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Hezbollah's Moughniyah killed in Syria blast

Top Hezbollah commander Imad Moughniyah, accused of masterminding a hijacking, suicide bombings and hostage takings of U.S. and Israeli targets in the 1980s, was killed by a car bomb in Damascus, the Shi'ite Muslim group said on Wednesday.
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Yahoo unveils oneConnect, T-Mobile deal

Yahoo Inc ousted archrival Google in a deal with T-Mobile in Europe and unveiled a service to squeeze social Web connections on to phone screens on Tuesday, a day after rebuffing a $41.6 billion takeover bid from Microsoft.
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Nintendo's Smash Bros. Game Breaks 1mln

Nintendo sold over 1 million copies of its latest Smash Bro. game in Japan just 11 days after its launch according to a Japanese game publisher, making the new title on of the fastest games selling to break a million on the Wii game system.
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GM offers all U.S. union workers buyouts, retirement

General Motors Corp will offer buyouts or early retirements to all 74,000 U.S. hourly workers represented by the United Auto Workers in a sweeping deal with the union intended to clear the way for GM to hire lower-cost replacements.
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Grammy's Draw Dismal Viewership, Worst in 3 Years

The 50th annual Grammy Awards, featuring clear front runners Amy Winehouse and Kanye West, attracted fewer viewers compared to last year, in spite of being the most-watched U.S. television show on Sunday night.
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Yahoo's Jerry Yang's Letter to Employees

Yahoo rejected the unsolicited $44.6 billion takeover offer from Microsoft on Monday, saying the bid undervalued the company, putting pressure on the world's largest software company to sweeten the bid.The following is the email that Jerry Yang, Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo issued to employees:
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Yen Rises Against Euro, Dollar

The yen rose against the dollar and euro on Monday as stocks fell amid inflation concerns and continuing problems in financial markets.
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Google's Android software debuts in Barcelona

The first mobile phones fitted with Google's Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a key advance in the struggle to bring the power of desktop computing to handsets.
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Platinum rally goes on

Platinum prices hit a record high for the eighth straight trading day on Monday on worries power problems in top producer South Africa would hit output badly.
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Euro up on tough ECB talk

The euro edged up against the dollar on Monday after tough talk from monetary policy-makers dented expectations for lower euro-zone interest rates while the yen climbed broadly as investors cut back on risky trades.
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For Toyota, success is a bitter-sweet pill

General Motors Corp CEO Rick Wagoner boasts about the number of markets where the U.S. automaker is number one. Toyota Motor Corp President Katsuaki Watanabe emphasises where his company trails.

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