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Stocks close out week with modest declines

10 Feb 2012 at 2:29pm
It was a day of reckoning for the stock market.

First Solar shares plunge after project delay

10 Feb 2012 at 10:35am
Shares in First Solar fell nearly 9% Friday after the solar panel maker and project developer rep...

Emerging markets have their mojo back

10 Feb 2012 at 10:35am
Stocks are soaring this year. Everywhere. And if you think the rally has been big in the U.S., ju...

Greece must do 'whatever it takes'

10 Feb 2012 at 1:15pm
The Greek government faces a crucial test this weekend as the nation's parliament is set to vote ...

Big banks' bloated mortgage tab

9 Feb 2012 at 3:15pm
Not to be outdone by the U.S. attorneys general, four other federal agencies were quick to lay cl...

Syria general 'shot in Damascus'

11 Feb 2012 at 6:55am
A Syrian general is killed by "terrorists", state media say, in what is thought to be the first a...

Eight held over payments inquiry

11 Feb 2012 at 7:01am
Eight people, including five staff at the mass-circulation Sun, are arrested over allegations of ...

Iran to make nuclear announcement

11 Feb 2012 at 4:03am
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says his country will announce major nuclear achievements in...

Suu Kyi mobbed on campaign trail

11 Feb 2012 at 4:19am
Crowds mob Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she campaigns for the first time in the ...

Greek cabinet approves new cuts

11 Feb 2012 at 4:33am
Greece's cabinet approves a draft bill committing to austerity reforms required to get new bailou...