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Clinton says no intention of dropping out: report - 30, Mar 2008
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Defying mounting pressure from some party leaders to bow out, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told The Washington Post she will stick it out through the remaining primaries and the contested Florida and
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UBS to lower auction-rate securities' values - 30, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - UBS AG said on Saturday it has begun lowering the values of auction-rate securities held by its clients.
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U.S. car companies go back to black - 30, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Henry Ford, who created the automotive industry's first mass-market hit with the Model T a century ago, was a proponent of radical simplicity.
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Lehman hit by $355 mln fraud, blames Marubeni-source - 30, Mar 2008
NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers was fleeced out of more than $355 million in a fraud the U.S. investment bank believes was perpetrated by two employees at Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. , according to a person briefed on the matter.
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Dave Stewart, Nokia envision brave new mobile world - 30, Mar 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - At first glance, Nokia's Tero Ojanpera and Dave Stewart might seem like an odd pair.
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Lorenzo smashes record to take MotoGP pole - 30, Mar 2008
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) - MotoGP rookie Jorge Lorenzo clinched his second pole position in a row with a series of record-breaking laps on his Yamaha on Saturday in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Verbruggen concedes defeat to Tour organisers - 30, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Hein Verbruggen, vice-president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), has conceded defeat to Tour de France organisers in a long and bitter battle for control of the sport.
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EU condemns Dutch Koran film, upholds free speech - 30, Mar 2008
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers condemned on Saturday a Dutch film that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, but said its author had a right to make it under the bloc's free speech principles.
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Unseen Hemingway play finally staged in NY - 30, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first professional U.S. production of Ernest Hemingway's Spanish Civil War play "The Fifth Column" has opened in New York, 70 years after it was written, begging the question, "What took so long?"
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Curlin thunders to Dubai World Cup triumph - 30, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Hot 4-11 favorite Curlin, ridden with supreme confidence by Robby Albarado, galloped away with Saturday's $6 million Dubai World Cup, the sport's richest race.
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Tight security surrounds Beijing torch relay in Greece - 30, Mar 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - Tight security surrounded the last day of the Greek leg of the Beijing Games torch relay on Saturday with police repeatedly changing the route to the Athens Acropolis for fear of protests.
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Troops shell Somali market, killing 11: witnesses - 30, Mar 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed in Mogadishu on Saturday when troops at the Villa Somalia presidential palace returned fire against Islamist insurgents who attacked it with mortar bombs, witnesses said.
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Hot button ballot issues back in election - 30, Mar 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - When Americans cast ballots on November 4 to elect a president, some states also will ask voters hot-button questions like whether or not to ban gay marriage.
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Syria, Saudi Arabia conciliatory on Lebanon - 30, Mar 2008
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria promised Arab leaders at an annual summit on Saturday to cooperate in ending a political crisis in Lebanon, and regional power Saudi Arabia said it saw Damascus as part of the solution.
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Baghdad curfew extended indefinitely - 30, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities on Saturday extended a curfew in Baghdad indefinitely in an attempt to contain clashes between Shi'ite militants and Iraqi security forces that have threatened to spiral out of control.
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Chinese security forces seal off Tibet capital - 30, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces sealed off parts of Lhasa on Saturday and Tibet's government-in-exile said it was investigating reports of fresh protests, weeks after the city was shaken by an anti-government riot.
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Rice to push hard to improve life on West Bank - 30, Mar 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, beginning three days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders who are seeking to reach a peace deal, said on Saturday she would push to ease West Bank restrictions.
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Bush may expand help for struggling homeowners - 30, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Saturday he is looking to expand U.S. efforts to help struggling homeowners reduce their mortgage payments, as Democrats pressed for a more substantial federal role.
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Switch off, save planet message goes global - 30, Mar 2008
SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - People switched off lights around the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants and bars to show concern at global warming.
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Clinton says China holdings threaten U.S. security - 30, Mar 2008
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (Reuters) - The Bush administration has jeopardized national security and the ability to intervene in world crises because of the huge U.S. debt held partly by China, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said on Saturday.
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Charges of fraud in Zimbabwe vote - 30, Mar 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe of rigging the country's election to stay in power despite economic disaster and African observers also said they had detected fraud.
