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Tate Modern to power ahead with art in oil tanks
Reuters
By Alice Baghdjian LONDON (Reuters) - Derelict oil tanks and forgotten industrial spaces hidden in the bowels of the Tate Modern art museum in London will open to the public in summer 2012, providing a new area to "revolutionise" the museum's work, ...
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Toys R Us net loss widens on costs, taxes
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toys R Us Inc TOY.UL, the world's largest toy retailer, reported a wider quarterly net loss on higher costs and a less favorable tax rate. The retailer, which is looking to go public, said its second-quarter net loss widened to $34 ...
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How movies explained the lone unrecorded event of 9/11
Reuters Blogs (blog)
United 93 also received a substantial amount of prepublicity attention, largely over whether it was too soon or appropriate to graphically depict what happened on this flight, a concern that preceded Oliver Stone's World Trade Center as well. ...
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Argos hit as shoppers shun electricals
Reuters
By James Davey LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Home Retail , Britain's No. 1 household goods retailer, posted a further slump in sales at its Argos stores as its cash-strapped, low-income customers shied away from purchases of consumer electronics in the ...
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In Afghanistan's Panjshir, disquiet over Taliban reconciliation
Reuters
By Sanjeev Miglani and Hamid Shalizi DALASANG, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At the entrance to Afghanistan's magnificent Panjshir Valley, an 84-year-old supporter of resistance hero Ahmad Shah Massoud said his village was fully armed to fight a resurgent ...
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Cuba: Photos show Castro 'alive and kicking'
msnbc.com
Castro, 81, has not been seen in public since he fell during an appearance in July 2006, but the state-run media occassionally releases official photos of the ailing former leader. (Juventud Rebelde / Estudios Revolucion via Reuters) Share Back to ...
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Can the supersonic bird ever fly again?
Reuters UK (blog)
REUTERS/Andras Kisgergely/Files Concorde, which flew at twice the speed of sound, crossing the Atlantic in half the time of regular commercial aircraft, started operations in 1976 and suffered no serious mishaps until July 2000 when, minutes after ...
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Reuters UK (blog)
Gaddafi vows to remain in Libya - live updates
The Guardian
Photograph: Max Rossi/REUTERS 9.38am: Nato continues to insist it has no idea where Gaddafi is. Its latest bombing raids follow a familiar pattern of the last few days - seven targets hit in Sirte and 18 hit in Waddan. In the vicinity of Sirte: 5 ...
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The Guardian
Rick Perry and Ron Paul get intense during Republican presidential debate
The Guardian (blog)
Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters There appears to be little love lost between the governor of Texas, Rick Perry, and the longtime Texas representative Ron Paul. As these photos show, during an ad break in the middle of the Republican presidential ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Sound Off for Sept. 9
Torrington Register Citizen
Reuters reports that unemployment claims have held above 400000 since early April except for one week. The Labor Department said there was no discernible effect from recent hurricanes and storms on the national figures this week. ...
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Bezos and Schmidt among investors betting $1.5M on young Italians of Mashape
Forbes
I was born in Mestre Venice and after a career as a reporter in daily newspapers in Venice and Milan, I joined Reuters Italy ('til May 2011), where I covered current affairs, culture and innovation. My stories for the international news agency have ...
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Russia-Libya: Love Match for the History Books
Voice of America (blog)
REUTERS/RIA Novosti: Mikhail Klimentyev Once a big player in Libya, Moscow will now be a bit player in Libya. In 1969, the Soviet Union took a quick shine to Moammar Gadhafi, extending diplomatic recognition only three days after his Sept. 1, coup. ...
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Study hints virtual reality might help after stroke
EmpowHer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Video gamers might face some surprising additions to their ranks if preliminary results from stroke rehab studies using virtual reality systems pan out. Researchers taking a fresh look at past research have found virtual ...
