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LATEST World News, Jul 06, 2011

Lagarde takes helm of IMF amid major challenges
The Associated Press
If all that weren't enough, Lagarde is the first woman to lead the global lending giant. "The IMF top job has never been in the spotlight like it is now," said Kevin Gallagher, a professor of international relations at Boston University. ...
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US sparks global drone arms race
Tehran Times
On top of the increasing anxieties of individual countries, there also are international concerns that some governments might not be able to protect these new weapons from hackers and terrorists. Sharkey, the University of Sheffield professor who also ...
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Chennai to be one of top 5 global auto clusters: Jaya
mydigitalfc.com
Chennai is set to emerge as one of the top five global auto clusters. My vision is to make Chennai the world's largest auto cluster,” she added. Wooing the industrialists to invest in the state, Jayalalithaa pointed out that Tamil Nadu offered huge ...
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Temasek's Assets Set to Top Peak After 'Trailblazing' in Emerging Markets
Bloomberg
Temasek spent more in emerging markets including China, India, Pakistan, Brazil and Mexico, as developing nations led the global economy's recovery from its worst recession since World War II. Developing economies accounted for 60 percent of the number ...
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US Firms Clash Over Accounting Rules
Wall Street Journal
Larger companies, big accounting firms and top rule makers favor the switch. They contend thatglobal unity would save companies money by consolidating their bookkeeping and make it easier to raise capital around the world. Investors would have less ...
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Dimon's Global Growth Pains
Wall Street Journal
In 2009, Mr. Dimon told executives to find a way to turn JP Morgan's recent momentum into a permanent advantage. At a corporate retreat, Heidi Miller, a longtime loyalist of Mr. Dimon, told colleagues that JP Morgan lacked a coherent international ...
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HTC Recognized for Global Design Leadership
PR Newswire (press release)
HTC garnered four top awards at the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), known as the "Oscars of Design," and sponsored by Fast Company magazine and the Industrial Designers Society of America, for devices in the communications tools ...
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Cambridge Technology Enterprises Launches University of Cloud; Leading Global ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
CTE customers are major global commercial and government organizations such Vodafone, AIG, Pfizer, State Bank of India and US government agencies. CTE leverages world-class talent, proven tools and methodologies and global development centers to ...
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BHP, Rio among miners who don't return enough cash, says top investor
The Australian
But investors are sceptical about miners' ability to invest their profits wisely, accounting for much of the relative underperformance seen by the sector in recent months, Mr Hambro argued. Over the past year, the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has fallen ...
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Inside World Trade: Good Times for US Exports
World Trade
by Lara L. Sowinski US exports have been making headlines in recent months, breaking records and giving a much needed boost to global traders' confidence. Several weeks ago, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that US exports ...
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WORLD - News of the Day From Across the Globe
San Francisco Chronicle
Last fall, a seafood export firm in the Bahamas raised the idea of catching sharks to meet the globaldemand for shark's fin soup, which sparked a major public relations and lobbying campaign aimed at enacting a shark fishing ban. ...
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FIGUEROA: Americans have a 'major' problem
North County Times
Sure, global expansion is great for the world of golf. But to see international domination eat up American exceptionalism is a tough pill to swallow. It stinks, frankly, especially when you wake up on America's birthday and see only nine US players ...
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'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Sees World in 3D
International Business Times
Transformers 3's US legs should be solid, although its user scores fall short of the top-tier of recentbig-budget releases. For example, Transformers 3 posted a solid 61 user rating in Metacritic, above Cars 2 (56) but below competing tent pole X-Men: ...
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Global economy hits soft patch, should avoid double-dip: S&P
AFP
However, this should not necessarily result in another recession in the developedworld because "emerging markets will continue to be a major driver of globalgrowth," S&P said. It noted at the same time that a "more balanced outlook for emerging ...
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Tabloid accused of hacking
Tampabay.com
The case has refocused the spotlight on the already tainted News of The World, which is owned by News International, the British subsidiary of News Corp. and is part of Rupert Murdoch's globalmedia empire at News Corp. It also comes as Murdoch is ...
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When oil goes out of fashion
Toronto Star
They are also spending money: Last year, global investment in clean technology topped $243 billion, according to the World Economic Forum — an increase of more than 30 per cent over the previous year. Make no mistake: China and other markets will, ...
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iPad Generates 1% Of Global Internet Traffic
InformationWeek
Zero in on the top mobile technologies and techniques to ensure your organization thrives in the wireless world. Learn about strategies and products that offer remote user applications support, Wi-Fi management, security features, and device management ...
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Top 5 Fidelity Mutual Funds
Zacks.com
The company bases its investment decisions on rigorous research and believes its greatest strength is an unrivalled global team of investment professionals. Fidelity International Small Cap (FISMX) seeks capital growth. The fund invests heavily in ...
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Most Americans Want Scientists, Not Politicians, to Lead Climate Debate
Reuters
That's one of the latest conclusions drawn from an ongoing and wide-ranging study that has tracked how each of the "Six Americas" interprets the threats of global warming since the last presidential election. Researchers at Yale and George Mason ...
