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Super-rich get richer

| A rebound in Chinese stocks has seen the fortunes of the nation's ultra-wealthy rocket.

Murdoch's plans stymied

Rupert Murdoch 300 | Rupert Murdoch's plans to squeeze subscriptions from his online readers are not panning out.

Doing business virtually

| Large firms are using the Second Life online world as to conduct private, virtual meetings.
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Baby shaker shenanigans

Apple | Apple has apologized for a "deeply offensive" game for the iPhone called "Baby Shaker.

Counter credit revolution

| Barack Obama has vowed reforms to purge the credit industry of abusive rates and fees.

Gas summit gutted

| Political squabbles marred a European gas summit on Friday that has already been badly undermined.

BP's profit tumbles 62%

| British oil major BP reported a 62% slide in first-quarter net profits to $2.387-billion.

Japan, China to team up?

| The leaders of Japan and China may jointly develop a mobile telephone network.