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| | McCain, Obama sharply divided on Iraq
1 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
One of the most pressing questions Barack Obama or John McCain would confront if elected president is how to build on the security gains in Iraq at a time when troop levels have begun to drop.
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| NYT: McCain, Obama sharply divided on Iraq (msnbc.com)
One of the most pressing questions Barack Obama or John McCain would confront if elected president is how to build on the security gains in Iraq at a time when troop levels have begun to drop.
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| Biden cancels campaign events for another two days (yahoo! news)
Reuters - With a month to go before the U.S. election on November 4, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden canceled campaign events for another two days on Sunday after the death of his mother-in-law.
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| Biden cancels campaign events for another two days (reuters)
With a month to go before the U.S. election on November 4, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden canceled campaign events for another two days on Sunday after the death of his mother-in-law.
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| Obama accuses McCain of using smear tactics (cnn.com)
Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday charged that Sen. John McCain's campaign is launching "Swift boat-style attacks" on him instead of addressing the country's problems. The McCain campaign shot back, saying its accusations are "true facts" and not "smears."
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| Obama accuses McCain of using smear tactics (cnn.com)
Sen. Barack Obama on Sunday charged that Sen. John McCain's campaign is launching "Swift boat-style attacks" on him instead of addressing the country's problems. The McCain campaign shot back, saying its accusations are "true facts," and not "smears."
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| Campaigns getting personal (msnbc.com)
Democrat Barack Obama on Sunday accused Republican opponent John McCain of launching a smear campaign to reverse his slide in the polls.
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| Campaigns getting personal (msnbc.com)
Democrat Barack Obama's campaign called his Republican rival "erratic" in a television commercial released Sunday as both campaigns stepped up personal attacks.
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Bomber strikes during U.S. raid in Iraq, 11 killed
13 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a U.S. raid on a home in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among civilians inside, the U.S. military said.
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| Taliban said to be furious over US missile strike (yahoo! news)
AP - The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.
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| Turkish troops bomb PKK in northern Iraq (cnn.com)
The Turkish military bombed PKK rebel targets Saturday in northern Iraq in response to clashes that left at least 15 Turkish troops dead, the PKK and the military said Sunday.
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| Taliban said to be furious over U.S. strike (msnbc.com)
The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.
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| Rice: US not trying to undermine Russia (yahoo! news)
AP - U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this energy-rich former Soviet republic are not meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.
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| Rice says US not trying to undermine Russia (msnbc.com)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia.
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| Taliban said to be furious over US strike (yahoo! news)
AP - The Taliban are furious about the latest apparent U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, indicating a senior militant may be among two dozen people killed, officials and residents said Sunday.
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| Suicide bomber strikes in Mosul (bbc news)
Three women and three children die when a suicide bomber detonates his explosives during a US raid, officials say.
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Palin case employees to testify
6 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Alaska"s attorney general says seven state staff will testify at a probe into alleged abuses of power by Governor Sarah Palin.
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| GOP to file fundraising complaint against Obama (yahoo! news)
AP - The Republican National Committee plans to file a fundraising complaint against Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign Monday, alleging it has accepted donations that exceed federal limits as well as illegal contributions from foreigners.
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| Palin advisers to give statements in probe (cnn.com)
Seven employees of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's administration have agreed to give statements in the state Legislature's investigation into her firing of the state's public safety commissioner, lawmakers involved in the probe said Sunday.
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| Palin defends Obama comments (msnbc.com)
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of his association with a former 1960s radical.
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| Palin defends Obama terrorist comment (msnbc.com)
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of his association with a former 1960s radical.
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| Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama (msnbc.com)
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Saturday accused Democrat Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" because of his association with a former 1960s radical.
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| Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain (yahoo! news)
AP - And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.
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| Palin: Obama pals with terrorists (cnn.com)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed Sen. Barack Obama's political relationship with a former anti-war radical on Saturday, accusing him of associating "with terrorists who targeted their own country." Palin's comment delivered on the McCain campaign's announcement that it would step up attacks on the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Fed moves to broker deal for Wachovia: sources
6 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is brokering discussions between Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup Inc over which of the banks will buy Wachovia Corp"s assets, people familiar with the matter sai...
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| Wachovia pursues Wells Fargo deal; Citi setback (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Wachovia Corp cleared a legal hurdle in its effort to sell itself to Wells Fargo & Co on Sunday when a New York appeals court ruled Wachovia cannot be forced to negotiate with Citigroup alone beyond Monday.
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| Wachovia pursues Wells Fargo deal, Citi intervenes (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Wachovia Corp will pursue a deal to sell itself to banking rival Wells Fargo & Co. despite an attempt by Citigroup Inc to block the deal, with a showdown in court set for Tuesday.
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| Wachovia sues to close sale to Wells Fargo (msnbc.com)
Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaguered bank, is moving ahead with its deal to sell itself to Wells Fargo.
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| Wachovia pushing forward on Wells Fargo deal (msnbc.com)
Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaugered bank, is moving ahead with its deal to sell itself to Wells Fargo.
