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Stocks plunge along with price of oil; Dow off 500 points

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 19:06 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Another plunge in the price of crude oil sent stocks sharply lower on Wednesday, bringing the market to its lowest level in nearly two years. The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 500...

Low price of oil complicates struggle to raise eurozone inflation

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 16:19 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Low oil prices are complicating life for the European Central Bank in its struggle to push up the worrisome low inflation in the 19 nations that use the euro currency. It was bad enough when oil...

Chocolate wars: Nestle loses bid to trademark KitKat shape

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 15:20 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Nestle has lost a long-running court battle to trademark the four-finger shape of its KitKat chocolate bar in Britain. The food giant first tried to register the trademark in 2010, but the...

Pope Francis formally invited to visit Rome's main mosque

Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 13:14 Last update: about 12 years ago Associated Press

Representatives of Italy's Muslim community have invited Pope Francis to visit the main mosque in Rome, just days after Francis paid his respects at the capital's main synagogue in a sign of...

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