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German watchdog eyes $600 bln global bank losses: report - 30, Mar 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The financial market crisis could cause losses of up to $600 billion at banks and other financial institutions worldwide, a German magazine reported on Saturday, citing an internal report by German financial watchdog BaFin.
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Treasury regulatory overhaul plan "timely": Fed - 30, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upcoming Treasury Department proposals to make the Federal Reserve the chief regulator of U.S. financial markets and give it sweeping new powers won praise on Saturday from the central bank and the head of the Securities and Exchang
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Lehman hit by fraud involving Marubeni employees - 30, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers was defrauded of some $353.1 million after it was caught in a scam in Japan, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday, and trading house Marubeni said some of its staff were invol
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Finnish minister in trouble over text messages to dancer - 30, Mar 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's foreign minister faced calls for his resignation on Saturday after a tabloid newspaper published a suggestive text message he had sent to an erotic dancer.
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Moby's "Night" celebrates New York dance music - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Ask Moby that requisite question about career regrets, and he won't give you the requisite answer. He does, he says, have a few.
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Mariah Carey's "E=MC2" offers genre-crossing equation - 29, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - On a recent Monday morning, Mariah Carey flew the red-eye from New York to Los Angeles, stopped by Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show to chat, recorded a background vocal track for the song "I Stay in Love" for her upcoming album
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Billboard CD reviews: R.E.M., Rolling Stones - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - R.E.M.'s first album in four years shoehorns 11 tracks of jagged guitars, quick and dirty drums, and Michael Stipe's gruff keen into 34 minutes, rocking with a blacker, blunter edge than "Document," "Green" or "Monster." Armed with
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Celtics see off Hornets in battle of conference leaders - 29, Mar 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The NBA-leading Boston Celtics pulled away from Western Conference leader New Orleans in the third quarter for a 112-92 victory on Friday.
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Djokovic suffers Miami upset, Henin and Nadal advance - 29, Mar 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Men's defending champion Novak Djokovic was upset 7-6 3-6 6-4 by qualifier Kevin Anderson in the Sony Ericsson Open second round on Friday.
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Late surge puts Baird ahead in New Orleans - 29, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Briny Baird birdied the final two holes for a three-under-par 69 to seize the second-round lead at the New Orleans Classic on Friday.
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Davidson continues dream run into Elite Eight - 29, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Davidson Wildcats continued their dream run into the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament on Friday, taking another notable scalp with a 73-56 upset win over third-seeded Wisconsin Badgers.
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China vows to compensate victims - 29, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China offered to pay compensation to the families of the civilians it says died in violence in the Tibetan capital this month, as Beijing kept up an intense propaganda campaign in the wake of the unrest.
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Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer dodged DA probe by resigning - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer saved himself from a grand jury probe over his role in a political smear campaign when he resigned amid a separate sex scandal, prosecutors said on Friday.
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Clear Channel documents reveal credit proposal - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Court documents related to the fight between buyers and banks over the $20 billion buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc , obtained by Reuters on Friday, gave details of a proposed credit agreement to fund the
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Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks may stumble on jobs, earnings view - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stocks may struggle to make headway next week, with jobs data expected to provide more evidence of recession and more companies likely to revise their guidance as the earnings reporting season approaches.
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Bush readying mortgage aid plan: report - 29, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is finalizing a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners facing foreclosure by helping them refinance into more affordable loans, the Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition.
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U.S. seeks enhanced financial authority for Fed - 29, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department will propose on Monday that the Federal Reserve be given sweeping new powers that would make it chief regulator with authority to require actions to ensure market stability.
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Musicians take social networking into their own hands - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - 50 Cent has more than 1 million friends on MySpace, but if the rapper ever decides to leave the social network, he'll be leaving behind those friends, too. So like a growing number of artists, he's started his own social networking
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IAC's Diller wins court battle with Liberty - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IAC/InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller won a bitter legal dispute with Liberty Media Corp's John Malone on Friday, paving the way for him to proceed with efforts to spin off four of IAC's largest units.
