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Breaking News Sun, 20 May 2012
Alibaba.com Chief Executive Officer Jack Ma gestures during a news conference to launch the software called ALISOFT Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company, on Monday launched a new Web-based business software targeting its 18 million users.
Alibaba   Internet   Photos   Wikipedia: Alibaba Group   Yahoo  
 Austin American Statesman 
Yahoo reaches agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba for about $7.1 billion
| HONG KONG — Yahoo reaches agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. | ___ | May 20, 2012 10:56 PM EDT | Copyright 2012, The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
A 767-300ER of Air Canada, one of the earliest transatlantic operators of the 767
Airline   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Canada  
 Toronto Sun 
Air Canada dispute with pilots goes to arbitrator
| Air Canada pilots have failed to negotiate a new agreement with the airline. | "To say we are disappointed would be a vast understatement," Jean-Marc Belanger, a spokesman for the Air Cana... (photo: Creative Commons / Altair)
British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan  Independent online 
UK's Cameron calls for euro contingency plans
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged countries on Saturday to put in place strong contingency plans to deal with fallout from the euro zone debt crisis as fears grow that Greece could be forced ... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Business   Finance   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
In this file photo taken Sunday, April 19, 2009, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, center, is led away after declaring he planned to challenge then Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about his views on the Holocaust and Israel  The Examiner 
Dershowitz demolishes Zimmerman prosecution
| After writing in the New York Daily News that murder charges should be dropped against George Zimmerman in the slaying of Trayvon Martin, liberal law professor and author Alan Dershowitz appeared on... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus)
Lawmaker   Legal   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Alan Dershowitz  
Top Stories
Cigar from Cuba The News & Observer
Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By MARIA RECIO - McClatchy Newspapers By MARIA RECIO | PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -- The elderly cigar... (photo: Creative Commons / Chmee2)
Agriculture   Cuba   Culture   Photos   Wikipedia: Tobacco  
President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron stand together on stage after a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The Daily Mail
Cameron and Obama talk euro crisis over workout as Tories at home plot £7bn welfare ...
| David Cameron and Barack Obama yesterday staged a 35-minute ‘treadmill summit’ side by side at a G8 gathering dominated by the Euro crisis. | Their crunch t... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Business   Finance   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
French fries - Junk food The State
Healthy eating can cost less than junk food, study finds
| WASHINGTON - Is it really more expensive to eat healthy? | An Agriculture Department study released last week found that most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Economy   Food   Health   Photos  
President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, not seen, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Monday, April 2, 2012, in Washington. BBC News
Obama: Eurozone 'must focus on jobs and growth'
US President Barack Obama has said there is an "emerging consensus" that European countries must now focus on jobs and growth. | Speaking after the G8 summit of... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Economy   Eurozone   G8 Summit   Photos   Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit  
US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David. Independent online
Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his weigh... (photo: AP)
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics  
US Dollar - Currency The Street
US Dollar Makes A Break To 16-Month Highs As Fear Creeps In
| US Dollar Makes a Break to 16-Month Highs as Fear Creeps In | Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar: Bullish CPI and retail sales do little to alter the outlook for ra... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Currency   Investors   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: United States dollar  
Motorola Dext The Times Of India
Motorola smartphones face US import ban
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetSome Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a US trade panel sai... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot)
Microsoft   Patent   Photos   Smartphones   Wikipedia: Motorola  
New French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012 The Daily Telegraph
David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax
David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. | D... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
France   Photos   Tax   UK   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
President Barack Obama is briefed on his upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) STL Today
Obama's cash edge dwindling
| WASHINGTON • President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, but the president's money advantage is beginnin... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Central Park People In The Park,New York. Richmond Times Dispatch
Virginia's jobless rate remains the same in April
| Virginia's unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent in April as job growth slowed during the month, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Friday. | The jobles... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Commission   Employment   Growth   Photos   Virginia   Wikipedia: Virginia  
An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Al Jazeera
The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
| Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afg... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2012 Chicago Summit  
Mitsubishi Motors - Vehicle - Car - Automaker The Boston Globe
World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
| BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Economy   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: DAX  
Tax Issues Finance & Investments
- 'Tax the rich' is the opposite of tax reform
- Community Briefing: Austin school board to discuss tax rate
- With tax cuts and budget deal, Kansas Legislature finishes s
- Louisiana prepares for hurricane season with tax-free shoppi
New French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012
David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax
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- Speculators raise bearish bets ahead of big wheat rally in U
- WRAPUP 6-NATO to hand combat role to Afghans as it seeks way
- Pro: Facebook a great investment, even if it doesn't liv
- Facebook a great investment, even if it doesn't live up
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya.
NATO chief sees financial aid for Afghan forces
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Currency Banking
- 'In the global beauty contest, the dollar is the least u
- Australian, New Zealand dollars bounce off lows, still vulne
- Dollar trades at lower 79 yen level in early Tokyo deals
- Dollar rebounds from six-month low
 Australian dollar-money-economy-trade-currency (sl1)
Greece exit may hit dollar
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- Eyewitness shares video report from Outer Banks ahead of TS
- Red Bank hires new principal and business administrator
- Overnight fire rips through Red Bank home
- Food bank seeing more new faces
President Barack Obama speaks to world leaders during the first session of the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md.
President Barack Obama urges banking reforms in the wake of JPMorgan's $2-billion loss
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Finance Oil & Energy
- Business and Finance
- REFILE-INSIGHT-China pays high price to spare state firm fro
- Australian, New Zealand dollars bounce off lows, still vulne
- #6: Stay Flexible and Agile
Vijay Mallya, India's top businessman and liquor baron speaking at a news conference in Srinagar on Monday 12,2009, indian administrated kashmir.
Resentment grows among Kingfisher employees waiting for salary
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- A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
- Limitless renewable energy may be closer than it seems
- CEPT finds place in Indo-US consortia on green energy
- Energy Team wins fleet racing in Italy
Caltex Petrol Station in Thailand
Gasoline, oil prices continue to drop
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Industries Technology
- It's Official: China's Wanda Group to Buy AMC Entert
- Hillsborough County Republican Club candidates meet and gree
- Waste Management's "Bagster" is a great outsi
- A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
Barack Obama
G-8 leaders hope Greece remains in eurozone
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- Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
- Battling marriage's No. 1 pitfall: money troubles
- Chinese activist Chen lands in US
- App checks the bar scene
The Earth casts its shadow across the moon's surface during a lunar eclipse in Rafah, in the southern of Gaza Strip on Dec. 10, 2011. This is the second total lunar eclipse of the year and the last until 2014. Photo by AHMED DEEB/ WN
Solar Eclipse 2012: Annular Eclipse Makes 'Ring of Fire'
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