PAID CLICKS: ComScore's report that clicks on Google ads in the US were flat last month raised concerns that the economic slowdown had started to affect Google
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TWIN EVILS: Most analysts believe aggressive rate cuts, individual tax rebates and business tax breaks could lift the economy in the second half of the year
It is a toxic economic mix the US has not seen in three decades: Prices are speeding upward at the fastest pace in a quarter century, even as the economy loses steam.

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Nokia and Samsung, the world's two biggest makers of mobile phones, took additional market share from Motorola Inc in the fourth quarter, a survey showed.

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Honda Motor is staying out of the race to develop ultra-cheap cars, hoping motorists in fast-growing markets like India will pay more for safer, greener vehicles, its president said yesterday.

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Switzerland's largest bank UBS faced a rocky shareholder meeting yesterday as plans to plug billions of dollars in subprime losses with funds from foreign investors were likely to meet fierce criticism.

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