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77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say
Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Authorities can't say for sure how the 77 people were infected, said Brian Labus, senior epidemiologist with the Southern Nevada Health District. But they know ...
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Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman _ she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of ...
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 Obama picks ups 3 superdelegates, union endorsement
The movement of Democratic superdelegates to presidential hopeful Barack Obama gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and two congressmen, including one who switched his backing from rival Hillary Rodham ...
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Evangelist Franklin Graham visits China ahead of Olympics
The son of American evangelist Billy Graham said Friday he is opposed to missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games. Franklin Graham, also an evangelist, was speaking to reporters Friday during a visit to Beijing for meetings with the Communist Party-controlled Protestant church ...
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Opening Glance: Gold miners open lower in early trading
Shares of gold companies opened lower Friday, even as the price of the precious metal increased but the broader market fell. Gold traded in London at $887.25 per troy ounce, up from $883.70 late Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.90 points, or 0.71 percent, to ...
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Canada reaffirms decision to block sale of space tech co.
Canada confirmed its decision to block a foreign takeover of part of the country's premier space technology company MDA. Industry Minister Jim Prentice first turned down the $1.3 billion takeover bid last month for MDA's space division by Alliant Techsystems Inc., a U.S.-based munitions and rocket ...
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Regulators rescind capital requirement for H&R Block
H&R Block Inc. said Friday that the Office of Thrift Supervision has rescinded its requirement that the company hold a 3 percent tangible capital reserve _ a restriction that had prevented the company from buying back ...
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 Survey says executives see oil prices falling
Even as oil prices ascended to new highs of more than $124 a barrel this week, many oil and gas industry executives say they expect the price to fall significantly by year's end, a new survey ...
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Gold Investments Market Update
A firm note tracked the Gold price overnight and it is currently $888.90. Closing above $880 adds to that positive tone and the next resistance level stands at $897. The London AM Gold Fix at 1030 GMT this morning was at $887.25, £453.906 and €573.604 (from $872.25, £445.48 and €568.61 ...
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The Daily Resource 05/09/2008
Precious MetalsGold was limp through the early London trading, but just before the New York session began it started up and continued higher through the early afternoon, peaking above $885 before easing to finish at $881.50, up $13.00. Overnight, gold has continued upward.Platinum took off in ...
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Asia markets fall; Nikkei drops 2 pct on Toyota's bad news
Most Asian markets fell Friday, with Japan's key stock index dropping more than 2 percent following a bleak earnings outlook from Toyota. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index sank 2.1 percent to 13,655.3. Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 1.5 percent to 25,063.2, extending its losing streak to a ...
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Market Moving News: USD/MAJ - May 9
Usd/majors...Dlr has pared some its losses after U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $58.2 billion (median forecast was $61.2 billion) fm a downwardly-revised $61.7 billion in the previous ...
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The Risk Today - May 9
EurUsd Euro has been weak for the three weeks and broke yesterday 1.5400 low trading range. Psychological 1.5000 key level marks strong support before 1.4500 pivot point. Pivot point hold 1.6000 resistance ahead of key ...
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Don't count on gas tax cut lowering prices
Sure, a gas-tax holiday seems like a good idea, at first. According to the presidential candidates touting it, it would yield cheaper gas, which in turn would produce less expensive packaging, food, ...
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ALL BUSINESS: Investors on losing end when capital raised
Financial company shareholders must feel like second-class citizens now, given how they are being treated as some banks raise capital. It's bad enough that investors in National City Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. have seen their stock holdings plunge in value and dividends crimped because of the ...
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ALL BUSINESS: Credit-rating agencies still need ample staff
Better a half-blind guard at the gate, than no guard at all. Credit-rating analysts have been sharply criticized for failing to properly assess the risk of mortgage-backed and other complex debt securities. That doesn't mean we don't need them doing the ...
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Ahead of the Bell: US Solar Power companies
A Citi Investment Research analyst began covering shares of U.S.-based solar power companies Friday, saying First Solar Inc. is one of the few companies that will weather sharp decline in ...
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Windstream 1Q profit rises 24 percent on customer growth
Broadband services provider Windstream Corp. said Friday its first-quarter profit climbed 24 percent on customer growth. Net income rose to $123.7 million, or 27 cents per share, compared with $99.9 million, or 21 cents per share, in the previous ...
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 Jury selection set to begin in R. Kelly pornography trial
Jury selection was set to start Friday in the long-delayed trial of one of urban music's biggest stars. Grammy-winning R&B singer R. Kelly faces child pornography charges, prompted by a videotape allegedly showing him having sex with a girl as young as ...
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 Pace picks up `The Fall,' but won't push it too much
Near as Lee Pace can tell, the best way to scare audiences away is to tell them how good something is. "I think people are really cautious about important movies," said Pace, who stars in "The Fall," opening Friday. "If you're told, `There's an important movie coming out,' people would rather chew ...
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Speedy new character debuts on new season of NBC's `Heroes'
She's not just fast. She's very fast. Meet Daphne, the speedy new character on NBC's "Heroes," who plans to give the show's superhumans _ especially time traveler Hiro and his sidekick, Ando _ a run for their money when she debuts on the popular NBC series' upcoming third season, which went back ...
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 From couch to court, Gabriel Byrne charms in 'Camelot'
He can't sing and he can't dance, but Gabriel Byrne can charm _ and he did while portraying the chivalrous King Arthur in "Camelot." After playing the tormented shrink Dr. Paul Weston in HBO's "In Treatment," the Irish actor went from couch to court, starring Wednesday in Lerner and Loewe's beloved ...
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FTSE up on Thursday
The FTSE 100 share index rose on Thursday following news that the Bank of England decided to keep interest rates at 5.0 per cent. The index was up 9.8 points to 6,270.8 by the end of the day (up 0.2 per ...
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Inbev profits drop 11%
Inbev, brewer of Stella Artois, said on Thursday that its profits had dropped 11 per cent to 249 million euros, in the first quarter of ...
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Royal Mail profits fall 30 Pct
Royal Mail Group said on Thursday that it had delivered "robust financial results" in the year ended 30 March 2008, despite "many ...
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Provident Financial has good start to 2008
Non-standard lender Provident Financial Plc said on Thursday that it had made a strong start to 2008, with customer numbers up 6.3 per cent in its core consumer credit division at the end of the first ...
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Opening Glance: Gold miners open lower in early trading
Shares of gold companies opened lower Friday, even as the price of the precious metal increased but the broader market fell. Gold traded in London at $887.25 per troy ounce, up from $883.70 late Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 9.90 points, or 0.71 percent, to ...
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Canada reaffirms decision to block sale of space tech co.
Canada confirmed its decision to block a foreign takeover of part of the country's premier space technology company MDA. Industry Minister Jim Prentice first turned down the $1.3 billion takeover bid last month for MDA's space division by Alliant Techsystems Inc., a U.S.-based munitions and rocket ...
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Regulators rescind capital requirement for H&R Block
H&R Block Inc. said Friday that the Office of Thrift Supervision has rescinded its requirement that the company hold a 3 percent tangible capital reserve _ a restriction that had prevented the company from buying back ...
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