LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose toward $68 per barrel on Wednesday, buoyed by a fall in the dollar against major currencies at the end of the financial quarter, with the market also awaiting key U.S. oil data later in the day.

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LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose above $67 per barrel on Wednesday, buoyed by a fall in the dollar against major currencies at the end of the financial quarter, with the market also awaiting key U.S. oil data later in the day.

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Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as a surprise drop in U.S. consumer confidence sowed new doubts about the pace of economic recovery. European shares gained modestly. Caution over an appreciating yen and a slew of key economic indicators damped gains…

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Physicist Stephen Hawking is stepping down as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. The roughly 350-year-old post has been held by such luminaries as Isaac Newton and Charles Babbage, one of the fathers of modern computing. Hawking steps…

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Doctor’s offices and hospitals have slowly started the difficult switch from outmoded paper records to sophisticated electronic systems in a bid to improve care and cut costs. Making records more accessible is a big part of the effort. Complicating matters,…

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Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The Chinese-language romantic comedy “Hot Summer Days” will be a co-production between Fox International…

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Recent heavy rains that soaked Kentucky delivered a late-season setback to some tobacco farmers as their leaf ripens, dampening their hopes for a bumper crop after a couple of drought years. More than a half-foot of rain fell across part of the Bluegrass…

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A billionaire Canadian circus tycoon is on his way to the International Space Station. A Soyuz capsule carrying Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte and two fellow astronauts lifted off on schedule Wednesday from the Baikonur launch facility atop a towering…

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The Obama administration has gained the high ground in upcoming talks with Iran, but Tehran _ famous for diplomatic stall tactics _ will probably leave the Geneva negotiations having bought still more time to pursue its nuclear ambitions. Even though the U.S….

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Wednesday looking past a surprise fall in U.S. consumer confidence and the Australian dollar jumped to a 13-month high after August retail sales data beat forecasts.

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