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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Emerging market stocks have been the stars of the global market rally, and the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India...
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AP - For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans...
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Shares of the retailer rose 18% in Thursday's session.
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Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports
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AP - Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income dropped 54 percent in the latest quarter amid signs the company...
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AP - Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in the third quarter, helping Gap Inc.'s profit climb...
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Oprah Winfrey told staff members, Thursday, her plans to end the talk show in 2011.
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Stocks In Focus For Friday
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Coal Producer Cloud Peak IPO Prices At $15 a Share
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Ann Taylor, J.M. Smucker, D.R....
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The nation’s biggest banks would be hit with a raft of new fees and restrictions under far-reaching ‘too-big-to-fail’ bank legislation...
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For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement...
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Yahoo is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.
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AP - The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs — more than a third of its work force —...
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Some parts of the country already lack an ample supply of general internists, pediatricians and family physicians, forcing patients...
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Dell Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell 54% from a year ago as sales across all of its major business...
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AP - America's first casino to open outside Nevada got permission Thursday to hand itself over to its lenders because it can't pay...
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Why do some people still fall prey to scams? Isn't it obvious -- especially now, in our post-Madoff world -- when a pitchman's promises...
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BARCELONA (Reuters) - Vivendi could exit from U.S. media group NBCU Universal as it has no intention to be part...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid on Thursday as another batch of economic data pointed to the fragility of...
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Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS) issued a shaky outlook for the holiday shopping season on Thursday, overshadowing...
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AOL, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a...
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When you buy a new washing machine, you don’t expect it to stink up your house. But that seems to be a common...
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PC World - For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren...
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Oprah To End Show Next Year: Reports
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DETROIT (Reuters) - More than 100 Chrysler Group LLC U.S. dealerships face possible closure if they cannot reach...
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Sensex Off To Another Weak Start As Banks Drop
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Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass...
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Tech stocks drop, as shares of Dell Inc. fall sharply following a downbeat earnings report.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can...
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Cash-rich life insurers are having trouble putting their money to work as rising prices in the corporate-bond...
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The German semiconductor maker said it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter net profit on growing demand for its logic...
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PARIS (Reuters) - Asia is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will...
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Reuters - Pimco's Bill Gross said on Thursday that utilities stocks provide opportunity for investors in a "low...
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U.S. Natural Gas Inventories Rise 20 Bcf Last Week
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General Growth Properties said it reached a deal to restructure $9 billion in mortgages on 77 malls in hopes of...
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AP - Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it would launch 3D TVs and networked products and services to unleash its potential as an electronics...
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Japan Shares Fall As Exporters Sink On Strong Yen
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AP - Some of the computer industry's biggest players — such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. —...
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Crude Remains Lower After Leading Indicators
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Starwood will move its corporate headquarters to Stamford, Conn., from New York's Westchester County, after receiving state government...
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Google said Thursday it is introducing automatic, machine-generated captions for videos on its YouTube site. The new service, ...
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Philly Fed Index Rises To 16.7 In November
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AP - Media and entertainment conglomerate Vivendi SA is nearing a decision on whether to sell its stake in NBC Universal...
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Reuters - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless insurance was unchanged last week, according...
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Treasurys Add To Gains After Trio Of Data
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Thanksgiving is around the corner, but Silicon Valley's charitable giving is on the back burner.
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Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the shares expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Ann Taylor, J.M. Smucker, D.R....
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GM's chairman is pressing the auto maker's management team to sharpen its focus on boosting quality and customer satisfaction.
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Investors react to Dell's weak earnings and a move to scoop up the dollar and move away from riskier investments.
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Reuters - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from...
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Microsoft's Windows 7 has outsold by two times any previous version of the operating system in the same length of time, CEO Steve Ballmer...