While iShares is still the leader in overall ETF assets, new owners BlackRock apparently want to dominate each individual segment as well.

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My biggest concern is the collapse of the housing industry in May once the rebates to home-buyers expired, but also that global economic problems and austerity measures seem to only be in their beginning stages, their effects still to reach our shores, while the U.S. economy is apparently already slowing faster than expected on its own.

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While the government has apparently agreed to make Justice Chaudhry the chief justice, it is still not known if this will mean a reversal of Gen Musharraf's order to sack him.

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While AppleInsider still claims the device is positioned somewhere between an iPhone and a laptop, its inside sources apparently didn't give the thumbs up to early artist renditions of the handheld, and so AI's new and "improved" render is above -- striking fear in the heart of aesthetes everywhere.

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While you'll apparently be able to make the changes directly on the device, you'll still have to use a PC to upload them for others to use, and to get your updated maps in return.

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