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LATEST World News, Aug 27, 2011


World's Top-Emitters No More Aware of Climate Change in 2010
Gallup.com (blog)
by Julie Ray and Anita Pugliese WASHINGTON, DC -- Residents in the top five greenhouse gas-emitting countries are no more aware of global warming or climate change than they were a few years ago. Majorities in all five countries Gallup surveyed in 2010 ...
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Zeti named top six best central bankers
Malaysia Star
PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz (pic) has been named as one of the six “World's Best Central Bankers” for 2011 by Global Finance magazine in its October issue. The other five central bankers were Glenn Stevens of ...
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Malaysia Star
Top Picks for Fixed-Income Emerging-Markets CEFs
Morningstar.com
By Cara Esser | 08-26-11 | 11:08 AM | E-mail Article As the developed world continues to struggle to recover from the global recession (and, if certain pundits are correct, teeters on the brink of another recession), investors are increasingly looking ...
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Forecast for Global Rice Stocks at 9-Year High
Wall Street Journal
By SAMEER MOHINDRU SINGAPORE—The International Grains Council raised its forecast forglobal rice inventories to a nine-year high, due to likely higher output in India, China and majorexporting countries. The new forecast for the end of 2011-12 is ...
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Photo Release -- Boss Sports Working in
FOXSports.com
25, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boss Sports is working with leading Formula One, NASCAR and IndyCar teams to partner top brands within the elite of auto racing around the world. Formula 1, NASCAR and IndyCar represent dynamic global and domestic platforms ...
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IMF Chief: Nations Need To Cut Deficits While Protecting Growth
Wall Street Journal
Lagarde was speaking from Jackson Hole, Wyo., where the world's top central bankers are gathered to discuss the state of the global economy. Debates are taking place against the background of a slowdown in mature economies and sovereign debt woes in ...
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In global relapse EM consumer may disappoint
Moneycontrol.com
India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki expects single-digit sales growth in 2011 versus 25% last year, as Indian car sales fell in July for the first time in 2-1/2 years. "There is still a strong secular case for the EM consumer but in the world we live ...
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Moneycontrol.com
Rowers reach 'impossible' North Pole, thanks to global warming
The Independent
By Lewis Smith Six British adventurers were "on top of the world" yesterday after they became the first team to row to the magnetic North Pole. They were exhausted by their 28-day journey but were jubilant to have set a record they had been told was ...
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Tim Layden: Bolt's vulnerability among top storylines at track and field worlds
SI.com
Neither Rick nor Jenn knows the source of the recent pain, only that's it largely gone. "I'm in the game and I've got a chance,'' says Suhr, the world leader in an event where world record-holder and '08 Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva has not ...
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Can you calculate the world's greatest sportsperson?
BBC News
To identify the world's greatest, why not look at which sportsman has managed to spend the longest amount of time as world number one. Tiger Woods managed to betop of the golf rankings for over 10 years, before his recent fall from grace. ...
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BBC News
A Gold ETF Hits the Top
BusinessWeek
“Gold has become the portfolio antidote for the global financial crisis,” says James McDonald, chief investment strategist at Northern Trust. The gold fund's reign was brief: It fell back to second place on Aug. 23 as the price of gold began a steep ...
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BusinessWeek
Going for gold: Mo Farah
Daily Mail
No British man has ever won a 25-lap world medal, let alone gold. No European male has won at that distance in a global championship since Italian Alberto Cova at the LA Olympics 27 years ago. To do so, and earn the right to call himself the best in ...
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Daily Mail
Latest Beneteau First as good as the last
New Zealand Herald
A number of these are now available here, with several of our most reputable brokers having agencies for top international brands. One of the first to arrive (a good couple of decades ago now), and still one of the most popular, is the Beneteau range ...
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Let's Take a Look at How Fat the World Has Become
The Atlantic Wire
Sure, the world population is getting fatter, but the more important question is which developed nation is the most overweight. Finally, we have an answer. The Lancet, a British medical journal, has come out with a series on global obesity today, ...
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The Atlantic Wire
Dai Greene is happy to live with the world pressure
WalesOnline
Greene won both European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles gold last year and says that has given him the belief to take on the world's best in South Korea. “It was nice to win both the titles last year and it did a lot for my confidence because I hadn't ...
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Which country has the smallest gender gap?
