Sony stumbles |
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Dismay at collapse of trade talks |
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Visitor spending drops in Hawaii in 1st half |
| | | Visitors who arrived in Hawaii by air over the first half of the year spent $5.9 billion while in the islands, a 3.4 percent decline from the first six months of 2007, the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said Tuesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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British bank Lloyds sees profits more than halved |
| | | Lloyds TSB said Wednesday that its net income had fallen about 63 percent to 576 million pounds ($1.15 billion) over the first half of 2008, compared to the same period last year, as softening sales and economic turmoil bit into the British bank's bottom line. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Lords overturn Saudi probe ruling |
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Northern Rock unveils job losses |
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Wall St seen starting higher as oil slips |
| | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Wednesday as oil prices slid for a second consecutive session, further easing fears about inflation and the impact of high energy prices on consumer spending. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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British Gas raises bills by up to 35% |
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BBC Fined £400K By Media Watchdog |
| | The BBC has been fined £400,000 by media regulator Ofcom for faking winners and
misleading audiences in viewer and listener competitions. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Fire near Yosemite park hurts tourist business |
| | | Vendors along one of the main roads leading to Yosemite National Park this summer were finally seeing business turn around following a rock slide that kept tour buses away for the previous two years. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Microsoft Virtual Earth to Be Offered With ESRI's ArcGIS Online Services |
| | | Mapping platform collaboration helps improve business processes, unlock and gain insight into data, and create better citizen and customer connections. | | From EduBourse | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Man shoots at NH nightclub after being ejected |
| | | Police say a man who was thrown out of a nightclub in Gilford, N.H., returned with a rifle and fired more than a dozen shots at the business. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Oh, Goody! Jade Has A New Scent |
| | | A whiff of polemic has followed Jade Goody around for some time - so it is perhaps unsurprising that she should wish to cash in on her contentious personality with the launch of a new perfume. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Fed extends helping hand |
| | | Jul. 30 - The Federal Reserve extended a temporing funding facility through early 2009 in a bid to energize a stubbornly lethargic credit market. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. shift to smaller cars raises safety questions |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An accelerating U.S. consumer shift from sport utility vehicles and pickups to more fuel-efficient cars should reduce rollover, but safety experts worry a lighter fleet poses serious risks despite air bags, anti-collision systems and other advances. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Operators of failed business face new legal woes |
| | | Two brothers who ran a Biddeford heating oil dealership that failed to honor customers' prepaid oil contracts are in more legal trouble. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. minimum wage set to rise, but views vary |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The national minimum wage is set to increase by 70 cents on Thursday to $6.55 an hour, the second of three increases to take place after the wages earned by the nation's poorest and least educated failed to rise for ten years. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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