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Chevron Cuts Spending As Profit Plummet

Chevron Corp has slashed its budget for drilling by more than at any time in the past 12 years. The company said it might delay some projects in shale as producers of energy across the globe hoard cash as well as curtail ambitions... More of this article »
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H&M Posts Increase in Profit, Planning New Stores

Hennes & Mauritz the Swedish fashion retailer says earnings increased by 12% during the 2014 fourth quarter boosted by growth in China and the United States. Net profit for the fourth quarter was 6.21 billion Swedish kronor or... More of this article »
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IBM Disputes Rumor of Huge Layoff

Last week a tech blogger wrote that IBM was scheduling a layoff of up to 26% of its workforce or close to 112,000 workers, in a huge restructuring move. The cuts, wrote the blogger would be predominantly focused on the struggling... More of this article »
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Eric Schmidt: Internet Will Eventually Disappear

Eric Schmidt the executive chairman at Google said this week that he predicts the Internet, as we know it will end. When asked at the Davos, Switzerland World Economic Forum what he predicts about the future of the Internet, he simply... More of this article »
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Tootsie Roll Shares Up as Wife Takes Over for Late Husband

Tootsie Roll the candy company suffered a big loss on Tuesday, when its CEO for the past 53 years died unexpectedly. Tootsie Roll Industries has been a member since 1922 of the New York Stock Exchange. The company temporarily stopped... More of this article »
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China Economic Growth in 2014 Slowest in Two Decades

The economic growth in China slowed in 2014 to 7.4%, which was its weakest growth in close to 25 years. The government has been forecast to slip even further in the upcoming two years. This has added to the headwinds in the global... More of this article »
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Website Lets One Anonymously Hire Hackers

The website Hacker’s List allows the user to anonymously hire what it says are professional hackers that will perform hacks that range from getting into a Facebook page and someone’s email to crashing a website and changing someone’s... More of this article »
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Luxembourg Slammed by EU over Help Given to Amazon

Luxembourg could be giving online retailer an unfair advantage through its help in slashing the company’s tax bill said the European Commission on Friday. The commission, the highest European Union executive body, has alleged that... More of this article »
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JPMorgan Chases See Profit Unexpectedly Drop

JPMorgan Chase announced on Wednesday that its profit had dropped unexpected during a fourth quarter that was described as sluggish. The financial institute posted earnings that were down 7% to $4.9 billion equal to $1.19 per share... More of this article »
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Gasoline Cheapest in Six Years Starting 2015

Drivers paid on average of $2.20 per gallon for regular gas at pumps in the U.S. last week. That was the lowest price for this time of the year since 2009, according to a report released on Monday. Prices fell by 26,9 cents over a... More of this article »
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Kaiser Bracing for Strike by Thousands

Up to 2,600 mental health workers at Kaiser, including therapists, social workers and psychologists are expected to strike on Monday. That will start a statewide strike of one week that marks an increase in protests over what the workers... More of this article »
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Intel Puts Computer into USB

Stick computers do not impress anyone anymore and are nothing new. Inexpensive mini computers from brands that are not popular have run the mobile operating system for Google on inexpensive however highly effective and efficient processors... More of this article »
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Oil Drama Causes Weakness in Stocks Across Europe and Asia

Stock markets in Europe came under pressure for the third consecutive session Tuesday as a drop in the price of oil showed no signs of letting up, supporting the safe haven assets like government bonds, the Swiss franc and Japanese... More of this article »
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Fast Food Restaurants Resolution is to Change Their Image

Fast Food restaurant chains have proclaimed their New Year’s resolution to be dropping the junk. As the vast majority of people express their distaste for the food they believe to be overly processed, Taco Bell, McDonald’s and... More of this article »
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Due to Hacking Issues, Sony Will Extend Holiday Sales for PS

Sony’s big flash and holiday sale at the PS store should be over by now. However, Sony announced that they are going to extend the sales since the PlayStation Network was down for some time, which may have caused a few gamers to... More of this article »