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Yahoo sets Alibaba stake spinoff plan, shares jump

Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) plans to spin off its 15 percent stake in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), responding to pressure to hand over to shareholders its prized e-commerce investment valued at roughly $40 billion.


Top U.S. trade negotiator says Pacific pact nearly ready

The top U.S. trade official told lawmakers on Tuesday an ambitious Pacific trade pact could be wrapped up within months as he urged Congress to back the administration's trade agenda.

EU agrees $2 billion euros for Ukraine, to consider more

EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to loan Ukraine 1.8 billion euros ($2.0 billion) to help save it from bankruptcy, leaving open the option of increasing aid at a later stage.

Stocks drop on weak earnings, U.S. durables; dollar slips

World stock indexes fell on Tuesday following disappointing company earnings, while the dollar retreated after an unexpected decline in U.S. durable goods orders.


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A is definitely back on his/her game and is playing with the girls again. He/She even managed to point Mona's death to Hanna. Is a reunion behind bars coming soon?
The daughter of late Joan Rivers, files lawsuit against the TV personality's doctors. Malpractice is said to be evident.
George Louca will face murder charges on April 2015. He says that Radovan Krejcir was the real killer. His lawyers said he will reveal everything in his statements.
Ratings agency S&P cut Russia's sovereign credit rating to junk status on Monday, bringing it below investment grade for the first time in a decade.
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA could take a charge of about 52 billion reais ($20 billion) in its delayed third-quarter results to reduce the value of some assets, a Veja magazine blog said on Monday.
AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Monday it would buy bankrupt NII Holdings Inc's (NIHDQ.PK) wireless business in Mexico for $1.875 billion in a move to create a larger Mexican wireless player that will have a better chance of competing with No. 1 America Movil (AMXL.MX).
After winter hiatus, Grey's Anatomy returns with an all new season. Will a long-distance relationship between Derek and Meredith actually work? How will April and Jackson handle 'baby disease'?
Japanese cinemas rang up a healthy rise in ticket sales in 2014 as blockbuster animation film "Frozen" eclipsed an otherwise lackluster show by Hollywood, industry data showed on Tuesday.
China's Premier Li Keqiang pledged to create at least 10 million new jobs in 2015, the state run China Daily newspaper said on Tuesday, despite economic growth that slowed to its weakest pace in nearly a quarter of a century last year.
After Mary Murphy's departure, Paula Abdul is confirmed to replace the ballroom champion. Jason Derulo is also joining her as one of the panel together with the show's executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe.