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Jethro Tull's Anderson "Thick As A Brick" and dapper
Reuters
By Jeremy Gaunt | LONDON (Reuters) - A chat with Ian Anderson - flautist, multi-instrumentalist, founder and wild face of British rock group Jethro Tull - does not go quite as expected. Yes, there is discussion of his music, the 40th anniversary world ...
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Assad side kills four at Syrian university: protesters
Reuters
By Erika Solomon | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian security forces and students armed with knives stormed a protest march at Aleppo University early on Thursday, activists said, killing four and rounding up 200 demonstrators demanding President Bashar ...
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Facebook plans to raise $10.6 billion in mega IPO
Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic and Alistair Barr | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley's largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting the world's largest social ...
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Amazon unveils effort to develop original TV shows
Reuters
By Alistair Barr | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a new effort to develop original comedy and children's TV shows to distribute over the company'svideo streaming service. The move is part of a broader push by Amazon to produce its...
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Facebook plans to raise $10.6 bln in mega IPO
Reuters
... 3 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley's largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting theworld's largest social network a market value close to Amazon.com's.
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YouTube covets TV gold with new channels
Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic | SAN FRANCISCO May 1 (Reuters) - The cramped third-floor studio where a scarf-wearing puppet is being filmed feels more like the hive of an Internet startup than the set of a video production. Squatting behind a table on one end of ...
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Tiger ready for Quail Hollow with "fixed" swing
Reuters
... Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - Tiger Woods returns to PGA Tour action at this week's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, confident he has solved the ball-striking problems which plagued him at this month's Masters. The former world ...
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Samsung unwraps latest Galaxy rival to iPhone |
Reuters
By Paul Sandle and Tarmo Virki | LONDON/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) unveiled a new top-of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, updating the most direct rival to Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone with a larger touch screen ...
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Spoofs take steam out of "Fifty Shades of Grey"
Reuters
By Jill Serjeant | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Spanking, sex and submission are raking in profits for erotic novel "Fifty Shades of Grey", reinvigorating marriages and sparking anguished debates among feminists, but there has been one unintended result of ...
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InvestmentPitch.com Produces Educational Video Discussing Supply, Demand ...
Reuters
Vancouver, British Columbia, May 3, 2012 - InvestmentPitch.com has produced an educational video discussing the supply, demand, and many uses of graphite. If this link is not enabled, please visit www.InvestmentPitch.com and enter "graphite supply" in ...
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DEALTALK-Vivendi scouting for ideas in 'no taboos' era
Reuters
By Leila Abboud and Sophie Sassard | PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Vivendi (VIV.PA) is reviewing its entertainment-to-telecoms structure, and investment banks are pitching ideas on the best strategy to reverse the deep slump in its share price, sources told ...
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China security chief down but not out after blind dissident's escape
Reuters
By Chris Buckley | BEIJING (Reuters) - Strike two against China's once invulnerable domestic security chief, Zhou Yongkang. An audacious escape by blind dissident Chen Guangcheng is the second uproar this year to hit Zhou, who has expanded China's ...
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Madison Avenue turns to social game advertising
Reuters
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Self magazine Publisher Laura McEwen sits in her office in the posh Conde Nast building overlooking New York's Times Square and does nothing but play video games for at least an hour or two a day.
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MARKET PULSE-US stocks to watch: Microsoft, Chesapeake, SMSC
Reuters
May 2 (Reuters) - Some US stocks to watch on Wednesday: MICROSOFT $31.75, down 1 pct A court in Mannheim ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents and ordered Microsoft to remove its Xbox 360 gaming consoles and Windows 7 ...
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MARKET PULSE-US stocks to watch: GM, Mitek Systems, Kensey Nash
Reuters
May 3 (Reuters) - Some US stocks to watch on Thursday: GENERAL MOTORS CO $22.46, down 2 pct The truckmaker reported a first-quarter profit that surpassed forecasts due to improving results in the struggling regions of Europe and South America, ...
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LA film fest unveils lineup, ends with Soderbergh movie
Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled its lineup of movies and closing night film, Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," for the 10-day event in Hollywood's hometown that annually lures some of the world's top filmmakers ...
