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Wells Fargo bids for Wachovia (News Interactive)
WELLS Fargo announced a $US15.1 billion ($19.5 billion)bid for troubled banking rival Wachovia on Friday in an attempt to outflank Citigroup and its US Government-backed rescue plan.
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Soldier sentenced in blindfold killings (News Interactive)
A US soldier has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in the killings of four blindfolded Iraqi detainees last year.
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European stocks gain on bailout hopes (News Interactive)
EUROPEAN share markets rose overnight as investors hoped another vote on the US financial bailout package would see the plan passed and a start made on reining in the global turmoil.
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European stocks close higher (News Interactive)
EUROPEAN stock markets closed higher today, getting a boost from a rebound on Wall Street as investors hoped another vote on the US financial bailout package will see the plan passed.
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Tech stocks dive as US bailout fails (ZDNet UK)
Technology companies saw shares take a beating after the US House of Representatives failed to pass the government bailout of the financial sector
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Monroe footage makes $17,500 (News Interactive)
RARE behind-the-scenes footage of screen legend Marilyn Monroe failed to reach its estimated auction price after going under the hammer in Melbourne.
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Simpson 'told friends to bring guns' (News Interactive)
OJ Simpson asked friends to bring guns to a confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room, a witness told the sports star's armed robbery trial today.
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Worker 'stood down for media interview' (News Interactive)
A WORKER at Cochlear's Sydney plant has been suspended for talking to the media during a visit to Canberra to lobby politicians, his union says.
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Buffet to invest $6bn in Goldman Sachs (News Interactive)
TYCOON Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy $US5 billion ($6 billion) of stock in Goldman Sachs, and could double its stake within five years.
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Costello's memoirs already bargain binned (News Interactive)
JUST three days after it went on sale, copies of The Costello Memoirs have been dumped in the bargain bins.
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