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Fed's Fisher: keep rates low, inflation not a risk

The U.S. economy is recovering but the upturn will be slow and it makes no sense to raise interest rates in this climate since inflation is not a risk, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.
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Heart Disease (Cardiopathy)

Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.
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Is Your Credit Card Rate Too High?

Users of credit cards may wish to compare their current annual percentage rates to national averages for card categories tracked by CreditCards.com.
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Google sparks e-books fight with Kindle

Google plans to launch an online store to deliver electronic books to any device with a Web browser, threatening to upset a burgeoning market for dedicated e-readers dominated by Amazon's Kindle.
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Google earnings beat the Street

Google Inc. reported a 27 percent increase in third-quarter profit, surpassing analysts' estimates, following a boost in online ads and e-commerce.
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U.S. Army to build 500 MW solar power plant

The U.S. military is tackling a new mission in the field of alternative energy, moving to power up a 500-megawatt solar facility at Fort Irwin's sprawling desert complex in California.
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Dow, S&P end at 2009 highs with oil; Google up late

The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 climbed on Thursday to 2009 closing highs, buoyed by energy stocks as oil prices jumped, but financials retreated as investors panned results from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.
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U.S. charges 41 in mortgage fraud scheme

U.S. authorities charged 41 people in a suspected mortgage fraud scheme that cheated lenders out of more than $64 million on New York state properties, prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Documentary exposes Mexico's medieval courts

Street vendor Antonio Zuniga was picked up by police in Mexico City in late 2005 without a warrant, jailed and sentenced to 20 years for the murder of a man he had never met.
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Wall St flat after bank results; energy curbs losses

U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday after Goldman Sachs Group and Citigroup Inc's quarterly results fell short of some investors' expectations, a day after major indexes rallied to fresh highs for 2009.
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Ex-Bear Stearns manager did not lie: lawyer

Former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Matthew Tannin, on trial for fraud and charges he lied to investors early in the financial crisis, could not have foreseen problems in the subprime mortgage market in 2007, his lawyer said in opening his defense on Thursday.
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Morgan Stanley starts US refiners with in-line

Morgan Stanley started coverage of U.S. refiners with an in-line view, saying that drawing down of distillate inventories due to cold weather, tightening of excess capacity and economic recovery will combine to improve crack spreads, but the recovery will be long and slow.

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