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Hugh Hendry predicts crisis will spread to Asia
Reuters
By Tommy Wilkes and Anjuli Davies | LONDON (Reuters) - Hugh Hendry, one of the hedge fund industry's most outspoken managers, has warned that the economic crisis is headed for Asia, with the region's largest economy, China, struggling under a bursting ...
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Nokia to begin rolling out award-winning Nokia 808 PureView in May
Reuters
Since its launch in February, the Nokia 808 PureView has received Nokia 808 PureViewmultiple awards, including Best Mobile Device at Mobile World Congress 2012, as well as an award for Best Imaging Innovation for 2012 from the Technical Image Press ...
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MIT, Harvard link up with free online courses
Reuters
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss | BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both academic heavyweights and often neighborly rivals, are joining hands in a new partnership to offer courses online and for free.
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Blind activist scaled wall in great escape from China security
Reuters
By David Lague and Ben Blanchard | HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Inside a dilapidated house in China's rural Shandong province, Chen Guangcheng feigned illness, lying on his bed for extended periods so that his guards would be lulled into complacency, ...
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Best face forward: chin implants surge in popularity
Reuters
By Lauren and Keiper | BOSTON May 3 (Reuters) - Over the last year Dr. Darrick Antell has performed up to three or four chin implants a day, reflecting a national trend that has seen chin augmentations emerge as the fastest growing plastic surgery ...
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Washington Extra – An anniversary observed
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REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque One year ago, President Barack Obama was secretly holed up in the White House Situation Room monitoring what turned out to be the successful US military operation to kill Osama bin Laden. A year later, he spent the day on another ...
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North American Nickel (TSXV:NAN) Presents Maniitsoq Nickel, Copper, Platinum ...
Reuters
This presentation has been broken down into four separate videos, which are hosted on the InvestmentPitch.com website. If this link is not enabled, please visit www.InvestmentPitch.com and enter "North American Nickel" in the search box.
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Vizrt Signs USD 1.7 Million MAM and Broadcast Graphics Deal with Thai Rath ...
Reuters
Vizrt's products are used by the world's leading broadcasters and publishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, the BBC, BSkyB, ITN, ZDF, Star TV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, Times Online, The Telegraph, and Welt Online.
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RIM presents BlackBerry 10 to developers
Computerworld
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins holds up a prototype of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone at the Blackberry World event in Orlando, Fla. (Photo:Reuters/David Manning) Research In Motion didn't say when devices running BlackBerry 10 will ship, but various reports ...
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Islamist video warns of more attacks on media
Times LIVE
Reuters SYRIAN rebels killed 15 members of the security forces in an ambush yesterday, a monitoring group said, as a human rights organisation accused Damascus of war crimes in last month's run-up to a UN-brokered truce. The Britain-based Syrian ...
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Reuters makes Davos attendees into reporters ... - The News Tribe
By Daniel Clark
Reuters wanted to capture both the day-to-day networking, conversations, and on-line commentary taking place at the World Economic Forum, and the pictures and videosthat offered viewers a deeper insight into the conference. Reuters used ...
The News Tribe
World News - Actors in Cuba escape film say they're seeking US ...
By David Adams, Reuters
Rhona Wise / REUTERS. Javier Nunez, right, and Analin de la Rua in Miami. By David Adams, Reuters. MIAMI - A pair of lead actors from a prize-winning film about escaping Cuba have emerged from hiding to confirm they are seeking political asylum in the United States. The young Cuban actors went missing last week while en ...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/21426473">Watch World News videos on msnbc.com. The couple's reappearance came a day after Nunez ...
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World News - U.S. and Ugandan soldiers go after Joseph Kony
By Reuters
By Reuters. OBO, Central African Republic - In a bare concrete room in a far-flung corner of Central African Republic, U.S. special forces and Ugandan soldiers map out the hunt for one of Africa's most wanted rebel leaders hiding in an area the size of California. The building ... Kony was thrust back into the spotlight earlier this year when a video, "Kony 2012," highlighting the chilling mutilations, rapes and murders carried out by his spell-bound fighters went viral on the Internet.
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The English Blog: Reuters Video: Rupert Murdoch deemed unfit in ...
