All Stories from March 21, 2013 (Change date)
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Spanish bond auction unaffected by Cyprus jittersMar 21, 2013 6:54 am - MADRID — Spain has paid lower interest rates in a bond auction that raised 4.5 billion euros ($5.8 billion), suggesting the financial crisis in Cyprus is not affecting o...
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Weak Oracle sales, Cyprus fears weigh on US stocksMar 21, 2013 6:53 am - Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Thursday after Oracle’s weak sales results weighed down big U.S. technology companies. Traders also worried about Cyprus running out o...
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AstraZeneca to cut 2,300 jobsMar 21, 2013 6:53 am - LONDON — Struggling drug company AstraZeneca PLC says it will cut some 2,300 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring plan. The company said Thursday the cuts are in ad...
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YouTube now serving videos to 1 billion peopleMar 21, 2013 6:37 am - LOS ANGELES — YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to sobering s...
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Mexico demands Sotheby’s halt auction of artifactsMar 21, 2013 6:35 am - Mexico City — The Mexican government is demanding that the Sotheby’s auction house halt the planned sale of 51 pre-Colombian Mexican artifacts, arguing they are protecte...
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House passes GOP budget plan promising deep cutsMar 21, 2013 6:33 am - WASHINGTON — Moving on two fronts, the Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to keep the government running for the next six months while pushing through a tea-p...
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Oil prices down as Cyprus uncertainty continuesMar 21, 2013 6:33 am - BANGKOK — The price of oil fell Thursday as traders awaited a solution to a financial crisis in Cyprus that has raised fears of a destabilizing exit of the country from ...
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Chinese company looking for missing tycoonMar 21, 2013 6:24 am - BEIJING — A Chinese tycoon with ties to mining companies in the United States, Australia and Africa is missing and a newspaper says he has been detained by police. Sich...
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World markets stall as Cyprus woes continueMar 21, 2013 6:23 am - BANGKOK — World stock markets stalled Thursday as uncertainty mounted over whether Cyprus can stave off bankruptcy after the country’s government rejected a plan to cont...
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ECB guarantees Cyprus aid only through MondayMar 21, 2013 6:21 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus — The European Central Bank says it will keep emergency aid for Cyprus’ troubled banks in place at least until Monday but will have to cut it off after t...