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Thailand’s prime minister expressed optimism Sunday that the country’s worst flooding in a half-century would mostly spare Bangkok, as some dikes overflowed but the capital’s […]

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Stocks are falling after a strong rally that left the Standard & Poor’s 500 index on track for its best month since 1974.
Markets surged Thursday […]

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Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs as drug prices come under pressure from governments seeking to reduce health care […]

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True to form, European leaders on Sunday put off the tough decisions needed to save the continent from its debt crisis but promised that a […]

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AutoNation Inc. says that its third-quarter profit rose 24 percent on higher new and used vehicle prices.
The nation’s largest auto dealership chain said Thursday that […]

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American drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine al-Qaida-linked militants, including the media chief for the group’s Yemeni branch and the son of a […]

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Stocks got a lift Friday by news that the U.S. economy generated more jobs than anticipated over the past three months, reinforcing hopes that the […]

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China’s popular Sina web portal has created a tribute page to Steve Jobs with a banner that reads: “To live is to change the world.”
The […]

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Bahraini police set up checkpoints and patrolled key roads Saturday in a massive show of force during highly charged parliamentary elections that Shiite-led opposition groups […]

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The Toronto Stock Exchange fell 3.21 per cent or 383.89 points in early trading as markets felt the brunt of investor nervousness over a shaky […]

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