UPDATE 1-Bush says optimistic economy will regain strength
Friday, March 14th, 2008NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, on a drive to bolster faith in the U.S. economy amid fears of a recession, said on Friday the economy was resilient and would regain its str…
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Global junk bond default rate rises in February-S&P
Friday, March 14th, 2008NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - The global junk bond default rate rose to 1.02 percent in February, a six-month high, from 0.94 percent in January, Standard & Poor’s said on Friday.
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Ligety joins in US domination at World Cup skiing finals
Friday, March 14th, 2008BORMIO, Italy (AFP) - American Ted Ligety joined in the celebrations of compatriots Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn by claiming his very own World Cup title here on Friday.
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Mexico stocks, peso drop on US economy worries
Friday, March 14th, 2008MEXICO CITY, March 14 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks extended hefty losses on Friday and the peso weakened as an emergency funding plan for cash-strapped U.S. investment bank Bear Stearns tripped up gl…
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What makes the most valuable tech companies so valuable
Friday, March 14th, 2008I used market cap to determine the 10 most valuable technology companies. I stuck with electronics. If I hadn’t, then Genentech would have replaced Qualcomm in the 10th spot. And since AT&T and ot…
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Tax dodgers to get final warning
Friday, March 14th, 2008Final warnings are going to be sent to about 5,000 suspected offshore tax dodgers by the HM Revenue and Customs. The letters are part of the Revenue’s continuing campaign to get people to pay tax o…
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Gold hits yet another record high
Friday, March 14th, 2008Gold has touched a fresh record high of $1,007.10 an ounce as deepening financial market troubles increase its appeal as a haven investment. The latest increase in the price of the precious metal c…
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Thin-film outfit Global Solar touts efficiency, seeks expansion funds
Friday, March 14th, 2008The race is on to make most the cost-effective solar panel, and little-known Global Solar Energy says its flexible, thin-film cells have got the lead. Company president and CEO Mike Gering told inv…
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EU leaders commit to agreeing climate change package by year end
Friday, March 14th, 2008they also voiced concerns over cooling economic prospects, amid record oil prices, euro levels and inflation. On the energy-climate front, the 27 heads of state and government "committed ourse…
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Chehalis umpire invited to Little League World Series
Friday, March 14th, 2008Chehalis lawyer Joe Mano (man-oh) has been umpiring Little League baseball games in Lewis County for 25 years. Now he has been invited to be one of the umpires this August at the Little League World …
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Travel bans strike the heart of Lebanon’s economy
Friday, March 14th, 2008The hotel business has been particularly affected, according to head of the Lebanese Hotel Syndicate Pierre Ashkar. ‘The ban issued by some Arab countries to their citizens on visiting Lebanon due to…
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Fishermen Tell Advisory Council Economy Could Be Put at Risk
Friday, March 14th, 2008Posted on: Friday, 14 March 2008, 12:00 CDT By Ed Offley, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla. Mar. 14–PANAMA CITY BEACH — A controversial plan to significantly reduce gag grouper fishing in the Gulf…
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$4 drug program saved $26.8M in California
Friday, March 14th, 2008has saved California customers more than $26.8 million, and more than $1 billion nationwide, company officials announced Friday. Nearly 30 percent of the prescriptions are filled by customers withou…
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Odyssey HealthCare to Present at Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Global Healthcare Conference
Friday, March 14th, 2008Posted on: Friday, 14 March 2008, 15:00 CDT Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODSY), today announced that it will deliver a presentation at the Lehman Brothers Eleventh Annual Global Healthcare Confe…
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Hitachi Swings To Loss On Flat-Panel Business
Friday, March 14th, 2008revised its full-year earnings forecast, to a 70 billion yen ($697 million) loss, from the original estimate of a 10 billion yen ($99.6 million) net profit.The Japanese manufacturer announced Friday a…
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China tops world league of Internet users
Friday, March 14th, 2008BEIJING: China has more Internet users than any other country in the world, according to researchers at the Beijing-based analysts BDA. The research group said China had leapfrogged the U.S. to becom…
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Verizon Breaks With Industry to Improve File Sharing
Friday, March 14th, 2008Posted on: Friday, 14 March 2008, 12:05 CDT Verizon Communications announced Friday that it is collaborating with researchers at Yale University and several companies that make file sharing software …
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Microsoft’s Rapt Acquisition Enhances Ad Offerings
Friday, March 14th, 2008Microsoft took another stride in its race against Google today with the acquisition of Rapt, a company that helps Web publishers manage their advertising. Rapt produces software that creates a databa…
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‘Microsoft, Yahoo discuss merger’
Friday, March 14th, 2008SAN FRANCISCO: Senior executives from Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc met few days back to discuss Microsoft’s takeover bid for the company, according to two people familiar with the matter. This was …
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Citigroup Chief Signals Major Asset Sales
Friday, March 14th, 2008By Ed Welsch Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Citigroup Inc. (C) Chief Executive Vikram Pandit has begun separating the wheat from the chaff in the New York financial giant’s global empir…
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