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April retail sales barely budged: SpendingPulse
(Reuters)
Reuters - Retail sales barely rose in April, as
a relentless surge in gasoline prices made consumers cut back
other types of spending, according to a report released on
Monday.
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ILFC considering split-up from insurer AIG: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - International Lease Finance Corp, a
unit of American International Group , is worried by the
insurer's financial troubles and mulling a split from it, the
Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing people familiar with
the matter.
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EnCana to split in two with oil at record highs
(Reuters)
 Reuters - EnCana Corp , Canada's
biggest energy company, said on Sunday it plans to split into
two separate oil and natural gas firms in an effort to wring
out more value with crude prices at record highs.
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Cablevision near deal to buy Newsday: source
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Tribune Co is close to an agreement to
sell its Newsday newspaper to Cablevision Systems Corp
and an announcement could come as early as Monday, a source
familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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Global stocks rise as yen eases, Aussie banks eye M&A
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks recovered earlier losses on
Monday, with Japan rebounding as the yen fell against the
dollar and boosted exporters, and Sydney rising 1 percent on
optimism over a potential bank takeover.
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April retail sales barely budged: SpendingPulse
(Reuters)
Reuters - Retail sales barely rose in April, as
a relentless surge in gasoline prices made consumers cut back
other types of spending, according to a report released on
Monday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pall hangs over the word "print" these days, but the editors of a new magazine bet that discerning readers want news analysis on paper and don't mind getting it just four times a year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile USA Inc and South Korea's SK Telecom Co, which controls U.S. mobile service Helio, are in early talks on a deal, a person familiar with the discussions said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Did U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain vote for President George W. Bush in 2000?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday introduced legislation that would bar network providers from discriminating against some Internet content.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - An aspiring Canadian filmmaker is asking the public at large to help fund his first movie project, one frame at a time.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has released the nominees on its rival slate from their commitment to stand for election to Yahoo Inc's board in the event of a proxy fight, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social networking site Facebook announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to protect its youngest members from sexual predators.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda and other radical groups have dramatically increased their use of the Internet in recent years to lure and train recruits worldwide, a U.S. Senate report warned on Thursday.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong authorities came under fire on Thursday for the leak of classified data including individuals on an immigration watchlist, as the city's tougher immigration policies in the run up to the Olympics face increasing scrutiny.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not guarantee it won't censor the Internet over this summer's Beijing Olympics, nor can it guarantee to stamp out piracy of Olympic-branded goods, officials said on Thursday.
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SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - A high-ranking News Corp official testified on Tuesday that he kept two hackers on the payroll for years after one of them was accused of infiltrating the security system of rival satellite television company DISH Network
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LONDON (Reuters) - A Web security firm said on Tuesday it had tipped off international banks and police after finding a huge trove of stolen business and personal data amassed on a server in the space of just three weeks.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc are making last-minute efforts to seal a deal before Microsoft takes its Yahoo bid hostile or abandons it altogether, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web classifieds leader Craigslist sought a divorce, while online auction giant eBay proposed a formal marriage, according to court papers unsealed on Wednesday that detail a testy four-year relationship.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People in Argentina, Mexico, Egypt and China are more likely than those in the United States to say it is very important for the news media to be free from government control, a survey published on Thursday found.
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LONDON (Reuters) - As musicians they are fiercely proud of their freedom to play what they choose, and revel in being part of a vibrant live scene, but the goal for up and coming British bands is to sign with a major label.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Miley Cyrus is the only recent teen superstar who has had to manage career-endangering controversy in the midst of major success on several fronts.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's AOL unit, RealNetworks and Yahoo Inc could stand to pay up to $100 million in royalties owed to thousands of songwriters and publishers, after a federal judge established a formula for determining the payments.
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