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AirAsia flight QZ8501: Co-pilot was flying doomed plane when it crashed into Java Sea

The French first officer and co-pilot of AirAsia flight QZ8501 was controlling the plane in the last moments before it crashed into the sea off Indonesia, killing all 162 on board.

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Alibaba's Revenue Rises on Mobile Growth

Alibaba said revenue rose 40% during its December quarter as the Chinese e-commerce giant saw a continued surge in users buying items through mobile devices.

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Categories: Business/E-commerce · Business/Finance/Investing

Nomura Holdings Net Jumps 32%, Fueled by Reignited Stocks

Profits at Japan's largest brokerage rise 32% in the October to December quarter, helped by a renewed rise in stocks that boosted sales at its retail business.

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VIDEO: European Parliament

Coverage of the counter-terrorism debate during Wednesday's mini-plenary sitting in Brussels.

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Down and Out in Davos

It's a perennial question: What is the World Economic Forum (WEF) actually good for? The annual confab of the world's rich and powerful in Davos, Switzerland, has evolved significantly in the past few decades, from a gathering of hardcore economists and financiers to a broader forum for the discussion of ideas ranging from the role of women in the workplace to the future of the Internet. In my opinion, it's still the best place on earth to get a sense of what global decisionmakers will be thinking about in the year ahead. I made my way around the Magic Mountain listening to bankers, executives, policymakers and world leaders, and here's what I found. Tech Brings Bad With Good Digital Disrupters and Web Pioneers–Google executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg among them–were out in force as always, extolling the virtues of concepts like the "Internet of things," which could create entirely new markets. But average people don't necessarily share their ...

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