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GROWTH in Australia will slow in the months ahead given a rise in borrowing costs, which may stop the central bank from raising rates again.
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A representative for Tiger Woods Tuesday denied reports that the golfer is purchasing a home in the Hamptons. The woman fielding phone calls at agent Mark Steinberg's office said the claim is "totally false."
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Securities regulators haven't ruled out legal action over potentially misleading comments about the financial health of Bear Stearns made days before JPMorgan arranged to buy the struggling investment bank.
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In another sign of troubles in housing, construction of new homes nationally fell by a larger-than-expected 0.6 percent in February to an annual rate of 1.065 million units.
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Banner Health system operates a center that links critical patients with remote doctors and nurses. Banner says early measures show the program helps save lives.
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Facebook Inc. is tweaking the privacy settings on its popular online hangout to let users exert greater control over which of their friends are allowed to see personal details they post.
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Visa Inc, the world's largest credit card network, set a record for US initial public offerings by raising $17.9bn, providing a welcome windfall to several prominent US banks
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Visa is going ahead with its $17 billion initial stock sale, betting underwriters can pull off the biggest IPO in U.S. history during the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2001.
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Alcoa and Chinalco are in talks to consider the possibility of raising their stake in miner Rio Tinto.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is testing U.S. reaction to an all-electric car at this week's New York International Auto Show.
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Air China may seek allies other than China Eastern Airlines to exploit Shanghai as an international hub.
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"Fair" values for bank assets could be different for accounting and regulatory purposes, the UK regulator has warned, in a move that could see banks forced to top up their capital reserves
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(Crain’s) — Baxter International Inc. CEO Robert Parkinson received $17.6 million in total compensation last year, the medical products maker said in a regulatory filing Tuesday. That was up 29% from 2006, when Mr. Parkinson’s compensation package totaled $13.6 million. The ...
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Investors increased their bets that other bidders would emerge for Bear Stearns or JPMorgan Chase would be forced to increase its offer, driving shares in the beleaguered investment bank to nearly three times JPMorgan's takeover price
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One of the world's largest gold corporations has completed its takeover of Miramar Mining Corp., meaning Newmont Mining Corp. now owns the Doris North gold project in Nunavut.
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Despite the euphoria that met the Fed's aggressive, 3/4-point reduction to a key interest rate Tuesday, the Fed itself could end up feeding the panicky mind-set that it so desperately wants to calm.
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BERKELEY - A new partnership between two personal computing giants and two major research universities aims to bring the latest advances in faster processing technology to consumers more quickly.
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SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. posted a major package of updates and security fixes for its Windows Vista operating system for download starting Tuesday.
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A new service, expected to roll out in the next few weeks, represents Facebook's latest challege to AOL, Microsoft and other makers of popular instant messaging programmes
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US power and prestige around the world continues to suffer from the war in Iraq and its aftermath, and the next president will struggle to repair the damage, many foreign policy specialists argue