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Stocks face wild ride with banks, inflation - 12, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The rocky ride for the U.S. stock market may intensify if earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase , Merrill Lynch , Citigroup and other large banks and financial services companies rattle investors already concerned about a U.S.-led eco
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G7 cuts growth view, shows worry on U.S. dollar drop - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from rich nations offered a gloomier assessment of the global economy on Friday and vowed to act swiftly on wide-ranging reforms aimed at moving beyond a credit crisis that threatens world growth.
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Australia requests bids for $8.8 bln broadband network - 12, Apr 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government has called for bids for a A$9.4 billion ($8.8 billion) high-speed broadband network that will help the country catch up in competitiveness with its peers.
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Ringbacks underline mobile, music biz divide - 12, Apr 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - If a ringback tone launches on a network and nobody hears it, did it ever really exist?
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FCC to look into firms' use of customer data - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Staff at the Federal Communications Commission are expected to recommend that it review rules on how phone and cable companies can use customer information as they try to take business from each other, an FCC official said on Friday
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Microsoft prefers own Yahoo bid among options: source - 12, Apr 2008
SEATTLE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp wants to stick with its original takeover offer for Yahoo Inc, but is not ruling out News Corp joining its bid or other options, a source close to the company said on Friday.
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German lawmakers ease limits on stem cell research - 12, Apr 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - German lawmakers voted on Friday to ease restrictions on stem cell research although the approved changes did not go as far as many scientists had hoped.
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Swedish spruce may be world's oldest living tree - 12, Apr 2008
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Scientists have found a cluster of spruces in the mountains in western Sweden which, at an age of 8,000 years, may be the world's oldest living trees.
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Cat naps at U.S. nuclear plant may catch hefty fine - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday may fine Florida Power & Light Co $130,000 after security officers at the company's Turkey Point nuclear power plant near Miami were found sleeping on the job.
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Son of Marlon Brando died of pneumonia -coroner - 12, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles County Coroner's office has determined that pneumonia was the cause of death for Christian Brando, son of Hollywood star Marlon Brando, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday.
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"Tonight Show's" John Melendez aims at film career - 12, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is a long way from television
talk show sidekick to Hollywood movie stardom but next week
John Melendez, the announcer on "The Tonight Show with Jay
Leno," takes a step in that direction.
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Parker and Quaid flip their images for "Smart People" - 12, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Sarah Jessica Parker and Dennis Quaid, the decision to work on the film "Smart People," which opens on Friday, might seem like a risky choice given the jarring contrast between their roles as a lonely doctor and cranky professor a
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Playwright alleges Russia gagged political play - 12, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A British-based playwright has accused
Russian authorities of Soviet-style censorship after her play,
about a real-life hostage siege in Moscow, was cancelled on its
opening night.
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Putin wants Russian space industry to shine again - 12, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday told officials to beef up Russia's space program and speed financing of a new cosmodrome in the Far East to keep the nation's leading role in space, Russian media reported.
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Political boycotts would hurt athletes, not Games: IOC - 12, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Any boycott of the Beijing Games by politicians would only hurt athletes, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on Friday.
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Nadal, Ferrer give Spain 2-0 lead v Germany - 12, Apr 2008
BREMEN, Germany (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal shrugged off a bout of jet-leg to beat Nicolas Kiefer before David Ferrer outpunched Philipp Kohlschreiber to give Spain a 2-0 lead over Germany on day one of their Davis Cup quarter-final.
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Olympic torch cruises smoothly through Buenos Aires - 12, Apr 2008
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Olympic torch, a magnet for anti-China protests, cruised smoothly under heavy guard through Buenos Aires on Friday with nothing more serious than a couple of tossed water balloons threatening the flame.
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Kylie Minogue album a flop in the U.S. - 12, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Despite an unusually aggressive promotion schedule, Kylie Minogue has bombed in the United States with her first album in four years.
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15-month Iraq tours test soldiers and families - 12, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A year into his 15-month tour on the streets of Baghdad, the tough part for U.S. Army Specialist Jason Ellis was going home on leave to see his 18-month-old boy.
