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LATEST World News, Aug 21, 2011


Flaherty, Carney face grilling on economy
Montreal Gazette
Fears over the stability of the global economy peaked when international rating agency Standard & Poor's cut the credit rating of the US - the world biggest economy - sparking the current market turmoil. Carney, who will appear before the committee at ...
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Showtime! Billabong Pro kicks off in pristine Teahupo'o
Global Surf News
Following the next event on the 2011 ASP World Title season in New York, the current ASP Top 34 will be rotated with the top 32 surfers on the ASP World Rankings as well as two surfer wildcards. Those sitting on the bubble at the moment will be looking ...
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New York teeters as Top Fashion Capital and loses to London in 2011
Jornal.us News Agency (blog)
In a statement on Wednesday by GLM, London has overtaken New York City as theTop Global Fashion Capital for 2011. For 2011, London moved up from its 2010 third place position to be named the world's fashion capital for 2011, thanks to two people: Kate ...
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Opportunities for US in new world order
Boston Herald
Among those obligations are the varied and sundry commitments implied by the phrase “Americanglobal leadership.” If ever there were an opportune moment for reassessing the assumptions embedded in that phrase, it's now. With too few Americans taking ...
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Asafa Powell says it is time to step out of Usain Bolt's shadow
The Guardian
In that time he has watched as his rival and friend Usain Bolt achieved extraordinary things and became a global superstar. Now, though, Powell is back at his best. He is ranked No1 in the world this year and his best time of 9.78sec is a whole tenth ...
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The Guardian
Complex Oil Market Complicates Global Economic Outlook
IEEE Spectrum
For the second year running, Russia was the world's top oil producer, displacing Saudi Arabia in thetop spot. Prices and the balance of supply and demand show a high sensitivity to global economic trends. Prices spiked at the end of 2008, ...
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EURO: Breakout or Failure?
Business Insider
Investors are holding their breath, as the stock indexes are once again falling from the top. Milder than expected economic activity, coupled with an immense debt, are contracting the US economy.Global growth is pausing and market correction could be ...
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Boston Sports Fans Dive Into New Global Competition
PR Newswire (press release)
It's four wins in a row so I really feel on top of my game," said the Brit, who was also the series' 2010World Champion. "It's been my aim to go back to the 2 1/2 twisting quad this season. I'm not happy to just let that dive be, so I'm going to work ...
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The phone hacking scandal has hacked at the pillars of society
Telegraph.co.uk
Global events this August seem designed to dispel forever the myth of the “silly season”, when the news is traditionally as drowsy as a drunken wasp. The worldeconomy is in erratic meltdown. Famine stalks the Horn of Africa. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Angelina Jolie takes her children for a day out while Brad Pitt is at World ...
Daily Mail
Glasgow is the latest city to undergo an amazing transformation thanks to the new zombie thriller. Film staff have so far managed to transform Valletta, in Malta, and Falmouth, in Cornwall, into a world dealing with the aftermath of a global zombie war...
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Daily Mail
AP ENTERPRISE: Sand for sale; environment ravaged
The Associated Press
UN statistics show Singapore imported 14.6 million tons last year, ranking it among the world's topcustomers. Global Witness estimated that nearly 800000 tons a year, worth some $248 million, were streaming to Singapore from Koh Kong alone. ...
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The £850 million gamble on the 'British Ferrari': Will Lotus succeed?
Daily Mail
To replace them he drew up a list of 24 top executives and persuaded 23 of them to leave secure jobs at the world's best car-makers and move to Norfolk. These are the rock stars of the global car industry. Donato Coco joined from Ferrari as director of ...
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Daily Mail
Why are the failings of capitalism only being exposed by the right?
The Guardian
It must rediscover its voice In a year when the unexpected seems to have become commonplace, the decision of some of Britain's most eminent conservative commentators to wrap themselves in the red flag might not be the top headline. But recent ...
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It's time to get working on labor mobility
Reuters Blogs (blog)
If we want to maximize long-term growth, eradicate global poverty, and give everybody in the worldthe opportunity to achieve their potential, then a vast improvement in global labor mobility is top of the list of prescriptions.
