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LATEST World News, Jul 15, 2011


REFILE-IASB 'on way' to being global accounting standard
Reuters
By next year two thirds of the world's top 20 economies (G20) will be allowing or requiring local listed companies to use the IFRS accounting rules. Mexico, Brazil, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and China have adopted or were adopting the ...
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Global markets roiled by debt crisis
Sydney Morning Herald
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama was in a stand-off with Republicans on how to avert a debt default which Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said it would be a "major crisis" for theworld's biggest economy. The two sides plan further talks but ...
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US debt talks no breakthrough despite mounting pressure
Xinhua
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday also urged the United States to raise the debt ceiling and improve its fiscal sustainability over the long run, the latest such warning from the globallender. "In the United States, current debt ...
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US women show heart is top American trait, but technical edge is going global
New York Daily News (blog)
Two of the top teams in the world, Germany and Brazil, failed to advance past the quarterfinals. Teams from around the globe are developing highly skilled players, especially at the most important position on the pitch, central midfield. ...
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The Nightly Turbo: WSOP Live Stream, FS + G Global Poker Index, and More
PokerNews.com
Federated Sports + Gaming announced the launch of its Global Poker Index on Thursday. The Global Poker Index, or GPI, is "a patent pending system that ranks and tracks the weekly performance of the world's top 300 live tournament poker players. ...
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Lenovo ranks third in world PC market
China Daily
The mainland-based PC maker's 22.9 percent shipment growth in the second quarter was the biggest gain among its global competitors. Hewlett-Packard Co remained theworld's top PC seller, accounting for 18.1 percent of the global market, IDC said. ...
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China Daily
McDowell's No.1 is World's No. 10 among biggest global spirits brands by volume
Economic Times
The 2.8 billion global spirits market grew at its fastest pace in a decade at 9.75% during the same period. Nearly half of the top 100 liquor brands in 2010 were from Asia. "Rising prosperity and more disposable income are the main reasons for the ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Gold at record; stocks, oil fall after Bernanke
Reuters
The Fed chairman also renewed his warning that a United States debt default would be devastating for the US and global economies. The Fed ended its most recent asset-purchase program in June. Traders said another round of easing would flood the ...
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Pampers and Direct Relief International Join Together to Aid Families Affected ...
MarketWatch (press release)
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Ashoka Changemakers Launches Global Innovation Competition
MarketWatch (press release)
Ashoka Changemakers, with the support of Google, launched Citizen Media: A Global Innovation Competition to discover ground-breaking solutions that boost media access and participation around the world. These two global leaders in innovation and social ...
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Washington Urged to Recognise Brazil as Global Power
Inter Press Service
He also stressed that the report's publication marks "latest rumbling in a tectonic shift with regard to how the United States views the role of emerging powers." The new report marks the latest by CFR and other major think tanks, including the ...
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Appia Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"Being chosen as a Global 250 winner is a huge accomplishment for Appia and is a credit to all the hard work and dedication of our employees who are committed to making Appia a dominant globalplayer in powering app stores for the world's top carriers, ...
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Towers Watson's Implemented Investment Services Top $50 Billion Mark
MarketWatch (press release)
Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW) is a leading global professional services company that helps organizations improve performance through effective people, risk and financial management. The company offers solutions in the areas of employee benefits, ...
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Chinese News Agency Selects the Empire State Building For Its US Headquarters
dBusinessNews New York (press release)
Founded in June 1948 and with a current circulation of 3 million, People's Daily is among the most influential and authoritative newspapers in China. According to UNESCO, it takes its place among the world's top 10. Published under the People's Daily ...
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A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the ...
Washington Post
SINGAPORE — Singapore's economy stalled in the second quarter as manufacturing slumped amid weaker global demand for the city-state's exports. SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged one month after ...
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Apple iPhone Is the Top Video Viewer, Says Vuclip Report
StreamingMedia.com
This comes from the July 2011 Global Video Insights Report put out by Vuclip, an independent mobile video service. The report notes that the iPhone hasn't been as popular in the rest of the worldas it is in the United States, but it's quickly been ...
