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US Housing Starts Dip In Feb; Permits Rise

U.S. housing starts fell in February, but permits for future construction jumped to their highest level since October 2008, according to a government report on Tuesday that showed steady improvement in the housing market.
Iraq

Multiple Explosions Across Iraq Kill At Least 43

At least 16 near-simultaneous explosions struck cities and towns across Iraq on Tuesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding more than 200, despite a massive security clampdown ahead of next week's Arab League summit.
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Facebook To Pay Banks 1.1% Fee For Managing IPO

Senior Facebook executives met Monday with analysts and bankers, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn't attend. The company's chief financial officer told attendees that Zuckerberg prefers to focus on developing Facebook's social-networking service.
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Futures drop after S&P nears record high

Stock index futures fell on Tuesday ahead of housing market data after the S&P 500 advanced for a third straight session, moving within 10 percent of its historic closing high.
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World focus shifting from value of China yuan: OECD

Critics of China's foreign exchange regime have shifted their focus from the value of the yuan to the mechanism in which its day-to-day level is set, the head of the OECD said on Tuesday, a fresh sign that currency may be near its equilibrium level.
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French data watchdog questions Google on privacy

France's data protection watchdog has given internet search group Google Inc three weeks to answer questions about its new privacy policy, as part of a Europe-wide investigation being led by the French regulator.
Reverse Phone Lookup – Top 5 US Service Providing Websites

Reverse Phone Lookup: Top 5 U.S. Service Providers

A Reverse Telephone Lookup, which is commonly known as gray pages directory, criss-cross directory or reverse phone directory, is one of the most popular investigative searches on the Internet to collect customer details associated with telephone numbers. Check out the list of five best US service providers.
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Zayo Group to Take AboveNet Private for $2.2 Billion

Privately held Zayo Group LLC agreed to buy rival AboveNet Inc, a provider of broadband connections to big companies and carriers, for about $2.2 billion to tap into the galloping demand for fast data services.
Raindrops are seen in front of an Apple logo outside an Apple store in Shanghai February 22, 2012.

Apple's Cook Finally Shares $98 Billion Cache

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.

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