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Oil threat recedes for U.S. East Coast, much of Florida
MIAMI (Reuters) - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the U.S. East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday.

Merck cites merger, generics in profit drop
2008 AP FILE PHOTOIn this photo, the company logo is seen on the doors of a building at Merck & Co. headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Merck said today its second-quarter profits plunged 52 percent as it faced a round...

Stocks finish mixed
Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year. Investors had an ambivalent response today to the governments gross domestic...

Summary Box: GDP report drags Treasuryyields down
By The Associated Press SLOWING ECONOMY: Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, grew at an annual pace of 2.4 percent in the second quarter. That's less than the 2.5 percent forecast of...

Imports slow US growth, business spending surges
US economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and the pace of consumer spending eased, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.

The Guardian Takes A Look At The Afghanistan Endgame: 'It's Taken A Year To Move 20km'
Endgame in Afghanistan: "It's taken a year to move 20km."

UPDATE 2-PE firms eyeing Nokia Siemens stake-sources
UPDATE 2-PE firms eyeing Nokia Siemens stake-sources

EMERGING MARKETS-Latin American stocks up, strong Brazil month
EMERGING MARKETS-Latin American stocks up, strong Brazil month

U.S. worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.

Wyclef's Presidential Bid Confirmed by Source
Filed under: Hip-Hop , Hip-Hop News John Lamparski, Getty Images According to reports, Wyclef Jean has confirmed that he will run for president of Haiti in this year's election. The 37-year-old rapper/activist was integral in the fund-raising after his home country's tragic earthquake earlier this year, raising over $10 million via his Yele Haiti foundation, and inspiring countless artists to ...