LONDON (AFP) — Blue chip shares extended afternoon losses after suffering the continuing concerns on Wall Street about the health of the US econony.
The FTSE 100 index closed 129.8 points lower at 5,320.4, hit mainly by banks and insurers, while the FTSE 250 index dropped 256.4 to 8,867.6 as heavyweight housebuilders slide back once more.
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ISTANBUL (AFP) — Sudan said Tuesday it would continue to defy the International Criminal Court (ICC) as its president, named as a possible war crimes suspect in Darfur, attended a summit of African leaders in Turkey.
Omar al-Beshir's visit to Istanbul for the two-day Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit was his first trip abroad since an ICC prosecutor asked the court last month for h...
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CHICAGO (AP) - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes, researchers say. The study's limitations make more research nece...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
The luxury retailer reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss and issued a pessimistic forecast for the year.
The medical-device maker said its quarterly profit rose 11 percent on growth in its spinal and cardiovascular units.
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MONTREAL — Quebec will spend nearly $2 billion to maintain its bit-part in the nuclear industry by sprucing up a power plant some charge is too old, too small and too dangerous to merit a new lease on life on life.
The province's energy utility announced on Tuesday that Gentilly-2, Quebec's only nuclear power plant, will get a major retrofit aimed at increasing its lifespan to 20...
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Craig Barrett, who made his "one political statement" at the Intel developers' forum being held in San Francisco, urged US politicians to act.
He told the audience: "Nations are as strong as their educational systems.
"The rest of the emerging world recognises this is the key to staying competitive."
He went on: "It's time our political leaders acknowledged that and declare ...
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Sen. Barack Obama, edging away from a long-held position, tacitly acknowledged the success of the Iraq troop-surge strategy during an appearance Tuesday before the country's largest organization of combat veterans.
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW STRATEGY: Sen. Barack Obama addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., acknowledging the success of the troop surge in Ir...
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Here are Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley student responses, in percentages, to questions asked in a 2007 risk-behavior survey:
Source: Boulder County's Youth Risk Behavior Survey
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A growing number of students in ...