Apple shares fall on false report of Steve Jobs' death - Los Angeles Times

Apple shares fall on false report of Steve Jobs' death - Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Inc. investors experienced palpitations Friday after an apparently false report that Chief Executive Steve Jobs had had a heart attack sent shares down 9% in a matter of minutes. The Securities and Exchange Commission is
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Obama attacks McCain on health care - Forbes
Barack Obama launched a multifaceted attack on presidential rival John McCain's health care proposal Saturday, elevating an issue that has been on the back burner in the White House race but remains a top concern for voters. Obama planned to
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Apple says reports of Jobs heart attack false - Houston Chronicle
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the origin of a false report on a CNN citizen journalist Web site that Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs had a heart attack and was hospitalized. The agency's enforcement unit
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Wells Fargo muscles in to buy Wachovia - Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK -- A battle broke out Friday for control of Wachovia, as Wells Fargo agreed to pay $15.1 billion for the struggling bank, while Citigroup and federal regulators insisted that Citi's earlier and lower-priced takeover offer go forward. The
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Farmer tenants work San Francisco-owned land - San Francisco Gate
Saturday, October 4, 2008 In an impressively fertile 18-acre tract of land, tucked in a small valley near tiny Sunol, a group of middle-aged Laotian women from East Oakland scamper through a jungle of crops, harvesting Southeast Asian varieties of
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Congress enacts historic $700 billion bailout legislation for - Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON (AP) _ With the economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming, a reluctant Congress abruptly reversed course and approved a historic $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday. President Bush
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O.J. guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping - San Francisco Gate
A jury convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping Friday night, 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles. The verdict was read just before 11 p.m. after prosecutors, defense attorneys
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Cambodia protests to Thailand over border gunfight - Xinhua News Agency
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia protested to Thailand on Saturday about Friday's border shooting incident, which was the first clash between the two countries in the more than two-month-long border dispute. "On Oct. 3, 2008, at 15:30, a group
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Resounding yes to bailout - Boston Globe
WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives, heeding warnings about an imminent "economic catastrophe," yesterday decisively passed a revised, massive $700 billion financial rescue package, allowing the Bush administration to implement a plan to
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