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Ford to cut white-collar expenses by 15 percent - 06, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will cut expenses for its white-collar work force by 15 percent over the next two months through job cuts, attrition and other actions.
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New York sets rating agency fee reforms - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The three top credit rating agencies struck a pact with New York's attorney general on Thursday to change the way they charge fees for reviewing mortgage-backed securities, the latest development in a probe into the U.S. home loan ind
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Oil posts record $6 gain on weak U.S. dollar - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil surged $6 to over $128 a barrel on Thursday in the largest outright gain on record as signals the European Central Bank may raise interest rates this year pushed down the U.S. dollar.
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Fed officials split on Fed's role as market savior - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers continue to debate the extent of the central bank's role as a safety valve for battered financial markets and troubled banks, according to comments by Fed officials on Thursday.
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Broadcom ex-CEO indicted over drug parties, options - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The former head of Broadcom Corp took cocaine and spiked customers' drinks with ecstasy while also directing a stock-options backdating conspiracy that cost the company $2.2 billion, federal criminal indictments released on Thursda
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Retailers, oil companies fuel market rally - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose the most in more than a month on Thursday after Wal-Mart and other retailers posted stronger-than-expected May sales and data showed a surprising fall in weekly jobless claims, spurring optimism about the economy's he
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Retired U.S. justice O'Connor unveils video game - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.
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Digital era examined at Edinburgh Fringe festival - 06, Jun 2008
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The bright and dark sides of the digital era will be explored at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, the anarchic sideshow to the world's largest annual celebration of the arts in the Scottish capital.
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Intel-AMD trial date moved to Feb 2010 in U.S. court - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trial date in the long-running legal battle between chip giant Intel Corp and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc was pushed back to February 2010, an AMD spokesman said on Thursday.
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Ninjas and Legos a good summer start for gamers - 06, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The start of summer is often bittersweet for gamers: there is lots of free time to play, but typically few new releases to fill the long days.
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Lost cameras "phone home" to catch thieves - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.
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Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel in $28.1 billion deal - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion, including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc.
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Headless pyramid attributed to early Egyptian ruler - 05, Jun 2008
SAKKARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Thursday he had identified a badly eroded pyramid south of Cairo as that of the Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC.
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Bollywood's first family star in "Enron" drama - 05, Jun 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A new Bollywood film on a shrewd businesswoman's plan to build a power plant caught up in development politics is drawing comparisons with the controversy behind the failed Indian project of U.S. utilities giant Enron.
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China's Wen flies over "critical" quake lake - 05, Jun 2008
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to inspect a swelling "quake lake" as China looked to the future, planning reconstruction of schools, homes and hospitals reduced to rubble.
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Djokovic ready to test Nadal's credentials - 05, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - With a reputation of being the practical joker on tour, Novak Djokovic will be hoping he has the last laugh when he faces three-times champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open semi-finals on Friday.
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China better on toy safety but can do more: report - 05, Jun 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China has taken steps to tackle toy safety concerns after a string of recalls last year, but authorities should tighten supervision of the sector further, an independent report commissioned by the EU concluded on Thursday.
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World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction - 05, Jun 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.
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Political rows threaten food summit success - 05, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A U.N. global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.
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Accused 9-11 plotters face Guantanamo judge - 05, Jun 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The accused al Qaeda mastermind who said he planned the September 11 attacks "from A to Z" appeared in a U.S. military court for the first time on Thursday with four accused co-conspirators in a Guantanamo
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Moody's has pact with NY AG on ratings practices - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Corp's Moody's Investors Service and other rating agencies have signed an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo addressing rating practices, including fees, Moody's Chairman Ray McDaniel said on Thursday.
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Icahn challenges Biogen on effort to sell itself - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor Carl Icahn is disputing statements by Biogen Idec over the biotechnology company's efforts to sell itself last year, stepping up pressure in a proxy fight that will come to a head later this month.
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Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level since mid-April, a government report said Thursday, raising optimism that the sluggish economy may skirt a recession.
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May retail sales largely beat expectations - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected May sales on Thursday, with discounters and dollar stores attracting customers looking to save money in the weak economy, but department stores continued to struggle.
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Continental Airlines cuts jobs, retires planes - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc said on Thursday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5 percent of its work force, and retire 67 older planes as it scales down in the face of soaring fuel prices.
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Smaller, cheaper laptops take trade fair by storm - 05, Jun 2008
TAIPEI (Reuters) - When 17-year old Yuna Hua bought a new notebook computer for school, she chose a smaller, lighter and cheaper one to replace her bulky and expensive laptop.
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Google in deal with NASA for more space - 05, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google has struck a deal to expand its office space by 50 percent by leasing land on a former naval air base turned space research center near its Silicon Valley headquarters.
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Mercury teeth fillings may harm some: FDA - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.