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Sokurov completes power series with Faust film
Moneycontrol.com
By Mike Collett-White VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Acclaimed Russian director Alexander Sokurov returns to the theme of corrupting power in his new film "Faust", the fourth and final part of a series on the topic but the first to depict a fictional ...
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Business Video in the Marketplace
TMC Net
By Steve Vonder Haar Event services have come a long way since the dawn of the business videomarketplace a decade ago. Companies like On24, Talkpoint, CCBN (eventually acquired by Thomson (News - Alert) Reuters) and Broadcast.com (acquired by Yahoo) ...
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World's biggest IPTV upgrade due for Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom
CisionWire (press release)
Ericsson is advancing its vision of being the "prime driver in an all- communicating world" through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 90000 employees generated revenue of SEK 203.3 billion ...
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China's Amazon Eyes $5 Billion U.S. IPO
Wall Street Journal
Jingdong's plans to raise up to $5 billion next year were first reported by International Financing Review, an industry publication owned by Thomson Reuters. The company has previously said it was eyeing a US listing. It's unclear what value could be ...
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FACTBOX - Sept. 11 conspirators: Where are they now?
Reuters India
Ayman al-Zawahri speaks from an unknown location, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Reuters TV By Jessica Dye REUTERS - It took 19 men to hijack four airliners and crash them in New York, ...
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AVWorlds tests Bullet physics
Hypergrid Business
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Tidbits: It's Ground Zero No More
Knickerbocker Ledger
His suggestion, “The World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum,” doesn't exactly roll off the tongue though. I say we outsource to the NY Post for an apt nickname. (Reuters) Your Daily WTF: Here's a video of NYC Councilman ...
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Blast another blow for government
Reuters India
By Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A spate of audacious and deadly terrorist attacks on high profile targets in India is unlikely to be stopped anytime soon because the response by the government, slammed by one tabloid as "clueless," has been ...
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Ben & Jerry's creates "Schweddy Balls" ice cream flavor
Reuters India
Slideshow By Jason McLure LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Vermont's Ben & Jerry's newest ice cream flavor sounds more likely to tickle funny bones than taste buds: "Schweddy Balls." The company known for provocative or progressive themed names for ...
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Flipkart gets jump on Amazon in India
Independent Online
It was a humble beginning for Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, two ex-Amazon.com software developers who set out in 2007 to beat their old employer at its own game long before the world's top online retailer had even drawn up plans to enter the Indian...
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Independent Online
SABMiller to launch Foster's bid after skirmish
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell further on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would spare no effort to boost the economy but gave no details of steps policymakers might take. | Video CHICAGO (Reuters) - As an ...
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Yahoo's $4 Billion Problem
AdAge.com
A report in Reuters indicates Facebook is well on its way, having booked $1.6 billion in revenue -- including ads and virtual goods -- in the first six months of 2011. Google, also a relative non-player in display ads in 2009, has blown out its display ...
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AdAge.com
Jackson fans angry at tribute concert price cuts
Reuters UK
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson fans were up in arms on Thursday over reports that promoters of a planned tribute concert had slashed ticket prices and apparently offered 2-for-1 ticket deals to the October event. The furore on Jackson fan...
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Reuters UK
Facebook Revs the IPO Rocket Engines
Investorplace.com
If the company decided to go public this week, it would get a surge of demand — from the across theworld. After all, Facebook has more than 750 million active users and continues to grow like a weed. According to a report from Reuters, revenues in ...
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Quebec draws game developers from the US with big bucks
Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
According to Reuters, Ubisoft helped to "put the city on the map as a video game center," producing some of Ubisoft's biggest titles at the Montreal office. Major series like Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell are the product of Ubisoft ...
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Yahoo! News Canada (blog)
John Galliano convicted for anti-Semitic rant
Aljazeera.net
The damage to Galliano's status and image as a global fashion icon was enough to appease Geraldine Bloch, one plaintiff in the case, her lawyer Yves Beddouk told the Reuters news agency. "She saw a man who was destroyed physically, a sick man," Beddouk ...
