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The Motley Fool 4 Critical Errors You Must Avoid How to avoid some of the key mistakes that small investors make.
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New York Times Business With Detroit Downbeat on 2008, Its Suppliers Are Singing the Blues Carmakers expect 2008 to be challenging, but hundreds of automotive parts suppliers are anticipating the year ahead to be one of the ugliest ever.
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New York Times sports They're quick to impress ATHENS -- Another night, another strong showing for America's sprinters. Allyson Felix , at 18 years old the youngest of the young lions, cruised to victory in her 200-meter heat, and then easily won her semifinal heat (22.36) to advance to the finals.
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The Motley Fool ETFs for the STARS We can look forward to a promising kind of ETF in the near future.
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RedNova technology NewsGator Partners With Directory Xpress to Help Schools Improve Communications to Parents and Students NewsGator Technologies, the leading RSS platform company, today announced a partnership with Directory Xpress, a company that provides schools with tools to help connect teachers and staff with p...
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Computerworld news Current EarthLink deal with SF looks dead EarthLink Inc.'s current contract to build a municipal Wi-Fi network in San Francisco appears to be dead follow...
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MSNBC Why did US men lose? Lack of skill The dirty little secret about this US men's basketball team is that it has played harder than any team in the Olympics and has been superior at doing anything that required plain old-fashioned effort.
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New York Times Tech Holiday Online Receipts Are Strong, but Reflect a Decline in Rate of Growth Holiday e-commerce sales were robust, but, with sales growth of 19 percent, showed their slowest-ever growth, industry analysts projected.
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Reuters Business Goldman profit up on banking, gains NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , the largest investment bank by market value, said on Tuesday that its quarterly profit rose 93 percent on investment gains, banking fees and strong trading results.
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RedNova space NASA's Spitzer First to Crack Open Light of Far Away Worlds To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: Tabatha Thompson, Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358- 3895; Whitney Clavin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., +1-818-354-4673; both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration WASHINGTON, Fe...
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CNET security news Q&A: Going to the mat for photo copyrights Lane Hartwell got Google to take down a YouTube video that used her photo without permission. Expect more such copyright tussles in the Flickr era.
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Voice of America Tennis: Roger Federer Reaches Thailand Open Quarterfinals World number one men's tennis player Roger Federer has reached the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tournament in Bangkok, but defending champion Taylor Dent is out of the event.
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New York Times Business Credit Suisse Pursuing a Partnership in the Chinese Market Credit Suisse announced Thursday that it was seeking to form a joint venture with a Chinese brokerage firm, Founder Securities.
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New York Times sports Ex-mates vote Garciaparra in In some ways, he is the 26th man. Nomar Garciaparra played such an integral role in helping the Red Sox become a championship-caliber franchise that his former teammates have not forgotten him even as they approach the threshold of a dream.
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New York Times sports Amazing race ATHENS -- In one of the greatest 100-meter races in history, in a packed stadium rocking with emotion, Justin Gatlin of the United States bolted to an Olympic gold medal last night in front of a fiercely energized field that set a new standard of sprinting excellence.
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BBC science Italy mystery of prehistoric hug Archaeologists in Italy unearth two skeletons thought to be 5,000 to 6,000 years old, locked in an embrace.
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CNN/Money Chicken strips boost McDonald's McDonald's Corp. said Wednesday worldwide sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 13 months rose 3.9 percent in August, helped by strong sales of new menu items, including fried chicken strips.
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CBC News Celtics put Gugliotta on injured list CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Boston Celtics returned Tom Gugliotta to the injured list Wednesday, this time with a sprained right ankle.
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Washington Post Chiefs' First Win Was Crucial Dick Vermeil walked around the visitors' locker room at M&T Bank Stadium as Monday night gave way to Tuesday morning, offering pats on the back, congratulatory handshakes and hugs to his Kansas City Chiefs players.
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CNN International Leaders quit Sydney-Hobart race Two of the Sydney-to-Hobart frontrunners have been forced to quit the race Tuesday, leaving the way clear for the 27-meter (90 foot) Nicorette to take line honors.
