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CNN
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The Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.25 percent on Thursday, its second cut in three months as it attempts to shore up confidence in Britain's slowing economy. "The prospects for output growth abroad have deterior..
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MSNBC
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Persistent fears about the world economy battered global stocks again Monday and drove investors toward safer assets despite expectations of more interest cuts from the Federal Reserve to bolster growth.
Investors around the world have been jittery for..
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MSNBC
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After six years of uninterrupted growth, the outlook for the U.S. economy in 2008 has darkened considerably in just the past month. While many economists say it’s too soon to know whether a recession is coming, forecasters say the latest economic figure..
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BusinessWeek
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The retailer scales back its U.S. expansion plans as its struggles to get profitable growth back on track
In an admission that its growth formula has fizzled, Wal-Mart announced on June 1 that it is sharply dialing back expansion plans in the U.S. The..
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BusinessWeek
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New wealth from commodities is fueling growth and expanding the consumer economy. And that presents great opportunities for investors
The Brazilian economy is barely recognizable to those who knew it more than five years ago. In those days it was plagu..
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BusinessWeek
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The social network is adding more language capability, further proof that growth outside the U.S. is vital for Facebook and MySpace
Facebook is stepping up its international expansion. The Palo Alto (Calif.)-based company will introduce tools that tran..
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BusinessWeek
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Profits drop sharply after a report that corruption at the German engineering giant was widespread, but the CEO remains upbeat on growth
German engineering giant Siemens has been going through a pretty torrid time recently. It has had to deal with a nu..
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BusinessWeek
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Lackluster quarterly results reinforce the software maker's need for growth through acquisitions and suggest it ought to raise a rebuffed takeover bid
During a speech in Milan Apr. 23, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he's prepared to walk away from th..
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BusinessWeek
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After a decade of rapid advances in the former Soviet Union, Russia's mobile operators are placing big bets in India, Vietnam, and elsewhere
The Russians must know a thing or two about mobile telephony. After all, few countries in the world have seen s..
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BusinessWeek
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Despite analyst nay-saying and fewer paid ad clicks leading up to its first-quarter earnings announcement, the search giant reports solid growth
The Google bears are scurrying back into the woods. On Apr. 17, Google quelled concerns that the slowing ec..
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BusinessWeek
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A weak U.S. dollar and fast growth abroad are helping tech companies handle the economic slump—and beat analyst expectations
Two tech bellwethers showed on Apr. 16 what it takes to shrug off the U.S. economic slump: international exposure and a weak..
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BusinessWeek
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Standard & Poor's likes the toy giant's international growth and thinks the shares present a compelling opportunity
We think Mattel (MAT; recent price, 21) maintains an attractive and diversified suite of owned brands (Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Barbie, Fis..
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CNN
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Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson on Wednesday warned that falling growth in the market for mid- and high-range handsets would have a negative impact on its sales and profits in the first quarter. The joint venture between Sweden's LM Ericsson and Japan's..
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BusinessWeek
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Will the February employment report confirm the Street's recession fears? Action Economics sees modest growth in payrolls for the month
Plummeting consumer and factory sentiment readings in February have raised the ante for the month's U.S. employment..
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MSNBC
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U.S. economic growth has stalled and recovery may take longer than usual, former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday.
"As of right now, U.S. economic growth is at zero," Greenspan said at an investment conference in Jeddah, Saud..
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MSNBC
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Job growth is faltering, consumer confidence plunging. The fallout from the worst housing slump in a quarter-century grows. Wherever you look, the signs are unmistakable that the economy is in trouble.
Because of all the bad news, more and more economi..
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BusinessWeek
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The BlackBerry maker is enrolling subscribers at an accelerating rate, but are service outages a sign Research In Motion is growing too fast?
If you were among those expecting the economic downturn and post-holiday blahs to punish BlackBerry maker Rese..
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BusinessWeek
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The tech giant delivered better-than-expected results as growth in China, India, and elsewhere could offset any impact of a U.S. slowdown
Blame it on Rio. And Moscow, Dehli, and Beijing. That's how Hewlett-Packard helped explain financial results that..
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BBC News
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China's trade surplus soared 22.7% in January as the economy continued to boom despite efforts to cool the rate of growth, official figures have shown.
The surplus - the gap between what China exports and what it imports - grew to $22.7bn (�11.5bn) l..
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BusinessWeek
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Investors fear that the gearmaker's bearish forecast in the current quarter is a harbinger of slower tech growth overall
Three months ago, Cisco Systems (CSCO) Chief Executive John Chambers sparked a sell-off in technology stocks when he highlighted so..
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