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  • Yahoo News Stocks slip on China inflation worries

    Stocks slip on China inflation worries

    ShareNEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended a five-week winning steak on Friday as the threat of rising interest rates in China prompted investors to book profits and reassess bullish positions in equities. Investors worried tighter credit in China would curb demand for commodities, driving down energy and natural resource stocks. The two sectors were the biggest drag on the S&P. A string of global worries, including debt problems in Ireland, have prompted investors to reassess their positions or at [...]

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  • Yahoo News Seeing Red: Why the ‘Harry Potter’ Stars Wore Red Flowers on the Red Carpet

    Seeing Red: Why the ‘Harry Potter’ Stars Wore Red Flowers on the Red Carpet

    ShareWhile fans of the “Harry Potter” series headed to the Web on Thursday to catch the London red carpet premiere of the latest movie, others wondered why the actors wore matching red poppy boutonnieres. Stars Daniel Radcliffe, 21, Emma Watson, 20, and Rupert Grint, 22, who play Harry Potter and his best friends, Hermione and Ron, all donned the red blooms. They were joined by attendees Tom Felton and Ralph Fiennes and none other than J.K. Rowling herself — and [...]

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  • Yahoo News Pacquiao staring down another larger foe

    Pacquiao staring down another larger foe

    ShareGRAPEVINE, Texas – Only minutes after the greatest performance of Manny Pacquiao’s career to date, after he drubbed Oscar De La Hoya and stopped him following eight one-sided rounds, trainer Freddie Roach was asked about a potential match with Antonio Margarito. Roach laughed, shook his head and insisted the fight would never happen. “Too big,” Roach said. “Far too big.” But in the nearly two years since that night, Pacquiao has plowed through Ricky Hatton (second-round knockout), Miguel Cotto (12th-round [...]

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  • Yahoo News For Sale: Michael Jordan’s $430,000 Mercedes McLaren

    For Sale: Michael Jordan’s $430,000 Mercedes McLaren

    ShareMichael Jordan bought a 2007 Mercedes McLaren SLR 722? That’s one of the best cars ever made. Nice move, M.J. Wait, he’s selling it after only driving it 962 miles? Seriously? You give me hope, Michael, and then you take it all away. So, the McLaren can be yours for $430,000, which is a little dear for that brand even if the wheels were spun for fewer than a thousand miles (considering it cost around $475,000 new). The sellers are [...]

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  • Yahoo News Video: Kevin Durant’s awesome van

    Video: Kevin Durant’s awesome van

    ShareYes, this is ostensibly a Nike ad. Or a GM ad, even, so your tax dollars paid for it. But it’s still a pretty cool look at Kevin Durant’s(notes) cool-as-heck GMC van. That’s right. Van. Now, for the better part of the 1990s, the Dwyer clan had itself two of these vans along the same lines. Tricked-out V8 monsters with tape decks in the back for me to listen to my Afghan Whigs albums in teenage-style isolation, a TV for [...]

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