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Clinton extols Internet freedom

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled a new US policy hoping to encourage the world governments to ensure their citizens have open access to the Internet.
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Yemen stops airport visas to hamper militants

Yemen will stop issuing tourist visas on arrival to foreigners in an effort to prevent militants entering the country as it steps up its war on al Qaeda, a government official and state media said on Thursday.
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GM to close Belgian Opel plant this year

Belgian Opel workers learned the Antwerp plant will close this year, with the loss of 2,600 jobs, as U.S. car maker General Motors said it would make labor and capacity cuts at all its European sites.
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Salt reduction could save 92,000 lives a year

The benefit to the U.S. population would be comparable to cutting smoking by 50 percent, significantly lowering obesity rates and giving cholesterol drugs to virtually everyone to prevent heart attacks, said Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of the University of California, San Francisco and colleagues.
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Report sees small Hollywood jobs recovery for 2010

A record breaking movie box office take in 2009 was not enough to stave off Hollywood job losses last year, but 2010 is expected to bring a modest recovery of up to 3,000 jobs, in part due to an increase in TV productions, according to an economic report released on Thursday.
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Oil fluctuates around $78; China in focus

Oil rose near $78 a barrel on Thursday as worries that China will take further measures to temper its booming economy were overshadowed by its return to double-digit growth for the first time since 2008.
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Global growth to blossom on stimuli, Asian strength

Global growth is set to blossom this year on the back of resurgent Asian economies and as the world's richest nations emerge from the deepest recession since the Second World War, according to a Reuters poll.
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Clinton: World should condemn cyber attackers

China sought to contain tension with the United States over online censorship and hacking, saying Google's dispute with Beijing should not be over-stated, ahead of a possible challenge from Washington on Internet freedom.
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Student loan demand at record high

As lenders continue to curtail access to mortgages, credit cards and other types of loans, one area of the credit market is rapidly expanding: student loans.
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Fed's MBS exit could lift Treasury yields

The end of the Federal Reserve's program to buy mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have a ripple effect on the market for U.S. government bonds.
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Obama to outline new limits on bank risk-taking

President Barack Obama will propose stricter limits on financial risk-taking on Thursday in his latest populist-tinged move to crack down on banks and address the roots of the financial crisis.
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Baghdad plans 75,000 apartments to modernize slum

The city of Baghdad asked foreign companies on Thursday to sign up for a project to design and build 75,000 apartments, the first phase of a $10 billion plan to rebuild the Iraqi capital's sprawling Sadr City slum.
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Goldman Sachs cuts bonus pool; posts Q4 profit

Goldman Sachs Group Inc , which had been on track to pay employees a near-record amount, instead set aside nothing for compensation in the fourth quarter and gave $500 million to charity.
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China downplays Internet feud with United States

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for global condemnation for those who carry out cyber attacks as China sought to contain tension with the United States over online censorship and hacking.
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UnitedHealth quarterly profit tops Wall Street views

Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc posted better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by moderating flu costs and growth in its businesses serving the elderly and low-income Americans, and its shares rose 3.6 percent.
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Stocks recover some ground after data

The S&P 500 turned positive and the Dow pared losses on Thursday following a rise in a gauge of the U.S. economy's prospects and a snapshot of factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.
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Jobless claims rise on administrative issues

The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose last week as claims delayed from the year-end holidays were pushed through, government data showed on Thursday.

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