CNN
Four Nordic countries rank at the top of the Global Gender Gap Index released last year by theWorld Economic Forum. Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden were considered to have the smallest gap between men and women when four key areas were taken into ...
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Global Poker Index: Brenes, Affleck, & Chow Crack the list
Ante Up Magazine
The Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in theworld each and every week, bringing poker fans an up-to-date ranking on the best in tournament poker. Last week, the largest shake-up in the GPI's short history ...
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Ante Up Magazine
High Debt Seen Hurting US, Japan, Europe - Paper
Wall Street Journal
The research provides food for thought at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank's annual summer retreat of top global policy makers in Wyoming's Grand Teton Mountains. The findings are similar to results from a January 2010 paper by economists Carmen ...
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Track and Field's Biggest Stars Take Their Marks for World Championships
TV Guide
by Rich Sands With one year to go before London hosts the next Olympics, theworld's best runners, throwers and jumpers have converged on Daegu, South Korea, for the ultimate dress rehearsal, the IAAF World Track & Field Championships. ...
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TV Guide
A social-media guide to dealing with Hurricane Irene
CNET (blog)
Provides reports of the latest world earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or higher, as well as tsunami warnings. Sources: the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and GEOFON (the Europe-based Geo Research ...
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CNET (blog)
BLOCK: Room for charter schools in top districts
Asbury Park Press
Equally important is the global achievement gap between US students — even our top-performing students — and their international peers in competitor nations.” Charter schools seek to address this increasing global achievement gap. ...
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The Rising Price of the World's Most Expensive Car
Wall Street Journal (blog)
What's interesting is that while the top incomes have remained roughly flat since 2008, the price of the most expensive car has continued to soar. That may be due to rising wealth overseas and globaldemand for collectible cars from buyers outside the ...
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Auto Industry Stock Outlook – Aug. 2011
Zacks.com
Ford aims to build 680000 vehicles per core global platform by 2015, up from the current level of 345000 units. The role of governments must not be overlooked. Governments in all major countries have become active auto industry players. ...
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Global Toyota Camry unveiled
WorldCarFans.com
The new Camry buyers are also offered a unique range of multimedia equipment: touch screen Toyota Touch and new top-grade energy-saving speaker system with 10 speakers JBL. The climate system has a unique system of air purification «nano-e» (nano-), ...
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Mercury News interview: Morris Chang, founder, chairman, CEO of Taiwan ...
San Jose Mercury News
But Morris Chang rearranged the global tech world like few others when he founded TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., in 1987. The company was based on a radical business model: A foundry-for-hire would make semiconductors for customers ...
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Global stocks fall on US growth data and as Bernanke awaited
Citywire.co.uk
by Max Julius on Aug 26, 2011 at 15:00 Britain's FTSE 100 and other global stock indices fell on Friday, extending recent losses, in the wake of a downwards revision to US growth data and ahead of a key speech by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. ...
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Billabong Pro Junior Vic Bay to decide ASP WJT spots
Global Surf News
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 August, 2011 : - - South Africa's best junior surfers aged 20-and-under will be vying for coveted invitations to compete on the 2011 ASP World Junior Tour when the Billabong Pro Junior event is run at Victoria Bay in ...
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Tiffany sparkles as global demand lifts profit 33%
MarketWatch
Sales in the Americas, the company's top sales region, rose in all product prices above $250 with notable strong demand in products over $20000 and $50000. Statement, engagement and fine and fashion jewelry all saw strong demand, and the company saw a ...
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Global Sell-Off Strategy: Blend Winners and Losers
Investment U
It's a major metals producer with six percent of world gold production. (Peru is the second largest producer of copper and among the top five silver and lead miners.) The recent election of President Ollanta Humala has rattled markets given his ...
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Meltzer, Frenkel, Maki's Own Words on Bernanke Speech
Washington Post
This report also contains comments by Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc., Allen Sinai, chief global economist at Decision Economics Inc., Richard Dekaser, an economist at the Parthenon Group, and Kevin Hassett, ...
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The gTLD Metamorphosis
E-Commerce Times
For major players with the right combinations, these will be the biggest shocks, as well as verymajor marketing setbacks. Naseem Javed, founder of ABC Namebank, is recognized as a worldauthority on global naming complexities. ...
