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Bucking a national trend, New York City’s poverty rate declined in the year ending July 1, 2007, the Census Bureau reported, but the gap between rich and poor grew from the previous year.
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The acquisition of Imperial Energy by ONGC is the second Indian takeover of a British company in as many days, and reflects a phenomenon sometimes referred to as “the Empire strikes back.”
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Stocks ended mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street moved in opposition to crude prices for most of the session and a slew of housing and economic reports left markets at a draw.