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Apple Profit Soars, but Silent on Jobs
Apple posted a 78% surge in profit and record sales of its gadgets in the holiday quarter, but the company's executives ignored the sudden medical leave of CEO Steve Jobs.

Agenda: Germany Won't Fancy the Pain Game
Alen Mattich: It looks like the European Union is settling on a strategy to save the euro. It's called extend, pretend... and pray.
Haiti Presses Charges Against Duvalier
Haiti's chief prosecutor formally re-opened a 2008 case charging Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier on Tuesday with a slew of criminal charges including murder, the latest twist in a bizarre odyssey that has kept the country on edge for days.
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Citi Profit Disappoints Street
Citigroup swung to a fourth-quarter profit as lending strengthened overseas, but revenue from bond trading took a severe hit from the prior quarter. The bank's earnings and revenue missed Wall Street expectations.
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AIG, U.S. Select 4 Banks for Share Sale
J.P. Morgan, BofA, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank were picked from a pool of 10 banks for lead roles in the share sale of the bailed-out insurer, which could be the biggest offering in U.S. history.
U.K. Inflation Soars
U.K. consumer-price inflation accelerated sharply in December, underscoring the view that the Bank of England's most likely next move will be to tighten policy, despite the economy's continuing fragility.
IEA: Oil Output Needs to Increase
The International Energy Agency said that the world will need more crude from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries amid faster-than-expected oil demand growth, or risk high prices that damage the economic recovery.
- The Source: IEA's Sales Pitch to OPEC
Stocks Gain, Ignoring Citi, Apple
U.S. stocks gained as investors shrugged off slides in Apple and Citigroup and materials shares gained on data confirming manufacturing strength.
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Cargill to Give Up Mosaic Stake
Agribusiness giant Cargill said it plans to give up its majority stake in fertilizer company Mosaic in a transaction worth about $24.3 billion. The move could make Mosaic, a leading seller of potash, more attractive for a takeover.
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CEO Out Over Galileo Satellite Comments
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Dutch Deal Turns Properties Into Cash
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Renault Manager Sues for Defamation
Home Builders Still Pessimistic
Spain Inc. Strikes Deals
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French Banks Offer Loan for Brazilian Power Plant

China

Hu Holds to a Leadership Tradition
Chinese President Hu Jintao, who arrives in the U.S. today, heads one of the world's most powerful countries, but is arguably among the least powerful of the world's major leaders—and almost certainly the least understood.
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U.S. Business Is Far From Happy with Hu
China and U.S., Wary Powers, Set to Square Off
U.S. Envoy in Beijing Charms, Unsettles
Hong Kong Looks to Match U.N. Curbs on Iran

Europe

Medvedev Meets Beaten Reporter
On a Middle East trip, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met for the first time with Oleg Kashin, a prominent journalist who was brutally beaten last year, and again voiced interest in the case.
Graft Probe Targets Russian Officials
Poland Blames Controllers for Fatal Plane Crash

World

Iraqi Police Recruits Are Killed by Bomber
A suicide bomber killed at least 49 people and wounded dozens at an Iraqi police building in the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, bringing an end to the period of relative calm that has prevailed since a new national unity government was formed last month.
Ministers Quit New Tunisia Regime
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South Africa Split Over Capital Controls
Allies Slow Afghan Troop Increase

Tech

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Facebook Suspends New User-Data Feature
Facebook temporarily suspended a feature that gave external websites and applications access to its users' addresses and phone numbers, after some privacy advocates expressed concerns.
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Street, Silicon Valley Battle for Geeks
Two Arrested in iPad Hack

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Tunis Protests Over New Coalition
Blast in Iraq Kills Police Recruits
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WikiLeaks: Swiss Banker Hands Secrets to Assange

Opinion

No More Monopoly Money for Europe
Why not let the euro compete alongside national currencies?
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The Italo-German Double Game
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Italy's Industrial Evolution

Fashion

Stepping Into Luxury
The U.K.'s reputation for making the finest cars and ocean liners may have waned, but Northamptonshire workshops still produce what are regarded as the finest men's shoes.
Spring's Broad Brushstrokes
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UBS Gives Dress Code Makeover

Travel

Lisbon's Café Life
Lisbon's coffee has an old-fashioned goodness, but contemporary pasteleria come in many shapes and sizes. We seek out some of the best.
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World

Massive Earthquake Hits Pakistan
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted southwestern Pakistan in a sparsely-populated area near the nation's borders with Iran and Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Mexico Nabs Founding Member of Drug Cartel
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Guatemala Extends State of Siege In North

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BP's Deal-Making Ability Intact
BPs tie-up with Russia's Rosneft exposes a big irony: The Gulf of Mexico oil spill doesn't seem to have harmed BP's ability to strike landmark deals on offshore-oil exploration.
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FSA Hits Barclays With Fine
U.K.'s Fox Cites Necessity of U.S. Stealth Jet

Markets

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For Banks, Dividends Are a Matter of Trust
Can't wait for financial companies to start paying dividends again? You don't have to.
Facebook Flop Riles Goldman Clients
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Tech Shares Boost Asia Markets

Tech

Apple Shares Fall
Apple's shares were down less than 3% Tuesday, after falling as much as 6.5% earlier, a day after it disclosed that Steve Jobs would take another unexpected medical leave.
Apple Chief Jobs
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Facebook VP Tells U.K. V.C.s - The Future Is Social

Business

U.S. Factories Buck Decline
U.S. manufacturing, viewed as a lost cause by many Americans, has begun creating more jobs than it eliminates for the first time in more than a decade.
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IBM Posts Strong Sales Growth
Boeing Delays 787 Deliveries

U.S.

Obama Courts Business Support
President Obama formally ordered government agencies to review hundreds of federal regulations to ensure they aren't hampering business efforts to grow and hire, a move aimed at building support among employers and pre-empting Republican attacks.
Lieberman Won't Seek Re-Election
Conrad's Exit to Pressure Democrats

Life & Style

How Authors Move Their Own Merchandise
In an increasingly crowded marketplace, writers are taking matters into their own hands and promoting their own books, sometimes with the help of iPods and sex toys.
Hit Send, Take a Bow
A Dining Room's Feast for the Eyes

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RIM on the Ropes
Indonesia bullies the BlackBerry maker into filtering Web content.
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Jean-Philippe Delsol: The French Tax Lottery
Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe: What Congress Should Cut

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Toward a 21st-Century Regulatory System
If the FDA deems saccharin safe enough for coffee, then the EPA should not treat it as hazardous waste, writes U.S. President Barack Obama.
Hamburg Villa
This former home of Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld sits on almost 12,000 square meters of parkland in Hamburg, Germany.
Photos of the Day
In today's pictures, workers protest wage cuts in Lisbon, a man takes a polar plunge in Russia, an elderly Filipino woman is rescued from flooding and more.
A Vodka Buffaloes Into U.S.
After nearly a decade of work to formulate and brand a legal version of Żubrówka, a vodka flavored with a rare, pungent wild grass enjoyed by European bison, its producers are taking a shot at the U.S. market.
Tired? Confused? B12 May Be Low
For some people, clams, beef, yogurt and tuna may be the solution to low energy and forgetfulness. That's because these foods are rich in vitamin B12.

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