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| | Egypt floats truce plan after 42 killed in Gaza school
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Reuters - Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 4...
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| Fighting continues as Israel considers peace plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Plumes of smoke engulfed a neighborhood east of Gaza City on Wednesday as Israel's leaders considered a peace plan put forth by France and Egypt on the 12th day of their campaign to stop rocket fire into Israel.
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| Israel offers short respite from strikes (cnn.com)
Israel will halt its bombardment of Gaza for three hours every day to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain much-needed supplies, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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| Gaza clashes resume as sides mull peace plan (msnbc.com)
Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian truce proposal in Gaza on Wednesday that won backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school.
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| Analysis: Obama's challenges in Mideast (msnbc.com)
One of President-elect Barack Obama's biggest challenges in Middle East policymaking will be to craft diplomatic solutions that do not have unintended consequences.
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CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post
53 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - President-elect Barack Obama"s reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn"t had that much clout in ...
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| Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks (yahoo! news)
AP - Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.
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| Senate Democrat bucks party over Burris (cnn.com)
Roland Burris was denied entry to the Senate chambers today as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama. Burris said the secretary of the Senate rejected his credentials, and therefore he would not be allowed access to the floor. An attorney for Burris said the rejection was unlawful.
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| Obama says deficit may approach $1 trillion (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.
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| Democratic leaders seek to resolve Burris saga (yahoo! news)
AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats' opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do. Democratic leaders, set to meet with Burris on Wednesday, were searching for a way to defuse the dispute before it further overshadows the 111th Congress.
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| Opinions divided on Panetta as CIA chief (cnn.com)
Could someone without intelligence experience effectively lead the United States' top spy agency during a time of war? Two Democratic sources say Barack Obama will nominate Leon Panetta, former chief of staff for President Clinton, to lead the CIA. Some former intelligence officials, and some lawmakers in Obama's own party, have questioned the choice.
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| Intelligence experience necessary for CIA chief? (cnn.com)
Could someone without intelligence experience effectively lead the United States' top spy agency during a time of war? Two Democratic sources say Barack Obama will nominate Leon Panetta, former chief of staff for President Clinton, to lead the CIA. Some former intelligence officials, and some lawmakers in Obama's own party, have questioned the choice.
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| Feinstein says Senate should seat Burris (cnn.com)
Roland Burris was denied entry to the Senate chambers today as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama. Burris said the secretary of the Senate rejected his credentials, and therefore he would not be allowed access to the floor. An attorney for Burris said the rejection was unlawful.
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Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe
40 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies through pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory, the latest move in a devastating pricing dispute between the two neighb...
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| Russian gas flow through Ukraine to Europe halted (reuters)
Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely on Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of European Union member states without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
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| Gas stopped for swathe of states (bbc news)
Seven European and Balkan countries report a complete halt in gas imports from Russia as its row with Ukraine worsens.
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| EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas (reuters)
Europe faced a deepening energy crunch and more sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday, with Moscow and Kiev showing little sign of a swift resolution of a pricing dispute that has slashed Russian gas supplies to the West.
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| Natural gas shortages slam some European nations (yahoo! news)
AP - A natural gas crisis loomed over Europe on Tuesday, as a contract dispute between Russia and Ukraine shut off Russian gas supplies to six countries and reduced gas deliveries to several others.
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| Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia sharply cut gas flows to Europe via Ukraine on Tuesday in a dramatic worsening of a pricing dispute with Kiev that threatened to disrupt supplies as far west as Italy and Germany.
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| Ukraine gas official: talks to resume (yahoo! news)
AP - Ukraine and Russia will hold new talks to end their bitter natural gas dispute that has cut off Russian gas to six other countries, the head of Ukraine's gas company said Tuesday, as officials in eastern Europe warned of a looming emergency.
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| Russian gas disruption spreads across Europe (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russia's worsening gas dispute with Ukraine cut supplies on Tuesday to Turkey and a swathe of European countries, threatening disruption as far west as Italy and Germany.
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Russian gas flow through Ukraine to Europe halted
40 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Russian gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine shut down completely on Wednesday, leaving growing numbers of European Union member states without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperat...
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| EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Russian gas supplies to Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were halted on Wednesday, adding to the list of EU states left without Russian fuel in freezing mid-winter temperatures.
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UK retailers sales plunge in crisis
40 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Britain"s biggest clothing retailer reported its worst sales in a decade on Wednesday and Taiwan said its exports plunged the most on record, grim news belying recent optimism in world ...
