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Asian stocks mixed after S&P index clears hurdle (AP)
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AP - Asian stock markets were mixed in early trading Friday after the Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed at a 17-month high with investors worried about inflationary pressures in China.
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Toyota ‘mystified’ by runaway Prius case in Calif. (AP)
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AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is “mystified” by a report that a California man’s Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.
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Gov’t may seek more authority on vehicle safety (AP)
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AP - Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota’s recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
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Citigroup CEO says bank on path to profitability (AP)
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AP - Citigroup Inc. says it’s heading back toward sustained profitability after two years that saw the bank lose billions of dollars and be bailed out by the government.
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Dollar dips as Greece announces new spending cuts (AP)
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AP - The dollar eased against the euro and the pound Thursday as Greece announced additional salary cuts and tax hikes to deal with its ballooning deficit, while China reported a jump in inflation.
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Obama launches export-doubling strategy (AFP)
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AFP - President Barack Obama put into action Thursday an ambitious strategy to double US exports by prising open lucrative emerging markets in a bid to ease unemployment amid fragile economic recovery.
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Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth (AP)
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AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually.
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Oil prices hold steady around $82 (AP)
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AP - Oil prices stayed put, just above $82 on Thursday, as investors mulled demand uncertainties and a government report that showed the country’s huge natural gas reserves shrank a little last week.
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U.S. traffic deaths down; regulators probed on Toyota (Reuters)
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Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts (Reuters)
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Reuters - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands protested draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
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