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KASSEL, Germany, May 21 (UPI) -- German energy company Wintershall announced Monday it secured an exploration permit for shale oil and natural gas acreage in Argentina. - United Press International - 0 Reads

Bharti Airtel India's biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, reported its ninth straight quarterly profit decline as intense price competition and losses on foreign exchange eroded earnings. - IBNLive - 42 Reads

As rupee continued its downward slide, RBI deputy governor Subir Gokarn on Friday said all options are considered to check its fall. - IBNLive - 16 Reads

By AL SWANSONUnited Press International With the Detroit Three, European and Japanese and South Korean automakers all posting big profits again, just who is buying all those new cars? - United Press International - 14 Reads

NEW YORK (AP) -- PepsiCo Inc. is going on a reunion tour with The King of Pop.... - Associated Press - 26 Reads

DETROIT, May 1 (UPI) -- Demand for manual transmissions among U.S. drivers is on the rise, an industry research group said. - United Press International - 21 Reads

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- CBS sued ABC on Thursday to stop an upcoming reality show that CBS claims is being developed in violation of its copyrights and with secrets obtained from the long-running reality show "Big Brother."... - Associated Press - 15 Reads

By ANTHONY HALLUnited Press International The European Central Bank said it would keep its overnight lending rate at 1 percent, the most commonly expected choice out of three. - United Press International - 18 Reads

NEW YORK (AP) -- (at)BarackObama is on Twitter. So is (at)MittRomney. And so are all the voters following the 2012 presidential contest, whether they know it or not.... - Associated Press - 38 Reads

A look at the five people tied to Rupert Murdoch's global News Corp. media empire who were criticized Tuesday by U.K. lawmakers in a report on the British phone hacking scandal:... - Associated Press - 27 Reads