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Chinese trade in steep slide

Gearing up to ring in the year of the sheep. But beneath the celebrations, China's economic worries are growing. Foreign trade, one of the key drivers of its mammoth economy, has taken a nosedive. Feb 9, 2015
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Back to work, and making more money

Getting back to work got a little easier for many Americans last month, and they are making more money on the job. Employment rose more than expected in January. The U.S. economy added 257,000 new Feb 7, 2015
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Merkel, Hollande push for Ukraine peace

A ceasefire, and the chance to get out. Some residents of eastern Ukraine evacuate their war-torn region, ravaged by a conflict between separatist rebels and government forces - which has seen more Feb 6, 2015
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Premier League TV rights go under hammer

A battle of the broadcasters for the most-watched football league in the world. The deadline now upon us for the first round of bids for UK TV rights of English Premier League matches. Rivals Sky Feb 6, 2015
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U.S. adds 257,000 jobs last month

Employers added lots of jobs last month and gave their workers fatter paychecks despite signs of a slowdown in growth. Payrolls rose by 257,000. That's much more than expected. That was the 11th month Feb 6, 2015
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Greece: what now after whirlwind week?

A familiar scene of Greek protest. This, though, just on Thursday night. Part hope - but much anger, at Germany's unreadiness to do deals on debt. Alexis Tsipras is defiant too as his new Feb 6, 2015
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Siemens wields axe, but little blood

The axe is dropping at Siemens. Europe's biggest engineering company has announced it's slashing 7,800 jobs worldwide. That's about 2 percent of its global workforce. Siemens has been implementing Feb 6, 2015
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China slams U.S. for cyber hacking allegation

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Beijing on Friday (February 6) slammed the allegation made by the United States that China had a possible link to a cyberattack on its insurance company Anthem Inc. Feb 6, 2015
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South Africa's power struggles

Power cuts in South Africa have become a fact of life. Electricity is in high demand but short in supply. The country's main utility firm Eskom has introduced scheduled, rolling blackouts to ease Feb 6, 2015
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BSE closes points 133.06 down on Feb 6

New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 133.06 points down to stand at 28,717.91 at the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 50.65 points down to stand at 8,661.05. BHUSHAN STEEL LTD. and HDIL were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 11.96% and 8.30% along with INDIA CEMENTS LTD. and PMCFIN with an increase of 5.25% and 4.95% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include CEATLTD and PTC with a decrease of 7.09% and 6.46% along with APOLLOTYRE and JAMMU and KASHMIR BANK LTD. with a decrease of 5.93% and 5.87% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is down 541.95 points at 19,051.97, while the banking sector is down 277.77 points at 21,535.42 and the reality sector is down 11.37 points at 1,746.32. The Indian currency is up 0.03% at Rs 61.75 per dollar. Feb 6, 2015
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Africa: debt crisis looming?

Debt crisis. It's a phrase Europe has made its own in recent history. Could it be Africa's turn next? SOUNDBITE (English) JUDITH TYSON, AUTHOR, OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, SAYING: ''The risk Feb 6, 2015
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BT dominates with 12.5bln EE deal

It's already Britain's biggest fixed-line telecoms provider. Now BT is to add mobile to its portfolio of products after agreeing to buy EE from Deutsche Telekom and France's Orange. The deal, worth Feb 5, 2015
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Greek MPs defiant at first session

A media frenzy outside the Greek Parliament in Athens. The country's lawmakers arrived for the swearing in of the new coalition government led by Syriza. Members of the anti-austerity party promised Feb 5, 2015
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Pfizer's premium bet on generic drugmaker

Pfizer finally making a deal, buying Hospira for about $15 billion. The goal: boost its portfolio of generic injectable drugs, and copies of pricey biotech medicines, called biosimilars. Shares of Feb 6, 2015
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