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Analyst: Gap Between World's Major Crudes Could Hit $40/Bbl
Wall Street Journal
The Nymex contract's discount has led many traders to conclude that Brent is more reflective ofglobal oil supply and demand. But the recent North Sea production problems, as well as surging investor interest in Brent, is causing the European contract ...
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Lower grain prices to weigh on FAO world food index
Reuters
International dairy prices, as measured by New Zealand farming cooperative Fonterra's GlobalDairy Trade-Trade Weighted Index, have also begun to decline. They showed a 6.7 percent fall in thelatest of the group's twice-monthly internet auctions, ...
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Lagarde says debt among IMF top concerns
UPI.com
"Lagarde will have to show that she has fully taken off her French finance minister hat and put on aglobal financial institution hat," said Kevin Gallagher, a professor of international relations at Boston University. "She will have to strike a ...
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Samsung Q2 falls as weak LCDs overshadow mobiles
Reuters
Samsung, one of the first major global technology firms to kick off quarterly earnings, is expected to have become the world's top smartphone vendor in the second quarter, ending Nokia's more than 10-year reign. "(The forecast) is slightly better than ...
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WORLD FOREX: Euro Falls On Euro-Zone, Global Growth Worries
Wall Street Journal
New International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde also noted that the crisis continues to consume investor interest, saying at her first press conference Wednesday that handling the debt fallout is her top priority. ...
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What will replace the dollar as global currency?
MarketWatch
She said addressing the European debt crisis will be a top priority. Video courtesy of Fox News. There were two further pieces of evidence in the last few days. Data released by the InternationalMonetary Fund showed the percentage of dollars held by ...
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Top five Mutual Funds of the week
Siliconindia.com
The fund size as on 30 June 2011 is 152.36. The latest Net asset value as on 6 July 2011 is 11.86. Some of the top holdings are International Fund, CBLO, Net Receivables/ (Payable). SundaramGlobal Advantage Fund - Growth an open ended Fund of Fund ...
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn IMF Successor Faults Media Appetite, Talks GlobalEconomy
ABC News (blog)
Back on current IMF business, Lagarde said that while the world's economy is improving, theglobal economy remains fragile and uneven. "When we look at our growth forecasts for 2011, 2012, we are clearly on the rebound and things are improving and are ...
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New world social sciences and business rankings
Macleans.ca
By Josh Dehaas | July 6th, 2011 | 9:29 am The QS Top 200 World University Rankings for Social Science faculties have been released. QS is a global firm that has ranked schools for two decades. Their rankings are based on an academic reviews, ...
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China Is On Its Way To Becoming The World's Top Unmanned Drone Supplier
Business Insider
More than 50 countries have embarked on programs to launch their own drone fleets and a 2011 market study by the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va. shows global drone spending will be $94 billion over the next 10 years.
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IDHEAP Offers Platform to top Researchers and Practitioners in Administrative ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Top international researchers along with senior civil servants and magistrates from every continent will gather together in IDHEAP's brand-new headquarters (inaugurated barely one year ago) to exchange views on global regulatory challenges. ...
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PM calls for probe into tabloid hacking
Herald Sun
It also posed the greatest threat yet to Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, as a growing number of companies pulled their ads from the tabloid in disgust and calls mounted for Rebekah Brooks, Murdoch's top executive in Britain, to step down. ...
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Worldwide study identifies top global challenges in mental health
EurekAlert (press release)
The study – the world's largest of its kind – brought together more than 400 internationalresearchers, advocates, clinicians and other experts to identify the major obstacles to improving the lives of people with mental illness around the world. ...
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Asia, Pacific leading world tourism rebound
New Zealand Herald
The World Tourism Organisation report said global international tourism receipts were estimated to have increased 4.7 per cent in real terms. "The most significant change among the top 10 byinternational arrivals in 2010 was the rise of China to third ...
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Think It's Getting Hotter? Think Again
Investor's Business Daily
What we want readers to remember is this: Our world's temperature, if such a thing can indeed be accurately measured, has remained steady over a period in which man's emissions of carbon dioxide, considered by activists to be the top global warming gas ...
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Financial lobbies warn on inconsistent derivatives rules
Reuters
"Extra-territorial application of one nation's laws to another nation's markets and firms is a fundamental concern in a global market like derivatives, where it is common for counterparties based in different parts of the world to transact with each ...
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UPDATE 3-EU cartel charges for world's top cable makers
Reuters
The Commission, which acts as regulator in the 27-member European Union, can fine companies up to 10 percent of their global turnover for breaking EU rules. It has imposed 10.39 billion euros ($15 billion) in penalties in the past five years. ...