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Astronauts float into Japan's space lab - 05, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Japan's space lab is now open for business, science -- and art.
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Dennis Farina hit with weapons charges - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Officials on Wednesday charged actor Dennis Farina with three counts of carrying a loaded weapon stemming from his May arrest when the former cop was stopped by airport security on his way to board a plane.
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Suzann Pettersen poised for LPGA Championship defence - 05, Jun 2008
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - Holder Suzann Pettersen has toiled behind Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam this season but said she will get down to business again at this week's LPGA Championship.
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Garko guides Indians to win over Rangers - 05, Jun 2008
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Ryan Garko drove in six runs to guide the Cleveland Indians to a 15-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.
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Switzerland get three week party underway - 05, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Switzerland will get a rare chance to grab the limelight when the joint hosts and rank outsiders face Czech Republic in Saturday's Euro 2008 opener.
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Red Wings fight off Penguins to claim Stanley Cup - 05, Jun 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings clinched the Stanley Cup with a nail-biting 3-2 Game Six win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
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One-time Obama fundraiser guilty in corruption trial - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A day after Barack Obama claimed the Democratic party's presidential nomination, his one-time fundraiser was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday, a development the Republican party said raises serious concerns about his fitness for
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Calif. county votes to ban marijuana cultivation - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mendocino County's reputation as a marijuana haven of California may be going up in smoke.
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World's hungry look for hope from food summit - 05, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - African countries and anti-poverty campaigners looked to the outcome of a food crisis summit on Thursday for a signal the world will start to produce solutions to stop millions more people falling into hunger.
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9/11 families excluded from Guantanamo hearing - 05, Jun 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - As the Guantanamo war crimes court prepared to arraign five prisoners on death penalty charges of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, a Pentagon official apologized on Wednesday for excluding victims' f
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Myanmar arrests activist as U.S. aid ships leave - 05, Jun 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has detained a top activist comedian involved in a private aid effort for cyclone victims, a relative said, as U.S. warships sailed away on Thursday after the military junta refused to accept their aid offer.
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Marine acquitted in Haditha deaths - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine officer was acquitted by a military jury on Wednesday on charges he tried to cover up the shooting deaths of two dozen unarmed Iraqi men, women and children at Haditha in 2005.
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Clinton promises to "strongly support" Obama - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will declare her strong support for Barack Obama's White House bid and rally supporters around him, she said in a letter on Thursday, drawing the curtain on a grueling 16-month nominating fight that badly split the D
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World Environment Day calls for end to carbon addiction - 05, Jun 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change.
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As layoffs bite Wall St, New York real estate hit - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - While most of the United States has suffered a housing slump over the past two years, home prices in New York's Manhattan have been largely unscathed, propped up by demand from Wall Street bankers and the island's limited housing supp
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South Korea says Intel abused dominant position - 05, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean regulators said on Thursday
Intel Corp had abused its dominant position in the
local market and ordered the world's top semiconductor maker to
pay a fine of about $26 million.
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News Corp says HarperCollins CEO resigning - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide
Chief Executive Jane Friedman is resigning, parent company News
Corp said on Wednesday, making her the second book publishing
executive to quit in recent weeks as financial pressures weigh
on the
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Corp. Express to open books for Staples bid: paper - 05, Jun 2008
AMSTERDAM/PARIS (Reuters) - Corporate Express will open its books to unsolicited bidder Staples , a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday, but the U.S. office supplies company said it had yet to see any figures.
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Stocks, oil fall as Asia raises fuel prices - 05, Jun 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Oil prices fell below $122 a barrel on Thursday, down for a third day as the U.S. dollar climbed and fears over demand grew after India and Malaysia raised fuel prices, weighing on resource-related shares.
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Retired justice O'Connor unveils video game - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.
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Yahoo talks to Microsoft, trades barbs with Icahn - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft Corp as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions "deceitful."
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Senegal farmers see long road to rice revolution - 05, Jun 2008
RICHARD TOLL, Senegal (Reuters) - Senegal wants to transform this baking hot valley into a rice bowl for Africa but farmers scrabbling in the dirt with hand-made hoes say the grand plan will take more than fine words.
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Space station toilet back in business - 05, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Cosmonaut-plumber Oleg Kononenko tackled the critical job of fixing the sole toilet aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday, with apparently successful results.
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New melanoma drugs - why do so few benefit? - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - When they work, new melanoma treatments that enlist the help of the immune system to attack tumors can have a stunning effect, in some cases arresting the deadly skin cancer for four years.
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Darwin still causing waves after 150 years - 05, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Speeches and a scientific meeting next month will kick off 18 months of events to celebrate the impact and lasting legacy of Charles Darwin, whose theories on evolution are still causing waves 150 years later.
