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Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government has grown deeply unpopular due to its perceived mishandling of the devastating tsunami and nuclear disaster
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Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York is under pressure from the Obama administration to drop opposition to a state settlement with banks over foreclosure practices.
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Germany's Bundesbank has issued a blistering critique of EU bail-out policies, warning that the eurozone is drifting towards a debt union without "democratic legitimacy" or treaty backing.
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Women tend to have more deep sleep and awaken fewer times during the night than men do. Still, men overall say they are more satisfied with the amount and quality of their shut-eye than are women.The latest research on which sex needs more sleep.
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It was the deathbed request from the mother of a longtime fugitive that finally led the FBI to William Walter Asher III.
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany's constitutional court will announce its verdict on September 7 on whether the government broke the law with last year's euro zone and Greek bailout packages, it said in a statement
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New York (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank AG knew in 2006 that a mortgage company it was preparing to buy lied to the U.S. government about its mortgages, yet went ahead with the purchase and should be held financially
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Gold advanced to an all-time high above $1,910 as investors sought to protect their wealth against financial turmoil amid speculation that the global economy is slowing. Platinum gained to the highest in more than three years.
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss bank UBS plans to slash around 3,500 jobs, almost half of them from its investment bank, as it seeks to shave some 2 billion Swiss francs from annual costs by the end of 2013.UBS
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China's factory sector is likely to slow slightly for a second consecutive month in August as sluggish overseas demand saps new orders, HSBC's China Flash PMI showed on Tuesday.The
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As markets convulsed in September 2008, Morgan Stanley Treasurer David Wong briefed the Federal Reserve on a “dark” scenario in which the U.S. firm would need at least $10 billion of emergency loans from the central bank.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Spot gold soared to an all-time high above $1,910 on Tuesday, on course for its biggest monthly rise in 29 years, as persistent worries about global economic growth burnished bullion's
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Perhaps teachers ought to use Facebook only to stay in touch with friends and family, not students.
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Uh, what the heck is happening to the Vampire Squid? Its shares just dropped from $112, where they'd been most of the day, essentially flatlined, to about $106.
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Gold climbed to a record for the third straight session as mounting concern that the global economy is slowing amid debt crises spurred demand for bullion as a protection of wealth. Platinum rose to a three-year high.
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