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Global Tech Leaders Promote Open Internet
InformationWeek
The document was developed at a meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a global organization to promote policies aimed at improving the economic and social well-being of people around the world, according to its ...
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Fish & Richardson Receives Top 2011 "Band 1" Rankings From Chambers USA in...
Marketwire (press release)
Fish's global Intellectual Property practice provides strategic counseling, litigation, and patent prosecution for clients ranging from some of the world's largest corporations to individual inventors and innovators. Fish is also one of the top firms ...
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Out Now Global marketing: Same-sex marriage? More than 10 million want to say ...
MiamiHerald.com (blog)
More than 10 million want to say 'I do' - Value of a US-wide gay marriage market likely to top a billion dollars in first year alone. NEW YORK, NY, USA (OUTNOW) -- JULY 5, 2011 -- In the wake of New York becoming the largest and latest US state to ...
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Viximo Signs Top German Social Sites Lokalisten and Spielwiese to GlobalNetwork
Business Wire (press release)
Lokalisten, with more than 3.6 million members, is Germany's third largest social networking site and adds valuable reach to Viximo's global presence. New gaming community Spielwiese, launched in May of 2011, bundles online games of international ...
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Saudis not serious about cutting oil price: Clyde Russell
Economic Times
SINGAPORE: If you were waiting for an answer as to whether the Saudi Arabians wants to see lowerglobal crude oil prices, now you have it. They don't. That's the only reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from the release of Saudi Aramco's official ...
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Aon's International Space Brokers Announces Opening of Hong Kong Operation
WebWire (press release)
Aon's industry-leading global resources and technical expertise are delivered locally in over 120 countries. Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008, 2009 and 2010 Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Signature Bank Shares Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
Current PhotoMedex shareholders will own 25% of the combined company, while Radiancy'scurrent shareholders will hold 75%. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey cut its stock-investment rating on Papa John's International Inc. (PZZA, $32.20, -$1.59, ...
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Mashable, 92nd Street Y and UN Foundation Present 2ND ANNUAL SOCIAL GOOD SUMMIT
Sacramento Bee
While the world's political leaders meet at the United Nations, a new set of global players will come together to build, challenge and enhance the dialogue about what's working, what's not, and what social media can do to bridge the gap between ...
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Angelina and Brad mix family fun and filming on Malta
hellomagazine.com
Malta, the beautiful filming location of 'World War Z', Brad Pitt's latest movie, has tempted the couple to change base for a while, and the whole Jolie-Pitt family is now installed on the lovely Mediterranean island. It's not the first time Brad has ...
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Mountain boy's journey leads to summit of tennis world
New Zealand Herald
At 19, already in the world top 40, he was constantly asked about the possible switch and was so fed up at the pressure being applied from all sides that he even blurted out at one conference: "I just don't want to talk or think about it any more. ...
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Global Atomic Fuels Closes $25.5 Million Private Placement
Marketwire (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 5, 2011) - Global Atomic Fuels Corporation ("GlobalAtomic" or "the Company") a private Ontario corporation, is pleased to report the latest developments relating to its uranium projects in Niger, West Africa. ...
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Top Stocks Tapping 52-Week Stock Price Highs as Markets Remain Flat
Wall St. Cheat Sheet
American Express Company is a global payment and travel company. The Company's principal products and services are charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services offered to consumers and businesses around the world. ...
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EU Rapeseed Imports to Rise 23% on Lower Output, Oil World Says
Bloomberg
By Tony C. Dreibus - Tue Jul 05 13:30:00 GMT 2011 Rapeseed imports into the European Union will rise 23 percent, making the bloc the world's top buyer of the oilseed, as Polish, German and Romanian production drops, Oil World said. ...
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Dalai Lama in US for teachings, to meet lawmakers
AFP
At a congressional hearing last month, lawmakers from both major US parties urged Obama to show strong support for the Dalai Lama and to meet him on his current visit. The Dalai Lama denies China's charges that he is a separatist and says he is seeking...
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Floods cut southern China highways | MyPress.SE - Universal News ...
By Reuters Video: Top News
On July 5, 2011, in World News, by Reuters Video: Top News. Tweet. July 5 – At least six have died and dozens are missing as flooding and landslides sweep away roads in China's Sichuan Province. Lindsey Parietti reports. ...
MyPress.SE - Universal News Agency...
Venezuela's military a key player amid uncertainty - World news
Top brass appeared alongside Chavez, a former paratrooper, as he saluted and addressed the parade by television from his presidential palace across town. The image brought to mind other critical moments of Chavez's career, such as a ...
Mail.com: Breaking News
Britain shocked by hacking into slain girl's phone
The case has refocused the spotlight on the already tainted News of The World, part of Rupert Murdoch's global media empire at News Corp. It also comes as Murdoch is trying to engineer the politically sensitive, multibillion-pound ...
Mail.com: Breaking News
Freakonomics » Our Daily Bleg: Looking for the Best Online News
By Stephen J. Dubner
My bleg is for a list of reliable, unbiased, and intelligent news sources that present general information in a readable and user-friendly way. This seems like a very simple problem to solve, but my efforts over the years have been ...
Freakonomics
Samsung's quarterly profit seen down on LCDs (Reuters) | Stock ...
