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HSBC Holdings plc has agreed to sell its U.S. credit card and retail services unit to Capital One Financial Corp for a premium of about $2.6 billion, as Europe's top bank streamlines its mammoth operations by shedding non-core businesses.

Six years ago, his Self-Defense party gained 11 percent of the vote in general elections, with Lepper coming in third in the presidential poll.

A tour bus crash in Upstate New York has left 28 people injured, four seriously, in the third such incident in less than three week's time.

Market cheers job cuts, streamlining.

Collated medallists after the eighth day of pool competition on day 16 of the world swimming championships in Shanghai on Sunday (* indicates medal winners on Sunday):

HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) should unveil a half-year profit of near $11 billion on Monday, flat from a year earlier as weak investment bank trading and wobbly U.S. and European economies offset growth in Asia.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble denied on Saturday that this month's Greek bailout deal paves the way for a future 'transfer union' in which euro zone countries are liable for each others' debts.

Bogdan Klich quit after the report placed mcuh of the culpability for the disaster on inadequate pilot training.

Former Smiths frontman alienates yet again

Anders Breivik knows the end date of his civil war against Islam in Europe.

Fund managers are weighing up their defensive investment options as a litany of poor economic indicators from the UK, Europe and the United States hammers home fears another global recession is on its way.

Both Fabianski and Szczesny have established themselves in the club.

A Polish company sold chemical fertilizer to Norwegian bomber and gunman Anders Behring Breivik but the transaction was entirely legal and police have made no arrests, the Polish internal security agency said Monday.

Given the very bullish sentiment heading into earnings, FBR Capital Markets said it is not surprised by the pullback in shares of Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB) following the company's second quarter earnings release.

Retired Army Gen. and former Chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, John Shalikashvili, died on Saturday from complications of a stroke reports Reuters.

The Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe conducted a telephone survey of 2,678 people who were at least 18 years of age across the U.S. and Europe, and they found that about 25 percent of responders feared getting the disease.

Australian researchers report that they are stepping closure in their long-sought goal: a blood test for the early detection of the Alzheimer’s disease among the people.

More than 85 percent of those who responded said they would see a doctor if they experienced any symptoms of memory loss.

Alzheimer's disease, a form of dementia that becomes progressively worse over time, is the second-most feared disease, said U.S. and European researches Wednesday. The most feared disease?

Google Maps now has come up with live traffic info in 13 additional European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.

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