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Oil falls below $97 on likely Fed tapering
Oil prices fell Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve indicated it could begin to wind down its massive stimulus program later this year, as long as the U.S. economy remains on the upswing.U.S. benchmark oil for July delivery fell $2.08 to $96.16 per barrel by late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.The contact dropped 20 cents to finish at ...
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Markets roiled by Bernankes exit strategy
LONDON -- Markets were roiled Thursday by a suggestion from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus next year. While stocks and commodities took a pounding on the news, the dollar surged.For nearly five years, the Fed has been pursuing an aggressive monetary policy to shore up the U.S. economy, which was battered by the financial ...
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Century old home damaged in Bonne Terre blaze
Bonne Terre, MO (KSDK) - Two firefighters were injured early Thursday after falling through a floor of a burning residence in Bonne Terre. The three alarm fire heavily damaged the century old home on Church Street before 2:00 a.m. this morning with dozens of firefighters from at least 15 different fire departments assisting in the efforts to douse the fire. Fire officials tell NewsChannel-5 ...
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Multi vehicle crash blocks parts of I-70 overnight
St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - A multiple vehicle crash on westbound I-70 at the North Broadway, O'Fallon Park exit caused several lanes of the highway to be closed overnight. The collision was reported just before 1:00 a.m. and by the time investigators arrives at the scene, witnesses told police one of the vehicles fled the scene. Initial indications suggested three vehicles were involved in ...
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Hong Kong firm to buy 60 single-aisle Airbus jets
LE BOURGET, France - A Hong Kong aircraft leasing company has agreed to buy 60 Airbus single-aisle jets, which have been selling well at this week at the Paris Air Show.Hong Kong Aviation Capital placed an order Thursday for 40 of the new generation A320 jets and 20 new generation A321s. At list prices, the deal is worth $6.3 billion, but customers typically negotiate steep discounts on ...
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The Haunting in Connecticut
Like The Amityville Horror, The Haunting in Connecticut is based on a supposedly true account of a suburban American haunting, which in this case has already been covered in both a 1992 book by Ray Garton and a 2002 Discovery Channel docudrama. How ... ...
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Ex-manager Torres daughter catches falling baby
The daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apartment's fire escape, the baseball great has confirmed."I am very proud of my daughter Cristina's actions today during an incident in Brooklyn involving a small child," Torre, now Major League Baseball's ...
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Pirelli Mercedes in dock over F1 tire tests
The hearing to determine whether Mercedes and Pirelli broke Formula One rules by holding in-season tire tests has opened in Paris.The International Automobile Federation (FIA) convened the international tribunal hearing to determine whether Mercedes gained a competitive advantage from the testing session in Barcelona last month.An FIA inquiry determined the testing may have broken its rules, ...
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France threatens Google with privacy fines says other European countries to follow
PARIS -- France is giving Google three months to abide by the country's data privacy laws or be fined. The chief of the French agency that regulates information technology says that five other European countries are taking similar steps in a staggered offensive against Google's privacy policy between now and the end of July. The French agency says Spain joined France in the first ...
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Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case
Attorneys for Jodi Arias have asked an Arizona judge to delay until next year a retrial of the penalty phase in her case to allow the convicted murderer time to gather witnesses to testify on her ...
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100+ Designer sunglass deals under $40
ATLANTA -- I know I sounded like a broken record for the past two weeks to many of you saying, "don't by sunglasses.Waita big sale is coming." If you held off, patience pays off for you in a big way today. Below you'll find the single best day of sunglasses we'll see all summer. A huge thanks to Deal Angels Julia, Rachel and Ada for weighing in on style and ...