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Obama picks Summers as top economic adviser - 97 Minutes ago
President-elect Barack Obama is expected to nominate Harvard economist Lawrence Summers as head of the National Economic Council, making him Obama's top economic adviser in the White House, two sources
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Astronauts finish longest spacewalk - 5 Hours ago
Nov 23 - Two shuttle astronauts finished the longest of their planned spacewalks outside the orbiting International Space Station. Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen returned to the International
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Boston Globe
Obama pledges 2-year stimulus - 69 Minutes ago
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that he has told his economic team to come up with a recovery plan focused on creating new jobs -- 2.5 million of them in the next three
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Obama 'to unveil Treasury chief'
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VAT 'to be cut in rescue package'
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Zimbabwe denies bar on Annan team
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Liberal Hollywood ponders next step in fight for same-sex marriage
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Obama promises more Afghan aid
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Leaders back free trade to ease crisis - 10 Hours ago
Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession. United
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US renews calls for Iran to help find missing former FBI agent - 15 Hours ago
AFP/File â?? Christine Levinson, the wife of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, holds a press conference at the Swiss embassy â?¦ Play Video Video: Iran executes spy acccused Reuters Play Video Video: State
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Clinton on track for US Secretary of State - 8 Hours ago
WASHINGTON The president-elects heavy-hitting cabinet took shape on a day of frenzied reports and speculation, two months before Obama takes the oath of office and at the end of another punishing week
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>>   Politics/Law
Karzai: Obama Promises To Fight Terror - 2 Hours ago
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region would be a top priority during his administration,
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Curtain call for Bush as APEC trade summit wraps up - 4 Hours ago
Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday were to wrap up a summit in which they vowed a united front against the world finance crisis but with bold initiatives looking unlikely to emerge before the meeting adjourned.
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Obama vows to create 2.5 million jobs to combat downturn - 3 Hours ago
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): US President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly said that he would direct his economic team to craft a two-year stimulus plan with the goal of saving or creating 2.5 million jobs.
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>>   Business
Alistair Darling's recession hope: we have to spend, spend, spend - 7 Hours ago
As the deepening recession claims victims across Britain's economy, Alistair Darling will use tomorrow's pre-Budget report to make an audacious bid to restore the feel-good factor, throwing a lifeline
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RBS Freeze On Charges - 4 Hours ago
Overdraft charges for small businesses will be frozen by a major bank in a move that should ease pressure on firms. Freeze will come into effect on December 1 and last for a year The Royal Bank of Scotland
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Australian rescuers save some of the stranded pilot whales - 5 Hours ago
Chris Arthur, who coordinated the rescue effort, said 11 of the 64 animals found stranded on the island's north coast were released after a day-long effort which involved relocating them by road to another
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>>   Finance
Week ahead: Hoping for Thanksgiving cheer - 12 Hours ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wall Streeters returning to work Monday have at least one thing they can be thankful for: Thanksgiving is one less day the market is open. And after a week in which the S&P
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UPDATE 3-UAE intervenes in merger as property woes mount - 4 Hours ago
By Lin Noueihed DUBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two of the United Arab Emirates' largest mortgage lenders, already on track to merge, will be brought under a government-owned bank, the UAE finance ministry
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Egypt should lower cost of credit to help economy-Mubarak - 3 Hours ago
CAIRO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The cost of credit in Egypt should be lowered to maintain the competitiveness of the Egyptian economy and promote investment, Egypt's president said on Sunday. 'I call on the
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>>   Sports
Outcast skipper Gallas still has future at Arsenal: Wenger - 4 Hours ago
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists deposed skipper William Gallas still has a future at the club despite his shock public criticism of his team-mates last week. Gallas was stripped of the club captaincy,
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Defoe expects operation woe - 3 Hours ago
Portsmouth and England striker Jermain Defoe believes he may need an operation and a month out of action to solve his calf problem. The former Tottenham frontman limped out of England's 2-1 win in Germany
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O'Neill: Vidic should have seen red - 4 Hours ago
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill felt Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic was fortunate not to be sent off as the two sides fought out a goalless draw at Villa Park. Villa ended a run of 14 successive
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>>   Industry
Four police officers killed in Northern Ireland crash - 4 Hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Four police officers were killed in a road accident in Northern Ireland early on Sunday, police said. Northern Ireland police said a police car was the only vehicle involved in the
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Police to get more Tasers - 4 Hours ago
Taser stun guns as part of a drive to tackle violent crime, it was reported. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is expected to announce plans to train front-line response officers in all 43 police forces in
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Teenager speaks of regret over baby - 45 Minutes ago
A teenage girl who witnessed the suffering of Baby P told of her guilt after failing to save him, it has been reported. In an interview, the 16-year-old - named Mary in the report because she cannot be
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>>   Internet
Thunderbird-GM45 available from Dominion Electronics - 80 Minutes ago
The Thunderbird-NG 'Next Generation' from Dominion Electronics is built around the next generation Intel CPUs and chipsets, the Intel Core 2 Duo (Penryn) and the Montevina chipset. This Mini-ITX board

Online this week - 15 Hours ago
Star Trek trailer startrekmovie.com The Trekkie image will boldly undergo a dramatic rebranding if this sexed-up trailer for next May's film is anything to go by. The film stars Zachary Quinto (aka Sylar

