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Bolivia state oil company leader resigns
Jan 27 2007 11:25PM (CT)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - The head of Bolivia's state oil company has resigned following disagreements with the government of President Evo Morales over how to run the company.
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Iraqis: Oil law won't favor Americans
Jan 27 2007 10:13PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi officials say a hotly debated proposed oil law will not favor Americans but acknowledge that foreign companies will be allowed to take their profits out of the country _ an incentive to draw foreign investment.
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WTO powers hopeful despite talks failure
Jan 27 2007 7:02PM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The United States, Europe and other major powers made only a vague commitment Saturday to liberalize global trade, despite encouragement from leaders attending the World Economic Forum.
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Gates: Women key to Saudi Arabia economy
Jan 27 2007 5:30PM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Bill Gates cited Saudi Arabia as an example Saturday of why he believes limiting the rights women can hinder economic growth.
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Melinda Gates takes on a public role
Jan 27 2007 4:37PM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Melinda Gates has traveled the world with her husband, meeting with the rich and powerful and visiting its poorest in remote African villages. She and her husband share top-billing at the world's richest foundation, but Bill Gates always dominated the spotlight _ until this year.
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Intel head links technology, health care
Jan 27 2007 3:06PM (CT)
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - New technologies are ready to be used to advance health care, while a plan to bring computers and fast Internet access to the developing world is being undertaken, the chairman of Intel Corp. said in an interview Saturday.
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Global trade in human eggs thriving
Jan 27 2007 12:53PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Chemotherapy beat back her ovarian cancer, but took Sophie Valot's fertility with it. Her doctor said she had just one option to start a family of her own: Find an egg donor, have children and get a hysterectomy _ in five years or less, or risk relapse.
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Video shows coke worker taking documents
Jan 27 2007 4:16AM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - A former Coca-Cola secretary charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from the beverage giant was caught on surveillance cameras removing documents from her office last June, sometimes late into the evening.
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Judge balks at State Farm Katrina deal
Jan 27 2007 3:42AM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Thousands of Mississippi policyholders whose homes were destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina must wait a bit longer before reaping their share of a proposed settlement with State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., a judge ruled.
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Northrop may pull refueling tanker bid
Jan 27 2007 3:28AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The withdrawal by Northrop Grumman Corp. from an Air Force refueling tanker contract bid potentially worth more than $100 billion would not necessarily hand the deal to rival Boeing Co. _ at least not right away.
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Jury: Broadcom didn't violate patents
Jan 27 2007 3:01AM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal jury ruled Friday that Broadcom Corp. did not infringe on two of rival semiconductor maker Qualcomm Inc.'s patents for video compression technology, Broadcom said.
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Study says skin tone affects earnings
Jan 27 2007 1:41AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Light-skinned immigrants in the United States make more money on average than those with darker complexions, and the chief reason appears to be discrimination, a researcher says.
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