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Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible Review: Tiger In the Dining Room

The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible drives.
The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible embodies contradictions: British class and refinement contain the aggression and power of a tiger about to pounce. The Supersports Convertible strives to be perfect, and in most regards it is. Any review of a car of the Supersports Convertible's caliber has to focus on the details or limit itself to five short words: this is a great car.
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IBM Eyeballing Bid for BlackBerry Developer RIM: Report

BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) has been approached by International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) about a possible sale of its enterprise services unit, Bloomberg News reported, citing two insiders.
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Wal-Mart, Cisco, Groupon: Earnings Reports To Watch, Aug 13-17

The earnings calendar for the week ahead will be comparatively light, but we will still be hearing from a number of household names. Big-name companies due to report their quarterly earnings results include Wal-Mart, Sears, Home Depot, Groupon, John Deere, and Cisco.
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Asian Stocks Decline After Chinese Trade Data

Asian stock markets declined for the first time in five days Friday as weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data stoked fears of a growth slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
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European Stocks Fall On Worrying China Data

European markets fell Friday as investor confidence was weighed down following disappointing trade data from China giving further indication that the global economic condition is faltering.
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July Inflation to Pick up, Stoked by Poor Rains

Indian inflation probably crept up in July as poor monsoon rains drove food prices higher, a Reuters polls showed on Wednesday, giving the RBI less room to cut interest rates to revive a flagging economy.
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China July Trade Data Disappoints

China reported a trade surplus of $25.1 billion in July amid slower-than-expected growth in exports and imports, raising the concern that the world's second largest economy isn't doing enough to stimulate the economy and avert a slowdown.
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Asian Stocks Fall As China Data Disappoints

Most of the Asian markets fell Friday as investors were disappointed to note that China's trade balance for July was worse than expected, increasing concerns about the faltering economic condition.
General Motors assembly workers Monique Watson and Evetta Osborne install an electric battery on the underside of a 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan

General Motors’ Akerson Wants Company To Stop Being A Dinosaur

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) chairman and CEO Dan Akerson seems to think that it is finally time for the company to leave the 1970s and enter the 21st century. He also implied that it was time for the nation's largest automaker to stop being a dinosaur, according to the Detroit News.
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Google Says Voice-Activated Services Coming, Adds iPhone App

Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), the No. 1 search engine, said it has devised a voice-enabled app for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhones that will challenge the Siri personal assistant. The move comes two months after Google acquired Motorola Mobility Holdings, one of the top makers of smartphones.
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GE Recalls 1.3 Million Dishwashers For Fire Hazard

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is recalling about 1.3 million of its dishwashers after receiving reports of heating element failures that led to fires, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

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