AP - Asian stock markets had a strong, if volatile, year with China leading the pack as investors bet on the region’s continued growth prospects.

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Reuters - BP unit BP Exploration
(Alaska) Inc has agreed to pay $379 million to settle a dispute
over outstanding corporate income taxes charged between the
years 2000 and 2002, Gov. Sarah Palin said on Monday.

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Reuters - Stocks fell on Monday, but the market
managed to make a modest advance in 2007 after gains in energy
and technology offset the dramatic sell-off in financials from
the mortgage market meltdown.

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FT.com - US stocks finished a tumultuous year lower on Monday, amid thin volume, as investors digested fresh data on the housing market.

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AP - Sales of previously owned homes nudged up in November, but that didn’t improve the broader picture of a feeble housing market racked by record-high foreclosures and harder-to-get credit.

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AFP - US stocks ended a tumultuous 2007 with a whimper Monday, retreating in the face of a new year fraught with worries about economic growth, a housing meltdown and tight credit.

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