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Wall Street Falls on Eurozone Rescue Fund Concerns

Stocks retreated on Friday after two days of gains as wealthier nations appeared to pull back from a European Union plan to broaden funding for a plan to deal with the region's sovereign debt crisis.

Wall St falls on euro zone rescue fund concerns

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Stocks retreated on Friday after two days of gains as wealthier nations appeared to pull back from a European Union plan to broaden funding for a plan to deal with the region's sovereign debt crisis.
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Belfast braced for Bieber-mania at MTV awards

Belfast braced for Bieber-mania at MTV awards

Teen stars Justin Bieber and girlfriend Selena Gomez perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday in Belfast, guaranteeing plenty of screaming fans and close media attention to what they say and do.
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Groupon shares surge nearly 56 percent in debut

Shares of daily deals site Groupon Inc rose more than 50 percent in their stock market debut on Friday, but at least some of the early trading exuberance may have come from the small amount of shares offered.
Visitors examine wine Vinexpo Asia-Pacific held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Hong Kong Toast of Wine World Amid Global Woes

Hong Kong's wine imports have remained strong even as global economic uncertainty cuts demand for luxury goods, underscoring the city's credentials as a preeminent wine hub buoyed by strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers.
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China scorns U.S. cyber espionage charges

China on Friday dismissed a U.S. report on online spying as irresponsible, rejecting the charge that China uses cyber espionage to steal lucrative U.S. trade and technology secrets.

Critical Thinkers Demystify Doomsday Prophecies

Are you still pondering about the much awaited cataclysmic 2011 dates - Oct 21 and Oct 28, a prediction that passed by quite uneventfully? It could still be worthwhile to muscle up courage and brace up for the next two dark dates of 11/11/11 or Dec. 21, 2012.
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Italy accepts IMF monitoring in bid to rebuild

Italy will allow the IMF to monitor its progress with long overdue reforms of pensions, labor markets and privatizations, European leaders announced on Friday, looking beyond the crisis in Greece to the far graver threat to the euro zone.
U.S. Job Market

Jobs Report Contains Modest Good News for Seekers

The U.S. economy added a modest 80,000 jobs in October -- below what economists expected -- but job gains for the prior two months were revised higher: September to 158,000 from the initially-released 103,000; and August to 104,000 from 57,000. And the latter suggests a job market that continues to heal.
Citizens listen to congressional leaders offering support to the Alliance for Retired Americans in their opposition to a Medicare bill introduced in 2003.

Medicare Beneficiaries Sue U.S. Over Hospital Stays

A group of Medicare patients and their families sued the Obama administration on Thursday, saying they were deprived of coverage by the government health plan because of a policy that allows hospitals to avoid admitting elderly people with chronic ailments as inpatients.

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