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 NEW YORK (AFP) - Burger King said Thursday it had accepted a four-billion-dollar takeover bid by a little known investment firm, as the fast food chain tries to close the gap with leader McDonald's and expand overseas.Published 1 hour, 28 minutes ago |
 BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europe took a big step closer on Thursday to its goal of creating cross-border financial supervisors, reaching a "crucial milestone" in efforts to reform a sector blamed for the global recession.Published 4 hours, 21 minutes ago |
 PARIS (AFP) - Air France-KLM is considering setting up a "low-cost" domestic carrier to meet intense competition in the French market from budget rivals, company sources said on Thursday.Published 4 hours, 32 minutes ago |
 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US pending home sales rose dramatically in July, a trade group said Thursday, promising a much-needed boost to the sluggish housing market.Published 5 hours, 12 minutes ago |
 NEW YORK (AFP) - Aircraft sales in North America will reach 700 billion dollars over the next 20 years as airlines modernize their fleets, aerospace giant Boeing said on Thursday.Published 5 hours, 33 minutes ago |
 BERLIN (AFP) - Competition to Apple's highly successful iPad hotted up on Thursday as Samsung and Toshiba unveiled rival tablet PCs that they hope will steal some of the Californian giant's thunder.Published 6 hours, 32 minutes ago |
 NEW YORK (AFP) - Burger King, the second-largest US hamburger chain, will be sold to 3G Capital investment house for four billion dollars, the fast food chain announced Thursday.Published 7 hours, 14 minutes ago |
 FRANKFURT (AFP) - Germany's central bank called on Thursday on the country's president to fire one of its board members after he called immigrants unproductive and said that Jews had a special "gene."Published 7 hours, 16 minutes ago |
 FRANKFURT (AFP) - The German central bank said Thursday it wants the country's president to dismiss board member Thilo Sarrazin for controversial comments about Jews and immigrants.Published 7 hours, 49 minutes ago |
 NEW YORK (AFP) - Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for 3PAR to 33 dollars per share on Thursday in the latest salvo in its bidding war with Dell for the data storage company.Published 8 hours, 8 minutes ago |