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Bridge Collapses In Washington State

huffingtonpost.com 10 hours ago

The Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge In Washington state collapsed on Thursday evening, KIRO-TV reported...

 
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Purity Concerns: German Beer Brewers Foaming over Fracking

spiegel.de 24 hours ago

Forget environmental concerns: When it comes to fracking, Germans are worried about how it might affect beer quality...

 
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Bank's Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills

dealbook.nytimes.com 12 hours ago

Citigroup’s ideas were reflected in more than 70 lines of one 85-line bill.

 
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Second RBS apology for app glitch

bbc.co.uk 1 hour ago

RBS has apologised for the second time in two months after customers were unable to login to their accounts through their mobile phone app.

 
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Senate Rejects Plan To Label Genetically Modified Food

huffingtonpost.com 22 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- The United States Senate decided again Thursday that it simply does not want to let states tell people whether or not they are eating genetically modified food...

 
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Farm State Senator Defends 'Monsanto Protection Act'

huffingtonpost.com 15 hours ago

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans objected to an attempt Thursday to repeal a controversial provision, informally dubbed the "Monsanto Protection Act," that could allow seeds deemed unsafe to be...

 
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5 worst corporate tax breaks

money.cnn.com 3 hours ago

There are plenty of loopholes in the corporate tax code that savvy companies can take advantage of to lower their tax bills. CNNMoney asked four tax experts for their top picks of the worst ones.

 
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China's new infrastructure

money.cnn.com 3 hours ago

China is making big investments in roads, railways, and other infrastructure.

 
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BBC Admits 'Wasting Licence Fee Payers' Money'

uk.news.yahoo.com 3 hours ago

The BBC has axed a £98.4m IT project after the scheme was found to have "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money".

 
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Futures slip, Wall Street set for weekly decline

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures fell on Friday, setting up Wall Street for its first weekly decline since mid April, amid concern the central bank may scale back its support to the economy...

 
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NOAA Releases 2013 Hurricane Season Predictions

huffingtonpost.com 18 hours ago

From Climate Central's Michael D...

 
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Low rates 'fail to deter savers'

bbc.co.uk 4 hours ago

A lack of confidence among consumers has pushed up savings levels in the last year despite the low rates of interest available, banks say.

 
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Burberry boss 'looking to Middle East'

bbc.co.uk 4 hours ago

The Today programme's Friday Boss is Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts.

 
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Can watches show more than the time?

bbc.co.uk 14 hours ago

Why have we been waiting so long for watches to catch up with smart phones?

 
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Poll: How do you rate the economy?

politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 3 hours ago

Washington (CNN) -- Two-thirds of Americans say that the nation's economy is in poor shape, but a new national poll indicates there are a few glimmers of optimism.

 
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Co-op halts new business lending

bbc.co.uk 4 hours ago

Co-operative Bank has stopped offering new business loans amid concerns over its capital position and talks with UK regulators.

 
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Help the Heroes donations deluge crashes website after Woolwich murder

guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago

Military support charity inundated with calls and web traffic over soldier killed while wearing Help the Heroes top

 
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Poor hit hardest by Washington budget cuts

money.cnn.com 3 hours ago

As the sequester continues on, lower level workers, the poor and those who don't have powerful allies are feeling the brunt of what was supposed to be across-the-board equal pain.

 
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Bernanke hasn’t thrown grandma under the bus Rex Nutting

marketwatch.com 2 hours ago

The Federal Reserve hasn’t thrown grandma under the bus. Extraordinarily low interest rates are putting more money — not less — into the pockets of typical Americans, Rex Nutting writes.

 
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Robert Murray of iProspect Joins Skyword as President

nytimes.com 13 hours ago

Content marketing is expected to be a big growth area for the ad industry and Robert J. Murray, global president of iProspect, a leading digital agency, is signing up.

 
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Fed's Bullard wants inflation pickup before tapering QE

reuters.com 4 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday U.S...

 
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Stock futures push lower ahead of durable goods Indications

marketwatch.com 3 hours ago

U.S. stock market futures fall on Friday ahead of durable-goods orders data that are expected to show continued sluggishness, and as volatility continued for Asian stocks...

 
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Google Faces Fresh U.S. Scrutiny Over Market Power | TIME.com

business.time.com 2 hours ago

Google just can’t seem to keep “the man” off its back...

 
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RPT-Fitch Affirms Daimler at 'A-', Stable Outlook

reuters.com 2 hours ago

May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)

 
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The tech that's transforming gardening

bbc.co.uk 14 hours ago

The technology that's transforming gardening

 
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WATCH: Oh, Kmart!

huffingtonpost.com 14 hours ago

Kmart's new pun-loving "Big Gas Savings" commercial may not be quite as funny as its super-successful "Shipped My Pants" ad, but it's nice to see the franchise is still doing its damndest to peeve...

 
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Snooping around – in pictures

guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago

From a share of a Regency house in Cumbria to a terraced cottage needing much work in Devon

 
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COLUMN-Three reasons why the golden age of dividends is dawning

reuters.com 1 hour ago

CHICAGO, May 24(Reuters) - The golden days of summer might also brighten the portfolios of dividend lovers.

 
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From reject to riches: How the Tangle Teezer defied the Dragons and sold millions around the world

dailymail.co.uk 3 hours ago

Shaun Pulfrey, Tangle Teezer's founder, tells of how he overcame the Dragons' Den rejection and his 'hair-brained' idea actually became a £15 million business.

 
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Should U.S. pay workers to delay Social Security?

marketwatch.com 2 hours ago

Among the ideas to “save” Social Security is to induce older workers to use less of it...

 
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Exclusive: Malaysia tycoon plans IPO of football club Cardiff City - sources

reuters.com 3 hours ago

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan is exploring an IPO of British soccer team Cardiff City for as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a...

 
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Twitter Lets Brands Find Viewers of Their TV Ads

nytimes.com 12 hours ago

A new product, Twitter Amplify, will help brands match advertisements with Twitter commentary by viewers.

 
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Bank of England's Fisher says does not want U.S.-style QE pledge

reuters.com 3 hours ago

CARDIFF (Reuters) - A Bank of England policymaker said on Friday he favored small additional amounts of bond purchases over time, but not a hard-to-manage commitment to longer-term stimulus like that...

 
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10 cars with the most safety complaints Slide Show

marketwatch.com 2 hours ago

Last year, drivers filed just under 30,000 complaints about their cars with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

 
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