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  • Singapore says it expects its economy to grow at a 15 percent clip this year — which could be good news for the rest of the world.

  • Twenty-five years ago, the Live Aid concert brought together a galaxy of pop stars and changed the business of fundraising.

  • A high unemployment rate is one factor which contributed to a surprising fall in immigration to developed nations in 2008.

  • An exceptionally good Bordeaux is running at an exceptionally high price, with many buyers coming from China and Hong Kong.

  • The Justice Department has asked BP for advance warning of any plan it makes that would impact the company's future.

  • BP's stock is down by about half, which means the company could be vulnerable to a hostile takeover. Now there are reports BP is trying to head that off by attracting rich investors.

  • Now that Finland has made broadband Internet a legal right, service in the country's rural areas will improve.

  • Global investors are getting their first look at what's expected to be the world's largest stock offering: the Agricultural Bank of China plans to list on the Chinese exchanges next month.

  • Germany and France are leading the conversation to get indebted European countries out of financial struggle, but the two powers don't quite see eye-to-eye.

  • A lot of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe are in debt and facing bankruptcy. So the organization that governs Euro soccer has agreed on some new rules designed to stop clubs from spending more than they take in.