| Microsoft to open chain of retail stores |
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A veteran executive from the world's biggest retail chain starts work Monday at Microsoft with a mission to open stores specializing in the software giant's products.
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| Australia fire survivors in emotional return to ruined town |
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Survivors made a heart-rending return Saturday to a town burnt to ashes in Australia's deadliest bushfires, as police picked through the crime scene in their hunt for suspected arsonists. With o.......More »
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| FOREX-Dollar gains as slowdown woes boost appeal |
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* Dollar gains as investors seek "safer" assets
* Markets unimpressed by U.S. package agreement, bank plan
The dollar climbed on Thursday, attracting safe-haven bids on concerns .......More »
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| U.S. crude drops below $35 on high stocks!! |
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U.S. oil futures fell to a three-week low below $35 a barrel on Thursday, dragged down by an overhang of crude oil stocks in the United States and concerns over the health of the global economy. U.......More »
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| Recession, bailout costs push deficit to record!! |
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The recession and massive costs for the financial bailout have pushed the federal deficit to an all-time high for the first four months of the budget year. The Treasury Department says the.......More »
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| Crisis shakes steel, auto, oil sectors!!! |
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Fresh losses and grim forecasts slammed the world's steel, auto and oil sectors on Wednesday after a US bank rescue plan that could cost as much as 2.0 trillion dollars got a sceptical rec.......More »
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| New prostate cancer test gets go-ahead |
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Researchers have made the first steps towards devising a urine test for detecting prostate cancer, according to a paper released on Wednesday by the British journal Nature. A chemical fingerprin.......More »
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| "WALL-E" the film to beat for animation Oscar |
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And then there were three -- though there could have been five. Just three animated feature films have made the Oscar nomination grade, though 17 of them were released in 2008, enough to reach the t.......More »
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| Gold jumps 3 percent to 6-1/2 month high on risk aversion!!! |
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Gold jumped 3 percent to a 6-1/2 month high on Wednesday as risk aversion prompted investors to buy gold and bullion-backed exchange-traded funds as a haven.
Prices pushed through tough res.......More »
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| US trade gap shrinks in 2008 as recession bites |
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The US trade deficit shrank in 2008, narrowing sharply in the final months of the year amid a deepening recession and an escalating global financial crisis, government data showed Wednesday. The US .......More »
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