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LONDON (Reuters) - A strong rebound in Britain's industrial output and house price data yesterday boosted hopes that the economic recovery remained on track during the first three months of 2010.
The pick-up in factory production in February and hous...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top US retail chains posted a record rise in monthly same-store sales in March, helped by an early Easter holiday and an improving job market, in the strongest sign yet of revived consumer demand.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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BEIJING (AP) — US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with a Chinese vice premier yesterday and discussed economic ties in a sign the two sides might be trying to cool their rhetoric in a dispute over China's currency controls.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — News that United Airlines and US Airways are in talks about combining was met with approval by shareholders and analysts yesterday.
Passengers may feel differently, however, if a combination ends up leading to higher airfares.
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DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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LONDON - Weaker mining stocks helped drive Britain's top share index down 0.9 percent as metals prices fell on a firmer dollar, with banks also in the doldrums because of revived concerns over Greece's debt.
The FTSE 100 closed 49.36 points lower at ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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NY suit vs. Google seeks damages for pictures, art
NEW YORK (AP) -- Groups representing photographers and artists on Wednesday accused Internet search leader Google of copyright infringement in a lawsu...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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CUPERTINO, California (AP) — Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad devices will soon be able to run more than one programme at a time, an ability that phones from Apple's rivals already offer and that iPhone owners have long sought.
The changes, coming this s...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — A suit accusing billionaire Ross Perot's family trust of mismanaging a Bermuda-based fund so that it went from $2.5 billion to "less than zero" should be dismissed because it's against the wrong entities, a fund lawyer argued in ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England kept interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent for the 13th month running yesterday and made no increase to its £200 billion asset-buying scheme to boost the economy.
Not one of the 64 analysts had expected ...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Nike has aired a new TV commercial featuring Tiger Woods and the voice of his late father, an edgy move that calls out his personal problems as he makes his return to competitive golf.
The ad aired on ESPN and the Golf Channel just on...
DATE: Apr 09, 2010
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