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Gold Prices Fall Below $1,630 On Euro Zone Worries

Gold prices slid below $1,630 an ounce on Monday as concerns that the euro zone debt crisis could ensnare higher-rated countries hurt the single currency, though moves were muted ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting.
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Samsung Galaxy S3 Release Countdown: Teaser

Samsung Galaxy S3 Release Countdown: Teasers Reveal Nothing, Just A Marketing Ploy?

Samsung's first teaser about the Galaxy S3 reveals nothing. The Destination: tgeltaayehxnx. is a website containing a countdown clock that has two teasers showing technology that fits easily in your hand. Meanwhile, Amazon Germany has revealed Galaxy S3 features that include 4.7in Super AMOLED touchscreen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), a 12MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and face detection and 16GB of internal storage expandable to 32GB and a $786 price tag.
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Kellogg cuts outlook, shares sink

Kellogg Co cut its full-year outlook on Monday, citing a weaker-than-expected first-quarter performance, and its shares fell 6.3 percent.
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Obama to cite new technologies in rights abuses: report

President Barack Obama will issue an order on Monday to allow imposition of sanctions on foreign nationals who use new technologies such as cell-phone tracking and Internet monitoring to help carry out human rights abuses, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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China sees trade with Germany near doubling by 2015

China and Germany, the world's two biggest exporters, can nearly double their bilateral trade in the next three years, but must also improve their market access and combat protectionism, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday.
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Europe pressed for action to end debt crisis

Global finance chiefs pressed Europe in weekend talks to quickly put in place the economic reforms needed to finally extinguish its debt crisis now that newly increased financial buffers have bought some precious time.
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More companies planning to hire: NABE survey

Companies are modestly stepping up hiring plans and increasingly report that wages are rising, according to a survey on Monday that suggested the economic recovery is gaining some traction.
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China's ZTE aims to reverse handset profit margin decline

ZTE Corp, China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker, said on Monday that it expects to reverse a decline in handset profit margins this year and forecasts global sales of its smartphones to more than double from 15 million sold in 2011.
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Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Dating: 'Equally Using Each Other'

When famewhores like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West get together, could it really be for anything but to use each other for fame and sex? Nope! At least, that's the skinny at Hollywood Life, which is claiming to have a source saying as much: They are equally using each other to expand their own personal interests/brands.
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US, Afghans Reach Draft On Strategic Pact

Afghanistan and the United States agreed Sunday on a draft of a long-awaited deal that will define the scope and nature of a U.S. presence in the country for up to a decade after the pullout of most NATO combat troops in 2014.
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Technology Focus: Welcome To Era of ‘Big Data’

The new investor bywords are “big data.” Initial public offerings last week for both Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK) and Proofpoint (Nasdaq: PFPT) were smash hits because of it. Big companies like IBM (NYSE: IBM) may be the biggest beneficiaries.

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