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Grant Thornton LLP Becomes Preferred Solution Implementer of CCH's Global ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Global Integrator was recently honored by Accounting Today magazine as the best internationaltax product in its "2011 Top New Products" report. Global Integrator's multi-jurisdictional functionality and efficiency in helping companies that do business ...
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Man Utd Leave Chelsea Trailing in List of Most Valuable Global Sports Teams
World Football Insider
Manchester United's sponsorship deals, global merchandising revenues and trophy wins in recent years continue to keep the American-owned club at the top of the pile. The club's four-year shirt sponsorship with Aon is worth £80 million ($129 million) ...
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World Football Insider
Global Search Leader Named Witt/Kieffer CEO
PR Newswire (press release)
Witt/Kieffer is the nation's eighth largest executive search firm and the only national firm in the top 10 that specializes in healthcare, higher education and not-for-profit organizations. "Chuck Wardell brings a lifetime of leadership, ...
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Polyus Gold In Major Gold Deal Talks; London Listing On Track
Wall Street Journal
Polyus Gold is the world's third-largest gold company by reserves and the 10th-biggest gold producer. It wants to join forces with a global gold producer to make use of its technical expertise and financial power to develop Russia's massive gold ...
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2011 IMA Awards Event to Feature Spectacular Venue, World-Class Speakers and...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Internet Marketing Association's annual Internet Marketing Awards event will spotlight topindustry work, along with world-class speakers who will address cutting edge trends and contemporary topics about the dynamic and global Internet environment ...
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Irish team takes top prize in Microsoft Cup
Irish Times
“It shows how Ireland as a small country can compete against the best and brightest from around the world. We have great students who can build software, start companies and change the world.” Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton ...
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Irish Times
Top General: US Needs Fresh Look at Deterrence, Nuclear Triad
Global Security Newswire
The general is a longtime advocate of developing conventional "prompt global strike" weapons that could give the United States a capacity to respond to surprise threats without using strategic-range nuclear arms. Missile defenses might someday become...
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Global Security Newswire
Stakes in US deficit duel are historic, global
STLtoday.com
2, when the government will begin defaulting on its debt obligations, which could spawn chaos in financial markets around the world and kick the US economy back into deep recession. "The threat of having economic repercussions from not getting anything ...
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US and China Try to Agree on Military Strategy
New York Times
By MICHAEL WINES BEIJING — During three days in China this week, the topAmerican military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, exchanged warm pledges with his Chinese counterpart to improve the reliably fractious relationship between the two forces. ...
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New York Times
Owners of Epic Poker League plan weekly rankings of top tournament card players
Washington Post
The current list is topped by Jason Mercier, a 24-year-old high-stakes tournament player who won his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet in a pot-limit Omaha event last month. Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier is ranked second while Eugene Katchalov ...
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Murder in Mumbai: The prospects of a global financial hub
Al-Arabiya
(AP Photo) By EMAN EL-SHENAWI In the latest attacks on a city home to India's main stock exchange, fears that the Mumbai blasts may temporarily hurt investor confidence will not disrupt Mumbai's economic potential as a thriving global financial center, ...
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Al-Arabiya
John Hendricks' Curiosity Gears Up for Global Launch
World Screen
We've been huddling with major universities across the country, ranging from Princeton, the University of Maryland, Cornell, getting some of the top experts to first identify the huge questions and then come up with the best answers that we can provide ...
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1H 2011 Supply Chain Review and Comment
Supply Chain Digest
The second top story was the rapid rise in global commodity prices, echoing the story was saw in the first half of 2008 - and which was followed by the economic crash then. Prices for West Texas Intermediate started the year at about $88.00 per barrel, ...