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Yahoo Politics Can black candidate woo Hispanics? (AP) AP - His rallying cry echoes the late Cesar Chavez, the Latino activist who inspired legions with three simple words, "Si, se puede!" The loose translation — "Yes, we can!" — has become Barack Obama's call to arms. But now, some are asking: Can he?
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The Register TWIN DVD arrives HD-DVD and DVD on a single disc Toshiba and Memory Tech have developed a DVD disk with a third level of storage, which means it can record DVD and HD-DVD formats as well as a large amount of other information.

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Yahoo World Eritrea dismantles 'terrorist network' backed by Sudan: official (AFP) AFP - Eritrea has broken up a "terrorist network" backed by Sudan that had plotted to assassinate President Isaias Afwerki and attack civilian targets, the government said in a further escalation of tensions between the two neighbors.
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New York Times Tech Pro-American Iraqi Blog Provokes Intrigue and Vitriol A site called Iraqi Bloggers Central, which is quite upbeat about the American presence in Iraq, has provoked a deluge of intrigue and vitriol among its peer sites.
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Canada.com Bergeron, Crosby each score two as Canada leads Slovakia 5-2 after <b>...</b> GRAND FORKS, ND (CP) - Sidney Crosby and Patrice Bergeron each had two goals and an assist as Canada built a 5-2 lead over Slovakia through two periods of the opening game at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.
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Yahoo World 10 convicted in Jordan terrorism plots (AP) AP - A military court convicted 10 suspected militants Wednesday in two separate terrorism cases that included conspiracies to kill Americans in Jordan.
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New York Times Business July Factory Orders Exceeded Forecasts; Productivity Pace Slows July factory orders rose the most in four months, exceeding forecasts, and productivity gains slowed last quarter.
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ZDNet.com Sophos declares Netsky-P worst virus of 2004 com December 8, 2004, 9:37 AM PT. Netsky-P tops the list of the worst virus outbreaks in 2004--a year marked with nearly a 52 percent increase in new viruses, according to a report
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BBC News world Prayers for murdered boy's family Prayers are said in churches across Liverpool for 11-year-old Rhys Jones who was shot dead in Merseyside.
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ABC Online Springboks edge past Wales South Africa made a nervous but victorious start to its grand slam bid this morning with a 38-36 win over Wales in the rugby union match played at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
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Chicago Sun Times Steroid details rock sports A simmering steroid scandal that has plagued baseball for nearly a year began to boil over Thursday, with the promise of more eruptions tonight.
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BBC News world Travellers stranded after floods Flash floods that hit parts of Britain on Friday leave motorists and rail travellers stuck overnight.
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Yahoo Science Northwest Troubles (weather.com) weather.com -
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Reuters World U.N. atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has expanded rather than halted its nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to possible wider sanctions over fears it secretly wants to make atom bombs.
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Daily Star Israel considering 'all options' to curb Iran A military strike is among Israel's options to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Wednesday in the latest threat by the Jewish state against its arch-foe.
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Yahoo Sports Malkin's hat trick leads Pens (AP) AP - Evgeni Malkin is making scoring look simple lately.
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International Herald Tribune Coke cuts growth goals, saying it missed trends ATLANTA Coca-Cola, the world's biggest maker of soft drinks, said Thursday that it was scaling back its long-term targets for sales volume and earnings growth amid continuing weakness in key markets including North America.
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CNET personal technology news Photo gallery: Microsoft revs car Windows The software juggernaut that conquered the desktop is racing to get Windows into your next car.
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Yahoo Sports 'Monday Night Football' Rankles FCC (AP) AP - The nation's chief media regulator expressed disappointment Wednesday over the steamy locker room opening to ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast.
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The Motley Fool This Week's Hottest Sector Look out, they're scorchers!
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New York Times Tech Link by Link: Writers on the Web, Deprived of Masks but Not Their Pride Lee Siegel is by no means the first author to try to anonymously insult his detractors, and the careers of many who did so in the past outlived any scandal.