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Sensex Plunges to 15 - Month Low on Global Turmoil
Daijiworld.com
There has been mayhem in the global markets since the Standard and Poor's (S&P) downgraded the US economy. The international credit rating agency Aug 5 downgraded the top notch AAA credit rating of the US government's ability to pay back its creditors ...
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Weapons Seem to Weigh Heavily Against Hunger
IDN InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters
Part of the explanation for this rise is to be found in the strong economic growth the region has experienced in recent years, while in other regions the effects of the global economic recession caused military spending to fall or at least rise more ...
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No one, not even the PM, is above the law
Frontier Post
The government should make the most out of the current international backing they have to build their institutions, grow their economy and gain public trust. So it is time to start actually building Afghanistan in best interest of all stake holders ...
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Top 20 High Yielding Dividend Aristocrats
Seeking Alpha
Ric Dillon's Diamond Hill had the largest position in KMB among the 300+ funds we are tracking (check out Ric Dillon's top stock picks). Abbott Laboratories (ABT): Abbott Laboratories is a globalhealth care company. ABT has a 3.93% dividend yield and ...
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India have become a laughing stock
NDTV.com
They have a burning desire to return from whence they fell, and resume their long-held status as thebest international team in the world. Do the BCCI have the same desire? For the sake of the sport, we have to hope so. But for the time being, ...
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Gold sets record high, world stocks slip lower
New Brunswick Business Journal
MSCI's all-country world stock index was off 1.6 per cent, while emerging markets stocks fell 2.6 per cent. European shares flirted with two-year lows. The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares closed down 1.7 per cent at 909.79.
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Kansas City comes into the spotlight with economic summit
The National
EPA Investors are set to take their cues this week from the annual Kansas City Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole economic symposium in the US, where the world's top bankers are scheduled to gather to try to arrest the global economy's headlong fall...
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The National
Barclays needs to focus on the basics of banking: John Winter interview
Telegraph.co.uk
Ports – you know, there's a scramble for ports all over the world and we've got one of the most famous ones right here, let's embrace it. There's things like that all over the place. "It's a country that's been part of global trading patterns since ...
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The Top 5 Oil Super Majors
OilVoice (press release)
This week, OilVoice lists the top five oil super majors and interestingly they all happen to be national oil companies. Leading the oil giants of the world is Saudi Aramco, a company run by Saudi Arabian government. The company owns and operates one ...
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Tanzania mothers' pain
The Citizen Daily
Mothers in Tanzania face the greatest hardships than anywhere else in East Africa, which, according to a new report, is one of the worst places to be a female parent in the world. According to the 2011 Mothers Index, Tanzania is ranked lowest among ...
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Australia stimulus scope cramped by politics, prices
Peninsula On-line
Talk that the latest turmoil in global markets could lead to slippage in the surplus timetable was instantly pounced upon by the opposition as evidence the government could not be trusted. Which, in turn, forced Prime Minster Julia Gillard to state in ...
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Sensex falls for 4th week in a row, tanks 698 points
Hindustan Times
Primarily spooked by global investment banking major Morgan Stanley's report, which warned that the US and Europe were dangerously close to recession, the Wall Street had tumbled on Thursday. Disappointing jobless claims data had also added to the ...
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Analysis of David J. Winter's Wintergreen Fund and his top holdings
GuruFocus.com
This optimistic outlook can be attributed to Winter's assessment that his firm's current portfolio is extremely well positioned. While Winters acknowledges that the recovery in the Western world will be “gradual”, the developing world will be quite a ...
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Gates Foundation launches new mission: Toilet 2.0
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Frank Rijsberman, a director for the global development program at the Gates Foundation, said another challenge is that governments have already invested in traditional sewers and some treatment plants. But those flush toilet systems reach only the top ...
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Trading Gold Thru The Summer Part 17: Time To Take Profits?
World Of WallStreet
Fundamentals - Gold's fundamentals remain strong as the whole world has negative real interest rates, a European financial melt-down looms, a global recession (well at least USA and Europe) seems to already be underway. ...
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Philips Announces 2011 Light World Tour Competition Winner
Daily Markets
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced the winner of the 2011 LightWorld Tour, an initiative designed to share visual inspiration in the professional lighting design community. The top ten finalists were determined by user ...
