Walmart hikes dividend as earnings rise

GLOBAL retailing giant Walmart has announced a higher dividend for 2014 as fourth-quarter earnings showed strong growth helped by a lower tax rate. Wal-Mart Stores Inc raised its fiscal 2014 dividend by 18 per cent to $US1.88 a share, compared...

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Deadly bombing rocks central Damascus

A POWERFUL car bomb has exploded close to ruling party offices in Damascus, killing more than 50 people and causing widespread destruction in the Syrian capital's deadliest attack for more than nine months. The bombing, which rocked the city centre...

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US weekly jobless claims rise

NEW claims for US unemployment benefits rose last week after two straight weeks of decline. Initial jobless claims rose to 362,000 in the week ending February 16, from the prior week's revised reading of 342,000, the Labor Department said on...

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Pyramid of pharaoh's adviser discovered

A PYRAMID that dates back more than 3000 years and built for an adviser to King Ramses II has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's state minister for antiquities says. The remains of the large mudbrick pyramid - whose original height was 15 metres...

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18 killed in India bomb blasts

AT least 18 people have been killed and 52 wounded when bombs ripped through crowded areas of the Indian city of Hyderabad in what the prime minister has called a "dastardly act". The bombs targeted a mainly Hindu district in a suburb of the...

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Three killed in Las Vegas shootout

AT least three people have died and three others are injured after a "rolling shootout" and multiple car crash on the Las Vegas strip, police say. Two speeding cars, including a Maserati, were involved in a shootout in the neon-lit casino and...

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Top detective assigned to Pistorius case

SOUTH African police have named a top detective to take over the bungled Oscar Pistorius investigation after it emerged the officer assigned to the case faces attempted murder charges. "We recognise the significance, the importance and the severity...

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