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Steve Jobs "may never be equaled" October 05, 2011 Passionate, prickly, and deemed irreplaceable by many Apple fans and investors, Steve Jobs made a life defying conventions and expectations. And despite years of poor health, his death on Wednesday at the age of 56 prompted a global gasp as many people remembered how much he had done to transform the worlds o ...	GE tops Wall Street estimates on overseas demand July 22, 2011 General Electric Co reported a 21.6 percent rise in profit, topping estimates, boosted by strong demand outside the United States for its heavy equipment including jet engines and electric turbines. The largest U.S. conglomerate said on Friday second-quarter profit attributable to common sha ...	Radiation levels surge at reactor March 16, 2011 Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese nuclear power plant on Wednesday after radiation levels surged, a development that suggested the crisis was spiraling out of control. Just hours earlier another fire broke out at the earthquake-crippled facility, which has sen ...
Nasdaq nears rival bid for NYSE March 15, 2011 Nasdaq OMX Group Inc (NDAQ.O) is closer to making a counter-bid for NYSE Euronext (NYX.N), a source familiar with the situation said, a move that would challenge the Big Board's blockbuster deal with Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) by merging two of Wall Street's fiercest rivals. Under the offer being contemplated, the Nasdaq ...	HP shoots for sharp profit jump March 15, 2011 Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Leo Apotheker, outlining his vision for the company, promised to boost earnings and dividends sharply in coming years as it pushes aggressively into cloud computing. Investors had been keen to hear his plans to enhance profitability at the sprawling computing giant, which is vying with ...	Japan nuclear crisis sparks selling from equities to commodities March 15, 2011 Shares and other risky assets from the Australian dollar to commodities such as copper and oil slumped on Tuesday while safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries rallied as Japan's nuclear crisis worsened. Rising radiation levels at an earthquake-hit nuclear plant in northeastern Japan triggered a huge selloff in Japanese s ...
Potential radiation catastrophe March 15, 2011 Japan faced potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating toward Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km ...	Japan manufacturers tumble on quake uncertainty March 14, 2011 Shares in Japanese manufacturers tumbled in the aftermath of Friday's devastating earthquake, as companies struggled to gather information from the stricken area and investors worried production could be suspended for an extended period. The tremor and tsunami killed thousands and knocked out transport and communication ...	Metro economies grow but job growth slow March 14, 2011 The economies of the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas began to grow again by the end of last year, but the recovery was "slow, uneven and inconsistent" and failed to spur much jobs growth, according to a study by the Brookings Institute released on Monday. "The nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas were seeing widesprea ...