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Obama’s PM dinner a hot-ticket affair

The White House’s State Dinner for the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has turned the most sought after ticket in the US capital, but with officials keeping mum on the guest list, it’s not known who is in and who is out.

First-time US home buyers register a record 47%

The US housing market welcomed a bigger share of first-time buyers and single women this past year, while a majority of sellers resorted to dialing down prices to get their homes sold, a new homebuyer survey shows.

Google buys mobile ad firm for $750 m

Google Inc is buying mobile advertising network AdMob for $750 million, underscoring the Internet search leader’s determination to ensure its marketing machine reaches the growing number of people surfing the Web on phones.

Madoff’s personal effects go on block

All the items set to go on the auction block this week at a midtown Manhattan hotel, there’s one that would take some mettle to wear in public: A satin New York Mets baseball jacket emblazoned with the name Madoff.

Love transcends borders

Catrin Schmitt had to make adjustments in the first years of her life with Yvi, an east German woman she fell in love with six years after the Berlin Wall came down. Catrin, from the west German city of Mainz, had to come to terms with the...

20 years on, East German cos find a niche in West

Rotkaeppchen sparkling wine. Florena Cosmetics. Spee detergent. Zetti crunchy chocolate clusters. The names may not mean much to people outside of Germany but they point...

Pay czar, Fed move forward on compensation plans

The US government’s “pay czar” expects compensation plans for additional employees at the seven companies getting the biggest bailouts to be in place by year’s end, while the Federal Reserve will soon start its own work on banks’ pay practices.

Now, Nepal to have climate meet on Everest

Nepal’s Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.

VW profit dips 86%, sees tough year-end

German carmaker Volkswagen AG said on Thursday net income for the third quarter plunged 86% as the global downturn affected demand for its cars and trucks.
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