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New Orleans levees hold as Hurricane Gustav weakens
01.09.2008 20:00
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to hold floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina in 2005.
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Google set to introduce its own Web browser
01.09.2008 20:00
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
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Fingers crossed in U.S. oil sector as hurricane hits
01.09.2008 20:00
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Energy companies watched anxiously on Monday as Hurricane Gustav lurched across the nation's largest concentration of oil platforms and refineries in the biggest threat to U.S. fuel supplies since 2005.
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More volatility seen with hurricane
01.09.2008 20:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track Hurricane Gustav, the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
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Google set to introduce its own Web browser
01.09.2008 20:00
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is set to introduce on Tuesday a new Web browser designed to more quickly handle video-rich or other complex Web programs, posing a challenge to browsers designed originally to handle text and graphics.
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Commerzbank to axe 9,000 jobs in Dresdner takeover
01.09.2008 20:00
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank outlined its plans to cut 9,000 jobs and shrink investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort to a rump after buying Dresdner Bank, but investors were unhappy about the $14.5 billion deal.
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Gustav seen less costly than Katrina for insurers
01.09.2008 20:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore southwest of New Orleans on Monday morning, is expected to trigger significant insurance claims but far less than record-setting Katrina did three years ago.
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Fed's response to crisis hurt its key role: Hoenig
01.09.2008 20:00
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In aggressively responding to the year-long credit crisis in the United States, the Federal Reserve has threatened its key responsibility of combating inflation, one of its leaders said on Monday.
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Dollar heading in right direction: Juncker
01.09.2008 20:00
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The head of the eurogroup of countries that share the euro currency on Monday welcomed the recent recovery of the U.S. dollar, but said the euro remained overvalued.
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Chevron: Storm damage checks will take couple of days
01.09.2008 20:00
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Chevron Corp said Monday checks for damage at offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico will take a "couple of days" once the bulk of Hurricane Gustav passes on shore.
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New Orleans levees hold as Hurricane Gustav weakens
01.09.2008 20:00
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the U.S. Gulf Coast just west of New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to hold floodwaters out of the city devastated by Katrina in 2005.
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Expensive ads sell few prescription drugs: study
01.09.2008 18:00
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Expensive advertising of prescription drugs directly to consumers may do little to encourage sales, U.S. and Canadian researchers reported on Monday.
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Health & Beauty
Nadal shoots down young challenger to reach quarters
01.09.2008 18:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal, in his first grand slam as the number one target, took his turn at shooting down one of the big-hitting young guns at the U.S. Open on Monday to ride into the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
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Venus sets up likely Williams sisters quarter-final
01.09.2008 18:00
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Seventh seed Venus Williams set up a potential quarter-final against her sister Serena at the U.S. Open after she eased past Polish ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 6-3 on Monday.
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Inspired Singh coasts to Labor Day victory
01.09.2008 18:00
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NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Vijay Singh, helped by three monster birdie putts, eased to his third PGA Tour title in five weeks with a commanding five-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.
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