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Investors face earnings blitz with dread
Expectations for the third quarter were dismal, with forecasts for a decline in profits from a year ago. But a recent flurry of high-profile...
World stocks, oil fall on US results, economy fears
The dollar climbed against the euro and the yen as a perceived lack of progress on a Spanish bailout request reminded investors of the...
US war reimbursements keep Pakistan’s external account in check
The country’s current account balance after braving a whole year of deficits in FY12 is moving ahead in the green zone marking a $...
Al Qaeda not behind Benghazi attack: report
US intelligence agencies have found no evidence that last month’s deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was ordered by Al-Qaeda, The...
US court throws out bin Laden driver conviction
A US federal court threw out Tuesday the conviction of Osama bin Laden’s former driver, once jailed at Guantanamo Bay, saying material support for...
Malala making progress in UK
Malala Yousafzai is making progress in a British hospital, doctors said Tuesday, as police turned away visitors claiming to be relatives. Malala was in...
Syrian jets bomb rebels despite UN ceasefire call
Warplanes unleashed a wave of raids in Syria’s north on Tuesday, bidding to dislodge rebels whose seizure of a key highway has prevented reinforcements...
Pizza chain opens up debate
A US pizza chain has been forced to tweak a “free pizza for life” contest after coming under fire for daring the crowd at...
Brent falls $1/bbl, spread to US crude narrows
Expectations of a looser market weighed on prices after a report by the International Energy Agency's (IEA) forecast higher supplies and declining oil consumption...
UN envoy, German minister in Turkey for Syria talks
Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were in Istanbul for talks with Turkish leaders on Saturday as tensions soared between...
Dog with no snout taken to US for treatment
A dog that earned hero status in the Philippines for losing its snout in a motorcycle crash and saving two girls in the process,...
Gunmen kill Yemeni security staff at US mission
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni security official employed by the US embassy in Sanaa in a hit-and-run attack on Thursday, a security...
US air passenger held after arsenal seized
A 28-year-old man on a plane from Asia was arrested in Los Angeles after he was found wearing body armor and transporting a small...
Iran denies threat to cut diplomatic ties with UAE
Iran’s foreign ministry denied on Wednesday that it had threatened to cut diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates, as state media outlets reported...
Adele’s `Rolling In The Deep` most played song on US radio
Adele has been honoured for her airplay success in the US after her hit ‘Rolling In The Deep’ emerged as one of the most...
S&P 500 dips after four days of gains; earnings eyed
All three major U.S. stock indexes came off session highs by afternoon trade, with the S&P 500 turning negative for the first time this...
Shares gain, bonds tumble as US unemployment falls
Wall Street, however, erased early gains With the S&P 500 breaking a four-day string of gains, weighed by concerns about the upcoming earnings season,...
