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Dubai 9th in list of world's top 10 business destinations
Economic Times
CBRE's report, 'Business Footprints - Global Office Locations', mapped the global office footprint of 280 major international companies across 101 countries and 232 cities. Hong Kong, which is home to 68.2 per cent of the companies surveyed, ...
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UN chief says sustainable development will be top priority next 5 years
Washington Post
( Keystone, Dominic Favre / Associated Press ) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers a speech during the second day of third Global Review of aid for trade co-hosted by theWorld Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, ...
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England edging closer to top of world as big test dawns
The Independent
By Stephen Brenkley, Cricket Correspondent England today begin the most arduous part of their quest for global domination. It is not beyond them – indeed it is on the strong side of possible – but only the equation that lends clarity to their task is ...
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Global crisis begins to worry top officials
Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey should be ready for negative outcomes from the current problems faced in the US and European economies, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan warned Wednesday. Despite its fast recovery from the global economic crisis, Turkey should be ready for...
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Hurriyet Daily News
7 Top Mutual Funds with Solid Long Term Track Records
Business Insider
TBGVX -- Tweedy Brown is one of the best global value fund managers in the world, with a 6.16% ten year annual return, besting the MSCI EAFE index by 4.76% per year over that period of time, which represents significant alpha to their fund holders. ...
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OC underdogs place in top 15 in global Microsoft contest
OCRegister
BY FRANK SHYONG / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Team Syntax Errors from Santiago Canyon College placed in the top 15 of Microsoft's Imagine Cup, beating out 450 other entries from the world's top universities over the course of three rounds to reach the ...
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Hong Kong Is Top Office Location for Global Companies, CBRE Says
Bloomberg
By Kelvin Wong - Wed Jul 20 02:43:50 GMT 2011 Hong Kong is the top location for internationalbusinesses setting up overseas offices, according to a study by property broker CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (CBG), the world's biggest commercial real estate ...
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Global players eye rich pot at World Series of Poker
AFP
LAS VEGAS — Players from Belize, Britain, the Czech Republic, Germany and Ukraine outnumbered Americans making the cut Wednesday to vie for the $8.7 milliontop prize in this fall's World Series of Poker finale. Atop the heap is 35-year-old poker pro ...
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AFP
Global Markets US EU debt optimism buoy stocks euro
Moneycontrol.com
Gold retreated from a record high of USD 1609.51 hit on Tuesday but was still toward the top of recent trading levels. It has been boosted by both the US and European debt fears. A group of US lawmakers, dubbed the "Gang of Six," presented a new plan...
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Moneycontrol.com
inContact Named Gold Medal Winner for Best Technology Innovation by ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The inContact cloud platform will go on to compete in the category against other winners from around the world in the Global Top Ranking Performers Awards at the 2011 ContactCenterWorld.comWorld Conference, which will take place November 1-4, ...
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Global Vision
NASDAQ
Yet recent global events have been enough to rattle even steely-nerved investors. From political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, to the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe, the negative headlines confirm that the world is a scary place ...
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WTO's Lamy Criticizes Small Free-Trade Deals
Wall Street Journal
It was the second volley on the subject from the director of a top-ranking international institution in less than a week. On Monday, Robert Zoellick, president of the World Bank, said WTO members should "double down" on passing the Doha Round. Global ...
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Reading the World in a Loaf of Bread
Huffington Post
For one thing, that loaf can be “read” as if it were a core sample extracted from the heart of a grimglobal economy. Looked at another way, it reveals some of the crucial fault lines of world politics, including the origins of the Arab Spring that has ...
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How Wendi Deng fought her way to the top
New Zealand Herald
The Chinese-born Deng has climbed from obscurity in the communist state to the top of the capitalist global media, on the arm of one of the world's most powerful men. Born Deng Wen Di, she grew up in the eastern city of Xuzhou, but always dreamt of ...