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BBC News Business China set for surge in car sales The number of cars on China's roads is set to rise sevenfold to 140 million by 2020, according to government forecasts.
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Forbes Cognos 2Q Profit Rises Sharply Software developer Cognos Inc. on Wednesday posted a 52 percent rise in second-quarter profit, topping Wall Street expectations on a surge in license revenue across all of its regions, the company said.
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Grand Forks Herald Schroeder's Party Avoids Major Losses BERLIN - Germany's governing Social Democrats emerged from local elections in the country's most populous state Sunday trailing well behind the conservative opposition in projections, but party leaders were relieved they avoided major new losses.
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Japan Today ASEM summit starts with EU threat of sanctions on Myanmar HANOI - Asian and European nations kicked off a three-day summit here Thursday celebrating the first enlargement of their Asia-Europe Meeting forum only to be overshadowed by the European Union threatening to impose additional sanctions on military
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CNET enterprise hardware news XO laptop gives 9 year old unexpected powers A little green artifact from Nigeria transforms normal nine-year old boy into multilingual, transcontinental cultural ambassador
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Boston Globe sports Reports: Detroit Lions Fire Mike Martz The Detroit Lions reportedly fired Mike Martz on Wednesday, ending his fractious two years as the team’s offensive coordinator.
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Reuters Business Nextel Profit Rises on Customer Growth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nextel Communications Inc. NXTL.O , the sixth largest U.S. mobile provider, on Friday said its quarterly profit rose on strong subscriber growth, including better-than-expected sales to young customers.
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New York Times sports Solid backing Even before he arrived here, Tedy Bruschi decided that, if left up to him, he would stay. A native Californian, Bruschi declared New England his new home the day the Patriots made him the 86th overall selection of the 1996 draft. After eight seasons, and having recently signed an e...
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Reuters UPDATE 1 - Barnes & Noble selling GameStop stake GameStop Corp. (GME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a video game and entertainment software retailer, said Monday it bought 6,107,338 shares of its Class B Common Stock held by book store chain Barnes & Noble Inc.
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New York Times Business New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher Judith Regan complained about a “Jewish cabal against her,” according to notes released by her former employer, the News Corporation.
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RedNova technology TechTracker Media Unveils New Marketing Channel Targeting Enterprise Open Source Audiences PORTLAND, Ore., June 25 /PRNewswire/ -- TechTracker Media(TM), the leading IT vertical ad network, today announced the launch of their new "Enterprise Open Source Channel" - the industry's first vertical mar...
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New York Times sports Shoulder tightness shortens Jenks's debut White Sox closer Bobby Jenks threw nine pitches last night in Chicago's opening spring training game before being taken out against Colorado because of tightness in his right shoulder.
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Yahoo World Somalian militia looks to take over port (AP) AP - Hundreds of Islamic militiamen in heavily armed trucks headed Saturday to the strategic town of Kismayo in what appeared to be an imminent takeover attempt of one of the last seaports outside their control in Somalia, witnesses said.
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Reuters Business European Stocks Are at Five Month Highs PARIS (Reuters) - European equities flirted with 5-month peaks as hopes that economic growth was sustainable and a small dip in oil prices helped lure investors back to recent underperformers such as technology and insurance stocks.
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RedNova general Astros Try to Go Up 2-0 Over Braves ATLANTA - The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. The NL East champion Braves can't afford to go down 0-2 in a best-of-five s...
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New York Times Business 2 Canadian Bank Executives Ousted After Subprime Losses The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce fired two executives at its CIBC World Markets unit as it grapples with a $9.8 billion exposure to subprime debt.
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Reuters Business Baker Hughes Quarterly Profit Rises NEW YORK (Reuters) - Energy services company Baker Hughes Inc. reported a higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as high oil and gas prices helped drive demand for drilling and oilfield services.
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Yahoo World Royal Bank clerks asked to display rainbow stickers to support gays, bisexuals (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Thousands of Royal Bank clerks are being asked to display rainbow stickers at their desks and cubicles to promote a safe work environment for gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.
