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'); document.write(''); document.write('SINGAPORE (AP) — Oil hovered below $78 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid mixed signs about the global economy and crude demand.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.\'s cost-cutting and push into new markets is helping soften the blow from weakness in the company\'s mainstay businesses.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW YORK (AP) — After showing signs of improvement in early fall, sales of clothing and luxury goods weakened a bit the first half of November, compared with a year ago, when stores pulled shoppers in with massive discounts, figures released Tuesday show.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember the economy\'s return to growth last quarter? Well, it probably wasn\'t as energetic as first thought.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university\'s computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fitch Ratings downgraded Mexico\'s credit rating Monday, saying dependence on a flagging oil sector has weakened the country\'s ability to weather financial problems.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DENVER (AP) — Newmont Mining has agreed to sell a 14 percent stake in an Indonesian gold mine for $494 million, ending a years-long dispute with the Indonesian government over how the mining company should sell shares as required under its contract to operate in the country.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SHANGHAI (AP) — China\'s economic planning agency has formally approved a plan to build a Disney theme park in Shanghai, giving the city a new showcase following next year\'s World Expo.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One area where Hewlett-Packard Co. is expanding aggressively is computer networking, the home turf of market leader Cisco Systems Inc. Earlier this month HP announced plans to buy Cisco competitor 3Com Corp. for $2.7 billion to supplement HP\'s own line of networking gear.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Networking gear maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percent as hefty costs offset a surge in revenue, but reiterated its guidance for fiscal 2010.
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