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The 10 Top Sustainable Business Trends & Investment Opportunities for the Next ...
Huffington Post
Water is already worth more than petroleum in many parts of the world. As global climate change and poor agricultural practices combine with our growing population and increasing affluence, water will increasingly be in short supply. ...
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Intergraph® 2011 Japan Commences
PR Newswire (press release)
Intergraph continues to support our Japanese customers, and Intergraph 2011 Japan will give them a platform to learn about the latest business solutions to meet any challenges, and enhance theirglobal competitiveness." "Intergraph's industry-leading ...
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Top global firms open offices in Asia
Ninemsn
The world's biggest firms are increasingly setting up shop in Asia's booming economies, according to a survey, as Hong Kong tops a list of the world's most popular cities for global businesses. The financial hub topped the list released on Wednesday, ...
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Nearly 900 Ideas From 83 Countries Vie for eBay Social Innovation Funding in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The online competition was launched to find the world's most innovative market-based solutions that create economic opportunity and generate employment for disadvantaged populations. With nearly 900 entries from 83 countries, the competition has ...
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First global study of real-world circumcision rollout conducted over 3-year ...
EurekAlert (press release)
Global and national public health experts and advocates should work expeditiously to determine how to best make this lifesaving HIV prevention tool available for MSM, who bear the brunt of the epidemic in many parts of the world, "concluded Grant J.-M. ...
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Get Me Rewrite: What's Next for Murdoch's Media Empire?
Knowledge@Wharton
According to Useem, dropping the BSkyB bid and closing the News of the Worldare major concessions to crisis management. "I have to give them credit for biting two big bullets." In order to attempt to contain the crisis, the usually imperious Murdoch ...
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Foreign investors seek haven in Canada
CTV.ca
The debt crises gripping Europe and the United States have prompted the world's biggest investors to broaden their search for havens in global bonds – and Canada is rising to the top of their list. Amid festering uncertainty in Europe and the United ...
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Welcome to Nollywood: Nigeria's Film Industry Is More Prolific Than Hollywood ...
TIME
The world's not fair, so why should we pretend it is?" The quality of Nigerian movies has been getting better in recent years, there are more actors, and new movie theaters are being built. The industry is in dire need of investment, however; ...
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Yum! Brands Recognized by BLACK ENTERPRISE'S "40 Best Companies for Diversity ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Brands, Inc. "This recognition only motivates us to work even harder to create a Famous Recognition Culture Where Everyone Counts and become The Defining Global Company That Feeds the World." For the past several years, Yum! Brands has been recognized ...
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Sweltering! Temperatures could hit 100° mark today
The Detroit News
There's a chance some of it is global warming, and some of it is just randomness of the weather. "(There is) little that is ordinary about the weather." Climatologist Cliff Harris says the extreme weather conditions are the worst the world has ...
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Casa Grande going global with new business ventures
TriValley Central
“It's going to be one of our top 10 producing sites,” said Lennon, adding that 1000 to 2000 people show up for these auctions. “People come from all over the country and world for these auctions. It's not just a Friday night auction. ...
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UFC brings Ortiz on top in Philadelphia return
USA Today
"We believe this thing can be a global sport, meaning everybody's playing by the same rules over the world," White said. "There's still a lot of work to do to get things done." Even with UFC sanctioned in every state with an athletic commission except ...
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Afghanistan War 'Fragile' but Doable, General Says
New York Times
David H. Petraeus, the incoming chief of the Central Intelligence Agency who until this week was thetop American commander in Afghanistan, on Wednesday gave a cautiously optimistic assessment of the United States' longest-running military campaign but ...
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Will China Burst Its Own Bubble?
Forbes
It's already happening, and it's causing the massive global commodity bubble to deflate. Suddenly the world's biggest resource buyer is pulling back. Since February the price of copper, king of industrial commodities, is down 6%. ...
