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U.S. office supplies company Staples Inc has won its battle to buy Corporate Express NV and extend its dominance of the world’s office products market after the Dutch firm agreed to a sweetened bid of 1.7 billion euros ($2.65 billion).Staples on...
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President Lee Myung-bak pledged a “new beginning” on Wednesday as he contemplated reorganizing his unpopular government which has been shaken by the biggest anti-government demonstrations in two decades.
The demonstrations against Mr. Lee...
The small group of would-be food gardeners (seven people, one Muscovy duckling tucked into a fleece) had gathered in a corner of the Dunbar Community Centre in Vancouver. As we discussed how to plant a potato, the edibility of an arugula flower and how...
A major evolutionary innovation has unfurled right in front of researchers’ eyes. It’s the first time evolution has been caught in the act of making such a rare and complex new trait.And because the species in question is a bacterium,...
If recent history is any guide, roughly a third of the people snapping up Apple’s new iPhone are likely to tote it in a purse.
In a big shift for the phone industry, women have emerged as eager buyers of not just iPhones but of all so-called...
South Korea’s entire cabinet offered to resign on Tuesday in the face of massive street protests as its increasingly unpopular president warned that Asia’s fourth-largest economy could be heading into crisis.The protests against the...
Economists have trimmed forecasts for U.S. growth in the second half of this year and in 2009, but more have come to the view that the United States will dodge a recession, a survey released on Tuesday showed.Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a monthly...
Over two-thirds of the detainees in the Guantanamo Bay prison are suffering from or at risk of mental problems because they are kept isolated in small cells with little light or fresh air, according to Human Rights Watch.In a report entitled
Republican White House candidate John McCain will promise on Tuesday to lower corporate tax rates if he wins the U.S. presidency and ease the tax burden on middle-class workers to help revive the faltering economy.The Arizona senator, who has wrapped up...
Iran’s defense minister was quoted on Tuesday as warning Israel of a “very painful” response if it launched a military strike over the Islamic Republic’s disputed nuclear program.
On Friday, Israeli Transport Minister Shaul...
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