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Breaking News Fri, 9 May 2008
 Condominium, housing, luxury apartment, condo, property. tp1
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 Star Bulletin 
Maui home, condo sales lower than year ago
However, condo prices are higher than April '07 | By Allison Schaefers | Year-on-year sales volume and pricing continued to trail year-ago levels in Maui's single-family home residential real estate m... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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 Reuters 
Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis
Fri May 9, 2008 5:09am ET | | By Stephanie Nebehay | GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermin... (photo: Creative Commons / )
 KLdy1 - Nov07 - Euro - Currency - Money - Forex. (dy1)  International Herald Tribune 
Euro edges higher against US dollar in aftermath of ECB meeting
| : The euro was higher against the U.S. dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank signaled that it was unlikely it would consider any interest rate cuts in the coming months. | In midmorning E... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Business   Economy   Europe   Finance   Photos  
Kamal Nath- India- Politics- am1  The Times Of India 
India, US narrowing gaps on Doha Round, says Nath
|     NEW YORK: India and the US are increasing their level of convergence on the contentious issues of farm subsidies and market access under the much-delayed Doha Round of negotiations for... (photo: PIB)
Doha   India   Photos   Trade   US  
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TSX flirts with all-time high Canada Dot Com
TSX flirts with all-time high
| With another commodity-fuelled surge yesterday, the Toronto Stock Exchange's main index was within striking distance of the all-time peak hit last summer before global ... (photo: Creative Commons / nodomain.cc)
Commodity   Investment   Photos   Stock   Toronto  
 Air Canada - Airlines /aaeh Canada Dot Com
Air Canada loses $288M
| TORONTO -- Air Canada said on Thursday it lost $288 million, or $2.88 a share, in the first three months of 2008, compared with a loss of $34 million, or 34 cents a sha... (photo: Creative Commons)
Airline   Business   Canada   Photos   Travel  
President George W. Bush pays his respect to the victims of the Holocaust during a visit Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. The President made the visit before proceeding to Galilee, his last stop before departing Israel for Kuwait. Canada Dot Com
Some say Holocaust was failure of positive thinking
| Last Friday was Holocaust Remembrance Day. Coincidentally, that weekend the New York Times published an article that briefly mentioned a whole new way of remembering th... (photo: White House / Eric Draper )
Book   Holocaust   Jews   Literature   Photos   World  
 Coca-cola, coke, softdrinks, production, beverages. tp1 Canada Dot Com
Coke expects U.S. pop sales up in '09
| Coca-Cola Co. expects U.S. sales of its carbonated soft drinks to fall slightly this year but rise in 2009, its chief executive officer said Thursday. | CEO Neville Isd... (photo: WN/Theresa)
Beverages   Business   Market   Photos   US  
Southwest Airlines The Columbus Dispatch
Southwest is here to stay, CEO says
Southwest Airlines expects to be a "steady, growing, stable force" at Port Columbus during a troubled time for U.S. air travel, the airline's chief executive said yesterd... (photo: Creative Commons / EyOne )
Airlines   Business   Photos   Southwest   Travel  
KLdy1 - Jan08 - food and nutrition - diet - mushroom - button mushrooms. (dy1) The Miami Herald
Hunting mushrooms and more in Pennsylvania
| Some people love mushrooms and hunt for them in field and forest. Others are content to pick up a shrink-wrapped package or plunk down dear sums at the farmers market. ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Food   Mushrooms   Pennsylvania   People   Photos  
 roast beef/ntf1 Florida Times Union
Carraba's Italian Grill now open for business in Mandarin
| Carrabba's Italian Grill has opened its sixth location in Northeast Florida. |     | The latest site, in Mandarin at 9965 San Jose Blvd., is a 5,744-squa... (photo: Public Domain / artist)
Business   Food   Health   Photos   Society  
 Lancome Perfume at  Mall -KL - malaysia /(sp4) China Daily
Cosmetics firm Lancome and Uma Thurman in contract dispute
(Agencies) | Updated: 2008-05-09 10:42 |        In this july 10, 2006 file photo actress Uma Thurman is photographed at the Mandarin Oriental Hot... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Actress   Canada   Entertainment   Photos   Women  
Rice The Times Of India
US rice prices rise as supply worries linger
|     | SEOUL: US rice futures soared 4 percent in early Asian trading on Friday as a larger-than-expected purchase of rice by Malaysia and prospects of reduced... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Asian   Photos   Prices   Rice   Trading  