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Forbes
Mirae's Kwan Is Top Forecaster for Oil; Danske Leads Brent
Bloomberg
Oil capped eight straight months of gains through April as violence in Libya halted most of the nation's output, raising concern the gains would derail the global economic recovery. TheInternational Energy Agency said June 23 its members will offer 60 ...
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Franklin Electronic Publishers to Host Third Annual Franklin Global SpellEvent ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Mr. Lipsky added, "In just a few short days these students form lifetime friendships, which in some small way helps to bridge the world's cultural divide. They are all already winners, having taken thetop placements in each of their respective ...
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WNS Ranked Among Global Services 100
MarketWatch (press release)
WNS ranked among top 100 GS100 list in three categories: Top Global Mid-Tier BPO Vendors;Top FAO Vendors; Top Industry-Specific BPO Vendors based on management excellence, customer maturity, global delivery maturity, and breadth of services and ...
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Corbis Images Acquires Splash News | Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Corbis Acquires Splash News to Lead the Market with Candid Celebrity Content | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies. ... providing our globalnetwork of photographers the ability to expand beyond their current reach through Corbis' global footprint," said Gary Morgan, CEO, Splash. Splash images are regularly featured on top-rated entertainment outlets including; TMZ, the E! News Network and the New York Post. ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine - Your...
11 Must-Subscribe Marketing News Blogs and Websites | The Customer ...
By MikeVolpe
The savviest marketers Image are constantly staying on top of the latest trends and news in marketing. Are you one of them? Keeping up-to-date with marketing news can help you stay ahead of the curve in your own marketing and keep ahead of ... Before HubSpot, Mike worked as Director, Marketing Operations at SolidWorks Corp., an engineering software company, where he managed all of the company's global lead generation and lead management, advertising, Internet marketing, ...
The Customer Collective - The...
First Global Study of Real-world Circumcision Rollout Conducted ...
Wednesday, 20 July, 2011 (Rome, Italy) -- Researchers presenting late breaking research on the final day of the 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2011) have today focussed on new studies in the field of ... on women's health over the last two decades has lessened the burden of disease and reduced deaths among women due to cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and cervical cancer, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. ...
ScienceNewsline - top news
Harvard Sustainable Tourism Course Expands ... - Adventure Travel News
By ATN Editor
Megan Epler Wood will again teach Environmental Management of International Tourism Development as part of Harvard Extension's Sustainability and. ... Joining the ATTA – and more than 550 current Members who are reaping the benefits of this global network – secures your team's access to information, tools, resources, people, expert advice, and exclusive offers to help your company grow, lower cost of operations, and create awareness of industry trends – all while ...
Adventure Travel News
Major New Sustainability Conference Issues Call for Papers
Abstract submission is now open for Planet Under Pressure 2012 - a major international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.
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British PM drags opponents into hacking scandal
Among the evidence police want to examine are emails and other documents from an internal investigation into hacking conducted in 2007 by a law firm hired by News International, the British newspaper division of Murdoch's global News ...
Mail.com: Breaking News
Ban Appeals to Donors to Maintain Their Support for 'Aid for Trade ...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed to donors to maintain their support for 'Aid for Trade' efforts to help developing countries, especially the poorest, accelerate development and benefit fromglobal economic growth. ... Breaking News: Research Confirms Non-Africans are Part Neanderthal. Find more stories recommended by Stumbleupon. ...
NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
Splash News Acquired By Corbis | Splash
By Splash News Online
Since its founding in 1990, Splash News is recognized worldwide as a leading source for exclusive,breaking entertainment news and continues to experience explosive growth as consumer demand for candid celebrity content increases. ... We look forward to providing Corbis' customers real-time entertainment content to support their business growth and providing our global network of photographers the ability to expand beyond their current reach through Corbis' global ...
Splash
England v India: England ready for the top - Strauss | Cricket ...
Andrew Strauss believes England are ready to fulfil the ambition laid out at the start of his captaincy tenure in 2009, and displace India as the No. 1 Test team in the world - Cricket news from Global.
Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
Ten Top Impressions At The World Championships - The Daily News of ...
By Steven Munatones
After Day One and Day Two at the 2011 FINA World Championships, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming had time to reflect on the outcome of the races. Here are 10 impressions that come immediately to mind: 1. The top Greek athletes are clearly ready to win some Olympic 10K Marathon .....Steven Munatones: Created Open Water Wednesday, Open Water Almanac, Open Water Swimming Dictionary, World's Top 100 Swims, America's Top 50 Swims, Global Open Water Swimming Conference....
The Daily News of Open Water Swimming
Daily K Pop News: [NEWS] Best Super Star in Asia! The Leading ...
By Jannica
[NEWSBest Super Star in Asia! The Leading Artist of Global Korean Wave! Super Junior! Best Super Star in Asia! The Leading Artist of Global Korean Wave! Super Junior! Glorious Comeback with their 5th Full Album on August 3rd! ... We would like to communicate with fans all over the world with our new music and performances. Please look forward to our new album." Meanwhile, Super Junior will release their 5th full album on August 3rd and an explosive response is expected ...
Daily K Pop News
NOTW scandal: British PM defends ex-aide - World News - IBNLive
By IBNLive.com
London: Prime Minister David Cameron emphatically denied claims that his staff tried to stop an inquiry into a phone hacking and police bribery at the News of the World and defended his decision to hire one of the tabloid's editors ... to appear before the House of Commons, which delayed its summer break to debate issues engulfing Britain's political and media elite and Rupert Murdoch's global communications empire, News Corp, which owned the troubled News of the World. ...
IBN Top Headlines
Amputee sprinter Pistorius to compete against able ... - World News
By admin
Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee sprinter who runs on blade-like prosthetics, dropped almost a half second to run his best time in the 400 metres and qualify for the world track championships in Daegu, South Korea next month. ... Mr. Pistorius, many times a Paralympic gold medalist, reached his five year-long goal of earning a starting place in an able-bodied global championship by winning the 400-metre race in 45.07 seconds. ... Latest Headlines News ...
World News: the latest local...
Tough love | Pakistan Today | Latest news, Breaking news, Pakistan ...
By Pakistan Today
News Comments (1020650http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2011%2F07%2Ftough-love-2%2FTough+love2011-07-20+15%3A41%3A13Pakistan+Todayhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F%3Fp%3D102065)... And they needed this money in very bleak global financial circumstances. At the time, we would have taken the money with any conditions that the Fund might have thrown our way. Luckily, these conditions were ones that were to be policy decisions in any case. ...
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NewsDaily: Analysis: Is Britain more corrupt than it thinks?
By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent
Britons love to lecture the world about integrity and the rule of law, but the News of the World phone hacking scandal has laid bare a web of collusion between money, power, media and the police.
NewsDaily: Top Headlines
Singapore is the Place for Business | Live Stock Trading News ...
By Shayne Heffernan
Singapore is now placed as the 2nd most popular city Worldwide for International business after China's Hong Kong with the Top rank, local TV Channel NewsAsia. ... Posted by Shayne Heffernan on Jul 20th, 2011 and filed under Asia, Equities, Latest News, Markets. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response by filling following comment form or trackback to this entry from your site. You must be logged in to post a comment Login ...
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United Press International - News. Analysis. Insight.™ - 100 Years of Journalistic · Home · Top News ... Global Indices. More Global Indices ...
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News24 delivers the Top Latest World news and Headlines from US, UK, Gulf, ... Tags: world,latest, news, breaking, global, international, top, live, today, ...
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Top 5 Medical Tourism Destinations in World. - Global Healthcare ...
Medical tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. ... Brazil has some highly qualified surgeons and the hospitals are equipped with all the latest technology. ... Top GlobalHealthcare News Stories of the Week ...
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