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05/12/2008 11:42 AM
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Saudi Arabia Threatens to Halt Taiwan Oil Exports Over Dispute
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05/12/2008 11:42 AM
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Business Blunders of the Bathrobe Brigade (or 'Working at Home May Not Live Up to the Hype')
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Wouldn't it be great to work from home? You could come and go as you pleased; you'd always be available for your family; you could work in your bathrobe.
No boss to yank your chain, no office politics, nobody stealing your Diet Coke from the company fridge....
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05/12/2008 11:30 AM
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Experts: Spanish-language TV a Good Business in U.S.
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The growth of the U.S. Hispanic population and the increase in its buying power has created an attractive business opportunity for the television industry, sector experts agreed at a conference in Miami on Sunday....
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05/12/2008 10:32 AM
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Economy Has Consumers Feeling the Urge to Purge
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05/12/2008 10:32 AM
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American Idol's Cowell Downplays Ban of Archuleta's Father
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LOS ANGELES (UPI via COMTEX) -- "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell says contestant David Archuleta's father may no longer be backstage at the U.S....
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05/12/2008 10:32 AM
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New Top-of-the-Line BlackBerry Doubles Screen Resolution
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday introduced its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold, a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire to make tools for both work and play....
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05/12/2008 10:32 AM
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Univision.com Named No. 1 Visited Spanish-Language Site Among Spanish-Dominant U.S. Hispanics
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NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Univision Online, Inc., the interactive subsidiary of Univision Communications Inc., the nation's leading Spanish-language media company, today announced the results from a custom nationwide study conducted by Forrester Consulting, Inc....
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05/12/2008 08:32 AM
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Stimulus Checks Stimulate . . . Scammers
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Anticipation about the incoming economic stimulus checks is spurring a number of e-mail and telephone scams by scammers pretending to be from the IRS -- so, citizens should beware....
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05/12/2008 08:32 AM
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HSBC First Quarter Profit Up
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Shares in HSBC Holdings Plc. rose after the bank said its first-quarter profit was higher than a year ago despite another jump in bad debt charges at its troubled U.S. business, and revealed credit crunch-related writedowns that fell short of analysts' worst fears....
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05/12/2008 08:32 AM
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Wall Street Looks to US Consumers for Direction
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With millions of stimulus checks going out to taxpayers, Wall Street wants to know where that money will be spent -- and this week's data could help investors gauge the mind-set of the average consumer....
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05/12/2008 08:03 AM
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Clinton Leads in Superdelegates by One
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's superdelegate lead over rival Barack Obama has narrowed, a CNN tally indicates.
The news network reported Sunday that Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, is within one superdelegate of Clinton....
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05/12/2008 08:00 AM
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Global Crossing a Provider of Choice for Managed Security Services in Colombia
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BOGOTA, Colombia, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Crossing , a
leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it signed 54
new security service contracts in Colombia in 2007, underscoring the
advantages of its managed security services and highlighting its new
portfolio of Global Crossing Security Solutions for the enterprise
sector....
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05/12/2008 08:00 AM
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Victor J. Perea Appointed Senior Vice President, Finance for Barcelo Crestline Corporation
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MCLEAN, Va., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruce Wardinski, CEO of Barcelo
Crestline Corporation and Playa Hotels & Resorts, S.L. (Playa) today
announced the appointment of Victor J. Perea as Senior Vice President of
Finance for Barcelo Crestline Corporation....
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05/12/2008 07:51 AM
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GOP Face Dwindling House Seats
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Republican strategists faced with dwindling seats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a $2 million territorial fight in the south, officials said.
Republican candidates in Mississippi and Louisiana face scandal and disgruntled voters in what is normally GOP territory....
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05/12/2008 07:51 AM
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Infrastructure Fund Raises $4 Billion
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Morgan Stanley stopped taking investments in a new infrastructure fund after it reached $4 billion, more than the $2.5 billion it had targeted, the investment bank said Monday.
The Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners fund will invest in companies that work on public infrastructure, energy and communications projects.
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