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Commodities markets summary
Sydney Morning Herald
The losses were relatively mild as supply disruptions at some of the world's top copper mines carried on, underscoring a major market theme that helped drive prices to records earlier this year: mine supply growth will fail to meet stronger global ...
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Global recession? Taiwan booming in the Chinese dragon's shadow
World Tribune
Today Taiwan ranks in the top ten globally, between Switzerland and Canada, in the IMD WorldCompetitiveness rankings. The New Hampshire-sized island with 23 million people is separated from the Mainland by just 80 miles of water, but by a huge gulf in ...
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KEPCO aims to be world top-five energy firm
Korea Times
``In the lucrative energy and engineering domain, we strive to become one of the topfive global firms by 2020 on the back of strong performances in offshore markets,'' KEPCO spokesman Park Yong-sung said. ``To that end, we will expand our business...
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World elites follow money trail to Asia
Times of India
Simon Thompson, east Asian head of football for marketing agency World Sport Group, said that Asian and Middle Eastern broadcasters spent nearly one billion pounds ($1.6 billion) on the latestEPL TV rights contracts, roughly a third of the total ...
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Qatar's global expansion goes beyond 2022 World Cup bid
Al-Bawaba
In the past month, the oil and gas rich nation has gone on a buying spree in Europe that appears aimed at building on its World Cup success and bolstering its reputation as a global sports player. An investment fund controlled by the country's Crown ...
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'Torchwood' is back, and it's going global
USA Today
One day, the world's population stops dying, forcing the two surviving Torchwood team members — charismatic Captain Jack and cynical Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) — to team with two CIA agents and deal with the ramifications as well as a mysterious enemy. ...
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Bonds rise on Portugal, global growth worries
Reuters
China's third interest rate increase this year on Wednesday also fanned fears that monetary policy tightening by the world's second-biggest economy could further curb global growth, which is already showing signs of slowing. ...
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Top weekend horse races at every turn
UPI.com
Saturday's Festival showpiece is the Darley July Cup, a stop in the Global Sprint Challenge and often a springboard for European sprint champions. A big field is expected, with internationalrepresentation. Delegator, from the Godolphin Racing ...
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Global Cyber Security Push is Underway
DailyTech
Top US officials are calling for greater collaboration between nation states in the defense and fight against cyber warfare. US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is warning that nations are having a hard time coping with cyber attacks. ...
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S.Korea-Market Factors to watch July 7
Reuters
*Portugal's credit downgrade pressured the euro and global stocks on Wednesday and China's rate hike weighted on commodities, but Wall Street paid little heed and pushed shares higher. IN THE NEWS REUTERS TOP STORIES >Olympics-Korean relief as ...
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Ken Block's live Gymkhana World Tour
ESPN
"It'll also be the debut of my new top-secret car, so that's a cool bonus for everyone that makes it out." The next stop of the global tour is scheduled for July 23 at a parking lot at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. At the LA stop, Nate Adams will be ...
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Marketing Japan: Latest Disaster News About Fukushima Accident ...
By mikeintokyorogers
Latest Disaster News About Fukushima Accident - Media Coverup? The foaming at the mouth panic and fear mongering about Fukushima is dying down. The peanut gallery is taking their toys and heading home. The reason why you don't hear much about Fukushima is not ... who always claim the end of the world is upon us. They make these wild claims and yet fail to back them up with names or links (remember 2500 of the word7s top scientist agree about man-made GlobalWarming?). ...
Marketing Japan
World folk art comes to Santa Fe | Santa Fe, N.M. | KRQE News 13
"Many people who are global travelers, they come to the market, they've been to the countries and they haven't seen anything like that," market executive director Charlene Cerny said. "So it's like taking a tour of the world in one day ...
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Students Use GIS, GPS and Satellite Remote Sensing to Study ...
Carbon footprint" has worked its way into the lexicon of a warming world, but carbon isn't the only gas that can tell us about the health of our changing planet. Nitrogen is another worth tracking, especially when it comes to monitoring ... The Thacher contest, an annual activity of the Institute for GlobalEnvironmental Strategies (IGES), awards cash prizes to grades 9-12 students whose projects show the best use of satellites and other geospatial technologies or data to ...
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Spreading Phone Hacking Scandal Touches UK Nerves | NBC 4i
In his first comment since the latest details emerged, Murdoch said in a statement Wednesday that Brooks would continue to lead his British newspaper operation despite calls for her resignation. The scandal, which has already touched the office of Prime Minister David Cameron, widened as the Metropolitan Police confirmed they were investigating evidence from News International that the tabloid made illegal payments to police officers in its quest for information. ...
