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Asia Stocks Soar After US Rally; Nikkei up 14 Pct - 5 Hours ago
led by a record 14 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that government rescue efforts will heal the crippled global financial system. Japan's benchmark
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Rescue:Â $250 billion for bank stock - 3 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration plans to spend as much as $250 billion of the $700 billion bailout buying stock in private banks, greatly expanding protections for the U.S. financial system out of
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N.Korea to Resume Nuclear Dismantlement - 2 Hours ago
North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward
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U.S. poised to pump up bank aid as Dow posts record gains
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Obama details economic rescue plan
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Top indexes up more than 11 percent
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Shares gain as confidence returns
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Fed To Buy Stakes In Nine Banks
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Governor declares fire emergency in California
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Obama offers new proposals, including tax break, to help economy - 3 Hours ago
(Canadian Press (delayed) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOLEDO, Ohio _ Democrat Barack Obama proposed more immediate steps Monday to heal the America's ailing economy, including a 90-day moratorium on home
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Wildfires threaten L.A. homes - 3 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Deadly wind-driven brush fires roared out of the foothills and canyons on the northern fringe of Los Angeles on Monday, destroying dozens of homes and threatening hundreds more
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Hot coupons - 112 Minutes ago
The rising price of consumer goods is driving shoppers from all walks of life to use coupons for food, beauty aids and pharmacy products at an increasing rate, according to some of the country's largest
 
>>   Politics/Law
Obama opens 6-point lead on McCain - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain one day before the White House rivals meet in their final debate, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby
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Will Obama suffer from the 'Bradley effect'? - 92 Minutes ago
Sen. Barack Obama has a sizable lead over Sen. John McCain, polls show, but those numbers could be deceiving if the 'Bradley effect' comes into play. The Bradley effect is named after former Los Angeles
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Obama lead widens - 85 Minutes ago
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain one day before the White House rivals meet in their final
 
>>   Business
Monday's market: Raging bulls - 13 Hours ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rallied Monday afternoon, with the Dow rallying 976 points during the session, as investors bet that the worst of the credit crisis is over, following a series of global
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Ireland Faced With Tough Budget - 3 Hours ago
You can add this story to your favourites or submit it to a social bookmarking site so other people can see it. Social bookmarking lets you save Email the story When you press 'submit' STORY TRACKER If
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US to pump $250 bln into banks, Bernanke reassures - 5 Hours ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury could pump $250 billion into U.S. banks in what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on Tuesday a comprehensive attempt to end the credit crisis, restoring
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>>   Finance
Nikkei extends global markets rebound - 6 Hours ago
Japan's financial markets led a wave of rallies across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, in part fueled by anticipation of more government investment in ailing banks. The Nikkei 225 closed at 9,447.57,
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Stocks today: Japan index rockets up 14%, a record - 5 Hours ago
HONG KONG - Tokyo's stock market surged a staggering 14% Tuesday its biggest one-day gain ever as investors across Asia cheered global efforts to contain a financial crisis with lower interest rates
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Business.view: The guilty men of Wall Street - 103 Minutes ago
Jail time for financial titans? LIFE must seem terribly unfair right now for Dick Fuld, who headed Lehman Brothers when it filed for bankruptcy last month. Given the willingness of governments around
 
>>   Sports
Rays walk all over Red Sox - 4 Hours ago
BOSTON -- Where was Curt Schilling when they needed him? The Boston Red Sox could have used Schilling and his bloody red sock as 16-game winner Jon Lester, acclaimed as Boston's best, was battered around
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Rangers prospect dies during game in Russia - 3 Hours ago
MOSCOW -- A Russian lawmaker said Tuesday that rising hockey star Alexei Cherepanov, a first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, may have died due to negligence on the part of paramedics who responded
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Atletico faces UEFA ban - 3 Hours ago
Atletico Madrid has been ordered by UEFA to play its next two home Champions League games at a neutral venue because of violent and racist behavior by the club's fans during a recent match against Marseille.
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>>   Industry
Two arrested for 'Beckham theft' - 4 Hours ago
Two people who used to work for David and Victoria Beckham are said to have been arrested on suspicion of stealing from the celebrity couple. According to media reports, things went missing from the couple's
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No legal case against Rock bosses - 4 Hours ago
Northern Rock was nationalised in February this year Nationalised lender Northern Rock has said it will not take legal action for negligence against the executives in charge of the bank before its collapse.
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New low in first time house buyers - 4 Hours ago
The number of first-time buyers getting onto the property ladder slumped to a record low during August. Just 15,600 people bought their first home during the month, the lowest level since the Council
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>>   Internet
Turquoise Selects Corvil for Low Latency Electronic Trading Infrastructure Assurance - 2 Hours ago
Corvil, the global market leader in electronic trading and market data latency management, today announced that Turquoise, the pan-European trading platform established by Europe's leading investment
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Sybase 365 Demos Unique Natural Language SMS Capability With Mobile Banking Solution - 2 Hours ago
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE:SY), the global leader in mobile messaging services, announced today the company will be showcasing Sybase(R) mBanking 365(TM) with a unique Intelligent

Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 ready for action - 6 Hours ago
Microsoft on Monday announced it is ready with a final version of its Silverlight 2 media player. Silverlight 2 will be available for download starting Tuesday, Microsoft said. Among the new features
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>>   Science
UPDATE 1-M'bishi Chem to restart naphtha cracker Oct 23 - 5 Hours ago
TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Chemical Corp, Japan's top petrochemical maker, said on Tuesday it plans to restart a naphtha cracker at its Mizushima plant in western Japan around Oct. 23, after
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Environmental Protection in the Coatings Plant: ADLER Receives Ministry's EMAS Award - 6 Hours ago
Exemplary ecological commitment recorded in a sustainability report more than one hundred pages long: for this commitment, ADLER, the Schwaz-based family enterprise received the Austrian environment ministry's
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Elavon Rolls out BOC & Gift Card Solution at L'Occitane Retail Stores - 80 Minutes ago
ATLANTA --(Business Wire)-- Elavon, formerly known as NOVA Information Systems, has completed the rollout of its Electronic Check Service (ECS) solution, utilizing back-office conversion (BOC), at L'Occitane's
 
>>   Entertainment
Ringo Starr: I've got to get fans out of my life - 92 Minutes ago
Former Beatle Ringo Starr has given his fans a ticket to ride. In a video posted on his Web site, Starr says he will no longer sign fan mail or memorabilia. 'I want to tell you please... do not send fan

Movie review: 'The Forgotten' - 90 Minutes ago
2 stars (out of 4) Losing a child is an unspeakable tragedy. But what if everyone around you, including your husband, keeps telling you your child never existed? What if cherished photos of your 8-year-old

British Fashion Awards: Who's in the running for the British fashion Oscars - 113 Minutes ago
By Hilary Alexander The nominations for the country's fashion 'Oscars', otherwise known as the British Fashion Awards, have been announced. Given annually, the awards recognise the very best of British
 
>>   Technology
Surviving recession with free Linux - 12 Hours ago
Times are tough. Youre a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. Whats a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the
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OpenOffice 3 launch: Will Sun, IBM exploit opportunity? - 12 Hours ago
Sun and IBM could not have asked for better timing for the launch of OpenOffice 3, a major upgrade of the open source office suite. Both vendors are preparing to ship commercial offerings of StarOffice
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Get ready for next-gen mobile - 11 Hours ago
(InfoWorld Daily Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Apple iPhone, move over. At least, that's the hope of Google and Research in Motion as they ready the first serious competitors to the iPhone, in the 'mobile
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>>   Health
Albert Hammond Jr's model duet - 5 Hours ago
Albert Hammond Jr. would love to duet with Agyness Deyn. The Strokes guitarist - who is currently concentrating on his solo career after the band decided to take a break in 2007 - would love to team up
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New Technologies for Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat - 4 Hours ago
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0e8469/improving_the_sens) has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book 'Improving the Sensory

Vitamin D Supplementation Guidelines for Youngsters Doubled - 4 Hours ago
MONDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The leading children's medical organization in the United States on Monday announced that it has doubled the amount of vitamin D recommended for infants, children and
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>>   Culture
LightWild Completes Harley-Davidson Museum LED Lighting Project - 3 Hours ago
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- LightWild today announced that its Project Engineering Team has completed its LED lighting project for the Harley-Davidson Museum which is located in Milwaukee's

Damien Hirst tops Art's Power 100 List - 3 Hours ago
Damien Hirst tops art's 2008 Power 100 ListLast Updated: 12:01am BST 14/10/2008 Who are arts top 100 most powerful people? Mark Rappolt finds out To most people, contemporary art is a world of anarchic
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Titian painting fund gets £1m to keep Diana and Actaeon in Britain - 85 Minutes ago
The money, the first to be publicly pledged to the campaign, is the largest donation to a single work of art in the Art Fund's 105-year history. The masterpiece is being offered at a 'significantly reduced
 
>>   Top Stories
Asian stocks repeat US successes - 12 Hours ago
New York had good news at last Financial markets in Asia have risen sharply, with the Nikkei gaining 10% in early trading, and Sydney up 5%. The gains came after Wall Street shares rocketed 11% on Monday

California battered by 3 wind-whipped wildfires - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES-Powerful gusts stoked three major wildfires in Southern California early Tuesday that have charred nearly 12,000 acres, destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of people to evacuate
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Financial rescue plans - 6 Hours ago
Comment Mail to friend Reuters The world's richest nations have vowed to prevent vitally important banks from failing and to unfreeze credit markets in a bid to halt panic in financial markets. The Group
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>>   Media & Advertising
Verizon Business appoints Blair Crump as group president worldwide sales - Quick - 2 Hours ago
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ: News ), said it named Blair Crump group president worldwide sales, effective immediately.In this newly created position, Crump oversees the
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Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks joins Universal to distribute movies - 3 Hours ago
(Canadian Press (delayed) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LOS ANGELES _ Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks studio has signed on with Universal Pictures to distribute its films as his company parts ways with Paramount.
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Got Recession? Come on Down!: In a Pinch, Advertisers See A Marketing Opportunity - 84 Minutes ago
For months, advertisers seemed to ignore the R-word. Rhymes-with-shmecession? Heavens, no. The economy is just great, thanks. Now buy another iPhone. Charge it. But then Bear Stearns happened. Then the
 
 
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