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Online sales expected to grow 17 percent in 2008Apr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Online spending is expected to rise a robust 17 percent this year, despite a sluggish economy that has bruised many brick-based retailers, according to an an...
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Wall Street pulls back on Fed note, worse-than-expected profit dataApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street retreated today after aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. and chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. issued disappointing reports and the Federal Reserv...
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Can Fed make money on Bear Stearns?Apr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- While the rest of the marketplace sees mortgage-backed securities as radioactive, Ben Bernanke doesn't -- at least when the taxpayers' money is at stake. Tha...
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Candidates square off over IraqApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- GOP presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that calls from his Democratic rivals to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq stand as a "failure of lea...
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Hewlett-Packard unveils small laptop for schoolchildrenApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized cu...
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Pete Doherty gets 14 weeks in jail for violating probation orderApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Pete Doherty has been sentenced to 14 weeks in jail for violating a probation order. His record company says the sentence handed down Tuesday by a London court...
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Stocks tilt toward lower open after disappointing reportsApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks were poised to open lower Tuesday, after downbeat corporate reports from aluminum company Alcoa Inc. and chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. led of...
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Burrell, Phillies rough up ArroyoApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Hello, New York. The team that brought you all that torment last season is coming back to town. Remember? The Philadelphia Phillies do, too. Pat Burrell hit 2 of the Phi...
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One and done for IU's GordonApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana freshman Eric Gordon is entering the NBA draft. While he has not yet signed with an agent, his father, Eric Gordon Sr., said he intended to sign ...
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Lucasfilm, designer battle over rights to 'Star Wars' costumesApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- It's a storm in a Stormtrooper's helmet. Lawyers for George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd. and a British prop designer faced off in London's High Court Tuesday over rig...