Kevin Plumberg
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/ 22 May 2008

Oil races above $135, stocks and bonds shudder

Record high oil prices at a barrel deepened worries about inflation on Thursday and weighed on some Asian stocks although Japanese shares ended slightly higher, as dealers trimmed their bets on further weakness. The dollar trudged higher against the euro after earlier hitting a one-month low after the Federal Reserve slashed its United States 2008 growth forecast

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/ 13 November 2006

US music festivals cut through online onslaught

The crowd roared as blue lights flickered, and images of skulls and three-eyed creatures were superimposed behind the Swedish electronica music duo The Knife.
The enigmatic brother-and-sister band wooed a packed audience at New York’s Webster Hall with their angular, often foreboding sound and graphics projected on a translucent screen that covered the stage.