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Immelman takes one-shot second round lead - 12, Apr 2008
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Trevor Immelman of South Africa birdied the last two holes to post his second four-under-par 68 and grab a one-stroke lead midway through Friday's second round of the U.S. Masters.
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Roddick gives holders U.S. a winning start - 12, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Roddick seized the early initiative on Friday to set holders the United States on their way to a possible Davis Cup semi-final showdown with Spain.
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Five records tumble at world championships - 12, Apr 2008
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Five world records were shattered on an extraordinary night at the world short-course swimming championships on Friday.
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Chinese anger and terror warnings cloud Olympics - 12, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics.
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No signs of Qaeda at U.S.-Mexican border: official - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Authorities have seen no signs of al Qaeda trying to insert operatives into the United States from Mexico, but the militant group has considered doing so, a U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.
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American quickens pace of work on MD-80s - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American Airlines accelerated inspections and related work on Friday to get its MD-80 planes back in service after a nightmare week for the carrier that saw it cancel 3,000 flights over a recurring safety issue, affecting 300,000 tr
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Congress study: Housing aid wouldn't help economy - 12, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers' plans to aid troubled homeowners would likely help prevent many foreclosures but wouldn't stop the freefall in home prices or stabilize the economy, a congressional report said on Friday.
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Bush was upbeat on Iraq even when fearing failure - 12, Apr 2008
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Friday he was worried in 2006 that the United States would fail in Iraq but stated publicly at the time that it was winning because he needed to maintain morale.
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Obama denounces big corporate pay packages - 12, Apr 2008
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced huge pay packages for U.S. corporate chiefs on Friday in a drive to convert middle-class anger about the U.S. economy into votes.
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Judge rejects banks' request in Clear Channel case - 12, Apr 2008
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A judge in Texas on Friday refused a request by several New York-based banks to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Clear Channel Communications Inc and two buyout firms trying to acquire the radio operator.
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Linens 'n Things weighing bankruptcy: source - 12, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home goods retailer Linens 'n Things is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy court protection, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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GE woes another signal of slowing economy - 12, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Disappointing first-quarter earnings from General Electric Co and a drop in U.S. consumer confidence to its lowest in more than a quarter century in early April provided the latest signs the U.S. economy may be in a recession.
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Frontier files for bankruptcy but keeps flying - 12, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc has filed for bankruptcy, becoming the fifth U.S. carrier in two weeks to take drastic measures as soaring fuel prices and economic weakness bear down on the industry.
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Wall St. slumps on GE results, recession fears - 12, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slumped on Friday after surprisingly weak earnings from General Electric Co and data showing consumer sentiment at a 26-year low fed fears the economy is in recession.
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GE shocks market with profit drop, shares tumble - 12, Apr 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co posted an unexpected 6 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Friday, the biggest shock yet to an American industrial bellwether from the credit crisis and the latest sign the U.S. economy may be in a recession.
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Indonesia restores access to YouTube Web site - 12, Apr 2008
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Internet service providers have restored access to YouTube and other Web sites that carried a Dutch lawmaker's film that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, an industry official said on Friday.
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Microsoft says made fair offer to Yahoo - 12, Apr 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp believes it has made a fair offer to acquire Yahoo and is committed to bolstering its digital advertising capabilities irrespective of the outcome, its chief operating officer said.
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People uneasy with Web sites using personal details: poll - 12, Apr 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Many people are uncomfortable with Web sites customizing content to people's personal profiles, according to a new survey.
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Catholic group blasts Brazil on Indian deaths - 11, Apr 2008
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Catholic Church watchdog group in Brazil on Thursday criticized President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government over the record number of murders of tribal Indians last year.
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CBS cancels "Secret Talents of the Stars" - 11, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It looks like country music star Clint Black has told his last joke on prime-time television.
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Lost equestrian golds drive Bettina Hoy on - 11, Apr 2008
STROUD (Reuters) - On a sideboard in Bettina Hoy's house, a mounted case containing two Olympic gold medals reminds the German of the day she was crowned the best rider in the world.
