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Treasury Secretary O'Neill's careless talk about aid to South America has cooled enthusiasm for a trade pact and stirred resentment toward the U.S.

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French postal service La Poste wants to move beyond plain-vanilla banking and into broader financial products
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Al Qaeda may be too busy running and regrouping to attack again. It's a comforting thought--and a dangerous one, too
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Besieged by rivals at home, the Japanese wireless giant DoCoMo appears to be scaling back its ambitions in the tough U.S. cellular market

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AOL Time Warner's dismal stock price reflects the Web division's woes. But the media giant's other elements are doing nicely

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John Allan's guys-only salon was hard hit by September 11. But, like other Big Apple small businesses, it's bouncing back

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Underground programmers are giving away encryption software that foils China's censors

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It's not just investors who are leery. A new survey finds less than half of employees think senior management is honest

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