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Dubai: No bailout for ailing business
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 14:13
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Rebuff for EU in push for strong yuan
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 14:12
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UAE push to head off debts damage
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:04
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EU pushes for strong yuan
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Tech cleans coal with CO2
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:04
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The world has taken a step closer to "clean coal" thanks to new technology that actually uses CO2 to make power generation more efficient. Full story
‘Cult’ pyramid schemes hit China
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:04
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Pyramid selling was outlawed in China more than a decade ago, but the schemes continue to flourish, some with military-style tactics. Full story
Violent anti-WTO protest in Geneva
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:04
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Violence erupted in the Swiss city of Geneva Saturday as a scheduled peaceful protest of a World Trade Organization conference turned violent and police had to use tear gas and rubber bullets. Full story
Workers can’t hide from competitors
- Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:04
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When I speak to college students, I always push two messages: If you work hard, take risks, leave your comfort zone and never give up, you can do anything you want to in life; and part of life is competition, because no matter what you want, you can bet that someone else wants it too. Full story
U.S. holiday record box office
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Studio execs should give plenty of thanks to female moviegoers: "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Blind Side" led the best-ever Thanksgiving weekend at the box office by drawing women and families into theaters, while male-centric newcomers "Old Dogs" and "Ninja Assassin" only earned so-so numbers. Full story
Cyber Monday brings hopes
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The good news for merchants is that more Americans this year turned out to bag Thanksgiving weekend deals than last year. The bad news, however, is that shoppers on average spent less on their purchases compared to a year ago. Full story
Brazil will have its second-best harvest in the nation’s history this year, the government said.
Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.
Every bit of fully synthetic plastic that’s ever been produced over the past 100 years is somewhere on our planet, a leading environmentalist, David de Rothschild, said Tuesday.
India’s upper house of parliament has passed a historic bill aimed at reserving one-third of seats for women in federal and state legislatures.
Militants attacked the office of a humanitarian organization in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday killing five people, police said.
- U.S. job market sees big improvement - 42 views
- Comment: UK’s further errors on economy - 18 views
- 63 dead in India temple stampede - 16 views
- Giant waves kill 2 on cruise ship - 14 views
- 30 militants killed in Pakistan - 14 views
- Aftershocks ripple through Taiwan - 14 views
- Kiddie talk to pilots spurs probe - 13 views
- Comic spoofs Western nerds’ dating success in Japan - 13 views
- How safe is your cruise ship? - 11 views
- Strong quake hits off Sumatra coast - 10 views