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Michael Johns is surprise 'Idol' casualty - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "American Idol" finalist Michael Johns finished in the bottom three for the first time on Thursday, and in a surprising result ended up being eliminated from the TV talent competition when fans cast the fewest votes for his rendition
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Australian cyclist builds own BMX replica track - 11, Apr 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian rider Luke Madill has built a remarkable full-size replica of the Olympic BMX (bicycle motocross) track in his backyard to ensure he leaves no stone unturned in his bid for Beijing glory.
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Canadiens see off Bruins with early blitz - 11, Apr 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The Montreal Canadiens made a fast start to set up a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in the first game of their Eastern Conference playoff quarter-final series on Thursday.
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Hall descends from mountains to London streets - 11, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - American Ryan Hall descends from the heights of Big Bear Lake to the streets of London for Sunday's marathon with a ringing endorsement from Italian Olympic champion Stefano Baldini.
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Justin Rose and Trevor Immelman take charge at Augusta - 11, Apr 2008
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Britain's Justin Rose reeled off six birdies in eight holes to share the first-round lead at the U.S. Masters while Tiger Woods labored to stay in touch on Thursday.
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Guarded Olympic torch to blaze through Buenos Aires - 11, Apr 2008
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine police mobilized on Friday to guard the Olympic torch through Buenos Aires, bracing for protests against the human rights record of Olympic Games host China.
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Mavericks grab playoff spot with win over Jazz - 11, Apr 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - Dirk Nowitzki's last-second three-pointer gave Dallas a 97-94 win over the Utah Jazz on Thursday, securing an eighth consecutive playoff berth for the Mavericks.
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Pettitte gets first win as Yankees end skid - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte gained his first win of the season to help his side to a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.
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American Axle rejects UAW offer, talks continue - 11, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc on Thursday rejected a United Auto Workers contract proposal as uncompetitive and said talks aimed at ending a six-week strike at five U.S. plants would continue.
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Treasury to hold GSE summit next week - 11, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will convene a meeting next week with the heads of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and leading senators to discuss legislation that would create a stronger regulator, a Treasury sp
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Delta, pilots reach deal on contract: report - 11, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and its pilots union have tentatively agreed on a contract that would give pilots a pay raise and an equity stake if the carrier were to merge with Northwest Airlines, according to a Bloomberg report late on Thursday
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Clear Channel banks argue case should be dropped - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The banks being sued in the dispute over the $20 billion Clear Channel Communications leveraged buyout, put forward arguments on Thursday outlining why the case against them in New York should be dropped.
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Google using Quattrone as merger adviser: source - 11, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former star technology investment banker Frank Quattrone is advising Google Inc as the Web search leader mulls its strategy amid Microsoft Corp's move to buy Yahoo Inc, a source familiar with the arrangement said on Thursday.
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FCC fines major retailers over TV transition rules - 11, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators said on Thursday they imposed fines on retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sears along with two television suppliers for violating curbs on selling TVs that will not work easily after next year's transition to digital tel
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Archaeologists warn ancient Greek theatres crumbling - 11, Apr 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - Ancient open-air theatres across Greece are crumbling due to neglect and need swift government intervention to rescue them, archaeologists said on Thursday.
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First South Korean astronaut enters space station - 11, Apr 2008
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A 29-year-old nanotechnology engineer became the first South Korean aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, when a Russian space rocket successfully docked with the orbiting platform.
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Cat naps at US nuclear plant may catch hefty fine - 11, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday may fine Florida Power & Light Co $130,000 after security officers at the company's Turkey Point nuclear power plant near Miami were found sleeping on the job.
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Judge drops 28 charges in Hollywood wiretap case - 11, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Thursday dropped nearly half the charges against "private eye to the stars" Anthony Pellicano and a co-defendant at the request of prosecutors, who were preparing to rest their case in the wiretapping and bribery trial.
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Richard Gasquet dropped for tie against United States - 11, Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Andy Roddick was drawn to face Michael Llodra in the opening rubber of the Davis Cup tie between United States and France after French number one Richard Gasquet was left out of the line-up.
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NY judge rejects parts of Rather suit against CBS - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge threw out parts of Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit against CBS on Thursday, but preserved several key elements, including the former news anchor's breach of contract claim.
