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Japan now struggles with deflation - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:18:54 GMT |
| Bank of Japan upgrades view on economy, keeps rates at 0.1%; finance minister says Japan is in deflation and wants central bank to 'respond appropriately' Leika Kihara TOKYO - The Bank of Japan upgraded its economic assessment on Friday, setting itself up for a confrontation with a government pressing for a policy response to deflation and a ... |
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Ex-McKesson Chairman Is Found Guilty of Fraud - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:28:13 GMT |
| A federal jury found the former chairman of McKesson guilty of fraud on Thursday, nearly 10 years after he played a central role in a costly corporate accounting scandal. |
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Ohio Sues Credit Rating Agencies - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:38:14 GMT |
| The attorney general of Ohio sued the country's largest credit rating agencies on Friday, alleging that they had cost state retirement and funds some $457 million by approving high-risk Wall Street securities that went bust in the financial collapse. |
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Fears of 'Lost Decade' Grow for British Economy - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:12 GMT |
| The prospect of a period of Japan-like outcome in Britain was aired last month by a member of the monetary policy committee of the Bank of England, above. |
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Oprah Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011 - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:28 GMT |
| In this May 22, 1990 file photo, Comedian Bob Hope laughs with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey during the taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago. |
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Wall Street expects another down day - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:59:39 GMT |
| Stocks are set to continue their slide when the market opens today as the dollar strengthens further, and after a week of mixed economic reports. |
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Oprah Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011 - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:18:16 GMT |
| Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air. |
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For Citi, Less Sting From a Painful Bet - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:48:15 GMT |
| Citigroup stopped dancing to the music of the credit boom shortly after it backed the leveraged buyout of EMI, the British music company, in 2007. |
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U.S. Teaches Carmakers Capitalism - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:28:15 GMT |
| When the American auto industry was owned by investors, it acted like a government enterprise. |
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House panel approves Fed audits - Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:24:35 GMT |
| A congressional panel approved a bill that would put the traditionally independent U.S. Federal Reserve under closer scrutiny of politicians. |
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