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Vodafone posted third-quarter results slightly below forecasts as increasingly tough trading in Spain and Italy overshadowed solid performances in emerging markets and northern Europe at the world's largest ...

Qantas Airways and Korean Air will carry out inspections for wing cracks on their Airbus A380 superjumbo planes earlier than previously scheduled, after European air safety officials ordered global checks, ...

Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 6 percent drop in underlying second-half profits and took a $9.3 billion charge mainly against its aluminum business, but appeased investors with a huge dividend hike, ...

Global miner Rio Tinto reported a 6 percent fall in second-half profit on Thursday, before $9.3 billion in writedowns mainly on its aluminum business, but appeased investors with a massive dividend hike. ...

JP Morgan has replaced Asia ex-Japan fixed income investor sales head Simon Derrick with Sharad Desai and Sudhir Goel as part of a reorganization of its business in the region, according to sources familiar ...

Greek leaders failed on Thursday to agree on a reform and austerity program, the price of a financial bailout to avoid a messy default, forcing Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to go to the country's ...

Shares struggled but the euro recovered on Thursday, as markets were left without a clear direction after Greek political leaders failed again to conclude a deal for a bailout package, which Athens needs ...

A new crop of companies entering the U.S. public markets, including such high-profile offerings as Facebook, are turning the clock back on the way U.S. corporations are run. Facebook, Groupon Inc, LinkedIn ...

China's annual inflation spiked to a consensus-busting 4.5 percent in January as spending jumped during the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday season, breaking a five-month softening trend and forcing a market ...

Groupon Inc shares slumped Wednesday as the daily deal company's first quarterly results since it went public stoked concern about limited disclosure and slowing growth. Groupon reported an unexpected ...

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Switzerland's second-biggest bank Credit Suisse sinks to Q4 loss as it ...
Washington Post
GENEVA — Credit Suisse Group posted its first fourth-quarter net loss since 2008 as Switzerland's second-biggest bank continued its drive to reduce its exposure to potentially-risky investment banking at a time when Europe's economy is facing problems ...
Credit Suisse Cuts 2011 Bonus Pool 41% After Securities LossesBusinessWeek
Credit Suisse Swings to Surprise LossWall Street Journal
Credit Suisse swings to Q4 loss; flags good 2012 startReuters
Financial Times -Economic Times
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Miss Piggy is busy a global star, but she took time out from her hectic schedule to have a chat with BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull about her latest film, The Muppets.

BBC News
Fox to end medical drama House after current series
BBC News
US medical drama House is to finish its eight-year run at the end of this series in April, it has been announced. The show's producers, including British star Hugh Laurie, said it was a "painful" decision but that the time had come to bring it to a ...
Hugh Laurie announces the end of television show HouseTelegraph.co.uk
Fox confirms 'House' will end after this seasonWashington Post (blog)
Hicks: 'House' is done after next seasonSan Jose Mercury News
Entertainment Weekly -Reuters
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USA TODAY
California, New York Help Push Foreclosure Accord to Completion
BusinessWeek
By David McLaughlin Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- California and New York, along with Florida, agreed to join more than 40 other states in a nationwide settlement 16 months in the making that seeks to end abusive bank foreclosure practices that followed the ...
Source: NY, California to sign mortgage settlementWall Street Journal
States Negotiate $26 Billion Deal for HomeownersNew York Times
Foreclosure settlement with major banks close to completionLos Angeles Times
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MiamiHerald.com
Brent above $117 on demand hopes, Iran woes
Reuters
By Manash Goswami | SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude held near six-month highs above $117 on Thursday on hopes of demand growth revival as Greece inched closer to getting its debt crisis under control while concerns over supply disruption from the ...
Crude Rises a Third Day on US Refining, Progress in GreeceBloomberg
Crude Edges Up In Asian SessionNASDAQ
Oil below $99 as US crude demand lags economyDailyFinance

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Religious War Over School Dress Codes
AllAfrica.com
Coming from the Akorino denomination, the parents argue that the girl should not remove the headscarf -- a head dress worn by members of this religious community in what they say follows biblical teachings. "It is taught in the Bible that a woman ...

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China Daily
Did Kim Kardashian Divorce Turn Kris Humphries Off Women Forever?
Gather Celebs News Channel
The Kim Kardashian divorce has Kris Humphries wanting absolutely nothing to do with women. At least, not the other night, when the NBA star showed up at a swanky bar at the Gansevoort Park Avenue hotel in NYC. He was there to watch the Super Bowl game ...
Reality (TV) bites for HumphriesMinneapolis Star Tribune
Kim Kardashian Divorce Turns Ugly -- Reality TV On TrialTMZ.com
Kris Humphries targets Kim Kardashian, reality TV in divorce duelLos Angeles Times
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Bloomberg
ING Profit Misses Estimates After Insurance Charge, Hedge Loss
BusinessWeek
By Maud van Gaal Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, posted fourth-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates after reporting a hedging loss and taking a charge on its US insurance business.
ING Profit Misses Estimates After Insurance ChargeBloomberg
ING still undecided if it will tap ECB fundsMarketWatch
ING Q4 insurance loss bigger than expectedReuters
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Zee News
Adele says throat surgery hasn't stopped her swearing
Telegraph.co.uk
Adele has broken an enforced silence to explain how she used an iPhone app to swear after doctors banned her from speaking. The popstar was told by doctors not to speak for the two months last year and resorted to scribbling notes on a pad and using a ...
Adele used phone app to curse during vocal restReuters
Adele on throat surgery: 'It was like someone put a curtain over my throat'New York Post
Adele Opens Up About Vocal Cord Surgery on '60 Minutes' (Video)Hollywood Reporter
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Telegraph.co.uk
Katy Perry and Russell brand divorce signed off by judge
Telegraph.co.uk
A judge has granted Katy Perry and Russell Brand a divorce, although the pair won't be legally split up until July. Superior Court Judge Marc Marmaro signed the judgment Wednesday, less than six weeks after Brand filed for divorce and one day after ...
Katy Perry and Russell Brand Reach Divorce SettlementPeople Magazine
Russell Brand won't take Katy Perry's money in splitNew York Daily News
Russell Brand not seeking Katy Perry's money in divorce: ReportCBS News
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