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NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are getting optimistic that the Federal Reserve will restart some of its economic stimulus programmes.
Stocks closed moderately higher yesterday, a sign that many investors expect the Fed to take steps to put some energy bac...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A disagreement among US poultry producers about whether chicken injected with salt, water and other ingredients can be promoted as "natural" has prompted federal officials to consider changing labelling guidelines.
The US Departm...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Bermuda-based Nabors Industries Ltd., the largest onshore petroleum driller, is buying Superior Well Services Inc. for $735.6 million in cash, adding pumps and services used to free oil and natural gas from rock.
Holders of abo...
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Astra pays $198 mln to settle Seroquel lawsuits
LONDON (AP) -- AstraZeneca PLC says it has paid around $198 million to settle U.S. lawsuits over its antipsychotic drug Seroquel.
AstraZeneca said Monday it has paid out ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Skype, a provider of Internet telephone services, plans to raise up to $100 million in an initial US public offering of its shares, according to filings made to regulators yesterday.
Analysts said this could be a bid by Skype's p...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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Captive insurers doubled their profits in 2009 as the industry's investments recovered from the depths of the recession in 2008, according to a special report by AM Best Co.
The survey of 195 US insurers revealed that realised capital gains totalled ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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The rate of inflation fell slightly to 2.6 percent during June even though the rising cost of health and personal care impacted the cost of living, according to the latest Government figures.
The Department of Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI) r...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's share price fell in early trading yesterday, three days after CEO Mark Hurd resigned following an investigation into his relationship with a contractor.
HP shares, which had doubled since Hurd took the helm f...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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17-year-old girl was hit on the head with a stick and rock by two women after refusing to hand over her cell phone, a jury heard.
Victim Brittany Symonds needed ten stitches and four staples in her head as a result of the alleged attack at the hands ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Fox TV's 'American Idol' has a shortage of judges at the moment, but it's doing fine with would-be contestants.
Nearly 50,000 people have turned out in the first four cities where tryouts have been held, according to series produce...
DATE: Aug 10, 2010
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