Software House, Cutting Edge Java, J2EE Developer, £40K, Warrington - 12 Hours ago
Location England North West Type Permanent Date Updated Saturday 22 Nov 2008 Reference 7214618 Huxley Associates are exclusively working with a Software House who are looking to expanding their development
 
>>   Science
BASF cuts production worldwide - 6 Hours ago
BASF is temporarily shutting around 80 plants worldwide, and cutting production at a further 100 to avoid overcapacity in the face of a massive decline in demand in key industries. The affected plants

Akzo Nobel to invest Rs 90 cr in new plant in India - 7 Hours ago
NEW DELHI: In tune with its India expansion strategy, Netherlands-based global paints and coating major Akzo Nobel will invest Rs 90 crore in setting up a new facility. The new plant, with an area of
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DuPont unveils dynamic science building solutions - 7 Hours ago
Science company DuPont is showcasing its dynamic science building and construction solutions, including its latest surfaces offerings such as DuPont Corian Illumination Series, at the Big 5 Exhibition.
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>>   Entertainment
Everything explained - 2 Hours ago
You might want to take John Hodgman's new book, 'More Information Than You Require,' with a grain of salt. Or maybe the whole shaker. Like its predecessor, 'The Areas of My Expertise,' Hodgman's latest

'Twilight' fans in a frenzy - 2 Hours ago
The biggest challenge was finding an Edward. 'The most perfect guy in the world,' 'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke said, ticking off the characteristics of 'Twilight's' vampire hero. 'Cannot be

Nigerians sweep MTV Africa awards - 5 Hours ago
By Tomi Oladipo Abuja Wahu was emotional as she collected her prize for best female Nigerian artists dominated the MTV Africa Music Awards (the Mamas) on their own turf in the capital city Abuja, scooping
 
>>   Technology
Sprint Nextel's John Garcia leaving: WSJ - 15 Hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- John Garcia, an executive in charge of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S:SNews, chart, profile, moreLast: Delayed quote dataAnalyst Create alertInsiderFinancials Sponsored by:, ,
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Microsoft to Google: Get Off of My Cloud - 11/22/2008
The world's top software maker plans to build about 20 state-of-the-art data centers as it tries to outpace cloud computing rival Google, BusinessWeek has learned Corporate America is increasingly leaving

Dell's Quarter Saved by Cost Cuts - 11/21/2008
Revenues were $1 billion shy of Wall Street's estimates, but the computer maker's earnings exceeded expectations Defying investors' fears that its earnings would fall victim to slumping tech demand, Dell
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>>   Health
Got a Complex Task? Sleep on It - 10 Hours ago
If you've just learned a complex skill, here's how to do it better: Get a good night's sleep. Practice may make perfect, but not if you haven't slept, suggest studies by Howard Nusbaum, PhD, David Margoliash,
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Teenager to give birth to conjoined twins - 2 Hours ago
An 18-year-old Shrewsbury girl is preparing to become Britain's youngest ever mother to conjoined twins, according to reports. Laura Williams and husband Aled, 28, told the Mail on Sunday that despite
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Survival rate of 25 per cent for conjoined twins - 33 Minutes ago
The condition is thought to be caused when a fertilised egg splits, to form twins, but the separation is incomplete. Conjoined twins are always the same sex and are three times more likely to be female
 
>>   Culture
Vegas plans Mob museum - 5 Hours ago
Las Vegas, the desert city with an insatiable thirst for reinvention, is turning to some old friends to reboot its faltering economy: the Mob. Building projects have stalled up and down the Strip, unheard
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Doha museum stakes cultural claim - 59 Minutes ago
The museum is part of plans to make Doha a cultural capital of the world By Lawrence Pollard BBC News, Doha A few years ago, prices in London auction houses went through the roof - not for the classic

Belgian surrealist painter Guy Peellaert dies - 4 Hours ago
'Rock Dreams' was published in the early 1970s and reportedly sold more than a million copies. It featured a bloated Jerry Lee Lewis clutching a bottle to his chest and stumbling along a neon-lit street;
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>>   Top Stories
US Kills Al Qaeda Mastermind of Airline... - 15 Hours ago
In what would be another major blow to al Qaeda, a CIA missile strike reportedly killed the long-sought British al Qaeda figure believed to have coordinated and planned the 2006 plot to use liquid bombs
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Obama fills out White House communications team - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his inner circle for the post of White House communications
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Some in Arab world wary of Clinton - 8 Hours ago
US-Obama-The Washington Post US President-elect Barack Obama's decision to turn to Clinton as his point person on foreign policy is somewhat ironic, given the intensive effort of some of his aides during
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>>   Media & Advertising
PreBudget Report: David Cameron warns of tax bombshell - 4 Hours ago
Making his point: David Cameron warns Government borrowing top £100bn Photo: PA Mr Cameron warned public borrowing could top 100 billion to pay for Gordon Brown's 'fiscal stimulus' package to rescue the
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EXPERT ADVICEDoes Your Marketing Measure Up? - 2 Hours ago
While marketing has become more measurable, the focus has been on results, not costs. When costs are discussed, standards vary from channel to channel, making comparisons impossible. In a struggling economy,

Al Hanoo completes water canals for Al Nujoom Islands - 6 Hours ago
Al Hanoo Holding, one of the largest real estate developers in the Middle East, is preparing to open the water canal connected to Al Nujoom Islands project in the emirate of Sharjah after 100% completion
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