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| UK retailer's sales plunge in crisis (reuters)
Britain's biggest clothing retailer reported its worst sales in a decade on Wednesday and Taiwan said its exports plunged the most on record, grim news belying recent optimism in world markets of a revival in the global economy.
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| | Romero, Mitre suspended 50 games each by MLB
6 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero was suspended for the first 50 games of next season on Tuesday after testing positive for a banned substance contained in a supplement developed by convicted BALCO chemis...
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| JC Romero given 50 game ban (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher JC Romero has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Tuesday.
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| Key Phils reliever Romero suspended 50 games (foxsports.com)
Phillies reliever J.C. Romero and Yankees minor league pitcher Sergio Mitre were suspended for the first 50 games of next season after testing positive for a banned substance.The suspensions were announced Tuesday by Major League Baseball.Romero earned two wins in Philadelphia's World Series victory over Tampa Bay last season. He has called the penalty unfair, ESPN.com reported Monday night.
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US out of Hopman Cup contention
50 minutes ago @ abc sport
The United States is out of contention for the Hopman Cup, going down to Germany 2-1 in Perth.
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| Slovaks eye Hopman Cup tennis final (yahoo! news)
AFP - The Slovak Republic are on the verge of their fourth appearance in the Hopman Cup final after upsetting the host nation 2-1 here Tuesday.
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| Spurs celebrate Defoe return with Cup comeback (abc sport)
Tottenham Hotspur celebrated the return of England striker Jermaine Defoe on Tuesday morning (Australian time) by romping to a 4-1 semi-final first leg League Cup win over Burnley.
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| Defoe heading back to Tottenham (yahoo! news)
AFP - England international striker Jermain Defoe is set to leave Portsmouth and rejoin Harry Redknapp at Tottenham, the London club said on Tuesday.
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Nuggets forward Anthony out with fractured finger
7 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Denver Nuggets" Carmelo Anthony has suffered a fracture to a finger on his shooting hand and is expected to be sidelined for three-to-four weeks, the team said on Tuesday.
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| Nuggets' Anthony out 3 weeks with broken bone (yahoo! news)
AP - Carmelo Anthony didn't care for the color of the new removable splint he was sporting on his broken right hand, preferring it to be Denver Nuggets blue over bright red.
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| Anthony suffers probable fracture in right hand (yahoo! news)
AP - Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and had a season-high nine assists despite suffering a "probable" fracture in his right hand in the Denver Nuggets' 135-115 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday night.
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Saints QB Brees is AP Offensive Player of Year
7 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Drew Brees understood what breaking a record set by Dan Marino would mean to the New Orleans Saints. So coming up 15 yards short was disappointing to the Saints quarterback, who won The Associate...
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| AP NFL Offensive Player (yahoo! news)
The NFL Offensive Players of the Year named by The Associated Press, selected by a nationwide panel of the media:
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| Steelers' Harrison is AP Defensive Player of Year (yahoo! news)
AP - Kent State once sent a linebacker to the Pittsburgh Steelers who epitomized everything the Steel Curtain was about. That was Jack Lambert. The current version of the hard-hitting, versatile and dynamic former Kent Stater in Steel City is James Harrison, The Associated Press 2008 Defensive Player of the Year.
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Black Caps hammer Windies to level series
50 minutes ago @ abc sport
Skipper Daniel Vettori has taken four cheap scalps as New Zealand crushed the West Indies by seven wickets in Wellington to level the one-day series at 1-1.
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| | Sandra Oh
2569 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
2569 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
2569 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
2569 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
2569 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Reaction to Apples final Macworld subdued
9 hour(s) ago @ cnn.com
Instead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, celebrity-seekers had to settle for crooner Tony Bennett. And instead of blockbuster news from Apple Vice President Philip Schiller, attendees got new iTunes pricing a...
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| Apple Unveils New MacBook Pro, Drops DRM for iTunes (yahoo! news)
Despite this Macworld being Apple's last, despite Apple CEO Steve Jobs not delivering the keynote address, and despite efforts at a silent protest during the keynote, the show went on with great success. Apple had a lot to announce and Philip Schiller, vice president of worldwide product marketing, took his time on stage to announce new products and services.
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| Apple disappoints-no Jobs, big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints: No Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld (yahoo! news)
Apple Inc said on Tuesday said it was dropping copy protection from songs sold on the Internet and debuted its slimmest 17-inch laptop yet, but with no dramatic products or master pitchman Steve Jobs, the company's final Macworld performance disappointed Wall Street.