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| Wachovia says it will press ahead with Wells deal (yahoo! news)
AP - Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaugered bank, said Sunday it is pressing ahead with its deal to sell its banking operations to Wells Fargo.
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| Citi: Judge blocks Wachovia deal (cnn.com)
A New York State judge has temporarily blocked the merger of Wachovia with Wells Fargo, according to a news release by Citigroup -- which is trying to buy Wachovia itself. Citigroup has been pressing Wachovia and Wells Fargo to abandon their merger plans, arguing that it had entered into an exclusivity agreement with Wachovia, CNNMoney reports.
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Suicide blast hits Sri Lanka town
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
A suicide blast in a Sri Lankan town kills at least 27 people, including a former army general, the defence ministry says.
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| Sri Lanka suicide bomb kills 26 including politician (yahoo! news)
Reuters - COLOMBO (Reuters) -- A Sri Lankan suicide bomber killed 26 people at an ancient tourist town on Monday, including a popular retired army general who was the main opposition party's provincial leader.
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| | Napoli Helps Angels Beat Red Sox 5-4, Avoid Sweep
2 hour(s) ago @ abc news
Mike Napoli helps Angels avoid another first-round sweep with 5-4 win over Red Sox
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| What we learned in Week 5 (foxsports.com)
With the way they took care of business on Sunday, the Redskins and Giants showed they're a cut above their division rivals.
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| What we learned in Week 5 (foxsports.com)
With the way they took care of business on Sunday, the 'Skins and Giants showed they're a cut above their division rivals.
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| Angels and Red Sox tied 4-all after 9 innings (yahoo! news)
AP - Mike Napoli hit two homers and the Los Angeles Angels, trying to avoid another first-round playoff sweep by Boston, were tied with the Red Sox 4-all after nine innings in Game 3 on Sunday night.
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Phillies power into NLCS with 6-2 win over Brewers
12 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - With plenty of power to go with their improved pitching, the Philadelphia Phillies are ready for anything in the NL championship series. Bring on the Los Angeles Dodgers. I like our chances, Ph...
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Heatley scores 2 more as Senators shine in Sweden
12 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Dany Heatley scored two more goals and Ottawa captain Daniel Alfredsson had two assists for the Senators, who beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 to split their NHL opening weekend series on Sunday.
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| Pelini says he saw nothing dirty vs. Mizzou (foxsports.com)
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said he would try to contact Missouri coach Gary Pinkel to discuss Chase Daniel's comments about the Cornhuskers being a dirty team.The Tigers star quarterback said a Nebraska player spit on him before Saturday night's game, which Missouri won 52-17. Daniel also told reporters after the game that Nebraska players threw footballs at the Tigers as they were warming up.Pelini said he didn't hear about Daniel's comments until after he woke up Sunday morning.
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Single wing helps surprising Dolphins stun Bolts
13 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The Miami Dolphins are winning the old-fashioned way. The single wing helped build a lead, and a goal-line stand preserved it.
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Second straight win puts Jankovic number one
10 hour(s) ago @ abc sport
Jelena Jankovic will regain her world number one ranking less than 24 hours after winning Stuttgart"s WTA event with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Nadia Petrova overnight.
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| Jankovic wins Stuttgart WTA event (yahoo! news)
AFP - Jelena Jankovic will regain her world number one ranking on Monday morning less than 24 hours after winning Stuttgart's WTA event with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Nadia Petrova in Sunday's final.
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| Classy Jankovic sets up semi clash with Venus (yahoo! news)
AFP - Jelena Jankovic, set to regain the world number one slot next week, defeated Vera Zvonareva in the quarter-finals of Stuttgart's WTA event Friday to book a semi-final with Venus Williams.
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| Venus & Jankovic reach last eight (bbc sport)
Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic enjoy comfortable victories to advance to the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart.
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| | Sandra Oh
338 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
338 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
338 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
338 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
338 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Elephant shooting
12 minutes ago @ bbc news
Carcass of 25th victim discovered in gorilla park
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Three Europeans win 2008 Nobel for medicine
1 hour(s) ago @ reuters
One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology for their discoveries of two viruses that cause severe human diseases, the prize awarding institute said on Mon...
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Bomber strikes during U.S. raid in Iraq, 11 killed
18 hour(s) ago @ reuters
Eleven Iraqis were killed on Sunday during a U.S. raid on a home in northern Iraq in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest among civilians inside, the U.S. military said.
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| U.S. envoy says talks with North Korea substantive (reuters)
A senior U.S. envoy ended a trip to North Korea on Friday aimed at saving a crumbling disarmament deal, saying he held substantive talks but declining to say if he swayed the state to give up plans to restart its nuclear plant.
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| U.S. envoy says talks with N.Korea "substantive" (reuters)
A U.S. nuclear envoy said on Friday that he had "substantive" talks with North Korea but declined to say if any progress was made on having it abide by an international disarmament deal.
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| U.S. envoy ends last-ditch N.Korea nuclear talks (reuters)
U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill ended talks in Pyongyang on Friday aimed at convincing North Korea to abide by a sputtering disarmament deal, although Washington has said it would not offer new concessions.