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Straits Times Sports File FORMULA One rights' owner Bernie Ecclestone has thrown the British Grand Prix a lifeline by offering to halve the race's £3-million (S$9.
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BBC News world Defiant Tsvangirai to 'fight on' Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai shows defiance after being beaten while in police custody.
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Space.com SETI@home Signal Story Sees Much More Than Meets the Eye A recent article in New Scientist magazine, entitled “ Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away,” implies that the UC Berkeley SETI@home project has uncovered a very convincing candidate
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Yahoo Tech Cisco to buy private Airespace for 450 million dollars in stock (AFP) AFP - Cisco Systems said it agreed to acquire privately held Airespace Inc. for around 450 million dollars in stock and assumed options in a move to strengthen its offerings of wireless, local area networking products.
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Boston Globe sports Zito Looks to 2-Year-Old to Rekindle His Success More than 13 years after training two Kentucky Derby winners in four years, Nick Zito is still looking for his third victory. His drought may be about to end.
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New York Times Business Market Values: Utility Stocks No Longer Such a Haven If your grandmother played the market, she probably invested in utilities for safety and income, not capital gains. She would need to adjust her strategy today.
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New York Times world Suicide Bomber Narrowly Misses Somalia’s Premier The explosion killed six of the prime minister’s bodyguards, but he was unhurt.
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Reuters Tech Microfiber fabric makes own electricity: study CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never runs out of power.
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CNET enterprise software news Microsoft's Ballmer takes things in stride On a European tour, the CEO weighs in on threats ranging from Linux and EU regulators to music pirates and "bad people out there in cyberspace."
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TSN.ca Artest sets the pace against Celtics BOSTON (Ticker) -- Ron Artest is stepping up for the Indiana Pacers early in the season. Artest scored 22 of his 28 points in the second half, including six free throws in the final 40 seconds, as the Pacers
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New York Times sports Spring ahead The inimitable, ever-obtuse, and often-tardy Manny Ramírez strolled into Red Sox camp just after 8 a.m. yesterday, accompanied by his two agents, Greg Genske and Gene Matos.
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Washington Times US weekly jobless claims rise The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 last week.
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Boston Globe sports Patriots and Giants Hope to Cap Their Quests With a Win With a burst of confidence borne of three playoff road victories, the Giants are pursuing respect as surely as the Patriots are pursuing immortality.
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Xinhua Crude oil soar above $48 a barrel in NY NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Crude oil futures jumped to new record high Thursday as market concerned that Iraqi exports might drop further because of clashes in southern Iraq between US troopsand fighters loyal to Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada ...
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Reuters World Thousands of Congo refugees flee to Uganda KAMPALA (Reuters) - Some 8,000 Congolese refugees have fled to neighboring Uganda following clashes between Congo's army and dissident general Laurent Nkunda, the United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday.
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Reuters SEC Charges Raymond James with Fraud The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.
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InfoWorld news Serena expands ALM focus with change governance ( InfoWorld ) - Serena Software is expanding its focus in the application lifecycle management space with a release of a platform tailored to change governance. The company on Tuesday is launching Dimensions 10, which unifies ALM components for requiremen...
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Reuters Business Dow Slides to Year Low on Oil, Microsoft NEW YORK (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow closed at its lowest point this year on Friday as oil prices climbed to another record and Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT.O revenue forecast lagged analysts' expectations.
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New York Times Business Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped Big banks have pulled the plug on a Treasury Department-backed plan to rescue troubled investment vehicles leveled by the subprime mortgage crisis.
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InfoWorld news IDC sees continuing decline in PDA market If a handheld device doesn't have voice capabilities, a growing number of users around the world aren't interested, according to IDC. For the third straight quarter, shipments of handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) fell as some prominent...
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Yahoo Sports Patriots Receiver Makes Impressive Return (AP) AP - Tom Brady would drop back, look for a receiver and never see one of his favorites, Deion Branch, for seven straight games.