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TV's "On the Road" offers Arab view of U.S. life - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next level of reality TV rolls onto U.S. small screens on Wednesday covering a topic far from the typical bug-eating and mate-finding: how Americans and Arabs can overcome clashing cultures.
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Comeback queen Safina roars into last four - 05, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Dinara Safina staged another remarkable comeback to reach the semi-finals of the French Open with a 4-6 7-6 6-0 win over fellow Russian Elena Dementieva on Wednesday.
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Tribune intends to keep 5 pct stake in Cubs: source - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tribune Co plans to keep a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs after it sells the professional baseball team in a deal that could save the media company millions of dollars, a source familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.
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Four cities chosen as 2016 Games candidates - 05, Jun 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro were named on Wednesday as candidate cities to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.
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Big Brown draws post position for Belmont - 05, Jun 2008
ELMONT, New York (Reuters) - Big Brown drew post position number one on Wednesday for the Belmont Stakes as he bids to become the first horse to sweep the Triple Crown races in 30 years on Saturday.
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League to auction game-worn jerseys during finals - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Basketball star Kobe Bryant shoots, scores, and all the while fans can bid online on the NBA Most Valuable Player's jersey in real-time.
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Federer motors on and Safina survives again - 05, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer's pursuit of an elusive French Open crown gathered momentum on Wednesday while Dinara Safina again tottered on the brink of elimination before salvaging her title dreams to reach the semi-finals.
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Title showdown pits Lakers offense against Celtics defense - 05, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The ability of the renowned Boston Celtics defense to limit the high-scoring Los Angeles Lakers is likely to decide the outcome of the NBA finals starting in Boston on Thursday.
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U.S. warships to leave Myanmar after aid refused - 05, Jun 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - U.S. warships will soon leave waters near Myanmar after the ruling military junta refused permission for the delivery of aid supplies to the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, a top U.S. commander said on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai freed after detention - 05, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Police released Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday after holding him for more than eight hours, his lawyer and party officials said.
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Developing states back U.N. probe of Iran bomb claims - 05, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Developing nations joined the West on Wednesday in throwing their weight behind the U.N. nuclear watchdog's attempt to get Iran to clarify intelligence alleging that it secretly researched ways of making atom bombs.
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McCain urges Obama join him in town hall meetings - 05, Jun 2008
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain proposed on Wednesday that Democrat Barack Obama join him in at least 10 face-to-face encounters at town hall meetings this summer.
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California court says gay marriages can proceed - 05, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court gave the final green light on Wednesday for gay marriages to begin later this month, turning down requests for a delay.
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Obama turns focus to McCain, starts VP search - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama turned his focus to the five-month general-election fight for the White House against Republican John McCain on Wednesday and announced a three-member team to head his search for a running mate.
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Private labels gain market share: Citigroup - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consumers might be starting to shift to lower-priced private label household and personal care products from brand-name competitors as gasoline and food prices continue to rise, according to Citigroup analyst Wendy Nicholson.
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Infiniti gains in key quality survey - 05, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co's luxury Infiniti brand showed strong gains to rank No. 2 in a closely watched annual survey of vehicle quality released on Wednesday, while Toyota Motor Corp stood as the top mass-market brand.
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Lazard CEO says Wall St leverage fueled bubble - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lazard Ltd Chairman and Chief Executive Bruce Wasserstein said on Wednesday many of the financial market's current woes stem from years of too much risk-taking and not enough common sense among Wall Street executives.
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Dow slips on credit, inflation worries - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blue-chip stocks dipped on Wednesday to close at their lowest since mid-April after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stoked inflation worries and concerns about more credit losses dogged financial shares.
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Yahoo sets date for annual meeting showdown - 05, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Tuesday set its annual shareholder meeting on for August 1 in the heart of Silicon Valley, as it braced for a showdown with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who is mounting a proxy fight for control
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Bernanke says U.S. inflation too high - 05, Jun 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said rising long-term inflation expectations were a "significant concern" for policy-makers but dismissed worry a wage-price inflation spiral was developing.
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Yahoo unveils ad deals, still talking to Microsoft - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc trumpeted new advertising deals on Wednesday and said it remains engaged in talks with Microsoft Corp, but failed to appease critic Carl Icahn, who launched an attack on Yahoo management.
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Verizon in talks to buy Alltel for about $27 billion: source - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for about $27 billion in debt and cash to create a company that would overtake AT&T Inc as the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, a source familiar with the tal
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Alaska's Copper River salmon a golden catch - 04, Jun 2008
CORDOVA, Alaska (Reuters) - Fed by vast glaciers, Alaska's Copper River flows 300 miles from the rugged Wrangell Mountains, fanning out into a wildlife-rich delta of marshes, sloughs and braided channels.
