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• Wholesale Inventories Decline for a Fifth Month

  posted by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Business - 50 seconds ago

  Wholesale inventories fell 0.7 percent in January, the longest stretch of declines since the last recession in 2001, the government reported.
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  United Technology Plans to Cut 11,600 Jobs

  posted by By REUTERS at NYT > Business - 1 hour ago

  The maker of elevators and air conditioners also cut its 2009 profit goal by about 13 percent as part of a $750 million restructuring.
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  Bernanke Says Financial Rules Need an Overhaul

  posted by By JACK HEALY at NYT > Business - 1 hour ago

  The Federal Reserve chairman said the financial system needed to be regulated “as a whole” and that stricter oversight of banks would not be enough.
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  Stocks Rise on Upbeat Memo From Citigroup

  posted by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS at NYT > Business - 2 hours ago

  The Dow jumped after a leaked memo indicated that Citigroup enjoyed its best financial performance in over a year in the first two months of 2009.
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  China Reports Falling Prices

  posted by By KEITH BRADSHER at NYT > Business - 4 hours ago

  Consumer prices in China were 1.6 percent lower last month than a year earlier, the first decline since December, 2002.
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  Asian Stocks Gain but Recovery Seen as Fragile

  posted by By REUTERS at NYT > Business - 5 hours ago

  Asian shares outside Japan posted their best gains in a month on Tuesday while safe-haven flight to the dollar eased.

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Starvation and Strife Menace Torn Kenya
posted by By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN at NYT > Home Page - 5 minutes ago
Millions of Kenyans face starvation, partly because many farmers who fled their homes last year have not returned, fearing more violence.
Asean group seeks economic action
posted by null at BBC News News Front Page World Edition - 14 minutes ago
South East Asian leaders call for greater co-ordinated regional action to help restore their damaged economies.
Bolivia pins hopes on lithium, electric vehicles
posted by null at msnbc.com: Business - 26 minutes ago
[image: Piles of salt lay on the salt flats of Uyuni, Bolivia, where the population has harvested salt for years. Underneath the salt lies the world's largest lithium reserves. Lithium is the key compone...
Exclusive: AIG near deal on new terms of bailout - Reuters
posted by null at Google News - 27 minutes ago
Straits Times*Exclusive: AIG near deal on new terms of bailout* *Reuters* By Paritosh Bansal NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the US government that would ease...
Homes, Businesses Lost In Central Tex. Wildfire - Washington Post
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Denton Record Chronicle*Homes, Businesses Lost In Central Tex. Wildfire* *Washington Post* BASTROP, Tex. -- Firefighters were battling a wildfire in central Texas that had destroyed at least 10 homes and ...
Radio icon Paul Harvey dies at 90 - Arizona Republic
posted by null at Google News - 27 minutes ago
CTV.ca*Radio icon Paul Harvey dies at 90* *Arizona Republic* by Connie Cone Sexton - Mar. 1, 2009 12:00 AM Radio icon and Phoenix resident Paul Harvey, who delivered the news of the day to millions of li...
Bangladesh Toll Rises to 63; Rebel Soldiers to Face Charges - Bloomberg
posted by null at Google News - 27 minutes ago
BBC News*Bangladesh Toll Rises to 63; Rebel Soldiers to Face Charges* *Bloomberg* By Jay Shankar Firefighters, police and soldiers searching the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles, where the mutiny too...
LA mayor a shoo-in for re-election Tuesday - San Francisco Chronicle
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Grand Forks Herald*LA mayor a shoo-in for re-election Tuesday* *San Francisco Chronicle* Tuesday is election day in Los Angeles, but it's a good bet that Antonio Villaraigosa isn't staying up nights frett...
US Government Acts, but Losses Pile Up - Washington Post
posted by null at Google News - 27 minutes ago
Voice of America*US Government Acts, but Losses Pile Up* *Washington Post* US stocks declined, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and Dow Jones industrial average to 12-year lows, as the govern...
Snowfall of 10-12 inches expected to hit parts of LI - Newsday
posted by null at Google News - 27 minutes ago
Baltimore Sun*Snowfall of 10-12 inches expected to hit parts of LI* *Newsday* BY MATTHEW CHAYES matthew.chayes@newsday.com Snowfall as deep as a foot could blanket parts of Long Island tonight into tomo...
Ogilvy faces Casey in dream match-play final - San Francisco Chronicle
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The Age*Ogilvy faces Casey in dream match-play final* *San Francisco Chronicle* AP Geoff Ogilvy and Paul Casey have even more in common than membership at the same Arizona golf club or the practice round ...
What are your health options after a job loss? - CharlotteObserver.com
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I Really Should Study*What are your health options after a job loss?* *CharlotteObserver.com* The unemployed can go without health insurance or pay for it alone; others can join a government plan. By Sabi...
Blair makes first visit to Gaza
posted by null at BBC News News Front Page World Edition - 29 minutes ago
Former UK prime minister Tony Blair, now Middle East envoy, arrives in Gaza for his first visit.
Hariri court set to formally open
posted by null at BBC News News Front Page World Edition - 43 minutes ago
An international court set up to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri is to open at The Hague.
MSZ: Polska nie taka zła jak w amerykańskim raporcie
posted by null at Money.pl - Strona główna - 47 minutes ago
Ministerstwo nie zgadza się z amerykńską oceną Polski.
Prezydent życzy Premierowi sukcesu w Brukseli
posted by null at Money.pl - Strona główna - 47 minutes ago
Kaczyński nie pojechał na szczyt, bo było tylko jedno miejsce.
HSBC looks to raise $18 billion
posted by null at Reuters: Business News - 55 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - British banking giant HSBC will try to raise $18 billion to quell investor concerns as a worsening global economy punished famed investor Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway with a 96 p...
A leading conservative voice - Chicago Tribune
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The Associated Press*A leading conservative voice* *Chicago Tribune* By Gerry Smith and Phil Rosenthal Tribune reporters Paul Harvey, a Chicago radio man whose melodious voice and hearty "Hello, America...
Buffett says economy in shambles - Reuters
posted by null at Google News - 57 minutes ago
Telegraph.co.uk*Buffett says economy in shambles* *Reuters* By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N), Warren Buffett's insurance and investment company, barely bro...
Rating Agencies Endorse Revised AIG Bailout - Wall Street Journal
posted by null at Google News - 57 minutes ago
Straits Times*Rating Agencies Endorse Revised AIG Bailout* *Wall Street Journal* By MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG and LIAM PLEVEN Major credit rating agencies have signed off on the latest revamp of American Inter...
Zack Snyder, 'Watchmen's' watched man - Los Angeles Times
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StarPhoenix*Zack Snyder, 'Watchmen's' watched man* *Los Angeles Times* Clay Enos / Warner Bros. / AP "I will tell you this: It's not a movie people have seen before. It's truly ambitious, and it's great t...