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| U.S. envoy winds up last-ditch N.Korea nuclear talks (reuters)
U.S. diplomat Christopher Hill was expected to finish talks in Pyongyang on Friday aimed at convincing North Korea to abide by a sputtering disarmament deal, but Washington said it was not offering new concessions.
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| South Korea's free computer game model hits US (yahoo! news)
AFP - Free computer game play that is all the rage in South Korean is taking hold in a US market dominated by videogames sold on packaged disks or by online subscriptions.
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| Chrysler's September U.S. sales fall 33 percent (reuters)
Chrysler LLC said on Wednesday its U.S. sales fell 33 percent in September to 107,349 vehicles because of a highly volatile economic environment and reduced fleet and lease volume.
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Judge halts sales of RealDVD
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
A judge has ordered RealNetworks to suspend the sale of RealDVD, the controversial software that hands users the ability to copy and store films to a hard drive, according to a report published by New...
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Search engine Ask gets a facelift
3 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
In a bid to claw back some users from Google, search site Ask is re-launching its front page.
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| | Wells Wins Rounds In Fight For Wachovia
6 hour(s) ago @ forbes.com business ...
New York appeals court overturns order extending exclusive period for Citigroup to seal deal with ailing bank.
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| Ex-CEO of S&L bought by Wachovia defends record (yahoo! news)
AP - Once hailed for running their savings-and-loan company like an endearing mom-and-pop shop, Herb and Marion Sandler are now being vilified as ruthless home lenders who helped destroy Wachovia Corp. and contributed to the financial decay that led to the U.S. government's $700 billion rescue plan to buy rotten mortgages.
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| Court tilts Wachovia fight toward Wells Fargo (yahoo! news)
AP - The battle for control of troubled bank Wachovia tilted toward Wells Fargo Sunday as a state appeals court blocked a lower court ruling that had favored rival bidder Citigroup.
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| Battle for Wachovia (latest financial new...)
A New York State judge has temporarily blocked the merger of Wachovia with Wells Fargo, according to a news release by Citigroup - which is trying to buy Wachovia itself.
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| Battle for Wachovia (latest financial new...)
Citigroup or Wells Fargo - heated up Sunday night.
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| Judge sets hearing on Citi, Wachovia deal (yahoo! news)
Reuters - A district court judge set a court hearing for Tuesday to decide whether an exclusivity agreement in Citigroup Inc's bid to buy Wachovia Corp's banking assets prevents a competing deal by Wells Fargo to go forward.
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| Wachovia says it will press ahead with Wells deal (yahoo! news)
AP - Wachovia Corp., at the center of a fight between Wells Fargo & Co. and Citigroup Inc. over who will buy the beleaguered bank, is moving ahead with its deal to sell itself to Wells Fargo — while questions arise about the damaging effects that prolonged litigation might have on Wachovia.
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| Judge blocks Wachovia-Wells deal (cnnmoney.com)
A New York State judge has temporarily blocked the merger of Wachovia with Wells Fargo, according to a news release by Citigroup - which is trying to buy Wachovia itself.
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WestLB cuts BNP Paribas to add from buy
1 hour(s) ago @ marketwatch.com
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breakin...
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| BNP Paribas down 3.3% after Fortis deal (marketwatch.com)
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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| BNP clinches Fortis' Belgian bank arm (yahoo! news)
Reuters - BNP Paribas took control of the Belgian and Luxembourg businesses of troubled financial group Fortis on Sunday in a complex rescue that will make Belgium the French bank's biggest shareholder.
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| BNP Paribas to buy 75 pct of Fortis Bank Belgium: PM (yahoo! news)
Reuters - France's BNP Paribas will buy 75 percent of the Belgian banking arm of the troubled Fortis group as part of a deal in which Belgium will receive new shares in BNP Paribas, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said on Sunday.
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| BNP said to clinch deal for control of Fortis (yahoo! news)
Reuters - BNP Paribas agreed with the governments of Belgium and Luxembourg on Sunday to take control of the key remaining assets of troubled financial group Fortis , Belgian media reported.
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European, Asian markets plunge on crisis fears
12 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.
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| World stocks hammered (latest stock market ...)
The major markets of Europe and Asia were sharply lower on Monday as traders looked past America's bank bailout bill and focused on Europe's growing financial crisis.
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Stocks to get socked
12 minutes ago @ latest stock market ...
Stock futures were lower on Monday after the financial crisis appeared to deepen in Europe, heightening worries about a global economic slowdown.
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World stocks get hit
57 minutes ago @ latest financial new...
The major markets of Europe and Asia were sharply lower on Monday as traders looked past America"s bank bailout bill and focused on Europe"s growing financial crisis.
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| World stocks take a drubbing (latest stock market ...)
Stocks sank around the world Monday after investors digested the passage of a $700 billion bank bailout plan in the United States and considered new flare-ups in Europe's banking crisis.
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| World stocks take a drubbing (business and financi...)
Stocks sank around the world Monday after investors had the weekend to digest the passage of a $700 billion bank bailout plan in the United States. Losses of 4% to 5% were the norm.
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