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France's Carla adores Sarkozy for his "six brains" - 04, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - In a book to be published this week,
France's first lady speaks out about falling head over heels in
love with President Nicolas Sarkozy, not only for his
"physique," but also for his "five or six brains."
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Polanski victim wants case closed but no prison - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning movie director Roman Polanski should not have to serve time in prison for unlawfully having sex with a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago, the victim now says.
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Adam Sandler raises hair in "Zohan" - 04, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Adam Sandler has played a wedding singer, a waterboy, a firefighter pretending to be gay, and the devil's son.
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Motor racing-Hamilton seeking repeat win in Canada - 04, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton wants Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix to be a re-run of last year's race but Robert Kubica is hoping for something very different.
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Injury-prone Jankovic set for Ivanovic test - 04, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic goes into Thursday's French Open semi-final against fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic with both form and fitness weighing heavily against her.
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Toms targets return to form in Memphis - 04, Jun 2008
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Twice winner David Toms is eager to banish memories of an injury-affected season at this week's St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee.
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South Korea seeks U.S. beef export restraint pledge - 04, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's government, its support plummeting over a deal to open its market to U.S. beef, asked Washington for help in securing a pledge from exporters not to send meat from older cattle, an official said on Wednesday.
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Johnson's strikeout landmark unable to prevent loss - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arizona's Randy Johnson moved into second place on the career strikeout list but the pitcher was unable to prevent the Milwaukee Brewers from securing a fifth straight win with a 7-1 triumph over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
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Food summit seeks "green revolution" for Africa - 04, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A U.N. summit on the global food crisis asked rich nations on Wednesday to help "revolutionize" farming in Africa and the developing world to produce more food for nearly 1 billion people facing hunger.
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U.S. tells Syria not to restrict U.N. nuclear probe - 04, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday demanded Syria give free rein to U.N. nuclear investigators after diplomats said Damascus would bar access to some sites Washington believes are linked to a secret atomic reactor.
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Williams-Sonoma quarterly profit down 42 percent - 04, Jun 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Furnishings retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a 42 percent decline in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the soft U.S. economy and weak housing market hurt sales.
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CORRECTED: Bombardier profit triples; restores dividend - 04, Jun 2008
Corrects currency of dividend in paragraph 7 to Canadian cents.
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Mortgage applications index hits 6-year low: MBA - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications fell for a third consecutive week, reaching its lowest level in over six years as demand for home refinancing loans plunged, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Private sector jobs, productivity up - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. private sector added workers in May, defying Wall Street's expectations of a fall and suggesting the world's largest economy may be coping surprisingly well with the current housing-led downturn.
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Lehman seeking overseas capital, eyes Korea: report - 04, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is looking to raise capital overseas and has approached at least one investor in South Korea, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Smucker to buy P&G's Folgers in $3 bln stock deal - 04, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - J.M. Smucker Co will acquire Folgers, the largest U.S. coffee business, from Procter & Gamble Co for stock valued at $2.95 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.
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UAL shrinks business, cuts staff to offset fuel - 04, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, will slash its domestic capacity and its labor force, following similar cuts by rivals, as the industry grapples with soaring fuel costs and a weakening economy, the company said on Wednesday.
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Bosnia search for missing becomes global resource - 04, Jun 2008
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - An agency set up to identify the dead of the Yugoslav wars is now sharing its missing persons expertise with nations including Lebanon, Colombia and Iraq.
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Mexico to tag sharks after deadly attacks - 04, Jun 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Biologists in Mexico plan to tag hundreds of sharks off the Pacific Coast to help understand the cause of a rare spate of deadly attacks on humans, the local government said on Tuesday.
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Biotechnology seen as a key to solving food crisis - 04, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Biotechnology can help solve the world's food crisis with benefits such as flood-resistant rice in Bangladesh or higher cotton yields in Burkina Faso, a senior U.S. official said at a U.N. food summit on Tuesday.
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Researchers find new way to attack malaria - 04, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Danish and U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have found a way to way to attack malaria by knocking out a gene that helps malaria parasites reproduce inside mosquitoes.
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Fighting classroom germs helps keep kids healthy - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Frequent use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers and a daily disinfectant wipe-down of classroom surfaces can help reduce school absences due to gastrointestinal illness, a new study demonstrates.
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Spacewalk ends amid mission to attach Japanese lab - 04, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of astronauts on Tuesday completed the first of three scheduled spacewalks on a mission by U.S. shuttle Discovery to install a huge Japanese research lab at the International Space Station.
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Mel Ferrer, once wed to Audrey Hepburn, dead at 90 - 04, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor-filmmaker Mel Ferrer, the onetime husband of Audrey Hepburn who co-starred with the screen icon in "War and Peace," directed her in "Green Mansions" and produced her film "Wait Until Dark," has died at age 90, a family spokes
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