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 The newspaper circulation in the United States has decreased, the latest survey shows, as more and more customers choose the Internet version over the printed one and as the publishers make strong efforts to streamline their businesses, cutting back from promotion in order to lower the costs.The Audit Bureau of Circulations released the...
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 An Argentine government official announced on Friday that the economy minister has resigned, marking the first important departure from the four-month old administration of the new President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.The 36- year- old minister, Martin Lousteau, who previously headed a state-run bank, has reported that he had...
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 The predawn earthquake that occurred on Friday, centered in southern Illinois, has reminded people that the Midwest region is threatened as much as other earthquake prone areas of the country.The 5.2 magnitude earthquake, which had hit at 4:36 am, was felt on an area of about 120.000 square miles from Nebraska to Atlanta, but its center...
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 The United States Federal Immigration agents conducted a series of workplace raids in five states on Wednesday, detaining hundreds of illegal employees at poultry plants and restaurants.During the sweeps, the federal agents arrested hundreds of people working at Pilgrim's Pride chicken plants on charges of identity theft, document fraud...
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 Three Californian environmental groups announced on Thursday that they have reached a historic deal with Plains Exploration & Production Company (PXP) under which would reduce the existing oil and gas operations offshore Lompoc and the Gaviota Coast."The cornerstone of this agreement is the requirement that oil and gas...
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 The European Commission announced on Monday that it would allow air travelers to use their mobile phones to talk, send text messages or e-mails during their flight in the European airspace.Under the new rules, the midair service could be available by the end of this year on some airlines for passengers using the European GSM technology,...
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 The Air Resources Board of California has lowered required number of zero-emissions cars to be sold by 2014 in a decision that dragged serious criticism from environmentalists, but brought relief to car makers.Under the ruling, auto manufacturers in California will have to produce 7.500 electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles in order...
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 The Environmental Protection Agency announced late Wednesday a slight tightening of the smog standards, despite calls from its scientific advisory council to impose much tougher standards.The standard, which is stated in terms of average concentrations of ozone at ground level over an eight-hour period, is at this moment of 84 parts per...
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 Millions of people were left without power on Tuesday, due to an unexplained equipment failure, devastating traffic in intersections and leaving some trapped in elevators.The massive blackout affected at least two million people, as the incident, which occurred at about 1:09 pm, caused the customer demand for electricity to exceed...
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 According to a report released recently by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 2007 was the second-worst year for air travel after 2000, as more than one of four flights were delayed and as the luggage mishandling rate grew compared to the previous year.The bureau gathered data from 20 airlines in order to report an on-time arrival...
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| Symbol | Last | Change | | Dow | 14,047.31 |  40.24 (0.29%) | | Nasdaq | 2,747.11 |  6.12 (0.22%) | | S&P 500 | 1,546.63 | 0.41 (0.03%) | | 10-Yr Bond | 4.529%
| 0.028 | | NYSE Volume | 3,112,411,000 | | Nasdaq Volume | 1,795,889,000 |
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 New BMW-6 Series Coupe and convertible
BMW has launched a convertible and new coupe of the 6-Series
featuring several advanced drive technologies and driver assistance
safety systems.
Both the coupe...
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