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 Avon Products 2Q net income doubles
| NEW YORK -- Avon Products Inc. says higher revenue in Latin America and Europe helped its second-quarter net income more than double. | The direct seller of beauty products says net income rose to $... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The News & Observer
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 Sensex ruling flat amid tardy global cues
MUMBAI: A benchmark index for Indian equities markets on Thursday afternoon recovered after a brief slip but was still ruling flat amid sluggish global cues. | The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of... (photo: creative commons) The Times Of India
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 European Stocks Gain Ground
By ISHAQ SIDDIQI | European stock markets opened slightly higher Thursday, as investors weigh up the competing influences of disappointing U.S. economic data but upbeat s... (photo: AP / Bernd Kammerer) Wall Street Journal
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 China stocks rise on domestic outlook
| SHANGHAI - China's stocks rose, extending gains for the benchmark index to 11 percent from this year's low, as a jump in industrial profits and the prospects for increa... (photo: GFDL / Mailer diablo) China Daily
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 As China's Economy Grows, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts to Control It
| BEIJING — China, the world’s most prodigious emitter of greenhouse gas, continues to suffer the downsides of unbridled economic growth despite a raft of new... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) The New York Times
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 Accidents Plague China's Workplaces
By JAMES T. AREDDY | Xinhua/ZUMA Press | The site of Wednesday's explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China. The blast killed at least 12. Factories in China are o... (photo: AP) Wall Street Journal
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 Peugeot back in the black, nets $886 mn in first half
PARIS: Carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen on Wednesday reported a return to profit in the first half of 2010, beating market expectations and boosting its outlook thanks to str... (photo: WN / Sebastin Castillos) The Times Of India
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 Jollibee sets up commissary in China
| Jollibee Foods Corp. (Jollibee) said it is putting up a new commissary in China to supply products to its food business in that country. | Jollibee’s unit Jollibee Wo... (photo: WN / Trigedia) Malaya
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 US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
| The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange fo... (photo: AP / str) Al Jazeera
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 Jury Deliberation Begins in Blagojevich Trial
| CHICAGO — Jurors on Wednesday began deliberating the fate of Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois who was impeached and ousted from office and now ... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) The New York Times
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 Budget Chief Tried to Tilt Power to Executive Branch
| WASHINGTON — There probably won’t be a lot of gift baskets or teary farewells from House Democrats when Peter Orszag officially steps down as White House bu... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) The New York Times
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