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New York Times Business ConAgra Posts Higher Profit and Lifts Forecast The food company said that strong performance from its commodities trading group helped it overcome the cost of a pot pie recall and post a 15 percent jump in 2nd-quarter earnings.
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Boston Globe sports Sports Briefing | Tennis: Nadal Takes Mercedes Cup Rafael Nadal dropped serve three times and had to sweep five straight games to win the Mercedes Cup with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.The top-seeded Nadal had not dropped serve in the tournament, but h...
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Reuters Business Capital One posts third quarter net loss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Capital One Financial Corp , a credit card issuer and banking company, posted a third quarter net loss, hurt by charges from shuttering its GreenPoint Mortgage business.
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Yahoo Tech AOL buys online affiliate marketing network buy.at (Reuters) Reuters - Time Warner Inc's AOL said on Tuesday it has purchased online affiliate marketing network buy.at as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations.
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Wired Tech Live Coverage of Bill Gates' Keynote Address Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is once again delivering the opening keynote at CES. Wired News is bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage and photos as the speech unfolds.
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Reuters World Bhutto's Husband Re-Arrested in Pakistan ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The husband of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was re-arrested on Tuesday, less than a month after his release from jail raised hopes for reconciliation with military ruler President Pervez Musharraf.
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BBC News world Complaints follow Haiti acquittal The US and rights groups condemn the acquittal in Haiti of an ex-paramilitary leader accused of murder.
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Yahoo Science Exxon Mobil accused of misleading public (AP) AP - Britain's leading scientific academy has accused oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. of misleading the public about global warming and funding groups that undermine the scientific consensus on climate change.
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E-Commerce Times Eisner, Disney To Part Ways in 2006 Michael Eisner and Frank Wells transformed Disney by revitalizing its dormant animation efforts, expanding the theme parks and, most dramatically, by purchasing Capital Cities/ABC in 1995, thus
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London Free Press Canada's patience pays off Deep in the heart of every hockey fan lurks the fluke-flamed fear that something bizarre, something truly against all reason, could snatch victory in its cruel jaws.
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TheStreet.com Another Day, Another High for Oil Crude oil prices hit another milestone Wednesday, as the benchmark US crude touched $47 a barrel, with traders awaiting key inventory data due out later today.
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Yahoo World Alliance split over Iran nuclear defiance (AP) AP - Europeans are accusing Americans of strong-arming them into cracking down on Iran in the latest trans-Atlantic conflict straining efforts to maintain a joint front on Tehran and its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.
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New York Times sports It's a breeze for Hurricanes MIAMI -- Frank Gore and Tyrone Moss combined for three touchdowns, and No. 4 Miami avoided a letdown after its win over Florida State by routing Louisiana Tech, 48-0, yesterday.
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Reuters Business Oil Prices Seen Weighing on Wall Street PARIS (Reuters) - Oil prices up toward $45 a barrel are likely to mar sentiment on Wall Street on Wednesday, but solid earnings from software giant Oracle ORCL.O looks set to support the technology sector.
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New Zealand Herald Rogue trades batter NAB National Australia Bank's second-half net profit halved following a foreign exchange scandal, rising costs and tough competition, but the bank said its earnings decline would bottom in the first half of 2005.
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NorthJersey.com Giants just can't get the offense moving That was one thing Jim Fassel wanted from his offense when he was head coach of the Giants. Break the huddle, get to the line of scrimmage, run the play, back to the huddle, back to the line, run the next play .
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The Motley Fool Is Pier 1 Afloat? After another disappointing quarter, our Fool wonders what's in store for this furnishing retailer.
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Washington Post Fannie Executives to Defend Accounting Practices In their first response to regulators' allegations that the company manipulated its books, executives of mortgage funding giant Fannie Mae plan to defend its accounting and say the actions
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Boston Globe sports Extra Effort Pays for Hewitt Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt rebounded from a two-set deficit to defeat 2004 French Open champion Gaston Gaudio in the second round.
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