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Dow breaks 3-week winning streak

27 Jan 2012 at 2:42pm
U.S. stocks ended mostly lower Friday as jittery investors digested a weaker-than-expected econom...

SEC to step up scrutiny of private equity firms

27 Jan 2012 at 10:11am
The private equity world is struggling to stay in the shadows.

FDA blocks orange juice shipments from Canada

27 Jan 2012 at 2:28pm
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it had detained orange juice shipments from Can...

The anti-Kodak: Eastman Chemical

27 Jan 2012 at 10:20am
It is every parents' dream that their children enjoy a better life than they have. I am not sure ...

Don't blame ETFs for wild market swings

26 Jan 2012 at 12:23pm
Are exchange-traded funds a prime culprit in one of the signature afflictions of the markets toda...

Arab League halts Syria mission

28 Jan 2012 at 11:42am
The Arab League says it is suspending its controversial monitoring mission in Syria because of th...

EU 'should control' Greek budget

28 Jan 2012 at 9:43am
A leaked German plan proposes a eurozone "budget commissioner" to take control of Greece's tax an...

Peru rehab centre fire kills 26

28 Jan 2012 at 1:45pm
A fire at a drug rehabilitation centre in the Peruvian capital Lima kills at least 26 people and ...

US fears for Bin Laden 'informer'

28 Jan 2012 at 4:59am
The US defence secretary voices concern over a Pakistani doctor detained for supplying intelligen...

IMF issues austerity cuts warning

28 Jan 2012 at 9:54am
Inappropriate spending cuts could "strangle" growth, so austerity measures should be tailor-made ...