Officials in China warned that the death toll, raised now to 19,500, could reach as high as 50,000, as dozens of villages remained cut off from rescuers Thursday.
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Wall Street moved higher after a batch of reports pointed to an economy that is hurting, but not as badly as many investors expected after the near-collapse of the mortgage market.
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Crédit Agricole named a new head for its investment banking unit and said it planned to sell 5 billion euros, or $7.75 billion, of assets to help pare losses linked to the subprime market downturn.
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The German economy grew 1.5 percent in the first quarter of this year, delivering its best performance in over a decade. The euro zone grew 0.7 percent during the period.
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Johnson & Johnson lost the second round in its trademark dispute against the disaster relief agency when a federal judge in Manhattan threw out most of the case.
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The strike was another test of President Nicolas Sarkozy?s resolve in his efforts to cut down France?s large civil service to reduce budget deficits.
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Persistent rumors and tall tales by some Chinese bloggers are proving nettlesome to the authorities as they grapple with China?s most calamitous disaster in a generation.
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After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization?s computers.
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Rescue workers are still struggling to reach untold numbers of remote villages, which could contribute tens of thousands more bodies to the earthquake death toll.
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The ruling, striking down laws limiting marriages to unions between a man and a woman, will make California the second state to allow same-sex marriage.
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