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BBC.com reaches new heights | BBC Worldwide Blog
By Luke Bradley-Jones
With the Huffinginton Post launching its UK site last week and the Mail Online and Guardian making a push overseas, it's certainly an exciting time to be a global online news provider. ... Today, BBC.com has the largest international reach of any UK news website with comScore reporting 50m users outside of the UK. And, it's not just English speaking markets that love BBC.com: just last week the latest EMS survey that measures the media use of Europe's most affluent ...
BBC Worldwide Blog
Top Chinese general takes aim at U.S. military policy | MAARS News
By Valkyries
MAARS News Global - The Hot Breaking News, Sport, Financial, Entertainment, Politics and everything on the headlines. Top Global Headlines! ... Beijing, China (CNN) — One day after the topAmerican military officer declared that China “has arrived as a world power,” his Chinese counterpart Monday played down the capabilities of the 3 million strong People's Liberation Army while criticizing the role of U.S. armed forces in the Asia Pacific region. photo:articles.cnn.com ...
MAARS News
International Entertainment News: AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! Tour Rules ...
By EntertainmentNews
International Entertainment NewsInternational Entertainment News as the business HAPPENS.International Entertainment News ... CKX, Inc. is engaged in the ownership, development and commercial utilization of globally recognized entertainment content. The Company's currentproperties include the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali and the operations of Graceland. Through its wholly-owned division 19 Entertainment Ltd., ...
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Poker in the Park V details released | Poker news
By Jamie Hinks
poker-news Europe's largest poker festival will be returning to the centre of the iGaming universe for the fifth year in a row. Poker in the Park V is taking place in London from 2nd-3rd September but Leicester Square will not have poker awaiting you upon your arrival. ... Also in the world of poker, Federated Sports and Gaming has launched the Global Poker Index (GPI). The system will track the performance of the world's top 300 tournament players on a weekly basis. ...
Online Gambling News
TREND-News.com / IWSR reports that Asian spirits are top
International / Global / Beverage. IWSR reports that Asian spirits are top. By Doug Newhouse, 14 July 2011. The IWSR Magazine reports that Asian spirits accounted for the largest proportion of brands found in The IWSR's Real 100 ...
TREND-News.com
Shanghai ranked sixth on financial center list | China business news
By CBN
“The capital market, particularly the stock market in Shanghai, will become the largest in the worldsoon,” said Jiao Ran, director of the economic information editorial department of Xinhua NewsAgency. “The ranking mirrors the status quo of ... “Owing to Japan's current economic status, its internationalization, and the recent earthquake and nuclear emergency, Tokyo is much less prominent in the global financial market,” said Lu. Lu said Shanghai's rise is in line with ...
China business news
Stars Countdown To Global Peace In 2012
The concert will mark the start of a 365-day countdown to a global truce that the organization hopes to inspire in 2012. For Peace Day 2012, Peace One Day is calling for and working towards a day of ceasefire and non-violence – a Global Truce ... This day is as much about non-violence in our schools, our homes, workplace and local communities as it is about ceasefire on the internationalstage. Everyone has a role to play. The O2 Arena show launches a 365-day countdown. ...
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IMF urges US to raise debt limit, enhance fiscal ... - Tantao News
By Tantao News
Posted on 14 July 2011 by Tantao News. WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) — The InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) Thursday urged the United States to raise the debt ceiling and improve its fiscal sustainability over the long run, the latest such warning from the global lender. “In the United States,current debt dynamics with unchanged policies are unsustainable. The imperative at the currentconjuncture is to raise the debt ceiling,” the IMF noted in a staff note prepared for ...
Tantao News
Top Reasons Why To Follow Employment News By The Students And Freshers
By sanjayseoexpert
The news about jobs and vacancies in private and government sectors are clearly advertised in the thousands of websites in the World Wide Web. People look up for the vacancies according to their educational qualification and the other eligibility criteria. ... Besides the famous pages which are taking up a major share of the responsibility of letting people know about recent vacancies, many smaller and less known websites also announce the vacancies. ...
