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| Indexes on Wall Street were tentative Thursday, with a small dip in weekly unemployment claims failing to generate any momentum. | There was some hesitancy about extending the market’s big gai... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Specialist of Bank of America Donald W. Himpele works his post on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just before the closing bell Friday, Oct. 16, 2009
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A Philippine National Police officer places flowers at the site where eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a nearly 12-hour bus hostage standoff on Aug. 23, 2010, involving a dismissed police officer, at Manila's Rizal Park in the Philippines, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Coffin mix-up after Philippine hostage crisis
Three coffins used to bring back some of the eight Hong Kong tourists killed last week's Philippine hostage crisis had been mislabelled. | The mix-up was discovered after the family of one victim went... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) Khaleej Times
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A Philippine Airlines (PAL) aircraft is serviced at the Davao International Airport in Davao City, Philippines as seen on this July 25, 2009 file photo. PAL loses P15M on trip cancellations after hostage crisis
| Most Read Business 3 RP firms in Forbes Asia's 2010 'Best Under A Billion' list Robredo on hostage tragedy: 'I wish I was in the loop' Meralco seeks rate hike starting 2011 Airline company curbs cre... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Inquirer
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Rice - Crop - Farming - Agriculture  Warmer temperatures to reduce crop yields
| Hong Kong - With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture will shrink further in Ch... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Independent online
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Cebu Pacific Air Airbus airplane CEB gears for Beijing launch
The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (CEB) is set to launch its 16th international destination this September 5, 2010, with the airline&rsqu... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) TravelDailyNews
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Passers-by are reflected on an electronic market board of a private securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Average ended Monday morning session, up 203.20 points to 8,120 Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
| Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | Traders and specialists work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange... | TO... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara) Breitbart
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Sony Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
| TOKYO - Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as stronger manufacturing growth in the U.S. snapped a run of gloomy economic indicators and sent Wall Street soaring. | T... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The State
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Christopher Nolan Nolan dreams up box-office winner
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Adam Lambert, a finalist on the singing competition series, "American Idol," performs for fans during a visit to his alma mater, Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego on Friday, May 8, 2009. Lambert, who is one of three finalists on the show, is visiting locations in his home. Lambert glam for Malaysia
| KUALA LUMPUR: The city will rock this October with performances by Amerian Idol runner-up Adam Lam­bert and pop-punk band Paramore. | Jointly organised by Marctensia an... (photo: AP / Sandy Huffaker) The Star
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JP Morgan Chase Building and Riverside Tower, Baton Rouge, Louisiana JP Morgan fund keen on China, India and Indonesia
| Hong Kong: JP Morgan Asset Management is eyeing China and India's toll road sector, and Indonesia's power and logistics industries, after investing a third of its $860 ... (photo: Public Domain / QuiteUnusual) Gulf News
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A view shows the Hong Kong west Kowloon district in Hong Kong Monday, March 22, 2010. Hong Kong has been hit by record levels of severe air pollution. The government says this level corresponds to significant harm to human health. Pollution level `very high' as mercury soars
Hong Kong's air pollution again reached "very high" levels as temperatures soared and doctors warned those with heart problems to stay off the streets. | //--> Serinah Ho... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) Hong Kong Standard
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In this photo released by Centre of Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, fish swim amongst bleached coral near the Keppel Islands in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2006. An international team of scientist´s studying Under threat
--> Under threat | Share ARTICLEURL | Bleaching causes havoc | One of the most destructive and swift coral bleaching events ever recorded is taking place in the waters of... (photo: AP/Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, HO) Deccan Chronicle
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Specialist Glenn Carell studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, July 8, 2010 Stock Market Kicks Off September With Strong Gains
NEW YORK -- Stocks jumped Wednesday after surprisingly strong growth in U.S. and Chinese manufacturing allayed some of the worries that had been building over the global ... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) WPXI
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Indian currency - 100 rupees notes Sensex ends at 1-month high on better growth outlook, higher export
MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex gained 235 points to a one-month high on Wednesday on heavy buying by funds influenced by strong GDP growth of the Indi... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times Of India
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
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Members of a Hong Kong police forensic team examine the tourist bus used in the hostage-hijacking on Aug. 23 by an ex-policeman at the auditorium at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, suburban Manila, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010.
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