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Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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The swine flu outbreak is unleashing a side effect the global economy is in no condition to handle: fear.
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Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and...
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Global mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in quarterly copper production, along with declines in iron ore and aluminum, as demand for minerals...
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Losses at financial institutions could approach $4.1 trillion worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as it urged countries to take bolder action to...
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The International Monetary Fund says U.S. financial institutions will suffer $2.7 trillion in losses from the global credit crisis, part of a worldwide total expected...
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Global shipments of personal computers fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year, but the decline was smaller than expected and research group IDC on...
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France’s rejection of a global role for NATO puts Paris on a collision course with the bolder NATO ambitions of other powerful alliance members _ most notably the...
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Global sales of the Nintendo DS handheld topped 100 million in 4 years and 3 months _ a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console _ the Japanese...
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Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy and biofuels, has no delusions about the future of oil. Global demand for it will increase over the next two...
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The federal government has settled a lawsuit that accused two U.S. agencies of financing and insuring projects overseas that may contribute to global warming.
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World economy is facing the heat. No country can hide away from the very fact that economic slowdown has taken toll on its economy. Companies quarterly results have...
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It seems that everyone is running away from the stock market these days. This morning on the news, I heard an ‘expert’ say that investors had ‘given up’ on...
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Wealthy Americans were relatively insulated from the global financial crisis until just a few months ago. Now, falling stock markets are slashing their investments, and...
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Financial markets in Asia have risen sharply, with the Nikkei gaining 13% in morning trading, and Sydney up 5%.
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Since the great Depression of 1929, nothing this devastating has hit the U.S. economy.
In the last ten days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped by 21%. By...
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If a stock market falls, but no one hears about it, did it really happen? That seems to be part of the Kremlin’s strategy for addressing Russia’s jittery...
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World leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly in New York were worried about the US financial turmoil as stock markets around the world shed value and Wall Street...
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Yesterday was a ‘Black Monday’ for investors throughout the globe, with stocks in American, European and the Asian markets witnessing unprecedented...
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The state-owned oil and natural gas behemoth PetroChina is expected to surpass US energy giant Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valued company. This comes at a...
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Jhunjhunwala feels that the share markets have seen a bull-run since April 2003 and one cannot have a bull market without corrections. The corrections would be testing...
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Crude oil rose to a record above $135 a barrel in New York after U.S. stockpiles unexpectedly dropped and traders closed losing trades on bets that prices would...
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World markets suffered fresh turmoil Monday as investors dumped both stocks and the dollar on fears more US banks could be vulnerable to the credit crisis that crippled...
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On Monday, the Indian stock market benchmark Sensex achieved another milestone in the history of stock trading and crossed the 19 k mark. It took just four trading days...
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In the wake of falling Asian stock markets, the wave of panic sailed through the domestic markets even on Friday too. On Friday, the benchmark Sensex plunged by 578...
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The almost hysterical selling by funds caused the crash of the benchmark Sensex by more than 536 points on Friday afternoon at Bombay Stock Exchange. According to the...
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People usually remain in front of TV’s watching news channels or keep surfing the net to check out the status of their stocks. Yes, this is a necessity for them...
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