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"Fuels for transport had the largest upward impact on the headline rate, followed by heating oil ... Oil prices push euro-zone

"Fuels for transport had the largest upward impact on the headline rate, followed by heating oil and tobacco," it said.

Year-on-year inflation for all 25 EU member states was 2.4 percent in October. Both figures fell slightly from September when the euro-zone reported a 2.6 percent rise in inflation and the entire EU reported 2.5 percent as pressure on oil supplies squeezed prices.

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Republican Legislative Agenda Is Jeopardized By The Party's Troubles — A year&#39... Republican Legislative Agenda Is

Republican Legislative Agenda Is Jeopardized By The Party's Troubles

— A year's work hangs in the balance for the Republican-controlled Congress, its conservative agenda sketched confidently last winter: cut taxes, open wildlife refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, and hold down the cost of health, education and nutrition programs that serve millions.

The agenda is the sa...

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NEW YORK ---- Trying to fix something that isn't broken has its risks, and that's raising concerns about a possible shift at the Federal Reserve over how it tackles inflation.

Assuming the Senate confirms Ben Bernanke to replace Chairman Alan Greenspan, the central bank could for the first time in its history adopt a specific t...

INTEREST paid on unutilised loans, disappearance of foodgrains from government godowns, purchase ... Rs 630 Million Down The Dr

INTEREST paid on unutilised loans, disappearance of foodgrains from government godowns, purchase of aeroplanes which are not needed ? these and similar wasteful expenditure of the West Bengal Congress government involving nearly Rs 630 million have been pointed out in 18,145 objections made by the Audit Report for 1965 placed on the table of the State Legislative Assembly on November 2, 1965 ? ...

Timberstone Group carves high, rapid arc in Toledo market THEY'VE BROKERED multimillion-do... Timberstone Group carves high, ra

Timberstone Group carves high, rapid arc in Toledo market

THEY'VE BROKERED multimillion-dollar land deals in Toledo's hot Franklin Park area.

They own a big chunk of downtown's boldest warehouse loft conversion.

And they have their fingers in shopping centers, a roadside billboard, and a Lake Erie resort development.

Timberstone Group Inc. and its investors have becom...

TOKYO — Garry Evans has been a busy man lately, jetting off to meetings in the United State... Foreign investors pump up

TOKYO — Garry Evans has been a busy man lately, jetting off to meetings in the United States to advise enthusiastic fund managers on one of the hottest topics in investing: this year's big rally in the Japanese stock market.

"There are two types of views on Japan — there's bullish and there's very bullish," says Evans, a Hong Kong-based Asia equity analyst for HSBC Securiti...

In the press Why celebrities love AIDS campaigns, and can cats and dogs predict an earthquake? Go... OIE chief hails bird flu p

In the press Why celebrities love AIDS campaigns, and can cats and dogs predict an earthquake? Go

PARIS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The head of the global animal health body OIE hailed the launch of a $1 billion plan to tackle bird flu, but criticised the World Health Organisation's (WHO) earlier handling of the crisis.

The plan unveiled by health experts at a WHO meeting in Geneva this week,...

CHAOHU, China - At his most desperate, when he had no more borrowed money for his son's legal de... Desperate Search for Justic

CHAOHU, China - At his most desperate, when he had no more borrowed money for his son's legal defense, Xie Yujun went to a hospital. He knew of China's black market in body parts. He wanted to sell his eyes. He was refused.

Mr. Xie, 60, is no stranger to desperate acts, if by necessity. His son was charged with a savage knife attack here in rural Anhui Province that left a mother and da...

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the global animal health body OIE hailed the launch of a $1 billion... OIE chief hails bird flu p

PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the global animal health body OIE hailed the launch of a $1 billion plan to tackle bird flu, but criticized the World Health Organization's (WHO) earlier handling of the crisis.

The plan unveiled by health experts at a WHO meeting in Geneva this week, supported by the World Bank, is aimed at rooting out bird flu among poultry and stopping it from spawning an...

Saturday, November 12 BOSTON - The Bush administration has approved an application for federal d... President approves federal

Saturday, November 12 BOSTON - The Bush administration has approved an application for federal disaster aid for Massachusetts, allowing the Berkshires and three other Western Massachusetts counties to receive aid for the mid-October floods.

An unspecified amount was authorized Thursday for cities and towns in Western Massachusetts that sustained damage to roads, bridges and dams as a res...