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Dow Chemical reports decline in 2Q profitAP - Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday that despite record sales and two double-digit price increases unveiled in the second quarter, its profit for the period fell 27 percent, in large part because of sharply higher costs for energy and raw materials.
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SEC looks at short-selling rules
US regulators are preparing rules to outlaw abusive short-selling across the market, beyond the select group of financial firms currently covered under emergency measures
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US regulators are preparing rules to outlaw abusive short-selling across the market, beyond the select group of financial firms currently covered under emergency measures
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US financial stocks in worst fall since 2000
US financial stocks suffered their worst one-day decline since 2000, as investors' recent optimism was dented by renewed fears over the health of Washington Mutual and weak US housing data
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US financial stocks suffered their worst one-day decline since 2000, as investors' recent optimism was dented by renewed fears over the health of Washington Mutual and weak US housing data
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Microsoft agrees alliance with Facebook
Microsoft predicted continued heavy costs from its attempt to go head-to-head with Google and announced an online search alliance with Facebook
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Microsoft predicted continued heavy costs from its attempt to go head-to-head with Google and announced an online search alliance with Facebook
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Wal-Mart in pay deals with Chinese unions
Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities
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Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities
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Nat City falls to loss of $1.76bn
Peter Raskind, chief executive, says that the Cleveland-based bank has ample capital and will not need to raise any new funds in the near future
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Peter Raskind, chief executive, says that the Cleveland-based bank has ample capital and will not need to raise any new funds in the near future
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Earnings A Shot In The Arm For Company That Keeps Hearts Beating
Investor's Business Daily - Almost everyone has watched that dramatic scene on television, where the doctor, paddles in hand, yells out "Clear!" and shocks the patient back to life.
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Investor's Business Daily - Almost everyone has watched that dramatic scene on television, where the doctor, paddles in hand, yells out "Clear!" and shocks the patient back to life.
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Korea pension fund eyes foreign bank stakes
South Korea's National Pension Service, the world's fifth-largest pension fund with $200bn in assets, is in talks with a number of foreign financial institutions to buy a stake in them as part of overseas expansion plans
Financial Times – 19 hours, 9 minutes ago ¦ comment?
South Korea's National Pension Service, the world's fifth-largest pension fund with $200bn in assets, is in talks with a number of foreign financial institutions to buy a stake in them as part of overseas expansion plans
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Wachovia CEO's Whopping $16 Million Buy
Robert Steel bought one million shares of the beaten-down bank.
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Robert Steel bought one million shares of the beaten-down bank.
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'Spider-Man' creator goes high-tech
Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, has struck a landmark deal with Walt Disney that will see his latest comic creation published online and on digital devices such as iPods in a move that signals the medium's shift to digital distribution
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Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, has struck a landmark deal with Walt Disney that will see his latest comic creation published online and on digital devices such as iPods in a move that signals the medium's shift to digital distribution
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