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Crude oil prices rise toward $69
May 21 2006 10:26PM (CT)
SINGAPORE (AP) - Crude oil prices on Monday rebounded slightly from the previous session's decline, as traders bought contracts amid some expectation the market may have bottomed out as well as persistent concerns about oil supplies from Iran and Nigeria.
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Japanese stocks rise; dollar up
May 21 2006 10:19PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese stocks rose by midday Monday as stocks in export-oriented companies rose on the dollar's rebound against the yen.
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Report: Euronext, NYSE close to merger
May 21 2006 8:39PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange are set to announce a merger that will create the world's first trans-Atlantic bourse, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
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MasterCard, Upromise ink debit card deal
May 21 2006 7:40PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Members of Upromise Inc., the college savings program, will soon be able to use debit cards to boost their savings opportunities.
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Planned Parenthood opens quick-service clinic
May 21 2006 7:11PM (CT)
WOODBURY, Minn. (AP) - Shoppers come to this upscale brick strip mall to pick up bouquets of cookies decorated like soccer players, or $39.99 bottles of Chateauneuf du Pape. Soon, they'll be able to get emergency contraception, too.
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Investors look for better inflation data
May 21 2006 6:35PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With Wall Street's recent decline erasing a significant chunk of stocks' gains this year, investors are starting to wonder when it will be time to start buying again.
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Chile announces big spending plans
May 21 2006 6:26PM (CT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - President Michelle Bachelet said Sunday that Chile will use some of the billions of dollars from its booming copper exports to advance her social agenda, creating 130,000 jobs while investing in health, housing and education.
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Venezuela says it will pull out of G-3
May 21 2006 6:18PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday Venezuela will pull out of a trade bloc with Colombia and Mexico, its latest move to abandon trade deals with countries that have free-trade pacts with the United States.
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Paper tracks Silicon Valley exec earnings
May 21 2006 5:23PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Leaders of Silicon Valley's top companies took home $2.6 billion in pay during 2005, the third-highest amount ever and the most since the dot-com boom years of 2000 and 2001, according to a newspaper survey.
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Paper: Caremark CEO stock options at $211M
May 21 2006 5:18PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The president and CEO of Caremark Rx Inc., a pharmacy benefits management company that is under federal investigation, has received a total of about $211 million from stock-option sales, according to an analysis by The Tennessean newspaper.
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Venezuela may offer U.S.-made jets to Iran
May 21 2006 3:58PM (CT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela will offer to sell its fleet of 21 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to any country it chooses, including Iran, while looking to buy new warplanes from Russia.
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Gas prices fall for 1st time since Feb.
May 21 2006 3:47PM (CT)
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) - The average retail price of a gallon of gas fell about 1.45 cents across the nation during the past two weeks, the first drop since prices began a steady climb in late February, according to a survey released Sunday.
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Forum talks focus on Mideast dialogue
May 21 2006 2:52PM (CT)
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) - Global business and political leaders focused Sunday on dialogue, democracy and development in the Middle East, although three major players _ Iran, Hamas and Syria _ were absent, leaving the talks nearly rancor free but with a hollow ring.
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Spain holds 21 in money-laundering scam
May 21 2006 2:23PM (CT)
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Spanish police have arrested 21 suspected members of a drug-trafficking and money-laundering gang that is believed to have laundered more than 360 million euros ($460 million) since 2001, officials said Sunday.
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Total, Saudi Aramco make refinery deal
May 21 2006 2:23PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - Saudi Arabia and French energy giant Total SA signed a tentative deal Sunday to build a 400,000 barrel-per-day export-oriented refinery in the Persian Gulf city of Jubail.
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Germany's Merkel heads for China
May 21 2006 2:21PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel departed Sunday for a three-day trip to China on a trade mission that will also focus on human rights issues.
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Hong Kong Disneyland actors get raises
May 21 2006 2:21PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Actors who dress up as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and other characters to greet visitors at Hong Kong Disneyland are getting pay raises and longer breaks, the park said Sunday, following complaints of work-related injuries, low pay and quick turnarounds between shifts.
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Arcelor discusses sweetened Mittal bid
May 21 2006 2:19PM (CT)
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The board of steel giant Arcelor SA said Sunday it would have to further consider a sweetened hostile takeover bid from Mittal Steel Co.
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Maine floods damped plans of some tourists
May 21 2006 2:17PM (CT)
YORK, Maine (AP) - First came the rains. Then came the calls from tourists wanting to know if they should still plan on coming to Maine. As last week's downpours turned into some of the worst floods in New England since the 1930s, the world was shown images from southern Maine of washed-out roads, buckled bridges and people canoeing down roads that had turned into rivers.
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Ex-lobbyist helps companies green up
May 21 2006 2:14PM (CT)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - David Ford was on his way to becoming a top timber industry lobbyist when he decided he'd had enough of the fighting that erupted in the 1990s over forests and the northern spotted owl.
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Investor group says bid for VNU succeeds
May 21 2006 2:08PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - A group of private investors said Sunday their 7.7 billion euro ($9.7 billion) bid for Dutch publishing company VNU NV, owner of Nielsen's Television Ratings, has succeeded.
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Peru plans to rule on cleanup extension
May 21 2006 1:23PM (CT)
LA OROYA, Peru (AP) - Yanina Gabriel's son started kindergarten this year, but she says the prospects for his educational future are as bleak as this smoke-choked town that shares its air with a U.S.-owned metal smelter.
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Soccer scandal prompts economic fallout
May 21 2006 1:12PM (CT)
MILAN, Italy (AP) - Juventus, once Italy's blue chip soccer club, has been taking a beating on the stock exchange in the wake of accusations that officials influenced referee appointments and carried out other illicit behavior in a wide-ranging soccer scandal.
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Pakistan, Iran discuss proposed pipeline
May 21 2006 9:54AM (CT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan and Iran officials met again Sunday to discuss a proposed 1,735-mile pipeline that would deliver Iranian gas to Pakistan and India, an official said.
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