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Asia stocks slip as oil hovers near record

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks slipped on Friday as record high crude oil prices threatened to jeopardize earnings and curb consumer spending, with the uncertain economic outlook following …

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B&B ups rights issue size after TPG quits

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank Bradford & Bingley said it plans to increase the size of its rights issue to 400 million pounds after U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital pulled out of a plan to buy a …

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B&B ups rights issue size after TPG quits

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank Bradford & Bingley said it plans to increase the size of its rights issue to 400 million pounds after U.S. private equity firm TPG Capital pulled out of a plan to buy a …

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Oil steadies above $145 ahead of U.S. holiday

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil steadied above $145 a barrel on Friday as the United States heads into the Independence Day long weekend, pausing after the previous day’s rally to a record near $146.

Oil steadies above $145 ahead of U.S. holiday

Households worse off than 2003

LONDON (Reuters) - The average household is now 15 percent worse off than it was five years ago, according to Ernst & Young’s Annual Discretionary Income Study …

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YouTube court order fans privacy fears

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge’s order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

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Biofuels blamed for food price crisis

LONDON (Reuters) - Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75 percent — far more than previously estimated — according to a confidential World Bank report published in a London newspaper on Friday.

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Luxury chocolate sales booming

LONDON (Reuters) - Consumers are spending more on chocolate with sales of luxury boxes booming and those of healthier dark chocolate nearly doubling, according to a study published on Friday.

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Households 15 pct worse off than 2003

LONDON (Reuters) - The average household is now 15 percent worse off than it was five years ago, according to Ernst & Young’s Annual Discretionary Income Study released on Friday.

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Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge’s order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy.

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