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Economy closer to recession after weak growth data

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AFP - The economy came closer to a recession on Friday after official data showed it had slowed further during the second quarter as the construction and manufacturing industries weakened.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Microsoft to Spend $2.5 Billion a Year To Keep Pace in Race With Google

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Microsoft plans to spend at least $2.5 billion a year for the foreseeable future to compete with Google because the opportunity in online advertising is too big to ignore, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said yesterday. "The amount of economic value we have the opportunity...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



US home foreclosures on the rise

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The number of homes in some stage of being repossessed more than doubled in the three months to June, a report shows.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Microsoft executives say they've given up on buying Yahoo

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The software leader will find other ways to gain ground in online search and advertising, investors are told. Microsoft Corp. executives ruled out an acquisition of Yahoo Inc. on Thursday, even as they acknowledged that the Internet company would have provided a needed boost in online...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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An Oil Romance On the Rocks

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The marriage of British oil giant BP and a group of Russian-bred tycoons in a joint venture in 2003 was strained from the start. "The first risk . . . is mutual distrust," the joint venture's executive director German Khan warned his colleagues in the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem
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Home Sales Put Shares in a Tailspin

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Disappointing June home sales and new worries about banks dragged the Dow Jones industrial average down 283.10 points, or 2.43 percent, its worst loss in a month.   comments (0)  | report problem



Weak Ad Sales Trim Profit at McClatchy and Scripps

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Earnings at the newspaper publisher and media company fell more than 40 percent in the second quarter on sharp declines in newspaper revenue.   comments (0)  | report problem


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World trade talks revived by "encouraging signs"

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Troubled global trade talks showed signs of progress on Friday after crunch negotiations among seven key countries, ministers and officials said.   comments (0)  | report problem



Rep. Pledges to Block Workplace Exposure Rule

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A Congressional leader pledged this morning to introduce legislation that would block an eleventh-hour effort by the Labor Department to make it more difficult to limit workers' exposure to chemicals on the job. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee,...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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New market demand spurs Honda to record quarter

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TOKYO (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. reported record profit for a fiscal first quarter Friday as sales growth in new markets offset the damage from a stronger yen and soaring material costs....  comments (0)  | report problem


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U.S. banks primary borrowings from Fed biggest ever

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. banks' direct primary credit borrowing from the Federal Reserve rose to the highest level ever in the latest week, reflecting the growing need of the banking sector to rely on the central bank for cheap funding, analysts said.   comments (0)  | report problem



New home sales fall but stronger than expected

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of newly constructed U.S. single-family homes were stronger than expected in June, falling 0.6 percent to a 530,000 annual pace, a government report showed on Friday, providing a glimmer of hope for the beaten-down housing market.   comments (0)  | report problem


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