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Breaking The Vicious Circle of Oil
Firedoglake
Therefore, when global GDP growth increases, demand for oil and then the price of oil increases. And around the world, but especially in a country like ours that's extremely dependent on oil, this creates a price shock and a reduction in growth. ...
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MSU develops hand-held unit to detect cancer in poorer countries
MSU News
One of the top research universities in the world, MSU focuses its vast resources on creating solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges, while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through ...
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KIT digital, Celvision and imcube Join Forces to Enable 3D Video Delivery Over IP
MarketWatch (press release)
Petr Stransky, head of content services for KIT digital, commented: "With KIT digital's globalcustomer base owning or having OTT distribution rights for a significant portion of the world's toppremium content, we expect this collaboration to open ...
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Was the Libyan Intervention Really an Intervention?
The Atlantic
Foreign Policy magazine named her to their annual list of the Top 100 Global Thinkers in 2009 and 2010. Prior to her government service, Dr. Slaughter was the Dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 2002-2009, ...
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Africa: Country Participates At the Stockholm World Water Week 2011
AllAfrica.com
It will amplify challenges related to floods and drought and makes the need for effecting adaptation extreme urgent, hence the theme: "Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanising World". Speaking at the High Level Panel Session on Water and ...
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Red Bull Art of Motion Storms Detroit's Russell Industrial Center
PR Newswire (press release)
26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight, 20 top free-runners from around the world descended upon the Russell Industrial Center for an athletic showdown that shook the historical warehouse lot to its foundation. The event marked the first round in Red Bull ...
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Are the World's Most Valuable Brands Adopting Green? (Part 2)
Mediapost.com
McDonald's Global Best Practices initiative recognizes suppliers who exemplify leadership in various areas of environmental or ethical concern. Categories include: employee wellness, animal welfare, climate / energy, waste, water, raw materials, ...
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The hardest cut: reining in Pentagon spending
Boston Globe
He chaired the Kennedy School's international and global affairs faculty until the Obama administration brought him back to government in 2009 as the Pentagon's undersecretary for acquisitions, technology, and logistics. His nongovernment work has not ...
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Democracy Now! National and Global News Headlines for Friday ...
By Joshua Oakley
National and Global News Headlines for Friday, August 26, 2011. August 26, 2011 by Joshua Oakley. DemocracyNow.org – This is a summary of news headlines from the United States and around the world as reported by Democracy Now! ...
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News That Matters – 08/26/11 « InvestmentWatch – The best source ...
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InvestmentWatch – The best source of news, analysis, and intelligent discussion ... Brevan Howard, the world's largest macro hedge fund, has made close to $1.5bn over the past three weeks on the back of turmoil in the global markets. ... Greek sovereign debt yields have spiked on fears that a side deal struck between Athens and Finland on collateral for the Nordic country's share in the mostrecent €109bn rescue could imperil the bail-out agreement struck earlier this summer. ...
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Ted Turner, Dr. Sylvia Earle and Sir Richard Branson Unite to Form ...
"I'm honored to work together with global leaders in order to advance critical ocean issues and help protect these ecosystems." Over the past four decades, Mr. Turner has stepped into the internationalspotlight with one accomplishment after ...
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Europe's financial wasteland. News Comments ... Eurozone governments have proven unwilling, or unable, to produce a solution that persuades markets that they are on top of the problem. It seems inevitable now that either the eurozone will ...
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Breaking News: Two People in Haiti Killed By Hurricane Irene ... An annual investment of $198 billion, or 0.16 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP), in the water sector could reduce water scarcity and halve the number of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation in less than four ... Water use for bioenergy production is the subject of another new report, also released at World Water Week today, entitled "The Bioenergy and Water Nexus." ...
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Massive explosion hits UN building in Nigeria | World News: the ...
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Alessandra Vellucci, a spokeswoman for the UN office in Geneva, said the global body's offices in Abuja had been bombed. She told The Associated Press that there was no word yet on casualties.... A former editor of the News of the World received payments and benefits from the newspaper while working as an aide to Conservative leader David Cameron, the BBC reported Tuesday. Andy Coulson resigned from the now-defunct tabloid early in 2007 after a ... Latest Headlines News ...
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General News. Top seeds knocked out in men's doubles. Friday, August 26, 2011 - Badmintonphoto. Japanese pairs Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata and ...
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