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ELSBERRY Women's pro tennis on a star search
Ct Post
Men's and women's tennis have become a global market with several new TV markets, including Dubai Sports, Eurosport Asia/Pacific, FOX Sports Australia, Sky Mexico and Tennis TV.com, showing tournaments weekly from all over the world. ...
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Einstein: Palestinian injustice equals enmity squared
Bangkok Post
With global diplomatic activity over the declaration of an independent Palestinan state heading for a potential climax at the UN General Assembly next month, it is becoming ever more important to sift through the facts and fictions surrounding this ...
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Tanker with 21 sailors hijacked from Salalah
gulfnews.com
... Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy said. Admiral Verma said that India's destiny to take her place amongst the top economies of the world was inextricably linked with ensuring unhinderedglobal trade in a secure maritime environment.
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BULLETIN BOARD
SunHerald.com
Butler Snow was recognized by Lawyers World Global Awards 2011 as Law Firm of the Year in the categories of Product Liability and Management Labor & Employment. Also, Butler Snow has won two Corporate INTL magazine 2011 Global Awards for Mississippi ...
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Miami scandal: What now?
Chicago Tribune
"This is not surprising," said Markovits, who co-wrote "Gaming the World: How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture." Though Emmert is open to the death penalty, which has been used only once before with Southern Methodist University in 1987 ...
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Global warming causing animals to change habitat faster | NOLA.com
By The Associated Press
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. comma_butterfly.jpg View full sizeJim Asher, Butterfly Conservation, via The Associated PressThe .... Suspicious that news came the same week as Discovery Channel had an hour special on how Earth is not prepared for an ATTACK BY ALIENS!!! Sounds like the latest wacky way for Obama crew has to scare everyone into their green agenda. ...
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Al Ostoura launches online shopping store in Arabic | Al Ostoura ...
We are also a global website and we will cater to a broader customer base of fashionistas and design lovers from all over the world" says Mr. Rami Tabiaat, the President of Al Ostoura. "Our designers are very thrilled to ... Moreover, the website offers shoppers fashion news and updates, hottest trends and latest arrivals via the weekly online newsletter as well as daily updates are posted on the group's Facebook fan page. Alostoura.com has been thoroughly designed to ...
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President Hu meets Biden,stressing mutual trust,respect ... - News
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Hu said the two nations needed to pull together as the world economic recovery was clouded by mounting instabilities and uncertainties, and global economic growth faced grim challenges. The two countries should improve coordination of their ... China's top legislator Wu Bangguo also met with Biden Thursday afternoon. Friday morning, Xi and Biden attended a US-China business dialogue. Biden is also scheduled to visit southwest China's Sichuan Province during his trip. ...
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Technology deals hotting up as big-hitters spend cash - Latest ...
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The markets may have been plummeting on both sides of the Atlantic (Stuttgart: A0J3C9 – news) , but this was the week that technology stocks went up – literally and metaphorically. The sector saw two multi-billion-dollar deals, ... “They are all skating to the same global markets cross- sector, horizontal and vertical.” That cross fertilisation more than doubles the number of buyers for any one business, he added. “Instead of having just one or two buyers within each ...
Popular Science
Dozens arrested outside White House in Keystone ... - World News
By admin
But on Friday two other major unions — the Transport Workers Union and the Amalgamated Transit Union — said they're opposed because of environmental concerns. Source: The Globe and Mail. Top news ...
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Plane crashes in Canadian Arctic, 12 killed - World News - IBNLive
First Air said in a news release that the plane last reported communication at 12:40 pm local time when it was about five miles (eight kilometers) from Resolute Bay airport. The crash site is less than 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) west of ...
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TASI drops below 6000-point mark - Arab News
By KHALIL HANWARE | ARAB NEWS. Published: Aug 21, 2011 00:30 Updated: Aug 21, 2011 00:30. JEDDAH: The Saudi stock market plunged Saturday after global stocks tumbled on Friday on lingering fears about Europe's debt crisis and a ... in many parts of the world becoming more uncertain all have influenced the Saudi stock market, which generally follows global market trends,” Said Al-Shaikh, senior vice president and group chief economist at the National Commercial Bank, said. ...
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