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After 123 days being grounded and then repaired to ensure its battery systems do not catch fire, Boeing 787 Dreamliners are about to once again make commercial flight in the United States.
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Google's YouTube said the number of unique users visiting the video-sharing website every month has reached 1 billion.
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Haruhiko Kuroda, the new Bank of Japan Governor, holds his first press conference on Thursday, with media reports suggesting he will use the opportunity to unveil a major departure in monetary policy.
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A Chinese Internet address was the source of a cyberattack on one of the South Korean companies hit in a massive computer shutdown that affected five other banks or companies, initial findings indicated Thursday. The Associated Press reports.
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Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a leadership contest on Thursday unopposed, although analysts said vote was unlikely to end damaging internal divisions with a risk that elections scheduled for September may have to be held earlier.
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The Cyprus bailout chaos serves as a stark reminder that fundamental issues in the world economy are not yet fixed, said CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Peter Sands.
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CME Group said it plans to sell the building that houses its grain exchange in Kansas City, Mo., and may also sell the building which houses its energy trading floor in New York.
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The "London Whale" risky trades involving JPMorgan is not going to spell the end of big American banks, according to Paul Volcker, former chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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Announcing the U.K. budget, Chancellor George Osborne disappointed those who wanted to see a big change in the Bank of England's mandate. The pound strengthened a bit as a result, but I don't think those who are waiting to see it weaken will be disappointed for long.
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"What we really saw was the lack of urgency we sometimes see in the sales force, as Q3 deals fall into Q4," the CFO said on the earnings call.
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Cyprus does not pose a threat to the US economy, and there are no signs of stock market bubble, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday after the Fed said it would keep interest rates low.
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Chinese stocks are headed for a correction of up to 15 percent in the next two months, one technical analyst says.
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Expect "some evolution" in Hewlett-Packard's board in coming years or even months, one director said at the company's shareholder meeting in response to criticism over the botched Autonomy deal.
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Starbucks is taking a cue from the wine industry to create rare high-quality coffees to further separate itself, CEO Howard Schultz said.
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The US Senate approved a bill to avert a government shutdown and keep the government funded through Sept. 30.
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Mandiant, the cybersecurity firm that in February released a ground-breaking report detailing the suspected activities of a Chinese military hacking unit, told CNBC it is suffering the consequences of going public.
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We are standing at the cusp of a computing and industrial revolution with the use of three-dimensional printers, said a Washington insider.
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A tax on wealthy New Yorkers follows efforts in other states to improve shaky balance sheets with revenue from those with top incomes.
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Tightening government budgets mean states are spending less on students while the feds are cutting back on grants.
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CVS warned employees who use the company’s health insurance plan to report to a doctor for an annual WebMD Wellness Review and reveal their weight by May 1 or pay a monthly $50 penalty.
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Right now, China's energy-hungry economy appears more important to oil markets than instability in crude-producing countries. Yet analysts say the world's second-largest economy has less pull on market prices than it did even a few short years ago.
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