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HYUNDAI MOTOR NAMED ONE OF WORLD'S TOP GLOBAL GREEN BRANDS OF 2011; No. 4 ...
Utility Products
Interbrand ranked Hyundai 11th among the agency's 50 Best Global Green Brands, a new globalreport by the agency. Hyundai placed fourth among the seven automotive brands that made the survey. 'The company is so confident in its fuel efficiency that ...
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The New York Cosmos begin again
San Francisco Chronicle
(AP Photo) The storied soccer team of the 1970s has been reformed, with hopes of joining MajorLeague Soccer and creating a global program that can compete with the best clubs in the world. Backed by English businessman Paul Kemsley, who used to run ...
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Debt deal only first step, Obama warns
Brisbane Times
The International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Christine Lagarde applauded the debt deal as "good for both the US and global economy" but pushed US leaders to craft a plan to put public finances "on a sustainable path". ...
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Economic Fears Hit Global Markets
Wall Street Journal
Data in recent weeks has shown that the economic "soft-patch" seen around the world in the second quarter is proving deeper and more entrenched than many investors had thought would be the case. Worries about the economy pushed the Dow down 265-points, ...
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Other regions of the world are important to us
Liverpool Daily Post
To this point in time, Brazil has been one of the bulwarks against global downturn. Its economy, the largest in Latin America, is seen as one of the world's most prominent emerging markets. In particular, its minerals have been used to stoke China's ...
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Indian shares hit 6-week low as global worries intensify
Reuters
MUMBAI, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell to their lowest in nearly six weeks on Wednesday after renewed concerns about the global economy and US debt problems unnerved investors and sentworld markets sliding. The United States stepped back from ...
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Commodities drag down FTSE on global growth worries
Reuters
By David Brett LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index fell on Tuesday, as worries over the size of government debt around the world and its potential impact onglobal growth knocked sentiment in the mining and oil sectors. ...
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Top 10 Companies With More Cash Than The U.S. Government
NASDAQ
It also operates an international banking business with a global footprint in over 30 countries. 9. Credit Suisse Group AG (CS): Investment Services industry with a market cap of $42.34B. Cash and Equivalents at $87.16B. It provides advisory services, ...
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Currency Woes: Why the Weak Dollar Is Helping and Hurting Hollywood
Reuters
Last year, box office revenue was flat in the US and Canada at around $10.6 billion, while the globalmarket reached a record $31.8 billion, driven by a record $21.2 billion overall international grosses, according to the Motion Picture Assn. of ...
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Syrians appeal for global action as tanks smash key towns
Sydney Morning Herald
Tank fire killed at least four people on top of the up to 85 who reportedly died in Hama on Sunday, the bloodiest day yet of the uprising. ''We cannot get to the cemetery,'' said activist Omar Habal. ''People are using the city gardens as graveyards to ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Chinese Rating Agency Downgrades US Debt Despite Deal
Voice of America (blog)
The agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, lowered its rating for US debt from A-plus to A, saying the deal reached in Washington this week will not solve the underlying US debt problems or improve the country's ability to pay. ...
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Million robots in at top China employer
Sydney Morning Herald
As the world's biggest contract electronics maker, whose other clients include Sony, Nokia, Dell and Hewlett-Packard, Foxconn has become an emblem of globalmanufacturing's ups and downs in China. It expanded at apparently unstoppable pace - with its ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
FuzeBox Continues Rapid Growth and Adds Seasoned Executives Richard Sanders ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
While at Loudeye, Mrs. West led negotiations with major record labels, Fortune 500 companies andglobal brands that resulted in deals such as the launch of the world's first mobile music service with ATT Wireless. "I am excited about the vision and the ...
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Liberty Global Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
Liberty Global is the leading international cable operator offering advanced video, voice and broadband internet services to connect its customers to the world of entertainment, communications and information. As of June 30, 2011, Liberty Global ...
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Morning News Call - EMEA, Aug 3
Reuters
US crude fell to near a five-week low after Moody's assigned a negative outlook to the United States, stoking concern that demand may fall as the world's top oil user faces longer-term fiscal and economic challenges. US crude fell 39 cents to $93.40 a ...
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The Journal of Commerce Wins Tabbies for Business Reporting Excellence
PR Newswire (press release)
2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Journal of Commerce announced Tuesday it was honored with three "Tabbie" awards for excellence in business-to-business reporting by Trade Association Business Publications International. The honors included a top "gold" ...
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TransferTo and PortaOne Give New Advantage to Service Providers: Remote ...
PR Newswire (press release)
With a global reach over five continents, TransferTo is the leader in international prepaid airtime remittances, and enables real time prepaid top-up transfers to over 185 partner Mobile Network Operators in 70 countries, reaching 3.6 billion prepaid ...
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Certiport Names Five Students "World Champions" in Microsoft Office Competition
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Certiport (www.certiport.com), the official test delivery solution provider for the global workforce and academic markets, today announced the 2011 World Champions in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint, culminating the most ...
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Current Capital LLC Participates in Acquisition of Leading Automotive Supplier ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The company is one of the top automotive oil pump producers in the world. It pioneered variable vane oil pump technology, a design that saves energy by allowing variable rather than fixed pump displacement. It is also a leading fabricator of complex ...
