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Incoming Prime Minister Lucas Papademos walks through the gardens of the presidential palace after a meeting with Greek political leaders in Athens

Greeks Welcome New Premier, Await Emergency Cabinet

Greeks lauded the nomination of new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos Friday and expressed hope that his government could put the economy back on track and calm political turmoil that has threatened to force Athens out of the euro zone.

Repsol Announces Huge Shale Oil Find in Argentina

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Argentina's biggest energy firm YPF has announced that it had found nearly a billion barrels in unconventional energy resources in Patagonia. YPF is the Argentine unit of Repsol YPF SA, Spain's largest oil group.
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Cyber Attacks on Chemical and Defense Industries Traced Back to Man in China

Multiple Fortune 100 companies were the victims of a coordinated series of cyber attacks dubbed Nitro, says security firm Symantec Corp. At least 48 firms - all of which are involved in the chemical and defense industries - were subject to the attack, which has been traced back to a computer system owned by a man in his twenties working out of northern China.
Argentina's Economy Minister Amado Boudou laughs next to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during a news conference in Buenos Aires

Fernandez Sweeps to Re-Election in Argentina

Argentina's fiery center-leftist president, Cristina Fernandez, swept to a landslide re-election victory Sunday, crowning a comeback that seemed unthinkable for much of her turbulent first term.
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Big East Conference Realignment a Hot Topic at Basketball Media Day

John Marinatto held an unusual conference call Tuesday with the hopes of dismissing the topic of the Big East conference's realignment. Marinatto, the Big East commissioner, wanted Wednesday's men's basketball media day to be about basketball, not the seismic changes the Big East has undergone because of football's influence.

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