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Oscar winner Rachel Weisz back in full swing - 11, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Twenty-two months after giving birth to her first baby, Oscar winner and self-professed tomboy Rachel Weisz is back at work juggling motherhood with roles ranging from boozy vixen to ancient philosopher.
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Jessica Hardy sets world mark - 11, Apr 2008
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - American Jessica Hardy kept the world records flowing when she broke the women's 50 meters breaststroke mark at the world short-course championships on Thursday.
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Move over Yankees? New York students take up...cricket - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trinidad native John Mitchell dabbled in basketball and baseball after arriving in the United States at the age of 9. But it took the introduction of cricket at his New York school to find a sport he felt at home with.
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Jones's relay team mates stripped of medals - 11, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Team mates of disgraced American Olympic champion Marion Jones's paid the price for her use of banned substances when they were stripped of the relay medals they won at the 2000 Sydney Games on Thursday.
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Ian Poulter jumps into early lead with an ace - 11, Apr 2008
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Britain's Ian Poulter spectacularly aced the par-three 16th to charge into an early one-shot lead in Thursday's first round at the U.S. Masters.
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Argentina tightens security for Olympic torch - 11, Apr 2008
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina readied thousands of police on Thursday to guard the Olympic torch on the next stop of its world tour as calls grew for world leaders to boycott the Games' opening ceremony over China's human rights record.
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Senate backs housing bill heavy on tax breaks - 11, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to approve a $15 billion bill tackling the nation's housing market crisis with tax breaks for corporations and some assistance for distressed homeowners.
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China says it foils Olympics terrorist plot - 11, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities foiled plots to kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the Games.
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Bush suspends summer troop pullouts from Iraq - 11, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday announced a suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer to allow the military to reassess the security situation.
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S&P chief backs G7 goals, downplays impact on crisis - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's President Deven Sharma said Group of Seven finance chiefs will have a "very critical" role in reforming debt rating procedures, but new recommendations from them will not be sufficient to restore financial market
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Retailers have dreary March, but shares rise - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An early Easter holiday, a cold, damp month and a budget-conscious consumer combined to ring up the weakest March monthly sales results for U.S. retailers in 13 years.
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U.S. financial model can be fixed, Bernanke says - 11, Apr 2008
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - U.S. and international financial system overseers need to put in place soon reforms to restore confidence in markets disrupted by a credit crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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Genentech profit rises, Avastin disappoints - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Genentech Inc reported higher first-quarter profit on Thursday on increased demand for its cancer drugs, but sales of its most important one, Avastin, fell short of expectations, and its shares fell.
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At Citigroup, a big loss is only part of the story - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Citigroup Inc reports what is expected to be its second straight giant quarterly loss on April 18, the actual numbers may be almost secondary.
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Goldman CEO says "say on pay" a bad idea - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein, who received about $70 million of compensation last year by some counts, said on Thursday that shareholder votes on executive pay would constrain the board and hurt the investm
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Technology, retail stocks fuel rally - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday after a brokerage upgrade of chip makers lifted technology stocks and on optimism that poor March sales may have been the low point for retailers this year.
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Virtual world offers bands global stage - 11, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Leo Wolff, a woman who joined the online world of Second Life in 2005, bought a small plot of virtual land with eight other musicians and opening the "Virtual Garage" to showcase and perform their music.
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Microsoft seen as winner as big media circles Yahoo - 11, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc may have played its top two cards by pulling out possible deals with AOL and Google, but it does not seem to have changed Wall Street's view that Microsoft will eventually win the takeover battle.
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Former dealmaker, reporter testify in L.A. trial - 10, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In the most dramatic day of testimony to date, former Hollywood powerbroker Michael Ovitz and former entertainment reporter Anita Busch took the stand Wednesday in the government's wiretapping and racketeering trial agai
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"Lyuba" gives scientists glimpse of mammoth insides - 10, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian scientists say they have obtained the most detailed pictures so far of the insides of a prehistoric animal, with the help of a baby mammoth called Lyuba found immaculately preserved in the Russian Arctic.
