Indonesia’s rupiah headed for its biggest annual advance in seven years as signs the global economy is recovering from the recession encouraged overseas investors to return to emerging-market assets.

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Rupiah Is Asia’s Top Performer as Yields, Growth Attract Funds

Sony and other TV makers, along with Hollywood studios, want three-dimensional entertainment in your living room, but high price tags may slow adoption

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3D TV: Not So Fast

Marqus Blakely scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Joey Accaoui hit the game-winning free throws with 2.5 seconds left as Vermont held off Mount St. Mary’s (Md.) 71-69 on Wednesday night. The Catamounts (9-5) have won seven of their last eight games…

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Vermont holds off Mount St. Mary’s 71-69

A federal judge Wednesday ruled in favor of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in a case brought by animal rights activists who accused the circus of abusing elephants. U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan said former Ringling employee Tom…

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Judge rules for Ringling Bros. in elephant case

A suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan’s volatile east killed eight American civilians, U.S. officials said, the worst loss of life for Americans in the country since October. Four Canadian soldiers and a journalist were killed by a roadside bomb in…

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8 Americans, 5 Canadians dead in Afghan attacks

Ryan O’Reilly scored the winning goal early in the third period, and Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots in the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night. O’Reilly’s goal gave the Avalanche a 4-1 lead en route to their second…

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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Geely, China’s No.1 private carmaker, sees robust growth for China’s auto industry in 2010, on strong domestic demand and government subsidies, a top Geely executive said on Thursday.

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Geely sees robust China auto sales in 2010

Parkson Retail Group Ltd. and Shinsegae Co. led Asian retailers whose dollar bonds delivered the best returns of any industry group in the region this year as consumer spending rose.

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Asian Consumer Spending Spurs Retailers’ Bonds to Best Returns

David Boies, the antitrust lawyer who took on Microsoft Corp. and represented Al Gore in the contested U.S. presidential election of 2000, bought a seven room apartment overlooking New York’s Central Park for $7.75 million after the price was reduced by more than 20 percent.

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Boies Buys $7.8 Million Manhattan Apartment After Cut (Update1)

China’s Shanghai Composite Index is set to complete its biggest annual gain in two years as a stimulus package and record lending drove an economic recovery.

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China’s Stock Index Heads for Biggest Annual Gain in Two Years

Vietnam’s economy expanded at the fastest pace in at least a year in the fourth quarter, as lending growth fuelled construction and consumer sales.

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Vietnam GDP Grew 6.9% in Fourth Quarter; Fastest Pace This Year

With prices low—and prosecco and cava hot—some French producers are weeping in their bubbly

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French Welcome 2010 with Deep Champagne Discounts

Chandler Parsons scored 21 points and Alex Tyus and Erik Murphy each had double-doubles as Florida dominated Presbyterian 79-38 on Wednesday night. The Gators (10-3) scored 13 of the game’s first 14 points and led the Blue Hose (2-12) by more than 30 for most…

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Parsons paces Florida’s 79-38 rout of Presbyterian

A free-trade agreement between China and Southeast Asia comes into force tomorrow, consolidating a sixfold surge in economic activity over the past decade between countries representing a quarter of the world’s population.

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China-Asean Trade Deal Takes Hold, Spares Popcorn, Toilet Paper

For Hong Kong, 2009 was a year of great change and challenge.

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Yuan Bonds, Taiwan Ties Guide Hong Kong in 2010: Donald Tsang