment (SRI) funds, it is clear that people do not
always put their money where their mouth is.
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7th October
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 | Spark looks at the top 10 "Web moments" since the World Wide Web was born 15 years ago, and asks viewers to vote for the one they think had the most impact in the Web's history.
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 | While many people sign up to MBA courses hoping to make their fortune in the future, some particularly eager entrepreneurs try and speed up the whole process -- launching a business while they are still ... |
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 | The virtual worlds depicted in the movies "The Matrix" and "Minority Report" can often seem far too real in today's world of computers, e-mail, instant messaging, MP3 players, cell phones, laptops, Wi-Fi... |
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 | Amazon.com on Thursday unveiled a widely anticipated Internet service offering movies and TV shows that can be downloaded to personal computers, moving it into a nascent and higher-margin business.
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 | Asian stock markets fell as exporters were punished after U.S. data
suggested the world's biggest economy may be slowing faster than
expected.
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7th October
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| Asian stock markets fell as exporters were punished after U.S. data
suggested the world's biggest economy may be slowing faster than
expected.
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 | As demand for clean energy rises around the world, the nation's high-tech hub is looking to squeeze more money out of silicon.
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 | In the three-way struggle among Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo for year-end shoppers of next-generation video-game consoles, price is turning out to be a key weapon.
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 | As night fell over the 24 Hours of LeMans this summer, spectators at France's prestigious endurance race detected a pattern. While competitors entered the pits to refuel, a sleek pair of Audi R10s kept s... |
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 | Wrapping up that unwanted picture frame from last Christmas and giving it to someone else as a gift might not be as taboo as it once was, according to a study released Wednesday.
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 | European shares nudged up to end Friday's session at a fresh
five-year closing peak, buoyed by renewed bid speculation as investors
shrugged off global growth worries sparked by softer-than-expected U... |
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