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Botswana world's top diamond producer in 2010
Economic Times
JOHANNESBURG: Botswana regained in 2010 the spot of the world's biggest rough diamond producer by value, after it had slipped to second place in 2009, says latest official statistics. In 2009, local miner Debswana - a joint venture between Be Beers and ...
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Sri Lanka to host top forum for regional ports
Lanka Newspapers
There were ups and downs in this global industry. It was reported that the total number of containers handled by the major container ports in the world had declined on average by around 10% in 2009 compared to the previous year. Global trade shrank to ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Intervention hits yen, stocks fall for third day
Reuters
Former top Fed officials were quoted in a Wall Street Journal article saying the Fed should consider a third round of bond purchases if inflation slowed from recent elevated levels and if the economy continued to underperform. ...
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Who carried out massive global cyberattack?
Alaska Dispatch
“China rises to the top of the list of nations that could do this," says James Lewis, a senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic andInternational Studies in Washington. ...
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Chemaphor introduced to international audience at major biotech conferences
MarketWatch (press release)
"We are currently pursuing international opportunities that came out of each of these conferences." VetHealth Global 2011, was an international animal health and nutrition business conference with executives from the top animal health companies present ...
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Global fears send FTSE to eight-month low
Herald Sun
It fell 4 per cent as BofA Merrill Lynch became the latest broker to cut its rating, to "neutral" from "buy", on valuation grounds. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares closed down 2 per cent at 1027.52 points - its biggest percentage ...
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Fly Leasing Expands Portfolio
Wall Street Journal
One recent major example of the trend is an order placed last month by AMR Corp.'s American Airlines for up to 460 planes from Airbus and Boeing. In structuring its offer, Airbus worked with several leasing companies to ensure it could supply American ...
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JLL Researchers: Global Commercial Real Market Resilient in 2Q Despite ...
National Real Estate Investor
Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) published these and other findings today in the latest GlobalMarket Perspective, which assesses the impact of economic forces on the world's major real estate markets each quarter. “There is no doubt that investors and ...
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Ten veterans in need of a World Golf Championships victory
PGA Tour
PADRAIG HARRINGTON: The three-time major champion has played in more World Golf Championships than anyone else. In his 37 appearances, Harrington has nine top-10s, including a tie for second at the Bridgestone Invitational two years ago. ...
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China's agency downs US ratings to negative
Times of India
BEIJING: The world may still be debating the consequences of the US federal government's decision to raise the country's debt limit. But China's statecontrolled credit rating agency, Dagong GlobalCredit Rating Co, has cast the first stone by pushing ...
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Top Five Dining Trends for 2011
Luxury Travel Magazine
Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading US-based hospitality management company, has just released its Top Five Dining Trends for 2011. The trends were observed in the restaurants of its 40 properties coast to coast and off shore, ...
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Luxury Travel Magazine
Major international child porn ring bust includes former Parry McCluer ...
WDBJ7.com
“These indictments capture the activity of a major, global child pornography and exploitation enterprise whose primary objective was to sexually abuse vulnerable children,” said US Attorney Finley. “I hope that these charges send a clear message that ...
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U.S. CEO Confidence Drops in Latest YPO Global Pulse Survey
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Founded in 1950, YPO today provides 18000 peers and their families in more than 100 countries with access to unique experiences, world-class resources, alliances with top learning institutions, and specialized Networks that help them enhance their ...
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Sitel Ranked as Top Global BPO Provider in Global Services 100 List
Business Wire (press release)
Sitel is a world leader in outsourced customer care services. With over 26 years of industry experience, Sitel has twice been ranked as the top overall call center outsourcing provider in Datamonitor's annual Black Book of Outsourcing survey. ...
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Kuwait International Bank sells highest volume of shares
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Bayan Investment Company slipped 2 fils to close 29. fils, while Global was down 2.5 fils to end 27.5 fils Tuesday. US crude rebounded from a one-month low on Tuesday, after the House of Representatives passed a deal to raise the debt ceiling of top ...
