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| Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:00:00 EST The week ahead |
| As Wal-Mart goes, so goes the consumer economy. This week, the behemoth discounter and a host of other prominent retailers will report their second-quarter earnings. Economists will be paying close attention to retail-sector profits to see if rising gasoline and oil prices are affecting consumer spending. Last week, crude-oil futures contracts hit an all-time record of $67 a barrel, raising fears over a pullback in household spending. |
| Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:00:00 EST Before you send that E-mail . . . |
| Employees should think twice before hitting the send button on their next E-mail: The head honchos may be watching. Monitoring employee E-mail has become common practice in the workplace over the past few years, quickly becoming standard practice. Almost half of all employers now store and review E-mails, up from 27 percent just six years ago, according to the American Management Association. |
| Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:00:00 EST Markets hit an oil slick |
| Not so long ago, the thought of $50-a-barrel oil spooked the markets. And $2-a-gallon gasoline gave drivers a case of road rage. |
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| Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:17:44 EDT 121 dead in Greek air crash |
| A Cypriot jet with "no sign of life" in the cockpit as it approached Athens, Greece, crashed today, killing 121 people, officials said. Reports say F-16 pilots escorting the jet after air traffic controllers lost contact with it said the pilot was not in the cockpit and the co-pilot was slumped over the controls. A passenger may have sent a text message to his cousin. "The pilot has turned blue," reports quoted the message as saying. "Cousin farewell we're freezing." |
| Sun, 14 Aug 2005 10:08:36 EDT Iraq's constitution is due, will it be late? |
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| Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:00:50 EDT N. Korea hints at compromise on nuke program |
| North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator says Pyongyang may be willing to offer proof that it does not have a uranium-based weapons program, which the United States claims it does. In a rare interview, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gye Kwan told CNN that North Korea wants to pursue a peaceful nuclear program and is willing to adopt "strict supervision" of its nuclear facilities. |
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