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RIM launches new Bold, but challenge looms for Storm

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Research In Motion has rolled out an updated version of its top-end BlackBerry Bold, aiming to reassert its dominance in the professional market at a time when its retail consumer business has come under growing pressure from Apple's iPhone.
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Opel warns of tough times amid political storm

Opel's chairman warned that turning around the unprofitable automaker in the next few years would not be an easy road as the sale of the European carmaker to Canada's Magna (MGa.TO) drew a political storm.
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US Gulf refiners say ops normal, watch storm threat

U.S. refiners said operations were normal at refineries in Texas and Louisiana on Friday morning as they monitored a storm system in the western Gulf of Mexico that has a low chance of becoming a tropical cyclone.
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Tropical storm Fred intensifies in Atlantic (Map)

Tropical Storm Fred continues to gain strength as it moves to the west across the Atlantic. Fred has reached maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour according to the National Hurricane Center on Tuesday.
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Storm Bill loses steam in North Atlantic

Hurricane Bill weakened to post-tropical storm status on Monday after lashing Eastern Canada with heavy winds and rain and pounding the U.S. East Coast with heavy seas that killed two people.
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Small business seeks help in U.S. economic storm

U.S. small businesses say they feel slighted by the Obama administration and efforts to shore up the economy, with large companies taking much of the government's attention and stimulus cash.
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Storm menaces Mexico coast, hurricane expected

Powerful tropical storm Andres churned off Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, threatening to brush past the popular beach resort of Zihuatanejo and was expected to build into a hurricane.
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The Coffin Corner and a Mesoscale maw

The Air France 447 mystery may never be solved beyond a shadow of doubt, but there are some telling, tragic clues to consider based on the airplane's systems and the conditions it encountered.
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Air France plane missing over Atlantic after storm

An Air France plane with 228 people on board disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on its way from Brazil to Paris on Monday after hitting strong turbulence and French officials said they feared a disaster.
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Verizon to sell Palm Pre, new BlackBerry Storm

Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Palm Inc's Pre and a new version of the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm in about six months, the top executive for the venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc said on Thursday.
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RIM sees big retail market, plans next Storm

Research In Motion is planning a next-generation version of its touchscreen BlackBerry Storm smartphone as part of a continuing push into the retail market, its co-CEO said on Monday.
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Barclays weathers capital storm, eyes bigger prize

A pending asset sale and a clean bill of health from its financial regulator has calmed fears Barclays will need to raise cash, and backed up the bank's pledge to emerge as a victor from the financial crisis.
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French Business Schools Storm Global Top 100, Says Survey of MBA Recruiters

Four French business schools from the world’s top 100 produce the caliber of graduates most attractive to international recruiters, according to the Global Recruiters’ Top 100 Business Schools Report. The report, released next week by the MBA information specialists QS TopMBA.com, uniquely sources the opinions of the world’s leading international MBA recruiters, a methodology that has made it inc...
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Upper Midwest faces 40 Below Zero Temps

Areas in the upper Midwest experienced temperatures of minus 10 as yet another snowstorm appears to be fast approaching, causing schools to close and killing one man.
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Valentines Day Virus

If you unexpectedly receive a Valentine's Day e-card, be careful, it may not be from a secret admirer, but instead may contain the 'Storm Worm' virus which could infect your computer system.

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