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Chrysler to cut 1,000 jobs; liquidity unchanged

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:58 +0000

DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC said on Wednesday it plans to cut 1,000 white-collar jobs by the end of September to slash costs and survive a deep industry downturn.

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Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:07:14 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years.

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Internet, alcohol and sleep tied to girls’ weight

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:48 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls and young women who devote much time to the Internet, get too little sleep or regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their peers to put on excess weight, a new study suggests.

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Jankovic shakes off rust to battle past King

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:55 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Top seed Jelena Jankovic overcame some early jitters before battling to a 7-5 6-2 victory over Vania King at the Los Angeles Classic on Wednesday, the Serb advancing to the third round on a day of several upsets.

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Gene tied to muscle weakness from cholesterol drugs

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:07:33 +0000

BOSTON (Reuters) - British researchers have located a gene responsible for muscle pain or weakness experienced by some people taking statin drugs to fight “bad” cholesterol, they reported on Wednesday.

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Yankees complete sweep of Twins for sixth win in a row

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:07:44 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees extended their winning streak to six games by beating the Minnesota Twins 5-1 on Wednesday to complete a sweep of their three-game series at Yankee Stadium.

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Tribune trims list of Cubs bidders: sources

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:07:16 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tribune Co on Wednesday narrowed the potential list of bidders for the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team to 3-5 groups bidding $1 billion or more, according to sources briefed on the matter.

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Ferrell, Reilly ad-lib way through “Step Brothers”

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:52 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The script never got in the way of a good fight as comic actors Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly improvised their way through family warfare in the movie “Step Brothers,” which opens on Friday.

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Website claims to help drivers avoid speed traps

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:07:23 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drivers in most of the United States and some of the UK can find out where the police speed traps and so-called red-light cameras are on the Internet — for free.

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German “fakebook” site incurs wrath of Facebook

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:07:22 +0000

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ehssan Dariani, founder of German social network studiVZ, never made any secret of his admiration for Facebook, which is now suing studiVZ for copying its ideas and look.

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