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New World Order: Expect rankings movement soon
CBSSports.com
Then there's our monthly dominance index, New World Order, a hybrid ranking that puts a yardstick on player performance in their particular arena versus all others in theglobal galaxy. Versus the OWGR, measured over two years, or the Sagarins, ...
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What in the World is Zuffa Doing?
8countnews.com
This year we have had the most shocking group of cuts in the MMA world. From Nate Marquardt to Alistair Overeem, it seems like Zuffa is less interested in compiling the best fighters in the worldthan it is getting their way. The UFC's parent-compant ...
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US House Targets World Bank Funds
Wall Street Journal
House Republicans also are seeking to withdraw a credit line that Congress extended to theInternational Monetary Fund in 2009 to respond to the global financial crisis, a move that seemed more symbolic given recent Senate resistance to such a move. ...
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SE Asia Stocks-Fall amid global worries; outflows from Indonesia
Reuters
Southeast Asia is not expensive because it's one of the few places in the world where domestic spending is strong and rising," he said. Foreign buying in recent months has helped several of the regional bourses to hit peaks -- all-time highs in ...
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Tepid Economy at Heart of Global Market Volatility
PBS NewsHour
At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Obama said the debt deal had averted "a massive blow" to the economy, but it wound up being another rocky day for global markets. Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest on the markets and the economy with Liz ...
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World stocks dive on economic fears
Financial Post
By Natsuko Waki LONDON — World stocks tumbled towards five-month lows on Wednesday andtop-rated government bonds rallied as worries grew that fiscal cutbacks and stagnating factory output would prolong a global economic slowdown and aggravate Europe ...
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Commodities to Withstand Slower Growth, Buy Gold, JPMorgan Tells Investors
Bloomberg
The US is the world's largest user of oil, and is second to China in terms of copper and aluminum. “Baring a material contraction in global growth, which we do not currently expect, commodities should continue to move higher,” said New York-based ...
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Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford, Renault, Nissan all set to overtake Maruti, Hyundai ...
Economic Times
The difference: the top three are not global leaders by any yardstick. There's no Toyota, GM, VW - the global one-two-three - at the top of the India grid. Rather, there's Maruti, the affiliate of world No 9 Suzuki at pole position, followed by Hyundai ...
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The Top Green CEOs
Construction Digital
On February 9, 2007, he launched the Virgin Earth Challenge; a global competition that challenged some of the world's best and brightest to develop new technology that could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a massive scale. ...
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US stock markets fall sharply
The Guardian
The index had not fallen for eight straight days since October 2008 after Lehman Brothers went bust and the global financial crisis began. US stock markets failed to react positively to the news over the weekend that Washington had reached an agreement ...
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The Guardian
Mitsubishi Heavy Weighs a Tie-Up With Hitachi
Wall Street Journal
If a deal between them materializes, it could lead to the creation of one of the world's largest globalplayers in several key industries. It also would be the second big industrial combination in Japan struck this year. In February, two top Japanese ...
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Why the press is ignoring Israel's protests
Salon
... gas emissions would trigger up to a 20 percent drop in the world's GDP by 2050, whereas the cost to the global economy of tackling the issue head on would be just over 1 percent. Inaction means we would continue on our current trajectory, ...
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Salon
EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stocks sink on global slowdown fears
Reuters
MX), one of the world's biggest telecommunications companies and a major weight in the IPC, shed 1.1 percent and top US cement supplier Cemex (CMXCPO.MX) lost 2.66 percent. Chile's IPSA index .IPSA fell 1.8 percent to close at its lowest since February ...
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Against the tide: Slow deleveraging is most likely outcome for global economy
Euromoney Magazine
The top of the Matterhorn may look flat to an ant. So may this cycle to most commodity investors There are three possible outcomes of the present environment for the global economy and financial asset prices. The world economy might be in a temporary ...
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A Resurgent MBA Jobs Market
Forbes (blog)
By MATT SYMONDS It looks as if confidence has finally returned to the MBA jobs market, according to the latest survey of employment trends for professionals and managers around the world. The July edition of the 'Global Snapshot' from theinternational ...
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What are the biggest world news stories and headlines of 2011, so ...
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Botswana world's top diamond producer in 2010
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World's private sector falters as debt crisis bites | Pakistan ...
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China's kung fu town to build global martial arts conglomerate
The objective is to be able to offer top-class shows and training for international market, China's Xinhuanews agency reported. According to Wang Songwei, head of the martial arts administration of Dengfeng in Henan province, ...
Daily Education News
Android Top Platform in 35 Countries
By Mr Bean
Android Top Platform in 35 Countries, Holds Almost Half of Global Market Share Market research firm Canalys has completed its global study of smartphone. ... As to how Android and a associated manufacturers transport in this subsequent quarter, we shall shortly find out as shortly as Canalys releases a news by a finish of third quarter. For a meantime, what are your personal forecasts for Android in this quarter? Do we consider there'll be changes in care in tellurian ...
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Editions Turns Global News, Local Events, and Your Life into a ...
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Editions is an incredibly beautiful custom news magazine that's really easy to use and fun to read. Not only does it give you world news based on topics you choose, but it provides local and personal news as well. ...
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Did You Know That Today The Number Of Phone Users Reached 5.3 Billion In The World and Still Growing? And The Number Of Mobile Internet Users Are Increasing Day By Day! So it is vital to have a mobile version of any website to achieve ... Attractive Newsletter Box: Loyal readers can subscribe to your list to get latest news to their email. 8. 11 Categories (Top News is not in the main menu), 10 Subcategories and 3 Pages. 9. Nice CPA Banners – 2 Placed on homepage and 1 On ...
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BinLaden to build 1km-high Kingdom Tower | Online News | Building
At over 1000m tall, the tower will be 173m taller than the current tallest building in the world, Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The tower will feature a Four Seasons hotel, serviced apartments, office space, luxury flats and the world's highest ...
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Stocks fall to 2-1/2 month low | Pakistan News – Pakistani News ...
By admin
World stocks tumbled towards five-month lows on Wednesday, and top-rated government bonds rallied as worries grew that fiscal cutbacks and stagnating factory output would prolong a global economic slowdown and aggravate Europe's debt crisis . ... Dealers said increased remittances from Pakistanis working abroad had supported the rupee and shielding the currency from a sharp fall in recent weeks, but the increased dollar demand over the last week pushed the rupee lower. ...
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Inflation a global phenomena: UPA tells BJP - Politics - Politics ...
The United Progressive Alliance Government on Wednesday claimed that inflation was a globalphenomenon and India could not remain insulated from world economy while taking part in the price rise debate in the Lok Sabha. ... CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of CNN-IBN does not derogate from the intellectual property rights of Cable News Network in respect of ...
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Terrorism Risk Index 2011: Somalia Tops Global Ranking By ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
Over the same period Somalia suffered 1385 deaths, Pakistan 2163 deaths, Iraq 3456 deaths and Afghanistan 3423 deaths, which together account for over 75 percent of the world's 13492 fatalities. Iran continued to experience a small but lethal number of mass-casualty attacks ... Maplecroft | Home | About Maplecroft | Media Room | News | Newly formed South Sudan joins Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan at top of Maplecroft terrorism ranking – attacks up 15% globally ...
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The 2011 "MTV Video Music Awards" will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.2 billion people via MTV's global network of more than 60 channels reaching more than 640 million households around the world as well as through ... MTV's sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unparalleled customized content for young males, music fans and college students, and its online hub MTV.com is the leading destination for music, news and pop culture. ...
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Canadian links to global child porn network : Breaking News ...
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Breaking News contains Canadian News,Canadian breaking news. ... An unspecified number of Canadians are among 72 people charged with participating in an international child pornography network, U.S officials announced. ...
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Jail, Arrests and Resignations in Britain's Hacking ... - Global Spin
By Catherine Mayer
Britain's long-running hacking saga has finally seen one of its protagonists jailed, the first such penalty since the News of the World's royal editor Clive Goodman and the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were imprisoned in 2007 for ... After claims of hacking at tabloid "red-tops" owned by news group Trinity Mirror, the company has launched an internal review of editorial "controls and procedures" while insisting that the allegations are "unsubstantiated" and that ...
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