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Cisco quarterly profit drops 7.9 percent

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Gold slips on profit taking,strong dollar

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China's premier says 7.5 pct GDP target not low

BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday that the 7.5 percent GDP growth target for 2012 is a result of the government's proactive macro-control and can not be viewed as low. China's GDP has reached 47 trillion yuan (7.46 trill

Man United target has contract revoked

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China keeps 2013 GDP growth target unchanged at 7.5%

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Chelsea target Bernard bags hat-trick

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HP quarterly profit plunges 90 percent

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My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smoke detector went off. Although both of my children had received fire-safety training at school, they

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