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| Bargain-hunting helped Asian stock markets edge upward Monday, but gains were limited as investors remained unconvinced that the world's major economies nailed a solution to the European debt crisis following a summit in Washington. |
| Asia stocks mixed after G8 vague on Europe fix |
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 After more than a year of tedious negotiations, struggling US Internet pioneer Yahoo! has agreed to sell its stake in Alibaba, China's top e-commerce player, for at least $7.1 billion, the companies announced. |
| Yahoo! to sell stake in China's Alibaba for $7.1 billion |
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| Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. |
| CDC: Half of overweight teens have heart risk |
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| A prison guard was killed Sunday during a riot that also injured five other correctional officers and hurt three inmates at a privately run facility in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants, authorities said. |
| Miss. prison riot leaves guard dead, 8 hurt |
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| A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China's biggest corporate takeover in the United States to date. |
| Chinese company to buy US movie theater chain AMC |
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