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| | Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna nears U.S
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Reuters - Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico while Tropical Storm Hanna was set to crash a...
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| Hurricane Ike targets Gulf, Hanna nears U.S (reuters)
Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida and the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico while Tropical Storm Hanna was set to crash ashore in the Carolinas after killing at least 136 people in Haiti.
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| Safety compliance gaps noted for some U.S. airlines (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Three major airlines were among 11 U.S. airlines that failed during an unprecedented industry review to demonstrate full compliance with government safety directives, regulators said on Friday.
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| First aid ship arrives in Haiti (bbc news)
The first significant aid delivery arrives in Haiti to help thousands struggling in the wake of Tropical Storm Hanna.
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| Iraq reacts sharply to U.S. spying report (msnbc.com)
The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
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| Treasury near GSE bailout plan: report (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is close to finalizing a plan to buttress mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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| Speedy Tropical Storm Hanna charges for Carolinas (yahoo! news)
AP - Tropical Storm Hanna picked up speed Friday as it cruised toward the Carolinas, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up the Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.
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| Hanna set to make landfall overnight (msnbc.com)
Beach vacationers in the Carolinas packed up and headed inland Friday and authorities in the Florida Keys ordered the beginning of evacuations there as two storms threatened the U.S. East Coast.
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| Iraq govt reacts sharply to US spying allegations (yahoo! news)
AP - The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that future ties with the United States could be in jeopardy if the report were true.
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| US Navy ship anchors outside Georgia (msnbc.com)
The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside a key Georgian port Friday, defiantly bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a city still partly occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.
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Palins eldest son to guard top commanders in Iraq
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Iraq is about to become an unusual common ground for the presidential candidates, despite its divisiveness as a campaign issue. Sons of both vice presidential nominees are expected to arrive ther...
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| McCain, Palin present themselves as reformers (yahoo! news)
AP - John McCain said Friday the sagging economy has brought "tough times all over America" as he made a splashy debut with Sarah Palin in critical Midwestern states as the newly crowned Republican presidential ticket.
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.
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| McCain says 'it's over' for special interests (yahoo! news)
AP - John McCain said Friday the sagging economy has brought "tough times all over America" as he made a splashy debut with Sarah Palin in critical Midwestern states as the newly crowned Republican presidential ticket.
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (reuters)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Democratic rival Barack Obama in the crucial battle to attract U.S. television viewers during their race to the White House, according to figures released on Friday.
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| Obama: McCain focused on biography, not economy (yahoo! news)
AP - Democrat Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain's acceptance speech the final piece of an out-of-touch convention that focused on its nominee's biography instead of the struggles of the middle class.
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| Alaska speeding Troopergate probe (msnbc.com)
The Alaska Legislature will work to complete its ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner earlier than expected, weeks before the national election.
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| Palin's swift rise is the talk of her Alaskan town (cnn.com)
Until a week ago, only a relatively few outside Alaska knew of that state's governor, Sarah Palin. All that is different now. To many in Palin's hometown, the GOP vice presidential candidate's near-iconic status is well-deserved. After all, the high school basketball star and former beauty queen rose from Wasilla City Council member to Alaska's first female governor in less than 14 years.
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (yahoo! news)
Reuters - A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, slightly more than the 38.3 million people who tuned in for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit
13 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi -- once reviled as a mad dog by a U.S. president -- on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Wash...
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| Rice meets Kadhafi on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on a landmark visit to Tripoli Friday, heralding a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice meets Gadhafi on Libya visit (msnbc.com)
The U.S. and Libya sealed a historic turnaround in their troubled relations with a meeting Friday between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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| Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on a historic trip to the north African country she said was proof that Washington had no "permanent enemies."
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| Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit (reuters)
Top U.S. diplomat Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Friday on a historic trip to the north African country she said was proof that Washington had no "permanent enemies".
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| Rice talks with Libya's Gaddafi (bbc news)
Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies.
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| Rice hails historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday on the first such visit in more than half a century, marking a new chapter in Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice hails historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday for a landmark meeting with its veteran leader Moamer Kadhafi, hailing Washington's reconciliation with the former enemy state.
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| Rice arrives in Libya on historic visit (yahoo! news)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. never writes off another nation forever.
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| Rice hails new opening on historic Libya visit (yahoo! news)
AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Libya on Friday for a landmark meeting with its leader Moamer Kadhafi as she hailed the West's reconciliation with the long-ostracised nation.
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Jobless rate at 5-year high
4 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November"s presidential vote that the ec...
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (reuters)
An unexpectedly steep 84,000 U.S. jobs were lost in August and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November's presidential vote that the economy was near recession.
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| U.S. jobless rate hits five-year high (msnbc.com)
The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, the government said Friday.
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| Jobless rate soars to 6.1 percent (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month. CNNMoney.com reports there was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August.
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| Jobless rate soars (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month. CNNMoney.com reports there was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline.
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| Jobless rate soars; 84,000 more jobs lost (cnn.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6 percent, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (reuters)
The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, its highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and labor markets showed signs of accelerating decline.
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| Jobless rate at 5-year high (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly shot up to 6.1 percent in August, the highest in nearly five years, as employers cut payrolls for an eighth straight month and a decline in labor markets accelerated.
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| Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (yahoo! news)
AP - The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike.
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Divorce papers reveal Hulk Hogans net worth
13 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Thousands of dollars spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the average monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan"s wife, according to financial affidavits filed in the couple"s impe...
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Jankovic beats Dementieva, makes U.S. Open final
57 minutes ago @ foxsports.com news
Jelena Jankovic made her first career Grand Slam final Friday, beating Elena Dementieva 6-4, 6-4 at the U.S. Open.
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| Bryan brothers deny Paes US Open doubles double (yahoo! news)
AFP - American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan won their seventh Grand Slam men's doubles crown Friday, defeating India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (12/10) to take the US Open title.
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| Rain threatens Murray semi-final (bbc sport)
US Open organisers are preparing for major weather disruption as Britain's Andy Murray waits to take on Rafael Nadal on "Super Saturday" in New York.
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| U.S. warship in Russian-patrolled Georgian port (reuters)
The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet dropped anchor off Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti on Friday, where Russian troops have been patrolling since last month's war with Georgia.
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| Djokovic injury taunt backfires on Roddick (abc sport)
Andy Roddick's jokes about Novak Djokovic's injuries touched a nerve with the Serbian star, helping inspire the Australian Open champion to some fiery words of his own after a US Open victory on Thursday.
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| Rain threatens Murray semi-final (bbc sport)
US Open organisers are preparing for major weather disruption as Britain's Andy Murray waits to take on world number one Rafael Nadal on "Super Saturday" in New York.
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Aussie Mason to miss World Cup
12 minutes ago @ bbc sport
Australia forward Willie Mason is ruled out of the World Cup on home soil with a serious knee injury.
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| Ferdinand misses England training (bbc sport)
Rio Ferdinand is the only member of the England squad to miss training on Wednesday, though the defender should be fit for the World Cup qualifiers this week.
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| Yeats given Cup top weight (abc sport)
Ireland's triple Ascot Gold Cup winner Yeats has been named top weight for the Melbourne Cup in November, race organisers said.
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| Paul Azinger fills out US Ryder Cup team (yahoo! news)
AP - Chad Campbell lingered in the parking lot of a Dallas hospital as his wife waited inside to get the latest report on their first child, due to be born later this week.
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| Azinger fills out Ryder Cup team (yahoo! news)
AP - Chad Campbell lingered in the parking lot of a Dallas hospital as his wife waited inside to get the latest report on their first child, due to be born later this week.
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| Clarke springs to Poulter defence (bbc sport)
Darren Clarke calls for an end to the furore caused by Ian Poulter's selection as one of European captain Nick Faldo's Ryder Cup wildcards.
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Edinburgh 15-20 Munster
12 minutes ago @ bbc sport
Munster open their Magners League campaign with a deserved win at Murrayfield.
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McIlroy and Rumford lead Masters
12 minutes ago @ bbc sport
Rory McIlroy and Brett Rumford share the lead after the second round of the Omega European Masters.
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NI fans beaten by security men
12 minutes ago @ bbc sport
Two Northern Ireland soccer fans are knocked unconscious by baton-wielding security men in Slovakia.
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Feed24: Entertainment |
| | CMA Music Festival: Carrie Underwood Performs Last Name
6 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
CMA Music Festival: Carrie Underwood Performs "Last Name" Clip
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| Namibia: College to Hold Music Festival (allafrica news)
The College of the Arts is delighted to announce its Music Festival 2008, which takes place on September 12 and 13 at 20h00 in the National Theatre.
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| Paris Hilton to Debut Documentary at Toronto Film Festival (hollywood.com)
Paris Hilton is taking her amateur filmmaking to the big screen with her documentary so aptly titled Paris, Not France which has been billed as a behind-the-scenes look at her life. The film is due to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday, September 8.
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Lindsay Lohan Offered $700,000 to Pose for Playboy
2 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com
Lindsay Lohan recently bared all in the recreation of the iconic Marilyn Monroe photo shoot in the February 2008 issue of New York magazine--will she do the same for Playboy?
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Rapper West to make MTV comeback
5 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Kanye West will close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event.
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| Rapper West to make MTV comeback (bbc news)
Hip-hop star Kanye West is to close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event.
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| Britney Will Open VMAs! (britneyspears.org)
Britney Spears will open the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, PEOPLE has learned. “MTV has long played an important role in my career. How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs?” Spears tells PEOPLE in a statement. “I’m excited to open the entire show, to say hi [...]
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| Britney Spears to Open VMAs (hollywood.com)
Britney Spears will open the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday with a heartfelt message to her fans.
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Mikey takes on Rachel in BB final
58 minutes ago @ bbc news
Darnell Swallow, Rex Newmark and Sara Folino are evicted from the Big Brother house with the £100,000 winner to be announced soon.
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Moore to Put Out New Film for Free
5 hour(s) ago @ abc news
Slacker Uprising follows Moore"s tour during the "04 election to rally voters.
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| | Rosetta probe makes asteroid pass
13 minutes ago @ bbc news
Europe"s Rosetta space probe makes a close pass of asteroid Steins, taking pictures and recording other scientific data.
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Online TV Viewing Approaches the Mainstream
58 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Nearly 20 percent of American households are tuning into TV over the Internet. That"s twice the number from 2006, according to new research from The Conference Board Consumer Research Center and ...
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| John McCain speech draws record TV ratings (reuters)
A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, slightly more than the 38.3 million people who tuned in for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's speech, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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| McCain draws record 38.9 million viewers, bests Obama (reuters)
A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
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| McCain and Obama clash on economy (reuters)
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama, back on the campaign trail after their party conventions, clashed over the ailing U.S. economy on Friday as unemployment hit its highest monthly rate in nearly five years.
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| Obama Won the Web, Early On (yahoo! news)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has run a more advanced online campaign during the first half of 2008 than his Republican opponent Sen. John McCain, according to a Thursday report from comScore.
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Rice meets Gaddafi on historic Libya visit
43 minutes ago @ reuters
(Corrects years since last visit in paragraph 2 to 55 from 45)
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Treasury near GSE bailout plan: report
43 minutes ago @ reuters
The U.S. Treasury Department is close to finalizing a plan to buttress mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Was Palins SSN published on the Web?
6 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
Part of vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin"s Social Security number apparently was published on the Web earlier this week, stirring up privacy concerns.
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| McCain pledges to change partisan Washington (reuters)
Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked off a two-month battle for the White House on Friday with a promise that "change is coming," a theme co-opted from their Democratic rivals.
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| What you can--and can't--find about Palin on the Internet (yahoo! news)
John McCain's announcement last week that he has chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate left the public thirsting for information about the Alaska governor-- and inspired hundreds of commentators, entrepreneurs, and Palin imitators to try to fill in the gaps.
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Feed24: Business & Economics |
| | Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
28 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The nation"s unemployment rate bolted above the psychologically important 6 percent level last month for the first time in five years — and it"s likely to go even higher in the months a...
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| Unemployment rate soars to 5-year high (business and financi...)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Stocks down on recession fears (latest financial new...)
Stocks dipped at midday Friday, but were off the worst levels of the session, after a government report showing unemployment at a five-year high exacerbated fears about the recession and slowing corporate profits.
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| Jobless rate soars to 5-year high (business and financi...)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday that came in weaker than forecasts.
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| Jobless rate soars to 6.1% (cnnmoney.com)
The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday.
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| Stocks sink on jobs report (business and financi...)
Stocks tumbled Friday morning after a government report showed unemployment at a five-year high, exacerbating fears about the recession.
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| Stocks fall as jobs data stirs fear about economy (yahoo! news)
AP - Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 100 points.
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| Stocks open lower after disappointing job data (yahoo! news)
AP - Selling swept across Wall Street for a second straight session Friday on news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August and at a faster-than-expected pace.
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| Stocks slide on jobs report (business and financi...)
Stocks tumbled Friday morning after a government report showed unemployment at a five-year high, exacerbating fears about the recession.
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Report: Treasury near plan for Fannie and Freddie
28 minutes ago @ business and financi...
The Treasury Department is close to finalizing plans for beleaguered mortgage buyers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, according to a report published Friday afternoon.
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Oil hits 5-month low as demand shrinks
1 hour(s) ago @ latest financial new...
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in five months on Friday as investors worried that an economic slowdown could chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil hits 5-month low (business and financi...)
Oil prices continued to decline Friday as investors worried that an economic slowdown could chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil at 5-month low (business and financi...)
Oil prices fell Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil falls on shrinking demand (latest financial new...)
Oil prices fell Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil prices slide under $105 (yahoo! news)
AFP - Oil prices fell below 105 dollars Friday on concerns over slowing energy demand and a strong US currency, while the market awaited next week's OPEC meeting on crude output levels, traders said.
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| Oil prices edge off their lows (business and financi...)
Oil prices edged off their early morning lows Friday as market participants remained focused on how a global economic slowdown will chip away at demand for energy.
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| Oil prices settle below $108 (latest stock market ...)
Oil prices fell Thursday as investors weighed signs of weakening demand against a government report showing a surprise drop in the nation's supplies of crude.
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| Oil prices off their lows (latest stock market ...)
Oil prices pared earlier losses Thursday as investors appeared to look past a report that showed the nation's crude inventories dwindled last week and focused on signs of flagging demand.
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| Oil prices dip (business and financi...)
Oil prices remained lower Thursday after the government's weekly supply report showed the nation's crude stockpiles shrank unexpectedly last week, but investors appeared to remain focused on longer term trends.
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Stocks mostly rise as investors snap up financials
28 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Wall Street wrestled with intensifying economic worries Friday, extending sharp losses after a disheartening jobs report and then grudgingly engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the ma...
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| Stocks mixed at end of tough week (latest financial new...)
Stocks ended mixed Friday after a tough session and week, as a rally in the hard-hit financial sector countered amplified recession fears sparked by a weak labor market report.
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| Stocks mixed at end of tough week (business and financi...)
Stocks were mixed Friday afternoon at the end of a tough session and tough week on Wall Street, as a rally in financial shares countered amplified recession fears sparked by a weak labor market report.
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| Stocks Withstand Jump in Jobless Rate (nyt > business)
Wall Street managed a slight gain on Friday, a day after concerns about the economy, and in particular the labor market, sent the Dow plunging. Markets in Europe and Asia ended the day lower.
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| Stocks pull back on disappointing jobs report (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street fell for a second straight session Friday following a worrisome reading on the nation's job market, but stocks pulled off of steep losses as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
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Stocks rise as investors snap up financials
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Stocks turned higher Friday, reversing steep losses that followed a worrisome reading on the nation"s job market as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
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| Stocks fluctuate as investors snap up financials (yahoo! news)
AP - Stocks fluctuated Friday, pulling off steep losses that followed a worrisome reading on the nation's job market as investors sought bargains in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
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| Stocks trim losses as financials turn around (latest financial new...)
Stocks cut losses Friday afternoon, as a rally in financial shares helped offset amplified recession fears that were sparked by the morning's weak labor market report.
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