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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — A businesswoman in southern China has been sentenced to death on charges of defrauding investors as the government tightens controls on informal financing that is widely used by...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
NEW DELHI (AP) — China's new premier says he chose India as the site of his first foreign visit because cooperation between the world's two most populous nations is crucial to world stability...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
BANGKOK (AP) — Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. A gauge of future economic activity issued Friday rose more than expected, a...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil fell Monday ahead of the release later this week of economic data from the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, and a speech by the Federal Reserve...
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Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Hundreds of tons of frozen mutton, lamb and beef from New Zealand have been stranded on Chinese docks after China halted certain imports from the country due to a...
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TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered five more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 14,...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists. The economists predict that...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunbathers headed to the beach this summer will find new sunscreen labels on store shelves that are designed to make the products more effective and easier to use. But despite...
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