NBC4i.com - News - Top Stories
32% annual growth rate for OTT subscriptions | Broadband TV News
By Robert Briel
Hunt added “Potential acquisition of Hulu is exciting news for these companies. Mergers with and sales of successful OTT services are going to become more common as Internet giants and large retailers seek to establish a global pay-OTT ... We're already seeing some of this with Amazon's Lovefilm acquisition and the recent move by UK's Tesco to acquire Blinkbox.” IMS Research projects that retailers will grow their share of the OTT market, accounting for 13% of world OTT ...
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NewsDaily: Lagarde vows more clout for emerging markets at IMF
At a news conference on her second day as International Monetary Fund managing director, Lagarde acknowledged an array of immediate issues confronting the Fund, including Europe's debt crisis, but she also said she was focused on the need ... Institutions like the IMF must better reflect the shifting balance of power in the global economy, she said, adding the idea of creating a top-ranking post at the IMF to give a higher profile to emerging markets was "not a bad idea. ...
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GLOBAL: Professors: Cash cows or intellectual leaders? - BFW News
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GLOBAL: Professors: Cash cows or intellectual leaders? Posted on July 06, 2011 ... Source: University World News, July 3, 2011 ... BFW News publishes new content on Monday and Thursday of each week. ...
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Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Named a Top 20 Venue in the World ...
By Elliot
Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell was ranked #20 in the world in its size category in Venues Today Magazine Lowell, MA - For the first time in its history, ... “We are honored that Venues Today has chosen to include the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell in its Top 20. This validates the commitment UMass Lowell has made by investing in improvements to the building and partnering with GlobalSpectrum to deliver high-quality entertainment and sports to audiences from around the ...
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Spreading phone hacking scandal touches UK nerves | Home » Other ...
The focal point is the News of the World — now facing a spreading advertising boycott — and the topexecutives of its parent companies: Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, and her boss, media potentate Rupert Murdoch. In his first comment since the latest details emerged, Murdoch said in a statement Wednesday that Brooks would continue to lead his British newspaper operation despite calls for her resignation. The scandal, which has already touched the ...
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UK Phone Hacking Targets More Slain Schoolgirls
By The Huffington Post News Editors
News International, the British linchpin of Rupert Murdoch's global News Corp. media empire, was under intense pressure due to its News of the World tabloid, which has admitted hacking into the phones of celebrities but now stands accused of possibly interfering with police ... Prime Minister David Cameron called for inquiries into the News of the World's behavior as well as into the failure of the original police inquiry to uncover the latest allegations now emerging. ...
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World Heart Federation: Message from NCD Action Network
Given the vital connection between global chronic disease (NCDs), loss of productivity in the workforce strain on health care system & overall stress on the US and global economy, we can and we should lever this opportunity to spotlight NCDs, ... Healthy Caribbean Coalition Top Ten Tweets for President Obama's Townhall: (Scheduled for July 6th) Link: askobama.twitter.com 10) #AskObama Will you attend the United Nations High Level Meeting on Chronic Diseases in September? ...
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Lagarde says debt among IMF top concerns | Medill | Washington
By Moran Zhang
Under pressure on many fronts, Christine Lagarde used her first news conference managing director of the International Monetary Fund to lay out her concerns and to suggest ways to shore up financial markets around the world. ... The new IMF chief stressed that global recovery depends on action oncurrent crises. Lagarde urged the Greek political parties to make courageous decisions to fix its financial crisis following the cases demonstrated by political parties in ...
Medill | Washington
Bristol-Myers Squibb and Innate Pharma Announce Breakthrough Global
World Pharma News - one of the world's leading web-based pharmaceutical news publications - is committed to providing and disseminating the most prominent pharmaceutical news and achievements. ... "Bristol Myers Squibb is a global leader in the field of immuno-oncology and therefore the best possible partner to fully realize the potential of IPH2102 and we look forward to this collaboration." About IPH2102 IPH2102 is a fully human monoclonal antibody blocking interaction ...
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The 5 million Indian Diaspora are always looking to connect back to their roots in India and to know the latest news and events as they happen from countries far and wide. This is the reason Diamond Magazines chose Magzter to publish the No . ... “The top publishers in the Indian market readily understood the value and potential of Magzter to bring them more revenues and reach globally and signed up but this is only the beginning, we are in advanced discussions with many ...
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IMF Head: Global Economy 'On The Rebound' But - One News Page World
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IMF's Lagarde says global economy on the rebound | Top News | Reuters
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