By Jeffrey Hill
Reuters Video: Rupert Murdoch deemed unfit in UK report. Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company and should take responsibility for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has shaken News Corp, according to a powerful ...
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NewsDaily: FAO says world food prices fall in April
WORLD NEWS. Share Blog Subscribe Print Email Bookmark. FAO says world food prices fall in April. Posted 2012/05/03 at 4:27 am EDT. MILAN, May 3, 2012 (Reuters) —World food prices eased in April after three months of gains, driven down by falls in grains and sugar, and can remain under a downward pressure in the coming months, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Thursday. ... plus related articles, videos, blog posts, and podcasts.
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Oil majors can only admire Colombia's titan - Analysis & Opinion ...
By Raul Gallegos
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.... It won't be news to Ecopetrol's existing shareholder base, which enjoys the 70 percent payout ratio and a 5.5 percent dividend yield. Its U.S.-listed certificates are up by over 50 ... It's a luxury not afforded to most listed companies that spend large amounts of cash seeking new reserves around the world, including expensive ones located deep beneath the ocean. Ecopetrol has been replacing ...
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World News - Misled? UK lawmakers to give verdict on Murdochs
By Reuters
Rupert Mudoch told British lawmakers he "failed" and repeatedly apologized about the phone hacking scandal at his tabloid newspaper The News of the World. NBC's Stephanie Gosk reports. By Reuters. LONDON -- News Corp. chief ...
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World News - Israel ex-spy warns against 'messianic' Iran war
By Reuters
By Reuters. JERUSALEM - A former Israeli spymaster has branded the country's leaders unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear program because of what he called the "messianic feelings" behind their threats to launch a pre-emptive war on Iran.
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NewsDaily: Plant study flags dangers of warming world
By Nina Chestney
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news ... LONDON, May 2, 2012 (Reuters) — Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted in response to climate change, research in the United States showed on Wednesday, which could have devastating knock-on effects for food chains and ecosystems. A bee collects pollen from a field of crocuses at Kew Gardens in London, March 17, ... or phrase to find the latest newsstories, plus related articles, videos, blog posts, and podcasts.
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World News - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng leaves US ...
By Reuters
By Reuters. Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has left the U.S. embassy in Beijing "of his own volition" after being there for six days, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday. Chen's escape from house arrest and fleeing into the ...
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World News - 'Can it be the end of nuclear power?' Japan to shut ...
By Reuters
By Reuters. TOKYO -- Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred the nation and if it survives the summer without major electricity shortages, producers fear the plants will stay ...
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Time lapse video of rising World Trade Center | Video | Reuters.com
April 30 - New video documents construction of One World Trade Center, which has ...Reuters TV breaks ground creating informative news and financial videos.
www.reuters.com/.../time-lapse-video-of-rising-world-trade-c?...
World Bank also aids developed countries: Zoellick | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Wednesday ... Time lapse video of rising World Trade Center Mon, Apr 30 2012 ...World Bank President Robert Zoellick speaks at an opening news conference of ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-worldbank-zoellick-idUSBRE8411MU...
Global food prices on the rise again: World Bank | Reuters
One in seven thinks end of world is coming: poll ... A quick-fix on the day's newspublished with Reuters videos and award-winning news photography and ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-worldbank-food-idUSBRE83O0U220...
Bo's brother resigns from China Everbright board | Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The brother of ousted Chongqing party leader Bo Xilai, the ...scandal, resigned as vice chairman of China Everbright International Ltd, propelling. ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-everbright-li-idUSBRE83P017201204...
Bombs wound 27 in Ukrainian city | Reuters
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Four bombs exploded in a city in eastern ...One in seven thinks end of world is coming: poll ... Related Video. Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
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Czech government nears majority but survival still uncertain | Reuters
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government inched closer to finding a safe ... World ». Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas smiles during a news conference at the .... stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-czech-politics-idUSBRE83M0I320120...
Mexico shaken by several quakes | World | Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several earthquakes rattled Mexico on Tuesday, but there were no reports of injuries ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
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World News, Chen speaks to Reuters by phone | Lycos Video
Chen speaks to Reuters by phone. Chinese dissident says friends and family threatened. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). Posted 4 hours ago by Reuters ...
video.lycos.com/.../chen-speaks-to-reuters-by-phone-g495521...
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