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| Apple unveils new MacBook Pro, iTunes changes (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil software upgrades, introduce an ultralight notebook and announce iTunes pricing changes.
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| Apple unveils new notebook, iTunes changes (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil software upgrades, introduce an ultralight notebook and announce iTunes pricing changes.
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| Apple iLife to recognize faces, places (cnn.com)
Apple vice president Philip Schiller has kicked off his keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo with a revamp of iLife that will organize your photos by the faces in them and the places your pictures were taken.
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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
6 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the ...
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| Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes (yahoo! news)
AP - Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection.
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| ZOMG! Pranksters hit MacRumors keynote coverage (yahoo! news)
Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote. Hosted on a separate domain, MacRumorsLive.com, the site was plagued by offensive messages about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health and general inanity (i.e. "SEX ME") before finally succumbing to "technical difficulties."
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| Hackers hit MacRumors keynote coverage (yahoo! news)
Some nasty pranksters, likely associated with Web forum 4Chan, have hacked into Apple gossip mainstay MacRumors' live-blog coverage of Tuesday's Macworld keynote. Hosted on a separate domain, MacRumorsLive.com, the site was plagued by offensive messages about Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health and general inanity (i.e. "SEX ME") before finally succumbing to "technical difficulties."
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| Apple to sell copy protection-free songs (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc has agreed to start selling digital songs without copy protection software from its iTunes store along with over-the-air download songs for its popular iPhone, according to people familiar with its plans.
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| Apple rolls out movie, pix software upgrades (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Apple Inc, missing master pitchman Steve Jobs and facing subdued expectations during its final appearance at the Macworld trade show, rolled out upgrades to its home movie and photo software on Tuesday.
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| Apple touts software updates, new MacBook Pro (cnn.com)
Apple Vice President Philip Schiller took the stage at the Macworld Conference & Expo to unveil new versions of the iLife and iWork software suites and introduce an ultra-light notebook.
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Billions at stake as China issues 3G licences
52 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets.
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Egypt floats truce plan after 42 killed in Gaza school
1 hour(s) ago @ reuters
Israel and Hamas studied an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestin...
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| Israel deaf to truce calls as Gaza battles rage on (reuters)
Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10 days.
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China issues 3G licences: government
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - China issued long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences Wednesday, a move that will pour billions of dollars into new networks as consumers buy video- and Internet-enabled handsets.
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| | Japans top CEOs say crisis shows US shortcomings
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Japan"s business leaders said Tuesday the U.S. financial crisis has shown the shortcomings of America"s freewheeling approach to business, but defended the end of this nation"s traditio...
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| Japan stocks up for 7th day on hopes for US plan (yahoo! news)
AP - Japanese stocks rose for a seventh straight trading day on Wednesday, lifted by optimism over a U.S. economic stimulus plan and a surge in exporters on the back of a weakening yen.
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| Housing, factories and services remain in slump (yahoo! news)
The slumping U.S. housing, factory and service sectors produced more misery for the world's largest economy in the last two months of 2008 as the year-old recession looked set to drag on into 2009, data showed on Tuesday.
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| US auto sales drop in 2008, recovery unclear (yahoo! news)
AP - After a year in which U.S. auto sales tumbled 18 percent and GM had its worst year in nearly a half-century amid slack demand fueled by a terrible economic outlook and growing job worries, automakers are reluctant to predict when a recovery might occur.
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| Chemical Unit Files for Bankruptcy (nyt > business)
The U.S. operations of LyondellBasell, the petrochemical company, filed for bankruptcy protection in New York on Tuesday, facing a huge debt load and slumping demand for its products.
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| Chemical Maker Files Bankruptcy (nyt > business)
The U.S. operations of LyondellBasell, the petrochemical company, filed for bankruptcy protection in New York on Tuesday, facing a huge debt load and slumping demand for its products.
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| LyondellBasell U.S. units file for bankruptcy (yahoo! news)
The U.S. operations of LyondellBasell, the world's third-largest petrochemical company, filed for bankruptcy protection under the weight of a massive debt load and slumping demand for its products.
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| Drop in Nov. orders backs Fed claim that '09 will be tough for U.S. (cbc)
The U.S. Federal Reserve thinks the American economy will get worse in the first half of 2009, according to minutes of the board's December meeting released Tuesday.And, right on cue, new orders for domestic manufacturers fell by twice as much as economists had expected, the U.S. Commerce Department also said Tuesday.
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Russia halts natural gas supplies via Ukraine: report
40 minutes ago @ marketwatch.com
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| Russia Cuts Gas, and Europe Shivers (nyt > business)
Russia?s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.
