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Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of London today in the biggest public protest yet in Britain against the Israeli offensive in Gaza.The march began in Hyde Park, where Speakers' Corner was turned into a sea of Palestinian flags and banners condemning Israel, before making its way to Kensington Gardens. There were scuffles outside the Israeli embassy as the march passed by the gates leading to its entrance.Missiles were thrown at police guarding the way and a number of loud bangs - believed to be firecrackers - were heard as riot police drew batons and attempted to push the crowd back from the gates.A number of younger masked demonstrators attempted to climb on to the gates, near Kensingon High Street, and hurled pieces of placards and other items at police lines.Panic rippled through the crowd, which included young children, and a number of people fell to the ground amid the scuffles.A Metropolitan police spokesman said: 'A group of protesters outside the

Ray Martin offered advice on safe places to invest funds you're saving for emergencies (such as a job loss) on The Early Show Saturday Edition.

The nation's most important auto show opens to the media Sunday in Detroit and to the public Jan. 17 under an economic cloud but amid hope that low gas prices, deep discounts on cars, more than $17 billion in federal loans and a new economic stimulus plan will make 2009 a better year than 2008 for struggling carmakers and dealers....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama wants more transparency and strict guidelines for using the second $350 billion of the bailout fund Congress approved last fall to stabilize the nation's financial system....

Playing it safe paid off in 2008 for Tom Forester and David Ellison, two standout mutual fund managers in a year when winning meant losing less money than the competition.

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Phoenix-based Marketing Partners, a strategic marketing, advertising and public relations firm that serves a diverse local, regional and national clientele, reports it has added a new Sponsorship Proc...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics released its highly anticipated job report on Friday, and the legal services industry didn't escape unscathed. The legal services industry in the united states shed some 7,000 jobs between December 2007 and December 2008 -- that includes not just lawyers on payroll, but paralegals, public relations specialists, secretaries and other positions. But while the legal market contracted in 2008, December did provide somewhat of a silver lining.

Finance company GMAC said Friday Chairman Ezra Merkin, the hedge fund founder stung in accused fraudster Bernard Madoff's alleged ...

An estimated 1.3 million car workers and retirees could see their pensions cut if one or more of the U.S. automakers collapse, the head of the government agency that protects Americans' pensions warned on Friday.