US stocks lower on jobless claims

US stocks have opened lower following weak reports on US jobs and European business activity. Five minutes into trade on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 23.80 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 13,903.74. The broad-based S&P...

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Deadly bombing rocks central Damascus

A POWERFUL car bomb has exploded close to ruling party offices in Damascus, killing more than 50 people and causing widespread destruction in the Syrian capital's deadliest attack for more than nine months. The bombing, which rocked the city centre...

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Pakistan ambassador faces blasphemy probe

PAKISTANI police are investigating the country's ambassador to the United States for allegedly committing blasphemy in a television show three years ago, officers say. Sherry Rehman, an ally of President Asif Ali Zardari, who has been ambassador...

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Walmart hikes dividend as earnings rise

GLOBAL retailing giant Walmart has announced a higher dividend for 2014 as fourth-quarter earnings showed strong growth helped by a lower tax rate. Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised its fiscal 2014 dividend by 18 per cent to $US1.88 a share, compared...

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Walmart hikes dividend as earnings rise

GLOBAL retailing giant Walmart has announced a higher dividend for 2014 as fourth-quarter earnings showed strong growth helped by a lower tax rate. Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised its fiscal 2014 dividend by 18 per cent to $US1.88 a share, compared...

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12 dead, 52 hurt in bomb blasts in India

AT least 18 people have been killed and 52 wounded as bombs ripped through crowded areas of the Indian city of Hyderabad in what the prime minister calls a "dastardly act". The bombs targeted a mainly Hindu district in a suburb of the city,...

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US weekly jobless claims rise

NEW claims for US unemployment benefits rose last week after two straight weeks of decline. Initial jobless claims rose to 362,000 in the week ending February 16, from the prior week's revised reading of 342,000, the Labor Department said on...

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Pyramid of pharaoh's adviser discovered

A PYRAMID that dates back more than 3000 years and built for an adviser to King Ramses II has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's state minister for antiquities says. The remains of the large mudbrick pyramid - whose original height was 15 metres...

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