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Asian shares dip after Wall Street sell-off

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By YURI KAGEYAMAAP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares dipped in morning trading Wednesday after the worst sell-off in three months on Wall Street as pessimism about world growth spread across the Pacific. The Nikkei, the benchmark for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, lost 1.7 percent in early

Indonesia seeks rules of road for South China Sea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Indonesia is circulating among Southeast Asian nations a draft code of conduct for the South China Sea, hoping for progress before a regional summit in November, its foreign minister said Tuesday. Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has

Morsi wants free speech linked to responsibility

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By DIAA HADIDAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said freedom of expression must be used responsibly in a speech Tuesday to the Clinton Global Initiative in New York that hinted at looming tensions in the newly-democratic nation. Morsi, a key figure of Egypt's

Metals prices diverge in hard-to-read economy

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press Metals prices were tugged in opposite directions Tuesday by conflicting signals about the economy. Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of bulldozers and other heavy equipment, tamped down metals prices when it said late Monday that slower economic growth would

News Summary: Metals prices diverge; oil slips

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press WANDERING METALS: Industrial metals prices were pulled in opposite directions by conflicting signs about the economy: an encouraging read on U.S. housing prices and a dour outlook from heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar. OIL SLIPS: Oil fell to its lowest price since Aug.

US, UN grapple for workable peace plan in Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The United States and the U.N.'s new Syria mediator grappled for a new strategy Tuesday toward stopping 18 months of brutal government crackdowns and civil war in the Arab country as President Barack Obama again called for the end of Syrian

NJ jury mulls accusations Chinese man took secrets

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By SAMANTHA HENRYAssociated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jury deliberations started Tuesday in the case of an Illinois man accused of taking trade secrets from his job with a New Jersey-based defense contractor and presenting them at two conferences in his native China. Federal prosecutors in New

News Summary: Foxconn factory restarts production

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press BACK IN BUSINESS: A factory in China owned by the manufacturer of Apple's iPhones, Foxconn Technology Group, resumed production Tuesday. WORKER UNREST: Production in the Taiyuan factory shut down after a brawl by as many as 2,000 workers, the cause of which was still

A brief glance of Obama's remarks at the UN

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press Highlights of what President Barack Obama said and didn't say in his address to the United Nations General Assembly: WHAT HE SAID ANTI-AMERICAN PROTESTS: The killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens and other attacks on U.S. embassies overseas were attacks on America. The

Recall news

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By The Associated Press The following recall has been announced: ____ BICYCLES