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OPEC likely won’t move to boost oil price amid infighting

OPEC likely won’t move to boost oil price amid infighting

VIENNA (AP) – Cheap oil that could get even cheaper: That’s the challenge OPEC ministers face as they try to cut their losses at a time when supply is outstripping demand. But their hands appear tied. Ahead of their meeting Friday, there is recognition that the 12-member Organization of the …

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Greek workers walk off job in 2nd general strike

Greek workers walk off job in 2nd general strike

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Public and private sector workers walked off the job Thursday in Greece’s second 24-hour general strike in a month against new austerity measures. The strike disrupted services across the country, with ferries tied up in port, trains and the capital’s suburban railway not running and Athens …

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Search for Malaysian jet refocuses in southern Indian Ocean

Search for Malaysian jet refocuses in southern Indian Ocean

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – The deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner has been refocused on the southern reaches of an expansive search zone based on new analysis released on Thursday of the Boeing 777’s final hours and how it might have plunged into the Indian Ocean with 239 …

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Filipino’s poor childhood inspires 500K-light Christmas show

Filipino’s poor childhood inspires 500K-light Christmas show

CAINTA, Philippines (AP) – As a child from a poor family, Alexander Cruz marveled at the big houses adorned with Christmas lights near his Philippine neighborhood, but the gates were always closed. Now a successful businessman with a huge house in a hilly town south of Manila, Cruz celebrates Christmas …

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Yahoo mulls shareholder demand to sell Internet business

Yahoo mulls shareholder demand to sell Internet business

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Yahoo’s board is considering an activist shareholder’s demand to sell the Internet services the company is best known for, a maneuver that might help the company dodge a tax bill of more than $10 billion looming over its holdings in China’s Alibaba Group. The boardroom intrigue …

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