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Galleon Chief Rajaratnam Found Guilty
A federal jury convicted Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam on all 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, providing the U.S. with a significant win in a push to prosecute insider trading on Wall Street and in corporate America.
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  Riot policemen ran through a cloud of tear gas to avoid fire from an exploding petrol bomb in Athens Wednesday.
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  A young protester ran as riot police hit others during clashes in Athens.
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  People filled the streets for a demonstration.
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Violence Mars Greek Strike
A peaceful protest by tens of thousands of Greeks against austerity measures was marred by violence when hundreds of youths hurled water bottles, firecrackers and other objects at police who responded with tear gas and pepper spray.
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CME Halts Crude, Gasoline Trading
CME Group halted trading in crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures for the first time in more than two years due to a trading limit, amid price volatility in the energy markets.
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DJIA's Losses Accelerate
The energy sector pulled U.S. stocks lower, as crude-oil futures skidded more than 4% to below $100 a barrel. Investors also were disappointed by Walt Disney's first-quarter earnings.
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Merkel Signals Backing for Draghi
German Chancellor Angela Merkel could support Italian central bank chief Mario Draghi as the next European Central Bank president, her spokesman said, confirming statements in an interview with a German newspaper.
HSBC to Cut Costs, Review Cards
HSBC unveiled plans to cut costs by $2.5 billion to $3.5 billion and will conduct a strategic review of its U.S. credit-card business as it laid out priorities designed to boost returns.
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AIG Kicks Off Share Sale
The 300-million-share offering will raise less than $9 billion, based on current market prices, making it smaller than what the company and the Treasury had hoped to raise.
- AIG Offering Near Low End
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BOE Lifts Inflation Forecast
The Bank of England raised its inflation forecast and indicated it will begin tightening monetary policy from the third quarter.
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Euro Suffers Broad Pullback
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BNP Paribas Banks on Reshuffle
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Toyota's Top Crown Threatened
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Spain Eyes Use of 'Bad Banks'
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U.S. Trade Gap Widens
China Inflation Eases Slightly

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Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall
The handful of investors who acquired a majority stake in Skype Global during the depths of the financial crisis stand to be handsomely rewarded.
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Gilt's Valuation Puts Web Boom to Test
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AT&T CEO Defends T-Mobile Deal
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Google Takes Charge for Ad Probe
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Industry Weighs Policing Mobile Apps

World

Obama to Renew Muslim Outreach
Obama is preparing a fresh outreach to the Muslim world, one that will ask those in the Middle East and beyond to reject Islamic militancy in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death and embrace a new era of relations with the U.S.
Rebels Say Gadhafi Forces Pushed Back
Syria Military Steps Up Shelling
Ugandan Opposition Leader Is Barred
Tokyo Rethinks Nuclear Ambitions

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Falling Oil Supplies Put Alaska Pipeline at Risk
The Trans Alaska Pipeline, which still delivers more than 11% of the oil produced in the U.S., is under threat as oil production along Alaska's northern edge dwindles.
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OPEC: Oil's Volatility Is Short-Term
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Turkish Energy Privatizations Stall

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Tuscan Villa
This property in Greve in Chianti dates back to the 13th century and includes a chapel.
Hypo Alpe-Adria Is in the Mood to Deal

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News Hub: Google to India: Lay off the Regulations
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The Curious Question of Glencore's Debt
The commodities company is now seeking a lower valuation for its IPO, but the new price range may not represent a bargain, given its debt allocation.
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EasyJet's Old-Fashioned Flight Path

U.S.

Obama Recasts Border Issue
Obama tried a new tack on a tough domestic issue, saying that beefed-up security along the U.S.-Mexico border has proved effective enough to justify an overhaul of the immigration system.
- Text of Obama's Speech on Immigration
- Video: Obama Highlights Immigration Overhaul
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Bin Laden Death Roils GOP Race

Sports

FIFA Members Face Fresh Allegations
The former head of England's World Cup bid accused four members of FIFA of "improper and unethical" conduct in the bidding process to select the venues for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup tournaments.

World

Libyan Officials Profit From Migrants
Libyan security agents are confiscating money and belongings from African migrants to allow them on vessels sailing toward Italy, sometimes escorted by the Libyan navy.
School Shows Perils of Afghan Pullout
Beijing's Trade Surplus Balloons

U.K.

U.S. Approves Shell Plan to Drill in Gulf
The U.S. approved a Royal Dutch Shell plan to drill for oil deep under the Gulf of Mexico, the second deep-water exploration plan approved in the Gulf since the government lifted a moratorium on deep-water drilling last October.
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Tesco Appoints Broadbent as Chairman
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Sainsbury Eyes Path
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Markets

Europe's Markets Tilt Higher
European shares finished generally higher, buoyed by upbeat results from luxury group Hermes International and Danish shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk.
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Gasoline Futures Drop
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To the Bullish Went the Spoils

Tech

Russia Reopens Its Probe of Activist
Russia has reopened a criminal investigation into a prominent blogger and anticorruption activist, amid rising signs of intrigue between Kremlin elites over presidential succession next year.
Microsoft Dials Up Change
Google to Appeal to Swiss Court Over Street View

Business

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Intel Raises Dividend 16%
Intel raised its quarterly dividend 16%, the second increase in the past six months.
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Yahoo Discloses Alipay Stake Restructuring
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AT&T to Sell Cisco's Tablet

U.S.

Terror Worries Ride Rails
Long before papers found at Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout revealed a plot to attack U.S. railroads, security experts warned that the U.S.'s 140,000 miles of track presented an attractive—and difficult to protect—terror target.
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FAA Seeks Overhaul of Pilot Training
Passenger Denies Interfering With Plane

Life & Style

Putting the Park in Park Avenue
Can your windowsill or empty closet work as your personal homestead in the city? Eric Felten reviews "The City Homesteader: Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage."
Open Season for Open Houses
What's So Great About Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater?

Opinion

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Credit and Credibility
Why financial markets don't take euro-zone leaders at their word.
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Warwick Lightfoot: The Coalition's First Year
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Sandeep Gopalan: Was bin Laden's Killing Lawful?

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Another 'Crazy Project' for Istanbul
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to build two new earthquake resistant urban centers on the outskirts of Europe's biggest metropolis, Istanbul.
Anish Kapoor Dedicates Art Work to Ai Weiwei
British Indian-born artist Anish Kapoor has dedicated his biggest-ever sculpture to Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, who was detained by Chinese authorities last month.

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Photos of the Day: May 10
In today's pictures, Ugandan protesters are sprayed with water, a man kisses the grave of a Libyan rebel fighter, an upstate New York man upsets mosque leaders and more.

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