Investors Shrug Off China’s Rate Increase as a Snowstorm Hinders Trading

Trading was light on Wall Street as the East Coast dug out from a major blizzard.

Investors Shrug Off China’s Rate Increase as a Snowstorm Hinders Trading

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Asian Stocks Rise, Brushing Off China's Rate Hike

Asian stock markets rose Monday, shrugging off a weekend move by China's central bank to raise interest rates in a bid to rein in soaring inflation.

Asian Stocks Rise, Brushing Off China's Rate Hike

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Asian Stocks Mixed After China's Rate Hike

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after China's central bank raised interest rates over the weekend in a bid to rein in soaring inflation.

Asian Stocks Mixed After China's Rate Hike

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White nose syndrome has a higher mortality rate than ebola

I knew that white nose syndrome—the fungal infection that's killed more than a million bats in North America—was virulent. But I hadn't quite grasped how deadly it was until I read Brandon Keim's Wired.com story about the researchers struggling to do something, anything about this disease. Apparently, in caves infected by the fungus, between 80 and 99.9 percent of the bats have died. Researchers interviewed by Keim describe walking over carpets of bat skeletons in some caves. And there's no good way to treat sick bats, or immunize healthy ones. It's a downer. But a fascinating downer.

White nose syndrome has a higher mortality rate than ebola

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Japan Grows at Higher Rate Than Estimate

Japan revised its economic growth in the third quarter to 1.1 percent, exceeding an initial government estimate.

Japan Grows at Higher Rate Than Estimate

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Few New Jobs as Jobless Rate Rises to 9.8%

The economy added only 39,000 jobs in November, dampening hopes that a recovery was building.

Few New Jobs as Jobless Rate Rises to 9.8%

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