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Gillett says relations with Liverpool co-owner unworkable - 29, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - George Gillett said on Friday that his relationship with Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks had broken down. "This partnership (with Hicks) has been unworkable for some time," Gillett told Toronto radio station Fan590.
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Djokovic knocked out by qualifier in Miami - 29, Mar 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Holder Novak Djokovic lost 7-6 3-6 6-4 to South African qualifier Kevin Anderson in his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday.
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Clooney drops the ball with "Leatherheads" - 29, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - George Clooney's "Leatherheads" is a movie you want to like. The Roaring '20s costumes, sets and music all look terrific, and a story about the early days of professional football -- a sport then relegated to college pla
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Champion Serena and top seed Henin triumph in Miami - 29, Mar 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Holder Serena Williams, enjoying the experience of playing at home, breezed past Romanian Edina Gallovits 6-1 6-2 at the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday.
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Baird takes early second-round lead in New Orleans - 29, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - American Briny Baird birdied the last two holes to complete a three-under-par 69 and take the early second-round lead at the New Orleans Classic on Friday.
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Puerto Rican governor pleads innocent to fraud - 29, Mar 2008
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila surrendered to U.S. authorities on Friday and pleaded not guilty to campaign finance fraud charges as hundreds of flag-waving supporters demonstrated outside the federal courthouse in
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Charges dropped against Marine in Haditha case - 29, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Military prosecutors dropped all charges on Friday against a Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children at Haditha in 2005, abruptly dismissing the case on the eve of trial with little explanation.
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Rice hails Obama race speech as "important" for U.S. - 29, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sometimes touted as a contender for the Republican vice-presidential slot, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has aired her thoughts on race in the United States, a prominent issue in the presidential election campaign.
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Clinton vows to stay in the race - 29, Mar 2008
HAMMOND, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday vowed to stay in the White House race, rejecting a fellow senator's suggestion that she pull out to improve their party's chances in November.
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GM to idle Detroit plant due to AXL strike - 29, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp plans to shut down a Detroit assembly plant on Monday because of parts shortages caused by a strike against a key supplier that have now idled almost half of GM's factory work force in North America.
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BofA to pay mortgage head more than CEO got in '07 - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp agreed to pay David Sambol, COO of takeover target Countrywide Corp $28 million, considerably more than its own CEO received in 2007, to lead the bank's consumer mortgage business.
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Wall St drops on JC Penney's warning, bank worries - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday as a profit warning from J.C. Penney raised concerns about slowing consumer spending while persistent worries about credit-related problems throttled financial stocks.
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Northwest gives Delta merger nod: source - 29, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Executives at Northwest Airlines Corp have proposed that Northwest and Delta Air Lines Inc go ahead with a planned merger, a source familiar with the talks said on Friday.
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Delaware court rules in favor of IAC's Diller - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Delaware court ruled in favor of IAC/InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller on Friday in a legal dispute with controlling shareholder Liberty Media Corp, paving the way for him to proceed with a proposed spin-off of four company units.
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3G iPhone launch seen in 2nd quarter - 29, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to launch a high-speed wireless version of iPhone in the second quarter and produce as many as 8 million of the devices in the third quarter, according to Bank of America.
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Study shows life was tough for ancient Egyptians - 28, Mar 2008
CAIRO (Reuters) - New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ancient Egyptian city of Tell el-Amarna, a study has found.
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Hollywood stars help sustain Darfur aid flights: WFP - 28, Mar 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Money from Europe and a charity co-founded by Hollywood actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle will help maintain humanitarian flights in Darfur through April, the United Nations said on Friday.
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Steely Dan member issues first album in 14 years - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Steely Dan principal Walter Becker plans to release his first solo album in 14 years by early June, and says he may hit the road to promote it later in the year.
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Indie producer Here! for gay-themed movies - 28, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Gay-themed movies are the very definition of niche releases.
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Paris Hilton says happy to be role model for girls - 28, Mar 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters Life!) - Paris Hilton, the celebrity and hotel heiress who spent a stint in jail last year, said on Thursday she sees herself as a role model for young women as she prepared to judge a contest to crown Miss Turkey.
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Mariah Carey set to rule singles chart - 28, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Mariah Carey is on track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart next week.
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Russia says NATO "playing with fire" on expansion - 28, Mar 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia warned against NATO expansion into ex-Soviet neighbors Georgia and Ukraine on Friday before a NATO summit next week that will discuss what Moscow sees as encroaching deep into its backyard.
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Sullivan breaks world record again - 28, Mar 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eamon Sullivan broke the 50 meters freestyle world record for the second time in 24 hours at the Australian Olympic trials on Friday, enhancing his claims as the early favorite to win the gold medal in Beijing.
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David Schwimmer makes film directing debut - 28, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In 2004 when his hit television comedy "Friends" ended, David Schwimmer longed to direct a feature film, and four years later his debut movie "Run FatBoy Run" finally rolls into theaters on Friday.
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KB Home loss wider than expected - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home builder KB Home posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday as the U.S. housing market continued its steep decline, and said it did not expect conditions to improve any time soon, sending its shares down 3.3 percent in
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Top Democrat warns fight risks demoralizing voters - 28, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic Party chief Howard Dean warned on Friday the acrimonious fight between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton risked demoralizing Democrats and urged them to tone down personal attacks.
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U.S. forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown - 28, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces were drawn deeper into Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shi'ite militants on Friday, launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and battling militants in Baghdad.
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Colombia offers to free rebels in Betancourt swap - 28, Mar 2008
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will free hundreds of guerrilla fighters if rebel leaders release politician Ingrid Betancourt, who is in ill health after being held hostage for years in secret jungle camps, the government said.
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JC Penney tumbles on cut earnings forecast - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Department store operator JC Penney Co Inc on Friday cut its first-quarter earnings forecast and said it expects the environment to remain difficult throughout 2008, stoking fears that the second half of the year will not bring relie
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Clear Channel says buyout may not close - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Radio broadcaster Clear Channel Communications Inc said on Friday its pending acquisition by several private equity firms may not close, even though the firms are ready to consummate the deal.
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GM to idle Detroit plant due to American Axle strike - 28, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp plans to shut down a Detroit assembly plant on Monday because of parts shortages caused by a strike against a key supplier that have now idled almost half of GM's factory work force in North America.
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Bear Stearns shares fall after chairman sells stock - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos shares fell nearly 5 percent on Friday after Chairman James Cayne, who was seen as opposing JPMorgan Chase & Co's acquisition of the investment bank, sold his stock.
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Bank of America to pay mortgage head more than CEO got in '07 - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp agreed to pay David Sambol, COO of takeover target Countrywide Corp , more than its own CEO received in 2007 to encourage him to lead the bank's consumer mortgage business.
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Citigroup to name new U.S. consumer chief in shuffle - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is hiring Terri Dial, credited with reviving Lloyds TSB Group's core UK retail banking, to take over its flagging U.S. consumer business, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Consumers, inflation weaken as slowdown drags on - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell further into recessionary territory in March, hitting a 16-year low, even as other data showed incomes rose and inflation dipped in February, which should support the Fed's efforts to bolster the economy.
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Muslim nations condemn Dutch Koran film - 28, Mar 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia on Friday condemned a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, as Dutch Muslim leaders urged restraint.
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China plans 3G commercial trials in 8 cities: report - 28, Mar 2008
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The parent of China Mobile , the country's top wireless operator, will start commercial trials of a homegrown third-generation wireless standard, TD-SCDMA, in eight cities on April 1, state media said on Friday.
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EU opens in-depth probe of Nokia's Navteq purchase - 28, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had opened an in-depth investigation of plans by Nokia to buy U.S.-based digital map supplier Navteq for $8.1 billion.
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Cuba ends restriction on cellular phones - 28, Mar 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Friday it will allow all Cubans to buy and use mobile telephones for the first time in the latest step by new President Raul Castro to improve access to consumer goods.
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Indonesian ministry Web site hacked over porn ban - 28, Mar 2008
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hackers have defaced the Web site of Indonesia's information ministry in response to a government move to restrict access to pornographic material on the Internet, an official said on Friday.
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Sony unveils new Gran Turismo in London "pit lane" - 28, Mar 2008
LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - A national competition, a selection of real super cars and a mocked up "pit lane" in London greeted the European preview of Sony PlayStation's newest version of race driving videogame Gran Turismo this week.
