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Oil hovers above $66 after weak jobs dataOil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent prices tumbling. By mid-afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for August delivery was down 16 cents to $66.57 a barrel in... Sponsored Topics: Business - Asia - United States - Unemployment - Oil Prices
SF Gate Friday, July 03, 2009Combative Union Leader Steps From the ShadowsRichard Trumka, who is running to become the next president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., is expected to bring a more combative style to Big Labor.
New York Times Friday, July 03, 2009LA braces for horde of Michael Jackson mournersCity officials are scrambling over the holiday weekend to try to figure out how to accommodate a public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue that can hold no more than 20,000 people. The event has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the downtown... Sponsored Topics: Michael Jackson - Singing - Family - United States - Counties
SF Gate Friday, July 03, 2009Myanmar rejects initial UN attempt to see Suu KyiU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that Myanmar's junta chief rejected his initial request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a rocky start to what he has called "a very tough mission" to win her freedom. Ban emerged from a two-... Sponsored Topics: Aung San Suu Kyi - Burma - Ban Ki-moon - Myanmar - Aung San
Market Watch Friday, July 03, 2009EU APNewsAlertKremlin aide says Moscow will allow transit of US weapons across Russia to...
Market Watch Friday, July 03, 2009Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bidThe Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. "Asia will always support any city from Asia," Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in Singapore. "They're doing... Sponsored Topics: Kuwait - House of Al-Sabah - Tokyo - Olympic Council of Asia - Middle East
Market Watch Friday, July 03, 2009Utilities, Metals Weigh On MarketsEuropean shares moved lower, with utilities and metals producers pressuring markets.
Wall Street Journal Friday, July 03, 2009Utah businessVerizon Wireless has opened its latest "evolution" communications store at 219 E. 12300 South in the Draper Peaks complex. The store offers consumers hands-on interaction with wireless voice, data, music and video services in a full-service environment.
The Salt Lake Tribune Friday, July 03, 2009More backing for Rio cash-raisingA Rio Tinto rights issue sees strong take-up from existing holders of its Australian-listed shares - after similar UK success.
BBC Friday, July 03, 2009China Investment buying stake in Teck ResourcesVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Mining company Teck Resources Ltd. says it is selling a 17 percent stake to China Investment Corp. for 1.74 billion Canadian dollars ($1.5 billion) in a bid to reduce its debt load....
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