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이윤주
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Good jobs, bad jobs, but not enough of either
World Business May 8, 2011
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U.S. has new leverage, but how will Pakistan respond?
World News May 8, 2011
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Rise in layoffs, gas prices cloud hiring outlook
Rapid spike in layoffs heightens concerns that pricier gas is slowing U.S. economyWASHINGTON (AP) ― A renewed rise in layoffs is the latest sign that higher fuel prices may be slowing the economy.A 23 percent spike in applications for unemployment benefits over the past month suggests that hiring may look weaker when the government issues the April jobs report Friday.Oil prices plummeted Thursday
World Business May 6, 2011
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Haas gets off to a hot start at Quail Hollow
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) ― Of all the times Bill Haas has played Quail Hollow, he never had a round quite like this.Haas had stress-free birdies on all the par 5s and did little wrong on the rest of the holes Thursday in the Wells Fargo Championship, matching the tournament record for lowest opening round with an 8-under 64 for a two-shot lead.“I’ve got good feelings around this place,” Haas
Golf May 6, 2011
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Sony was victim of sophisticated cyber-attack
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The data breach that hit Sony’s PlayStation Network resulted from a “very carefully planned, very professional, highly sophisticated criminal cyber-attack designed to steal personal and credit card information for illegal purposes,” a Sony executive said.In a letter to members of the House Commerce Committee released Wednesday, Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment
World Business May 5, 2011
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Up is only way to go for chip makers
Intel claims computing breakthrough with three-dimensional chipsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― In the race to build a faster computer chip, there is literally nowhere to go but up. Today’s chip surfaces are packed with the tiniest electronic switches the laws of physics allow, but Intel Corp. says it is blowing past those limits with a breakthrough, three-dimensional transistor design it revealed Wednesday.
World Business May 5, 2011
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Customers remain despite data breaches
More people are turning over personal information to online retailers, social networksSAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Week after week, thieves break into corporate computer systems to steal customer lists, email addresses and credit card numbers. Large data breaches get overshadowed by even larger ones.Yet people are turning over personal information to online retailers, social networks and other services in
World News May 5, 2011
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Portugal reaches bailout deal with EU
Officials say bailout to be worth $115 billion over 3-year periodLISBON, Portugal (AP) ― Hard-up Portugal has negotiated an international bailout worth 78 billion euro ($115 billion) over a three-year period, officials said Tuesday.A government official, speaking on departmental rules of anonymity, told the Associated Press the amount includes aid for Portugal’s cash-strapped banks. The official d
World Business May 4, 2011
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Milk banks seek more donors for babes in need
ATHENS, Ohio (AP) ― With her baby fast asleep in the stroller, Valerie Githinji made her way up to the nurses’ station in O’Bleness Memorial Hospital’s maternity ward.She came bearing gifts. Stored in the bottom of the stroller, in a white plastic bag, were several containers totaling 5,670 grams ― more than 5.6 liters ― of frozen breast milk.Githinji, who works in student affairs at Hocking Colle
World News May 2, 2011
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Buffett says mistakes were made in handling Sokol
OMAHA, Nebada (AP) ― Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting on Saturday was dominated by somber topics, as Warren Buffett explained to roughly 40,000 shareholders how the company had been battered by a trusted former employee’s misdeeds and a string of natural disasters.Buffett assured the crowd at an Omaha convention center that Berkshire is strong enough to withstand both the David Sokol scandal an
World Business May 1, 2011
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Fed says bond program to end soon
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The economy and job creation have strengthened enough for the Federal Reserve to end on schedule a program of buying Treasury bonds to help the economy, the Fed said Wednesday.Ending a two-day meeting, the Fed made no changes to the program. The decision was unanimous. The bond purchases were intended to lower loan rates, encouraging spending and boost stock prices. But critics w
World Business April 28, 2011
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BOJ seen holding fire, cutting growth forecast
World Business April 28, 2011
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Russia backs tougher rules after Chernobyl
Yanukovych renews calls for funding for new containment shell over reactorKIEV (AP) ― Tough new guidelines could help prevent accidents like the massive Chernobyl meltdown, Russia’s president insisted Tuesday, defending nuclear energy during solemn ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Ukrainian President Viktor
World News April 27, 2011
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Yemen’s Saleh left with room for movement
World News April 25, 2011
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More than 120 dead in Syria unrest
BEIRUT (AP) ― Syrian security forces fired on funeral processions that drew tens of thousands Saturday, one day after the bloodiest crackdown so far in the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The shootings pushed the two-day death toll to more than 120 and two lawmakers and a religious leader resigned in disgust over the killings.The resignations were a possible sign of cracks developing in t
World News April 24, 2011
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