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Rangers continue dominance of Devils, Penguins win - 10, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Rangers scored three third-period goals to start the NHL playoffs with a 4-1 win over the New Jersey Devils in Newark on Wednesday.
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Bomb attack on NATO convoy kills 8 Afghans: police - 10, Apr 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan attacked a Canadian military convoy on Thursday killing eight civilians and wounding 22 people, among them three Canadian soldiers, authorities said.
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Pope Benedict is coming to America - 10, Apr 2008
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is coming to America and American Catholics may be in for some surprises.
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Play under way at Augusta after fog delay - 10, Apr 2008
AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Four times champion Arnold Palmer hit the ceremonial first shot at the par-four opening hole before lingering fog delayed the start of the 72nd Masters by an hour at Augusta National Golf Club on Thursday.
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American Airlines cancels over 900 flights - 10, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp's American Airlines said it canceled 933 flights on Thursday as it continued to reinspect wiring on MD-80 aircraft, raising the number of flights scratched since Tuesday to nearly 2,500.
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China says foils terrorist plot to kidnap Olympians - 10, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.
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U.S. skeptical about Iranian nuclear advances - 10, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Washington is skeptical that Iran is installing 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium and testing an advanced centrifuge with greater capacity, a top U.S. diplomat said on Thursday.
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Bush halts Iraq troop cuts but shortens tours - 10, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would suspend U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer but cut the length of tours of duty, as he defended his war policy that will leave any resolution of the conflict to his success
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Airlines lining up for Boeing 787 compensation - 10, Apr 2008
WELLINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - Airlines lined up on Thursday for compensation after Boeing Co announced a further six-month delay for its new 787 Dreamliner plane.
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Takeda to buy Millennium Pharma for $8.8 billion - 10, Apr 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Thursday it has agreed to buy U.S. biotechnology company Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc for $8.8 billion to bolster its cancer drug business, in the biggest overseas acquisition by a Japanese drugma
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Senator asks Justice, SEC to probe Bear trading - 10, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator said on Thursday that he was asking the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate stock trading prior to JPMorgan Chase's agreement to buy Bear Stearns in a deal enginee
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Trade gap widens to $62.3 billion in February - 10, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened unexpectedly in February as imports of consumer and other goods set a record and grew faster than exports, which hit a record for the 12th consecutive month, a U.S. government report showed on Thursday
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Canada blocks sale of satellite firm to Alliant - 10, Apr 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, bowing to heavy domestic pressure, said on Thursday it had blocked the $1.325 billion sale of sensitive satellite and robotics technology to U.S. rocket-maker Alliant Techsystems Inc on the grounds that it would not be in the n
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Retailers turn in dreary March sales - 10, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An early Easter holiday, a cold, damp month and a recession-wary consumer combined to ring up dismal March sales results for U.S. retailers.
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Blockbuster eyes streaming to TVs - 10, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Apple TV is getting some competition from Blockbuster.
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MySpaceTV lands global TV distribution deal - 10, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A company founded by Rupert Murdoch's daughter will help News Corp's MySpace distribute Web shows on television and DVDs outside the United States, as the world's largest social network seeks an audience away from the computer.
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Yahoo seeks AOL tie as Microsoft talks to News Corp - 10, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc, which was widely believed to be running out of alternatives to accepting Microsoft Corp's takeover offer, has become a target of two warring camps of technology giants and their media allies, sources said on W
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Yahoo to test Google ads facing Microsoft deadline - 10, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday it will carry Web search advertising from Google Inc in a test that could put pressure on Microsoft Corp to raise its bid to buy the company.
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China experts develop shells to preserve cells longer - 10, Apr 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in China have developed "shells" that can wrap around living cells and preserve them, and hope to use the technique in cell transplants to repair damaged human tissues and to battle cancer.
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Kenya crisis strains human-animal balance in parks - 10, Apr 2008
MAASAI MARA, Kenya (Reuters) - A rocky cliff overlooking the Maasai Mara Game Reserve marks a new front line in a conflict between people and wildlife that threatens the revival of Kenya's $1 billion tourism industry.
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