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Apple's iPhone arrives in tech-savvy South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG. Hundreds of iPhone fans...

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Chinese leaders pledge to stick to stimulus to boost the economy

BEIJING - Chinese leaders pledged Friday to stick to stimulus spending and easy credit to support growth next year, making clear their unease about the stability of China's nascent recovery from the g...

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Apple's IPhone Set To Make Splash In South Korea

Apple's IPhone Set To Make Splash In Tech Savvy South Korea, Posing Challenge To Samsung, LG (AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry...

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Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.

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Group says Chinese stimulus-fueled overinvestment could drive up exports, strain trade ties

BEIJING - China's stimulus spending has fueled massive overexpansion in industrial capacity that could drive a surge in low-priced exports amid weak global demand, possibly igniting a protectionist ba...

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Sex with runaway boy sends 86-year-old man to prison

An 86-year-old Dunmore man who had oral sex with a teenage runaway boy was sentenced Tuesday to six to 23 months in prison by Lackawanna County judge Vito Geroulo. Joseph "Pops" Gyuriska, who was a school crossing guard in...

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World stock markets buoyed by dovish Fed but dollar slides to 10-month yen low

By PAN PYLAS , Associated Press Minnesota business by the numbers See Minnesota's top earning companies, CEOs and non-profits LONDON - World stock markets rose Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated that interest...

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World stocks buoyed by US data as dollar slides

LONDON (AP) -- European stock markets rose and Wall Street was expected to open higher Wednesday after a batch of stronger than anticipated U.S. economic data on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday....

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World stocks buoyed by Fed but dollar slides

LONDON - Sentiment in the markets was buoyed by further confirmation from the Fed that it plans to keep interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" for an "extended period" - currently the Fed funds rate stands at a range...

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Music, revolution and the ’60s

There’s a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars & the Rise and Fall of ‘60s Counter-Culture By Peter Doggett Canongate, 2008 598 pages, $29.95 (pb) When rock and revolution met in the 1960s, chords and commitment combined....

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