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Review: Contagion is an elegant disaster
Montreal Gazette
With kids back at school, summer's youth-oriented movies give way to many more serious Hollywood dramas as some of the world's top filmmakers jockey for position in the annual awards season that culminates with February's Oscars. REUTERS/Claudette ...
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Syrian forces storm village as activists appeal for international help
Al-Arabiya
(Photo by Reuters) By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES Syria on Thursday sent its security forces storming into a northwestern village where they killed three military defectors, rights activists said, as opposition appealed to the international community to ...
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Al-Arabiya
Cisco Systems (CSCO) Shares Upgraded to a "Buy" Rating by Auriga Analysts.
LocalizedUSA
The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the previous quarter, beating the ThomsonReuters consensus estimate of $0.37 EPS by $0.05. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share. ...
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Hitachi acquires NAS partner BlueArc
IT PRO
... next generation information centres amidst the expanding world of file and content,” Gustafson added. Hitachi did not disclose the terms of the deal but Japan's Asahi newspaper claimed it was worth between $500 and $600 million, according to Reuters.
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Writers take time to absorb attack's impact
BusinessWorld Online
McEwan, whose novel Saturday (2005) reflected what he has called "a general darkening and gathering pessimism since the... attacks", told Reuters back then it could be years until a definitive post-Sept. 11 novel was written. ...
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China struggles to tame microblogging masses
DAWN.com
Reuters File Photo BEIJING: Beijing has moved to stem a tide of online criticism by tightening its grip on China's hugely popular microblogs, but experts say it will struggle to control the country's online masses. China, which has the world's largest ...
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DAWN.com
Study hints virtual reality might help after stroke
HealthNews
by Genevra Pittman, Last updated September 08, 2011 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Videogamers might face some surprising additions to their ranks if preliminary results from stroke rehab studies using virtual reality systems pan out. ...
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Google gobbles up Zagat to bolster local content
Palm Beach Post
By Reuters | Dining | September 08, 2011 Google acquired the popular restaurant-rating service Zagat on Thursday as part of its mission to stake a bigger foothold in the local content sphere. Marisa Mayer, vice president of Local, Maps and Location ...
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Sokurov completes power series with "Faust" film (Reuters) | Sports ...
By Blog495
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Acclaimed Russian director Alexander Sokurov returns to the theme of corrupting power in his new film “Faust,” the fourth and final part of a series on the topic but the first to depict a fictional character. … Continue reading ... Sports, News, Entertainment, US Legislation ...Faust, which has its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Thursday, is loosely based on German writer Goethe's take on the myth about a man who sells his soul to the devil. It is one of ...
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Inside the NYPD's counter terrorism unit | Photographers - Reuters
By Lucas Jackson
... all might seem like an Orwellian society in which “Big Brother” is constantly looking down upon us, it is necessary to remember that New York has been the target of two major successful attacks, one foiled attack, and unknown numbers of prevented attacks since the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. ... Lastly, the department has in recent years worked very hard to increase their ability to monitor large areas of midtown and lower Manhattan with electronic video surveillance. ...
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NewsDaily: World policymakers see darkening outlook
By Kristina Cooke
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news. TOP NEWS. Share Blog Subscribe Print Email Bookmark. World policymakers see darkening outlook. By Kristina CookePosted 2011/09/08 at 4:17 pm EDT. NEW YORK, Sep. 8, 2011 (Reuters) — From Seoul to Washington, policymakers are increasingly worried about the outlook for the global economy. A trader works at his desk under the.... or phrase to find the latest news stories, plus related articles, videos, blog posts, and podcasts....
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Russia says 43 feared dead in plane crash | Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Forty-three people were feared dead after a plane carrying a Russian hockey team ... The world still thinks Americans are "coolest": poll ...
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Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chairman Roy Bostock fired CEO Carol Bartz over the phone on ... Related Video. Video .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest internationalmultimedia news agency, providing investing news, ...
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