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- Google revamps search system
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:57:27 GMT
The search giant launches a system with web links appearing as soon as characters are typed into the query box.
- BP spreads blame over oil spill
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:38:01 GMT
A BP report says "a series of failures" by BP and its contractors were to blame for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
- Goldman Sachs fined £20m by FSA
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:24:23 GMT
Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK's financial watchdog, the BBC learns.
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- US equities edge up as Europe fears recede
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:12:53 GMT
US stocks rose as concerns about Europe?s debt problems eased and investors shrugged off the Fed?s Beige Book, which reported a slowdown in the US economic recovery
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- Google unveils 'instant' searches
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09:45 GMT
Google speeds up its internet search engine by launching a new product, Google Instant, that displays results as soon as users type in queries.
- Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:21 GMT
High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, a new study says.
- Merkel defends Danish cartoonist
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:51:00 GMT
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends the Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of the Prophet Muhammad caused outrage in 2006.
- BP spreads blame over oil spill
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:38:01 GMT
BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame
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