Scotiabank. Bank, finance, financial, Scotiabank is one of North Americas leading finance institutions and canadas most international bank.tp1 The Times Of India
Scotiabank woos Indian newcomers to Canada
|     | TORONTO: Scotiabank, a Canadian bank working in five major cities of India for over 20 years, has launched a new programme to attract Indian newcomers h... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
Bank   Business   Canada   India   Photos  
A man rides past a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in the border city of Dandong in northeast China, Friday, Oct. 20, 2006. China's biggest bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2006, priced its mammoth initial public offering at the top end of expectations due to overwhelming investor demand, completing the biggest IPO in history. The bank, called ICBC, raised a total of US$19 billion in the first ever simultaneous stock sale in both Hong Kong and Shanghai. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)hg3 Gulf News
US recession 'will trim China growth to 8%'
| Hong Kong: The United States is heading for a severe recession that could cause China's economic growth to slide to eight per cent and make Beijing less willing to let ... (photo: AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)
China   Economy   Market   Photos   US  
Diesel Daily Star Lebanon
Oil shifts down from record levels as OPEC stands firm
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, May 09, 2008 | LONDON: Oil prices came off near record levels on Thursday after spiking close to $124 as the Organization of Pet... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Market   OPEC   Oil   Photos   US  
Tax Issues Finance & Investments
- Northern towns gang up on carbon tax Rural residents would b
- Survey: Car shopping with tax rebates not likely
- Options to gas-tax holiday sought
- Cleanup of Great Miami on hold after tax revolt
 Bangkok,Thailand - Cigarettes - Tobacco - Smoke. (ps1)
N.H. may delay proposed 25 cent cigarette tax hike
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- Oil surpasses $125 per barrel ahead of US driving season
- General Motors to pay up to $200 million to settle strike
- AIG and Allianz hit stocks in Europe; U.S. futures dip
- Indian industry looks to investing in bio-fuel in S America
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Indian industry looks to investing in bio-fuel in S America
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Currency Banking
- Euro edges higher against dollar on ECB talk
- NY Fed reports trade-weighted dollar down more than 4% in fi
- Oil breaks through $125 as dollar stays soft
- Dollar falls against euro on ECB interest rate signals
 KLps1 - March07 - US Dollar - USD - Currency - Money - Forex. (ps1)
NY Fed reports trade-weighted dollar down more than 4% in first quarter
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- Vick must repay bank
- Golfing helps Regina food bank
- Federal judge orders Vick to pay Canadian bank $2.4 million
- World Bank urges U.S. to pass Colombia trade deal
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor
Court chases $375m from Charles Taylor's banks
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Finance Oil & Energy
- 'No relationship between prices, future trading'
- Citigroup poised to offload $400bn of assets
- Hedge fund GLG ups the cost of investor exits
- Pekao and PKO both riding high on good Q1 results
 KLdy1 - Nov07 - Euro - Currency - Money - Forex. (dy1)
Euro edges higher against US dollar in aftermath of ECB meeting
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- March trade surplus widens on energy prices
- Oil powers above $125 as funds pile in
- Oil surpasses $125 per barrel ahead of US driving season
- Oil surpasses $125 per barrel ahead of US driving season
Diesel
Oil shifts down from record levels as OPEC stands firm
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Industries Technology
- What are you doing for the next 40 years?
- Canada rejects Alliant Tech's satellite purchase
- Facts About Asbestos Litigation
- Deadly Tornado Strikes Southeast
Pratibha Patil
Indian industry looks to investing in bio-fuel in S America
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- U.S. military had counterfeit computer gear, FBI says
- Rain comes to western Texas just in time for cotton planting
- Oldest gorilla turns 55
- US warns China about standards war
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke smiles Monday, May 5, 2008 after receiving the Columbia Business School award in Distinguished Leadership in Government during the 32nd annual dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, Monday, May 5, 2
Fed wins space for more cuts
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