By Editor - Business News
Written on July 5, 2011 by Editor - Business News. SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics, theworld's top maker of memory chips and televisions, is likely to report sharply lower second-quarter earnings this week, hit by a loss at its LCD ... Robust sales of a new version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone, however, may have saved the South Korean firm from a third consecutive drop in quarterly earnings. Samsung could also emerge as the world's top smartphone vendor, ...
Rocket News
NewsDaily: Murdoch advertisers get nervous over hacking claims
Car maker Ford has suspended advertising in Britain's News of the World due to allegations of hacking by the newspaper, while lender Halifax joined a growing band of companies reviewing their policies.
NewsDaily: Top Headlines
Europe: Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPE
By Lord Stirling
Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE. Please forward this site to several friends and post it on as many other sites as possible, thanks. Stirling. 1356 daily postings to this news blog as of today. Lord Stirling is available for newspaper .... reduce the 800+ foreign based US military bases to 100 attops, end all the current unnecessary wars, and issue a debit card to every US citizen over 18 years of age with $40000 or so credit with the requirement that the money can only ...
Europe
Rupert Murdoch's Hacks | Emptywheel
By emptywheel
Good thing this didn't happen on a news day when markets were open. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Guardian reported the most heinous detail yet in its years-long investigation into how News of theWorld has hacked people's cell phones as a news -gathering tool: they hacked the cell phone voice.... Top Murdoch executive, once ranked as a contender for CEO or COO of the global Murdoch media conglomerate, Rebekah Brooks, had this to say about the revelation Marcy reported on: ...
Emptywheel
2011 State of the Future Anticipates More Wealth, Crime ...
A report being released by a globalized think tank sums that although the world of tomorrow will be richer, healthier and better educated, it will also be a more violent and corrupt unless action is taken to curb terror-related crime. Related ... Despite the good news, the report shows levels of organized crime and corruption among the 15 largest countries are going up. The 2011 State of the Future states that illicit trade such as the drug trade, human trafficking, ...
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A-B InBev Goes Virtual in New Campaign for Beck's | News ...
The push is in an attempt to bring new attention to the brew, which has traditionally gotten less support than the brewer's other two global brands, Budweiser and Stella Artois. ... $59.7 million in grocery sales in the year ending May 15, making it the 12th best-selling import, according to SymphonyIRI, which excludes Walmart and liquor stores. Does the brewer plan to spend more on Beck's? Ad Age asked that and other questions in a recent interview with Mr. Overstraeten: ...
Advertising Age - Latest News
Appliances Online and Shoes of Prey Finalists in World Retail ...
By Power Retail
Two Australian pureplay businesses, Appliances Online and Shoes of Prey, have made the finals of the prestigious 2011 Oracle World Retail Awards, in the Best Etailer of the Year – Pureplay category. White goods retailer Appliances Online and womens ... We offer a new and unique service that our customers love. The second reason is our levels of customer service. We pride ourselves on providing unique, bespoke customers service to go with your unique, bespoke custom shoes. ...
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Lagarde takes helm of IMF amid major challenges | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
Christine Lagarde can count on at least one thing Wednesday during her first news conference as chief of the International Monetary Fund: few softball questions.
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Adapting to the new world of investing « Helping Advisors Blog
By Sophie Gilbert
Adapting to the new world of investing. July 5, 2011 Sophie Gilbert Leave a comment Go to comments. Investor new world. Given the recent crush of upsetting news – natural disasters, high unemployment, governments on the brink of bankruptcy and fear of inflation – it's easy to see ... 3 During that same period, U.S. equity markets have shrunk to account for only half as much of theglobal market capitalization as they used to 4 – and the decline is expected to continue. ...
Helping Advisors Blog
World Maritime News - UK: IMCAs New Guidance on Selection of ...
By dt_com
“These include available global navigation satellite system (GNSS), vessel class requirements, vessel activities, performance expectations, regional variations in atmospheric conditions, and contractual obligations.” Looking back over the history behind current uses she adds: “GNSS technology has been used as a surface positioning system for approximately 20 years. Typical applications have included positioning of top-side assets, fixed installations and subsea structures ...
World Maritime News
Netflix goes to Latin America and Caribbean | Broadband TV News
By Robert Briel
Upon launch, Netflix members from Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean will be able to instantly watch a wide array of American, local and global TV shows and movies right on their TVs via a range of consumer ... rapid change and often a confusing subsequent constant supply of news, it is often refreshing to read an insightful perspective. Broadband TV News and its editorial team regularly provide a context and helpful analysis to breaking news.” ...
Broadband TV News
World champions to headline Yonex-OCBC US Open - Badminton World ...
News. General News. World champions to headline Yonex-OCBC US Open ... is the top seed in the US$120000 Grand Prix Gold tournament while current world ...
www.bwfbadminton.org/news_item.aspx?id=50841
Euro, stocks slide as - Business Newswires : euronews : the latest ...
Business Newswires | euronews : International and European news all available as video ... Euro and global stocks slide on Greek vote worries. Breaking News ...
www.euronews.net/.../985339-euro-and-global-stocks-slide-on...

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