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NewsDaily: BHP Billiton swoops on gas firm Petrohawk for $12.1 billion
NewsDaily: Your best source for breaking news ... "This transaction would build on our recentacquisition of the Fayetteville shale in Arkansas and provides the potential to more than double our existing resource base," BHP's petroleum chief, J. Michael Yeager, said in a statement. ... BHP is targeting shale gas as it emerges a major global source of cleaner-burning fuel in a world which is increasingly looking for alternatives to polluting coal-fired energy. ...
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World Creole Music Festival 2011 offically ... - Dominica News Online
By admin
Caribbean News Links · International News Links. Welcome to Dominica News Online ... Let us come out and support the festival, helping to sustain it for another 15 years and ensuring our artistes find a place to expose their craft to the world, while at the same time providing us with the opportunity to witness top-class acts from all around the world.” This year's WCMF line up is as follows: Night 1-Friday 28th October: Cool Bass, Ali Campbell and UB40, Jeff Joseph and ...
Dominica News Online
Europe News - Forests can store more carbon emissions than ...
By XinhuaNET.COM
15 July 2011 | Filed under: Europe News,World News | Posted by: XinhuaNET.COM. A latest study showed that the role of forests as carbon dioxide (CO2) stores was much bigger than previously thought. The findings were published in the latest issue of the journal ... The important role of forests as a global “vacuum cleaner” of climate-damaging greenhouse gas CO2 has long been clear but the new data have proved their higher importance as terrestrial CO2-sink, the IIASA said. ...
Thailand News Online
E-Interview with Dr. James Coyle | Nevada News and Views
By David Mansdoerfer
Today we will be talking with Dr. James Coyle the Director of Global Education at Chapman University about U.S. energy policy. DM – According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the average cost to produce a barrel of oil is ... Is there enough oil in the world for both the United States and China? Dr. Coyle – At current levels of US consumption, and the rising levels of Chinese consumption, many pundits are arguing that we will reach “peak oil” by 2015, ...
Nevada News and Views
- Bishop Hill blog - News of the World and UEA
By Bishop Hill
This morning the Managing Director of the Outside Organisation was Former News of the Worldexecutive editor Neil Wallis (he's not MD any longer), Neil Wallis was deputy to Andy Coulson atNews of the World. ... “Most of my career has been spent working at the top end of tabloid newspapers, so I know how they work and how they think,” says Wallis. “This is not that different, actually. You have very creative people, you have fastmoving situations, you have to think on ...
Bishop Hill
Today's Business Headlines | WA Business News
The government has been accused of being unrealistic about global action on climate change, with critics declaring it is banking on the US and other key countries to take significant action despite evidence those countries will only make limited efforts. The Aus Minister promises to consult ... Page 1: Prime Minister Julia Gillard has left the way open for wide-ranging inquiry into ownership and regulation of Australian media in the wake of the News of the World scandal. ...
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United Press International - News. Analysis. Insight.™ - 100 Years of Journalistic · Home · Top News ... GLOBAL: The vital statistics of hunger ...
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The world wide news, which gives all the information about the global ... The news which gives the proper, latest and total information of the India is called as India news. .... Get Top News Headlines and India News on Amar Ujala ...
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US debt default would trigger global 'crisis': - One News Page VIDEO
Recent related news. France 24 5 hours ago - Asia-Pacific, Obama top foe clash as ... World,Global shockwaves if US defaults debt Bernanke (news article) ...
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YouTube - Today's news Headlines (04/07/2011)‏
Today's news Headlines delivers the Top Latest World news and Headlines from US, UK, Gulf, Pakistan, China, Europe and rest of the world.
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SPi Global among world's top outsourcing providers | The ...
The Global Outsourcing 100 and its sub-lists are essential references for companies seeking newand expanded relationships with the best companies in the ...
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The Global Search for the First, World Class Certified™ Hotel or ...
The top news headlines on current events from AndFed! News ... World Class Certification Services™ (WCCS) has announced the global search for the first, ...
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