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The Obama administration may be warming towards a US-listed state sponsor of...
Today, Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti reportedly attended the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, along with president Barack Obama and numerous members of Congress. Karti is a...
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2 stats suggest Friday's jobs report will be a blowout
Economists estimate the US added 230,000 jobs in January.Pantheon Macroeconomics' Ian Shepherdson, however, thinks the number could be a blowout.The NFIB Signal"The odds favor a robust January payroll...
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Google is using a surprising number of weapons to take on Microsoft (GOOG, MSFT)
Google is the 800-pound Gorilla in search and online advertising, and about 90% of its revenue from ads.But the company knows it can't be a one-trick pony forever.“For many years they talked about how...
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The January jobs report has disappointed Wall Street economists in 9 of the...
According to the median economists' forecast, the US added 230,000 jobs in January.Some expect that number to be higher. Others, lower.For what it's worth, the January jobs number has a history of...
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo tells us what it feels like to have people calling...
On Thursday, Twitter delivered a solid earnings report.After the report, we got some time to talk to CEO Dick Costolo on the phone.We asked him about what he learned in his first year of doing earnings...
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Pluto-bound probe snaps its first images of the dwarf planet
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet.New Horizons captured the new photos — which show Pluto...
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SpaceX will attempt a potentially historic rocket launch and landing this...
This Sunday, Feb. 8, SpaceX will make a second attempt at a historic rocket landing on a floating platform in the ocean.A 22-story-tall Falcon 9 rocket will lift off out of Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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The surprising facts about who shops online and on mobile
In the first quarter of 2014, 198 million U.S. consumers bought something online, according to comScore's quarterly State Of Retail report. That translates to 78% of the U.S. population age 15 and...
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Termite mounds can halt desert's advance: study
Washington (AFP) - Termites, the pesky insects whose fondness for wood makes them the bane of homeowners, help halt desertification in semi-arid areas and protect against the effects of climate change,...
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Bruce Jenner 'gender change' captures US attention
Washington (AFP) - Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner has Americans' rapt attention once again amid talk that he is soon to come out as transgender.People magazine, a trusted conduit...
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The most important number in Friday's jobs report might not even be about job...
Last month, December's jobs report revealed that average hourly earnings actually declined month-over-month by 0.2%.This was the first decline since July 2013. It was all the the biggest drop in...
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Lawmaker announces bid to topple Australia PM
Sydney (AFP) - A Liberal member of parliament announced Friday he will initiate a leadership challenge next week to unseat Prime Minister Tony Abbott.West Australian MP Luke Simpkins emailed colleagues...
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Woods' withdrawal overshadows PGA Torrey leader Thompson
La Jolla (United States) (AFP) - Tiger Woods limped out of the US PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines after 11 holes as back trouble left him well off the pace set by Nicholas Thompson.Thompson on Thursday...
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Giant Anthem health data breach could lead to China
New York (AFP) - Data on as many as 80 million customers at US health insurance giant Anthem was stolen by hackers, officials confirmed Thursday, in a cyberattack investigators have reportedly linked...
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British lawmakers accuse PwC of promoting tax avoidance
London (AFP) - British lawmakers accused major accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers of promoting "tax avoidance on an industrial scale" on Friday in an investigation called in the wake of the...
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Film brings belated acclaim for WWII codebreaker Turing
London (AFP) - British mathematician Alan Turing ended his life condemned for being gay, but "The Imitation Game" has finally seen him recognised as a hero who hastened the end of World War II by...
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Taiwan 'hero' pilot found clutching joystick of crashed plane
Taipei (AFP) - The pilot of the crashed TransAsia plane was still clutching the joystick when his body was found in the cockpit, after he battled to avoid populated areas, reports said Friday as the...
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Rugby World Cup adds spice to Wales-England clash
Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Wales versus England remains a rugby Test match that never fails to whet the appetite and stir emotions.This year, there is the added spice of a World Cup largely on...
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10 things you need to know before European markets open
Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are trying to broker peace in Ukraine. The German and French heads of government have flown to Kiev and Moscow to try and broker a peace. According to the Financial...
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Lori Greiner: This was the first time I was really pissed off at an...
"Shark Tank" investor Lori Greiner often comes to the defense of entrepreneurs on the show after fellow Shark Kevin O'Leary lays into them with an aggressive insult.But Greiner became so angry with...
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