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REFILE-GRAINS-US corn at 8-wk top on crop woes; wheat, soy dip
Reuters Africa
Still, offsetting the deteriorating outlook in New South Wales is an improved outlook for Western Australia, typically the biggest grain exporting state in the world's fourth-biggest wheat shipper. Bearish sentiment in global financial markets weighed ...
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Obama Bonds Proved World Beaters as Congress Played Chicken With U.S. Debt
Bloomberg
2 (Bloomberg) -- Harm Bandholz, chief US economist at Unicredit Group, and David Malpass, president and founder of Encima Global, discuss the impact of the debt-ceiling accord on the US economy and the outlook for reducing the deficit. ...
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Constant Center ranks 16th in world
WAVY-TV
Hard work, loyal customers and great entertainment is what makes this facility special and we are proud to be ranked among the best in the world.” Higgons is also the regional vice president forGlobal Spectrum, the company that operates the Constant ...
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Is a shorter runway more dangerous?
Salon
A320 This short- to medium-haul, twin-engine narrowbody is one of the world's best-selling jetliners. More than 4000 have been rolled out, including the A318, A319 and A321 subvariants. (Patrick Smith's aesthetic judgment: D+. Generic and inelegant. ...
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Salon
Markets slide on rising fears over global economy
AFP
LONDON — Global equities slid on Tuesday and the dollar firmed against the euro as investors focused on weakness in the world economy and eurozone tensions while awaiting progress over a US debt deal. The London stock market fell 0.57 percent in late ...
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AFP
Android is on almost half the world's smartphones
Digitaltrends.com
According to recent studies, Android holds 39 percent of the American smartphone marketplace, with iOS following close behind at 28 percent. Along with all of the platform data, the report also found that the global smartphone market is on the rise,...
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Digitaltrends.com
Kingdom Tower, the world's tallest building gets official design
DVICE
By Raymond Wong Everybody, meet the new Kingdom Tower design, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's latest design. You might know the Kingdom Tower as the soon-to-be world's tallest building and the tower that's going to make the Burj Khalifa look ...
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Neutral Tandem Deploys Voice Soft-Switch in Telehouse UK
MarketWatch (press release)
With over 100 Ethernet sites, the company is now the largest global Ethernet interconnection provider, a top 10 global IPv4 backbone provider and has a leading IPv6 network. Please visit Neutral Tandem's website at www.neutraltandem.com and follow us ...
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Can a photograph still change the world?
Salon
On the hope beat for TomDispatch since 2003, her first round turned into the book "Hope in the Dark." To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here.
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Salon
Next 36 partnership arms top students with business know-how: Ernst & Young
Canada NewsWire (press release)
Ernst & Young's recent global survey of entrepreneurs — Nature or nurture? — shows 55% of those polled were 29 years old and under when they started their first ventures, says Colleen McMorrow, Ernst & Young's Canadian Leader of Entrepreneurial ...
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Putin says US is 'parasite' on global economy - World News - IBNLive
By IBNLive.com editor@ibnonline.com
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Monday of living beyond its means 'like a parasite' on the global economy and said dollar dominance was a threat to the financial markets.
IBN Top Headlines
Breaking VIDEO News: Newsy Now: August 2
You're watching multisource global video news analysis from Newsy. This is Newsy Now, and here are your latest headlines. The Senate passes the debt bill 74 to 26. MSNBC says it had supporters on both sides -- including budget hawks. ...
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Global Journalist: Kurumi Fukushima '12 Hones Communication Skills ...
By litzenbm
“Fuji TV aims to broadcast live news to its audience overseas in Japan, and reports only the top headlines from across the U.S. each day. At CBS 21, we reported everything and anything we could get our hands on that would interest the ... “ I've always enjoyed traveling to various countries and learning about different cultures, but I never realized how it changes your perception of the world. I think that my recent international experiences have changed my idea of what is ...
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India's media scoff at team's no. 1 ranking | Pakistan Today ...
By anjum
News Comments (1090500http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pakistantoday.com.pk%2F2011%2F08%2Findia%25e2%2580%2599s-media-scoff-at-team%25e2%2580%2599s-no-1-ranking%2FIndia%E2%80%99s+media+scoff+at+team%E2%80%99s+no. ... NEW DELHI - The Indian media on Tuesday lambasted their cricket team for their poor performance saying MS Dhoni's men should never have been ranked the top Test side. “India don't deserve to be number one Test side in the world,” screamed a front-page banner headline in The ...
Pakistan Today | Latest news,...
Most firms do not measure social media ROI ... - Australian Food News
By admin
Most firms do not measure social media ROI, finds global survey. August 3, 2011; Dean Best for just-food news; Dean Best for just-food. Over half of executives in the food and drink industries do not measure the return on investment (ROI) they get their ... The results was one of the more notable from a survey of over 500 food and drink executives from around the world that just-food conducted as part of its report into how companies in the industries used social media. ...
