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Is Portugal about to go down the same road as Greece?

LISBON, Portugal (AP) – An anti-austerity alliance including radical leftist parties takes power. A shaky economy and huge debts menace the national economy. The rest of Europe watches with a wary eye. Sound familiar? It’s not Greece, but another eurozone country: Portugal. A nation that just months ago was hailed …

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Russia holding up Turkish goods at border as relations sour

MOSCOW (AP) – Customs officials along the Russian border are scrutinizing Turkish goods due to “various reasons” including a possible terrorist threat, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. Relations between the two countries soured after Turkey on Tuesday shot down a Russian warplane on a bombing mission …

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Yahoo’s CEO is running out of time to turn things around

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Marissa Mayer’s nearly four-year attempt to turn around Yahoo needs a turnaround itself, repeating a pattern of futility that has hobbled one of the Internet’s best-known companies for the past decade. Like her predecessors as Yahoo CEO, Mayer has been unable to snap the company out …

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