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| Russia 'stops sending Europe gas' (bbc news)
Ukraine says Russia has stopped natural gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine, as the two countries' energy dispute worsens.
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| Russia Cuts Gas; Europe Shivers (nyt > business)
Russia?s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.
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| Russia reduces gas flow to Europe (cbc)
Reductions in supply by Russia's state gas company halted natural gas flow to several European countries Tuesday and severely cut back supply to others amid a price dispute with Ukraine.
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| Gazprom Dispute Entangles Europe (nyt > business)
Russia?s gas price dispute with Ukraine escalated, disrupting deliveries to the European Union in the midst of a bitter cold spell.
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| Russia cuts gas flow to Europe, countries report (cbc)
Reductions in supply by Russia's state gas company halted natural gas flow to several European states Tuesday and severely cut back supply to other nations amid its price dispute with Ukraine, officials in those countries said.
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| Russia cuts gas flow to Europe, countries report (cbc)
Russia's state gas company halted natural gas supplies to several European states Tuesday and severely cut back flows to other nations amid its price dispute with Ukraine, officials in those countries said.
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Marks & Spencer up 3% after job cuts, slowing sales
40 minutes ago @ marketwatch.com
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| Marks & Spencer U.K. comparable sales down 7.1% (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer 13 week group sales down 1.2% (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer says 780 jobs may be lost at stores (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer to close 27 stores (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks & Spencer to cut up to 450 head office staff (marketwatch.com)
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| Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs (bbc news)
Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs from its workforce of 70,000, the BBC confirms.
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| Marks and Spencer cuts 1,000 jobs (bbc news)
Marks and Spencer will announce on Wednesday that it is cutting 1,000 jobs from its workforce of 70,000 employees, the BBC confirms.
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| Marks & Spencer reportedly to make job cuts (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza
6 hour(s) ago @ nyt > business
Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.
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| Oil caught in tug-of-war (latest financial new...)
Oil prices fluctuated wildly Tuesday then settled slightly lower after a handful of dismal economic reports countered signs that OPEC nations were starting to comply with planned output cuts.
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| Oil caught in tug-of-war (business and financi...)
Oil prices fluctuated wildly Tuesday after a handful of dismal economic reports countered signs that OPEC nations were starting to comply with planned output cuts.
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| Oil above $49 as investors eye Gaza conflict, OPEC (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices neared $50 a barrel Tuesday amid signs OPEC is implementing its announced production cuts and as Israel's ground offensive in Gaza kept tensions high in the oil-rich Middle East. The gas dispute between Ukraine and Russia also caused gas prices to jump.
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| Oil tops $50 on production cut talk (latest financial new...)
Oil prices broke $50 a barrel for the first time in four weeks Tuesday after reports indicated that OPEC producers were starting to comply with planned output cuts.
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| Oil up to over $50 on Russia gas, Mideast (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil hit a one-month high above $50 a barrel on Tuesday as Israel's incursion into Gaza and a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas heightened concern about supply disruptions.
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| Oil above $48 as investors eye Gaza conflict, OPEC (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices remained above $48 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid signs OPEC is implementing announced production cuts and as Israel's ground offensive in Gaza kept tensions high in the oil-rich Middle East.
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| Oil up 38% since Christmas (latest stock market ...)
moving closer to the $50 mark - as the movement of Israeli forces into the Gaza Strip this weekend added to worries about Middle East supply disruption.
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| Oil up 38% since Xmas (business and financi...)
moving closer to the $50 mark - as the movement of Israeli forces into the Gaza Strip this weekend added to worries about Middle East supply disruption.
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| Oil nears $50 on Middle East tensions (latest stock market ...)
moving closer to the $50 mark - as the movement of Israeli forces into the Gaza Strip this weekend added to worries about Middle East supply disruption.
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Bank of America in Chinese sale
2 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Bank of America is to sell a stake in China Construction Bank, in an move that could raise $3bn, the Chinese bank says.
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| Bank of America sells $2.8 billion China bank stake (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Top U.S. lender Bank of America , raising cash to weather a dismal market at home, sold a $2.83 billion chunk of its holding in China Construction Bank (0939.HK) on Wednesday, dragging the Chinese bank's stock 6 percent lower.
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| Bank of America?s Chief Gives Up Bonus (nyt > business)
Bank of America?s chief executive, Kenneth D. Lewis, is joining the growing ranks of top banking executives who are giving up annual bonuses after a dreadful year in the financial industry.
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