Australian Food News
App Sales Top McDonald's Burger Sales | Business News
By Steven Stradbrooke
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), there are currently more than 4b mobile phone subscriptions in the world's 'developing countries.' At the same time, the ITU estimates that 2.6b people in these same countries lack ... info sites or (immediately thereafter) Googling directions to the nearest poison control center. Can't get enough CalvinAyre.com? Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, then you'll never miss out on the latestgaming industry news. ...
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World News Brief, Wednesday August 3 | Pundit
By Daily Digest
Top of the Agenda: House Passes Debt Plan; Senate Votes Today. The US House of Representatives passed legislation Monday night to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion (WSJ) in three steps. The Senate later passed the ... Global markets and international leaders initially responded positively (DeutscheWelle) to news of the deal, with French Finance Minister Francois Baroin saying the move would "reinforce global growth." But stock markets dropped ...
Pundit
Global Warming Agenda - Green Energy News
By Green Energy News
In reading posts on blogs and news organization sites, its obvious that folks are worried about literally every last ounce of carbon emissions that enter into the atmosphere. But here is something most of ... So while major governing bodies around the world, like the United Nations and the United States for example, would prefer to have you completely cut your carbon and methane emissions, it is evident that would produce catastrophic effects. For instance, without carbon ...
Renewable Energy News
Future of e-Sports is in third world says e-Sport champ - League ...
By contact@videogamer.com (Emily Gera)
League of Legends for PC News - E-Sports champ Max Dreysse says for the genre to continue to mature it needs to spread out from the first world. ...Latest News Popular News. ArenaNet on Guild Wars 2 and the future. Global brand ...
VideoGamer.com - Latest News
News Analysis: U.S. debt deal only 1st step on tough austerity ...
By admin2
By Jiang Xufeng and Liu Lina, PNA / Xinhua and U.S. News Agency / Asian. The last-ditch bipartisan debt ceiling plan emerging Sunday has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, which is a relief to global markets but is also a prelude to ... Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the former administration's tax cuts, anti-recession stimulus packages under Obama, and ballooning Medicare expenses in an aging society all contributed in a major way to the spiking U.S. national debt. ...
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Asian Development Bank See Asian Century Ahead ... - Live Trading News
By Shayne Heffernan
An Asian Development Bank study released today has said that Asia will make up half the world's economic output by 2050, and another three billion people will have joined the ranks of the affluent, their incomes matching those of Europe today .... Posted by Shayne Heffernan on Aug 2nd, 2011 and filed under Equities, Latest News, Limelight, 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 ...
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Man arrested in UK phone-hacking probe - MAARS News
By Valkyries
MAARS News Global - The Hot Breaking News, Sport, Financial, Entertainment, Politics and everything on the headlines. Top Global Headlines! ... The arrest is the latest to follow claims of phone hacking and bribery by staff at the now- defunct News of the World newspaper, which was run by News International, the British subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. media empire. The man held is believed to be Stuart Kuttner, former managing editor of News of the World, ...
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'The great depression is underway' – US analyst — RT
By RT
The risk of America's possible default has echoed throughout the world with global stocks rallying following the House vote. But despite the immediate economic relief, more voices calling to replace the dollar as the world currency are ...
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Stocks now down for year as economic concerns grow | Stock Market ...
By Editor - Finance Top Stories
1, 2011, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Tuesday, Aug. 2, after downbeat U.S. data fueled fears the world's largest economy might be sliding back into recession.(AP Photo/ Richard Drew). SymbolPriceChangeADM28.60-1.88 Chart... Read More from the Article Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http%3A//us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/topnews/*http%3A//biz.yahoo.com/ap/110802/us_wall_street.html...
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Growing ventures invited to present at FIU's ... - News at FIU
By alopes
The conference, November 16-17, 2011 at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida, will give top companies the opportunity to showcase their businesses before an audience of hundreds of participants, many of them venture capitalists ... Conference is presented by FlU's Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center and the College of Business Administration, ranked 15th in the U.S. for international undergraduate business education by U.S.News & World Report. ...
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New US strategy targets global organised crime | World News: the ...
Transnational organised crime threatens international security and the global economy, ...including the United States. Source: SETimes.com. Top news ... 2011 Recent figures, that have been closely research, documented and studied ...
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The Health Show: BBC World News Explores the World of Global ...
Emma De'Ath, Commissioning Editor, BBC World News says, “Health is an area that we know ourglobal audience wants more of, so we're really excited to have ...
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Complexity of Global Warming - Online News # 36691
Complexity of Global Warming - By David Stephen, Nigeria, July 27: The complexity of GlobalWarming has made it difficult to reach a deal in recent United Nations ... Read other world-newsstories · Visit Home Page for fresh content ... TOP READ ARTICLES: Jessica Simpson 'still looking for a perfect wedding dress' ...
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Ford wagers on Asia to drive global growth (AFP) - Only World News ...
... big on the region to drive global growth, says its Asia-Pacific chief. ... 2011 Only World News -breaking news, latest news, politics, online news, top ...
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Europe and U.S. debt optimism lift global stocks - NewsWires ...
NewsWires | euronews : International and European news all available as video on demand. ...Europe and U.S. debt optimism lift global stocks. Breaking News ...
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