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From Inform | 2009-07-02 14:30:45
The stock market has had a long and storied history, especially when looking at the world’s experience with it, as opposed to just the well-known Wall Street and current financial instability. Experts say that in the 1000s in Cairo, Muslim and Jewish merchants had already set up many financial dealings and trade markets, which goes contrary to popular opinion that these variations were invented at a later time by Italians. A century later in France, the first brokers emerged-these courtiers were concerned with managing and regulating agricultural debts on ...
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From AP News | 2009-07-03 10:09:52
Seth Curry scored 12 points and the United States advanced to the second round of the FIBA under-19 world junior basketball championships with a 71-55 win over France on Friday. Gordon Hayward added 11 points and five rebounds as the United States stayed atop of Group B with one pool match remaining against Egypt on Saturday. The U.S. led 19-10 at the end of the first quarter and 35-20 at halftime. The United States shot 28 of 70 from ...
Travel Picks: Top 10 rivers for cruising in 2009 »
From Reuters Life! Online Report | 2009-07-03 08:21:23
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Some cash-conscious travelers are taking to water this summer for their holidays, discovering river cruising holidays where their boat is their hotel and they wake up with a new view every day. Cruise website CruiseCritic.co.uk (http://www.cruisecritic.co.uk) has come up with a list of the top 10 rivers for cruising in 2009. This list is not endorsed by Reuters. "With the current economy, traveling around Europe -- or most places for that matter -- just isn't cheap anymore. All those little expenses really ...
Cheney discussed media inquiries into Plame leak »
From AP News | 2009-07-03 05:04:25
Vice President Dick Cheney talked with top White House officials about how to respond to reporters' inquiries into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative, according to a court filing. Cheney told the FBI about his recollection of discussions with his former top aide, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, and other White House officials on the media's questions. But the Obama administration is fighting in court to keep the substance of what Cheney revealed ...
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