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Combs' lawyer calls LA Times story "defamatory" - 28, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs lashed out at the Los Angeles Times on Thursday over the "defamatory nature" of a story the paper published that sought to link the rap music mogul to an assault on Tupac Shakur.
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Paris Hilton happy to be role model for girls - 28, Mar 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Paris Hilton, the celebrity and hotel heiress who spent a stint in jail last year, said on Thursday she sees herself as a role model for young women as she prepared to judge a contest to crown Miss Turkey.
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Mutant gene linked to most severe type of TB: study - 28, Mar 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - People who carry a mutant gene can develop potentially fatal meningitis if they get infected with the drug resistant Beijing strain of tuberculosis, a study in Vietnam has found.
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Japanese weightlifter banned for using anabolic steroid - 28, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese weightlifter Ryuta Takahashi has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
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Rangers rally to defeat Devils for seventh time in row - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Rangers won their seventh consecutive game over New Jersey this season, rallying to defeat the Devils 3-2 on Thursday in an Eastern Conference game with playoff implications.
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Staals put brotherly love aside to fight for cup - 28, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Brothers Eric, Marc and Jordan Staal grew up playing each other for imaginary trophies on a backyard rink.
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U.S. biathletes crave recognition at home - 28, Mar 2008
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (Reuters) - More Europeans tune in to watch biathlon than Americans do for the Superbowl, yet while NFL team jerseys can be had in Oslo and Frankfurt, U.S. biathletes are almost unknown back home.
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Fans set for farewell to stadiums and scandals - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2008 Major League Baseball season was kick-started in Tokyo by Boston and Oakland this week but for the other 28 teams, Opening Day on Sunday or Monday marks a welcome end to a dreary off-season.
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Xavier wins in OT, advances with North Carolina - 28, Mar 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Xavier Musketeers used a pair of clutch three-pointers from B.J. Raymond to beat West Virginia 79-75 in overtime on Thursday and join North Carolina, Louisville and UCLA in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
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Older Americans wealthier, living longer - 28, Mar 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Older Americans have more money and are expected to live far longer than prior generations, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.
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Pistons rally past Heat and clinch division title - 28, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Pistons clinched their fourth consecutive Central Division title on Thursday with a 85-69 win over the Miami Heat.
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China says Tibet monks won't be punished - 28, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing officials of lying about unrest and embarrassing Chinese authorities during a stage-managed tour by foreign reporters.
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North Korea raises tensions with missile launch - 28, Mar 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired several short-range missiles on Friday, South Korea said, in what analysts saw as a show of anger at Washington and the new conservative government in Seoul.
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Iraq assembly holds emergency session amid curfew - 28, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers will hold an emergency session on Friday in an attempt to end violence in the oil city of Basra after an army crackdown on Shi'ite militia sparked fighting across the south and mass protests in Baghdad.
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Fed's Rosengren says banking woes could mount - 28, Mar 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - The woes of U.S. banks could mount as the economy slows down and with greater access to their confidential information, the Federal Reserve can make sound decisions, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said on Friday.
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Centro Properties still working on debt extension - 28, Mar 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's debt-laden Centro Properties Group , which owns 700 U.S. shopping malls, said it was pleased with progress on extending an April 30 refinancing deadline, but had not yet reached an agreement with creditor banks.
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Citigroup to name US consumer chief in shuffle-WSJ - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc , the largest U.S. bank, plans to hire Terri Dial from Lloyds TSB Group Plc to take over its beleaguered U.S. consumer business, and will split up most units geographically rather than by business line, the Wall Street
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Bear Stearns Chairman sells $61.3 million of stock - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - James Cayne, Chairman of Bear Stearns Cos Inc sold $61.3 million of his shares of the company according to a filing on Thursday, signaling the bank's shareholders are unlikely to get a higher price for their shares.
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Countrywide exec gets $28 million from Bank of America - 28, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said it has agreed to pay $28 million to Countrywide Financial Corp Chief Operating Officer David Sambol to induce him to run the merged companies' consumer mortgage operations.
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