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Iran hardline lawmakers carp nuclear fuel deal

Influential Iranian lawmakers on Saturday criticised a U.N.-drafted agreement that requires Tehran to send its atomic stockpile abroad for further processing, the student news agency ISNA reported.

Companies reap the swine flu windfall

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Healthcare companies are reaping the benefits of a global swine flu pandemic, brightening what might otherwise have been a dismal third quarter and bringing new focus on the market for vaccines.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Calpers CIO says did right thing

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Russell Read does not regret pushing Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, into investment frontiers that consultants avoid -- and he sees the public pension funds at a crossroads on what to do next.
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World's Worst Airports

London's Heathrow Airport has been voted the worst airport in the world for the second year running in a poll of 14,500 frequent fliers while Singapore's Changi was again ranked as the best.
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AIG to disburse $12 million in delayed exec payments

AIG , the insurer that received a huge government bail out, said on Friday it is paying $12.1 million in retention awards to some top executives after U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg gave it the green light.
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Bernanke Prods Congress for Financial Reform

Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke, seeking policy solutions to manage financial risks as the nation exits a severe economic crisis, on Friday stressed the critical need for Congress take action to tighten finance laws and give greater powers to the government's financial supervisors.
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Iran ignores U.N. nuclear deadline

Iran ignored a U.N. deadline on Friday to respond to an international draft deal for it to cut an atomic stockpile the West fears could be used for weapons, and challenged the basis of the pact.
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Obama sees consensus growing on climate change bill

President Barack Obama said on Friday he saw consensus building in the U.S. Congress on climate change and energy legislation that is considered critical to international talks on a new global warming pact.
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Home sales scale 2-year high in September

Sales of previously-owned U.S. homes jumped to a two-year high last month, according to data on Friday, though the looming expiry of a tax incentive for first-time home buyers was a major factor spurring sales.
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Home sales scale 2 year high in September

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped to a two-year high last month, according to data on Friday, though the looming expiry of a tax incentive for first-time home buyers was a major factor spurring sales.
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AT&T may lose Apple iPhone's exclusivity, CEO says

AT&T may lose its exclusive deal with Apple for iPhone, which lifted its third-quarter profit with 3.2 million activations over the period, AT&T Mobility CEO intimated on Thursday during a conference call with analysts.
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US gold ends lower as dollar up vs major currencies

New York gold futures ended lower in choppy trade on Friday, reversing gains from earlier in the session as the dollar rebounded against a basket of major currencies after an optimistic U.S. housing report and bleak U.K. economic data.
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Rise in sterling Libor pauses after GDP shock

Benchmark sterling interbank lending rates paused at 5-week highs on Friday after news that Britain's economy unexpectedly contracted again, while abundant amounts of liquidity kept euro and dollar rates pinned at record lows.
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Dow ends below 10,000; industrials drag

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow slipping below the 10,000 mark, as weak results from industrial companies overshadowed robust earnings from tech heavy-weights.
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Polanski could face two years prison if extradited

Film director Roman Polanski could face two years in prison if extradited to the United States after fleeing sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said on Friday.
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Democrats gauge options on public health plan

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives struggled on Friday to agree on which version of a government-run health insurance plan to include in a reform bill, but said one was certain to be in the final legislation.
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CFTC chief urges clearing of non-major swaps

The U.S. futures regulator urged Congress to require thousands of non-major financial firms and funds to use clearinghouses to reduce the risk of another market collapse as part of its reform of the $450 trillion swaps market.
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GM board to reconsider Opel in early November

General Motors will decide in early November whether to proceed with a deal to sell its European arm Opel to a group led by Canada's Magna or to seize a new opportunity to keep the unit after seven months of grinding negotiations.
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BofA's Countrywide to get subpoena over VIP program

A U.S. lawmaker said on Friday he will issue a subpoena to Countrywide Financial, now part of Bank of America Corp, as part of a probe into whether the lender gave favored terms to lawmakers and other VIPs.

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