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European markets moved ahead on Tuesday - a day after a huge sell-off in global stocks driven by worries about world finance.

European markets moved ahead on Tuesday - a day after a huge sell-off in global stocks driven by worries about world finance.

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India's stock market fell to a two-year low Monday amid signs that the U.S.-led financial crisis is spreading to Europe, intensifying worries about a global slowdown.

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Stock futures were lower on Monday after the financial crisis appeared to deepen in Europe, heightening worries about a global economic slowdown.

In the age of Amazon, the gay (and generally, the independently owned) bookstore has become all but extinct, but Philadelphia's Giovanni's Room has been kept alive by its proprietor Ed Hermance and former business partner Arleen Olshan, with blood, sweat, and tears.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

"Most Philadelphians are unaware that Giovanni's is the second-oldest gay-and-lesbian bookstore in the country, behind only New York's Oscar Wilde Bookshop, launched in 1967. Through six owners, three locations and countless volunteers, Giovanni's has come to represent far more to the city's gay community than a bibliophilic rainbow flag. 'Growing up in the city, it was one of the first places where I found people like me and a sense of community,' says Gloria Casarez, 36, the Mayor's Office liaison to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Giovanni's has 12,000 titles in its active inventory. It holds 50 readings a year. It serves as an information clearinghouse, a crisis center, even a research library. 'We've graduated many Ph.D's,' Olshan, 63, says proudly. At its current site since 1979, the bookstore is carved out of an 1880 building designed as a mom-and-pop store with living quarters. Hermance and Olshan bought it for $50,000, borrowing the down payment from their customers."

As for Hermance, who worries about who his successor might be: "The hero has simple needs. He still lives in the Powelton Village house he bought 32 years ago for $7,000. The furniture is all second hand, except for a 10-year-old dining room table. He lives on Social Security and an inheritance from his mother, he says. He owns one suit, last worn in 1975 for a job interview."

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European financial stocks suffered sharp losses, as worries about the extent of the crisis in the sector deepened after finance ministers failed to reach a consensus on how to react

Asian stock markets fall sharply as investors worry over the growing financial turmoil in Europe.

Asian stock markets fall sharply as investors worry over the growing financial turmoil in Europe.

Major indexes lose 3% to 5% on worries damage is spreading beyond financials to the broader global economy.

Senator Herb Kohl is worried about the impact of Yahoo's deal with Google, which will see the latter place ads on the search results pages of the former. The two companies have decided to delay the deal's implementation until Justice finishes its investigation.

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Senator Herb Kohl is worried about the impact of Yahoo's deal with Google, which will see the latter place ads on the search results pages of the former. The two companies have decided to delay the deal's implementation until Justice finishes its investigation.

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Senator Herb Kohl is worried about the impact of Yahoo's deal with Google, which will see the latter place ads on the search results pages of the former. The two companies have decided to delay the deal's implementation until Justice finishes its investigation.

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WowWee goes out of its way to make one thing very clear about the Rovio: "this is not a toy." That being said, it doesn't make the patrolling sentry any less fantastic, as critics over at Robots-Dreams proclaimed that it was "intuitive and a pleasure to use from the moment you first open the box." From the painless setup process to the unparalleled mobility, reviewers sounded like they were grinning from ear-to-ear during the entire writeup process. It performed its robotic sentry duties with vigor and valor, and the review crew couldn't help but note that this bugger was "positioned to be the hottest robot for the upcoming holiday season, and for a long time to come." In other words, if you've been on the fence about dropping three bills on this thing, all your worries about it potentially sucking just got thrashed.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments