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World on brink of crisis: ANZ chief
The Canberra Times
''The fact is that we are incredibly well positioned because of our linkage to Asia, which remains thebest performing part of the global economy,'' he said. Federal, state and territory leaders used a meeting of the Council of Australian Governments ...
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Rulers of reggae have global message
Montreal Gazette
But it's the granddaddy of the pack – Third World – that gets top billing as the band with the most enduring popular appeal. Formed in 1973, the band found success in the late '70s and early '80s with an accessible crossover sound that mixed in ...
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Nervous market turns to 'custard'
Sydney Morning Herald
One of the nation's top bankers believes the global economy is on the brink of another crisis, while the federal government says the world's imbalances won't be solved by the G20 group of rich countries alone. The Australian share market dived more ...
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Global Bank Capital Regime at Risk as Regulators Spar
Bloomberg
Italy fought during Basel talks last year to include deferred tax assets -- future deductions from tax liabilities resulting from current losses -- when calculating top-tier capital. Basel III restricted use of these assets to no more than 10 percent ...
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Gold's surge into record territory raises questions
Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK -- Investors flocked to gold Friday, sending it to the latest of a series of records, as fears about recession in the world's major economies infected financial markets. Gold soared as high as $1881.40 an ounce. It's been on a tear this summer ...
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Emerging Market ADRs: Winners & Losers
TheStreet.com
As per data from Bloomberg, emerging market shares are trading at a P/E of 9.7 times, less than 11 times for the MSCI World Index. India's Nifty was the top decliner among emerging market indices last week, with only a single gainer, as global growth ...
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Syria Said to Fire on Protest in Defiance of Global Rebuke
New York Times
The top human rights official at the United Nations also released a report that accused Mr. Assad's government of committing atrocities in its repression of the uprising, including summary executions and disappearances, and recommended that the ...
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The Global Economy Is Screwed Until We Create A New World Order
Business Insider
This new currency system will come about in a top down fashion – meaning supranational institutions like the IMF and World Bank issue the currency and re-define economic regions and trade agreements, forming what essentially amounts to aworld ...
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Gold hits a new high as Wall Street swings wildly
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors flocked to gold Friday, sending it to the latest of a series of records, as fears about recession in the world's major economies infected financial markets. The metal soared as high as $1881.40 an ounce. ...
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The Associated Press
`Korean performing arts need bigger PR for global audience`
동아일보
Jonathan Mills, director of the world famous Edinburgh International Festival, said this in an exclusive interview with The Dong-A Ilbo on Wednesday in his office at thetop of a renovated Gothic church near Edinburgh Castle, the hub of the festival. ...
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Geoff Thomas: Global film festival brings fly fishing exploits to big screen
New Zealand Herald
The world's largest fishing film festival features the best adventure fly-fishing films from globaldestinations including New Zealand, Norway, Africa and Canada, presented in crystal-clear high-definition on the big screen. ...
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Top Stocks Goldman Sachs Is Buying
Seeking Alpha
PPL's EPS forecast for the current year is $2.60 and next year is $2.48. According to consensus estimates, its top line is expected to grow 29.10% in the current year and 6.70% next year. Emerson Electric Co. is a diversified global technology company. ...
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Is b-boying past its pinnacle?
AsiaOne
"We don't see ourselves as the best crew in the world," he added. Having just nabbedtop honors for the R-16 Korea tournament, the crew is going on to four more major international competitions from late August through November. ...
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AsiaOne
Africa may turn major iron ore exporter after 2020 - Analysts
SteelGuru
He said that of that, Africa accounts for only about 2%, although it holds some 20% of the world'sresources. He added that "Africa has enormous potential, never mind the fact that the iron industry itself is growing at a rate even faster than global ...
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WORLD FOREX: Dollar Sinks To Record Low Vs Yen Despite Intervention Risk
Wall Street Journal
The strong currencies hurt the countries' exporters who face competition in international markets from countries where goods are cheaper. Both the US and Europe are facing major economic questions and struggling under mounting debt, issues that have ...
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HDTV Penetration in Worldwide TV Households Takes Off
Sacramento Bee
Global Information (GII) (http://www.giiresearch.com/about_en.shtml) is an information service company partnering with over 300 research companies around the world. Global Information has been in the business of distributing technical and market ...
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Stocks fall on worries about slower global economy
BusinessWeek
That "will probably prevent the Fed from responding more aggressively to the economic slowdown andlatest market turmoil with a third round of asset purchases, at least until early next year," he wrote in a report. Worries about Europe's debt problems ...
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Hugo Chavez Goes for the Gold
Fox News
Socialism will prevail. Shining through is Chavez's perennial desire to punch above his weight in the global arena. Venezuela's economy may rank 34th in the world, but Chavez is easily among the Top 10 Grandstanding Heads of State. ...
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Fox News
Top Forex Trading Themes Week 8/22 - DailyFX Live Trading Room 01:01PM EDT
ForexTV.com
Maria Ramos covers the top forex market themes for next week that will be covered on Trade the News Live by the DailyFX currency analysts. ForexTV is the world's first streaming forex video portal dedicated to providing information about the global ...
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Buddy Media Crosses the Pond $54 Million Richer
brandchannel.com
A new group of late-stage investors, including Insight Venture Partners, joined current Buddy Media investors GGV Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and Bay Partners. Buddy Media serves eight of the world's top ten global advertisers including ...
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SBA part-time MBA program named among top in nation
The South End
Appearing in the 2012 edition of the US News & World Report's “Best Graduate Schools,” WSU's undergraduate business program was recognized as one of the topschools in the nation for its part-time master of business administration program. ...
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The South End
Europe Cleantech Law
Green Chip Stocks
Linklaters ranked as a top tier law firm in the energy sector and one of the few to offer globalcapabilities. 5) Freshfields is a leader among numerous international law firms, providing advice to 27 countries throughout Europe, United States, ...
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comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for July 2011
Sacramento Bee
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the ...
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HP Looks to Dispose of TouchPads by Any Means Possible
DailyTech
HP is the world's top seller of personal computers, and the top seller in the US, so the company is literally putting the number one position in the market up for bid -- an unusual sight. Again, the reason why gets back to its dropping profitability ...
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DailyTech
A grand setting to address
MiamiHerald.com
It's also the place where the top global financial minds meet. This week many of the world's central bankers will be in Jackson Hole at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual symposium. It is part academic retreat and social event. ...
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Mattara Surf Classic returns to Newcastle for 50th year
Global Surf News
In what organisers have described as the biggest and best waves in the events history, last years Mattara Surf Classic saw Merewether Point put on the kind of world class waves that Merewether is known and famous for. The 50th Annual Mattara Surf ...
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US Closing in on Sweden as Global Leader in Mobile Data Consumption
Mobile Marketing Watch
The United States is now firmly entrenched as the world's second largest consumer of mobile data, just behind Swedem, which retains the top spot among all nations. According to industry analyst Chetan Sharma, the average US mobile data user will ...
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Face the Nation: The economy and the 2012 fight
CBS News
The economy is clearly the number one issue and the recent volatility in the stock market, coupled with new fears of a global showdown have given fresh worry to the possibility of a double-dip recession. Mark Zandi, the Chief Economist of Moody's ...
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Schroders, DE Shaw among top 2008 commodities speculators
Calgary Herald
It shows too how major global macro hedge funds were the biggest traders in the market at the time, before the ascent of more niche, purely commodity-focused funds in recent years. And it confirms a point that market participants have long made to ...
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The 4th Annual World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress Announces ...
PR.com (press release)
This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical ...
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Europe, Asia Volatility Jump on Concern Global Growth Is Slowing
San Francisco Chronicle
Citigroup cut its forecasts for expansion in the world's largest economy after Morgan Stanley also lowered its global growth projection to 3.9 percent from 4.2 percent. Regulators from the US, South Korea and Sweden said the market turmoil posed ...
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Reuters Top News
Reuters is a leading global source for breaking newsBest known as a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters, Reuters Top News is updated hourly with the very latest in politics, ...
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Murdochs Web of Corruption Continues To Demand An Independent ...
By Journalist
Let's review the latest. There's Clive Goodman letter from 2007, in which he made clear that high levelNews International executives were aware of the use of wire tapping. As Goodman wrote, “This practice was widely discussed in the daily ... On top of all of this, one of the Murdochs' hired law firms, Harbottle & Lewis, has come out and claimed that some of the evidence the Murdochs presented was “hard to credit”, “self-serving” and “inaccurate and misleading”. ...
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Stratus Building Solutions is a Top Global ... - American Banking News
By ABMN Staff
Franchise Direct has examined franchise brands from around the world and compiled their exclusive list of the Top 100 Global Franchises. It is no surprise that Stratus holds a place on this “definitive and exclusive list [that] details ...
American Banking News
Markets News: What Traders Are Saying: Uncertainty Stalks London ...
Traders in the City of London, one of the financial districts of the UK capital, see a market environment where trust has all but evaporated and the best course of action is often to do absolutely nothing. ... News. Blog Posts. Videos. Current DateTime: 03:15:55 19 Aug 2011 LinksList Documentid: 39635451. Expiration DateTime: 8/19/2011 3:18:51 PM. 'Unmitigated Bear Market' Will Continue: Gartman · Bank of America Cutting 3500 Jobs, And More May Follow ...
CNBC Top News and Analysis
Critters moving away from global warming faster - Home » Other ...
Animals across the world are fleeing global warming by heading north much faster than they were less than a decade ago, a new study says. ... READ OTHER NEWS .... Breaking News archives. Facebook Recent Activity ...
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Qatar Airways and Brazil's Gol start code sharing | Pakistan Today ...
By fraaz
Qatar Airways and Brazil's Gol start code sharing. News Comments ... Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, have implemented a new code share agreement to connect travellers from Doha to 46 cities across Brazil through Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport. With this new agreement, Qatar Airways' customers are able to purchase a single itinerary combining flights on both carriers'global networks, affording them the ease of one-stop ticketing and through baggage check-in . ...
Pakistan Today | Latest news,...
Jobs – Women and Global Development – 19 August, 2011 | Women News ...
By Women News Network
Jobs – Women and Global Development – 19 August, 2011. Women News Network – WNN – GlobalJobs list. Reaching sustainable development to help African women. Sustainable development to assist the women of Africa is possible. Image: WEDO - Women's Environment and Development ...Current Job listings. provided by AWID – Association for Women's Rights in Development. (dates shown at top of job listing reflects date the job was posted, not the closing date for the position) ...
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Egypt: Israeli helicopters attack 3 soldiers ... - Latest CNN News
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The Egyptian government submitted a formal protest to Israel and called for an urgent investigation of the deaths of the soldiers, the Egyptian state news agency said. Officials also closed until further notice the Al Awja crossing between Egypt and Israel, ... In Gaza, Palestinian officials said nine people were killed, including two top commanders of the Popular Resistance Committees, an armed group that Israel accused of orchestrating the attacks in Israel. ...
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International Entertainment News: comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top ...
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Fox News Digital appeared in the top 50 ranking at #46 with 26.1 million visitors. Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking. Google Ad Network led the July Ad Focus ranking with a reach of 93.3 percent of Americans online, followed by Yahoo! ..... comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo. SOURCE comScore, Inc. ...
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Colombia in full sync with Cristina, says visiting ... - World News
By admin
He brokered the return of outcast Honduras to the Organization of American States and other regional bodies and was the promoter of recent Unasur strong statements and commitments in the midst of the global crisis. ... Santos has also shown the necessary clout to nurture excellent relations with all of South American leaders and could rapidly fill the void left by Lula da Silva and Chavez. Source: MercoPress — South Atlantic News Agency. Top news ...
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Flaherty says world economy still growing | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun
The world economy is still growing slowly, although Europe and the United States need “difficult and bold action” to rein in deficits, Canada's finance minister said Friday. ... Canada is not immune to financial woes in the United States and Europe, but Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says our economy is on track and will weather the current market volatility well. He appeared before Parliament's finance committee along with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney Friday. ...
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South Korea Falls 6.22%, Rates a Strong Buy ... - Live Trading News
By Shayne Heffernan
In South Korean shares ended 6.22 percent lower as market fears grew that the global economy may fall into recession following the announcement of weaker. ... The world's largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries dived 10.85 percent to 304000 won, and top steelmaker POSCO dropped 4. 14 percent to finish at 382000 won after news that fire accident at one of its furnaces took place earlier in the day. The local currency finished at 1087.4 won against the greenback, ...
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POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday, August 19, 2011 – CNN Political ...
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The CNN Washington Bureau's morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Compiled by Greg Clary WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest politicalnews: www.CNNPolitics.com CNN: Perry: US move on ...
CNN Political Ticker
Freakonomics author to be keynote at ... - US News Las Vegas
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By University of Nevada, Reno and U.S. News Agency / Las Vegas, Nevada. Steven D. Levitt, author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, which spent two years on The New York Times best-seller list, ... In 2009, the two followed up Freakonomics with SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, further exploring how real-life stories affect our ever-changing world. ...
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3 Ways To Have Economic Success Without Greedy Corporations and ...
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England v India: England's disdain, India's pain | Cricket News ...
ESPNcricinfo's Plays of the Day from the second day of the fourth Test between England and India at The Oval - Cricket news from Global. ... Current and Future Tours · International Calendar ...
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'Korean performing arts need bigger PR for global audience ...
"Korean performance arts have become world class. Now is the time for Korea to consider how to introduce its performances to the world, not how to increase their quality". Jonathan Mills, director of.... Sports and Tourism Ministry, the Korean Culture Centre UK and Korea Art Management Service continue assistance with a strong will that they will let the world know about Korean culture as they do now, I'm sure you will definitely keep hearing good news". ...
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World stocks extend freefall | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine ...
LONDON - Global stocks tumbled further and safe bet gold surged to new records Friday ... ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, ...
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Cheat Sheet - The Daily Beast
The Israeli military did not immediately confirm the latest strikes, though Thursday's ... BAD NEWSStocks Tumble on New Economy Data Michael Probst / AP ... Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley warned that the global economy is "dangerously close" to a .... Federal officials have broken up a majorMexican-supplied drug- and ...
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