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Exclusive: Facebook doubles first-half revenue
Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook's revenue doubled to $1.6 billion in 2011's first half, a source with knowledge of its financials told Reuters, underscoring its appeal to advertisers while it grapples with intensifying ...
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Reuters
Man dressed as Gumby tries to rob California store
Reuters
By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the world of animated TV, it's no stretch to say that good-natured Gumby is far down the list of characters that would commit armed robbery. But a man clad in a full-figured Gumby costume has made a ...
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Meryl Streep, Neil Diamond honored by Kennedy Center
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actress Meryl Streep will add another honor to her illustrious career as one of the five artists recognized by the Kennedy Center for their contribution to culture. Streep will join cellist Yo-Yo Ma, singer and songwriter Neil ...
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Reuters
Still painful, September 11 has few rewards for Hollywood
Reuters
By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It was a disastrous attack that played out live on television 10 years ago, riveting a horrified nation for days. But the thought-provoking films and TV shows that followed, depicting the fiery attacks of ...
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Reuters
New Zealand takes centre stage for World Cup
Emirates 24/7
(REUTERS) Many New Zealanders can scarcely believe they are hosting the RugbyWorld Cup as one of the planet's largest sporting events prepares to kick-off in what promises to be a defining moment for the country. An influx of about 95000international ...
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Emirates 24/7
9-11 remembered: The story of objects found
Toronto Sun
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Ironworker construction helmet belonging to Larry Keating is seen in this photograph. Keating was an ironworker foreman who helped oversee the removal of wreckage from the World Trade Center site during the nine-month clean-up ...
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Man charged in post-quake stabbing spree
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The man accused of killing two neighbors during a stabbing spree shortly after last month's earthquake was arraigned Wednesday on charges of murder, attempted murder and assault. Police said Christian Falero, 23, ...
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Hockey Stars Killed in Russian Crash
Wall Street Journal
Video and image courtesy of Reuters. The plane, carrying the Lokomotiv team from Yaroslavl, crashed on takeoff from the squad's hometown airport in western Russia. The team, which featured several top European players and former stars of North ...
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Qaddafi's softer side comes out in family video
CBS News
A video, supposedly made in 2005 at the Bab al-Aziya compound in Tripoli and now obtained byReuters, shows Qaddafi playing and interacting with his granddaughter while his grandson is sleeping. Apparently Qaddafi's son Saadi shot the video, ...
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Jinni brings the Semantic Video Discovery to Netgem's IPTV solutions
ITNews
... more than ten countries around the world with an install base of more than 3 million. Netgem is listed on Compartment C of Euronext Paris Eurolist. Website : www.netgem.com Twitter http://www.twitter.com/netgem/ ISIN : FR0004154060, Reuters : ETGM. ...
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Gaddafi Home Video Shows Libyan Leader At Play With Grandchildren (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Muammar Gaddafi may be one of the world's most infamous autocrats, but newly-released footage reveals a more private side to the deposed Libyan leader: that of doting grandfather. The video, obtained by Reuters on Wednesday, is believed to have been ...
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Amazon Preps for Kindle Tablet With Social Media
eWeek
Reuters said the e-commerce giant has stepped up its social software efforts, hiring John Yurcisin from WPP's Ogilvy & Mather interactive marketing business as its social media director. The company is also advertising on Dice.com and LinkedIn for ...
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S. Philippine town bids for Guinness with giant crocodile catch
Xinhua
(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) BUNAWAN, Philippines, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Local officials in this marshy town in southern Philippines seek to enter in the Guinness Book of WorldRecords the massive 6.1-meter crocodile caught here last Saturday. ...
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Xinhua
Spain 6-0 Liechtenstein - Match Highlights (VIDEO)
International Business Times
Picture - Reuters. World champions Spain booked their place in the European Championship next summer, with a 6-0 mauling of Liechtenstein in Logrono. The defending champions completely dominated the match, as expected, with Alvaro Negredo getting ...
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International Business Times
MAM celebrates Calatrava addition's 10th anniversary
ThirdCoast Digest
Every few months, some authority or publication names it to a best-of list. The museum has become a frequent location for movies and commercials. Reuters named it the sexiest building in the world, and Reuters isn't alone in that. ...
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ThirdCoast Digest
Facebook revenue, HP's new PCs and another Netflix brouhaha
Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog)
Facebook's revenue doubled to about $1.6 billion in the first half of the year, and the Palo Alto company's profit was about $500 million, reports Reuters, citing an unidentified source. Facebook, the world's largest social network with 750 million ...
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AfPak Daily brief: US freezes transfers to Afghan prisons
Foreign Policy (blog)
... the world with the United States following the attacks (Post). The Telegraph has a collection of newspaper front pages from the day after the attacks (Tel). And Reuters looks at how poorly moviesabout 9/11 have done at the box office (Reuters). ...
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Photos of the Day 09/07/11 - A brother's last words
Tulsa World (blog)
Wyke also has freelanced for many other major editorial publications and news organizations including Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, Reuters and the ...
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Tulsa World (blog)
Golfing World Strengthens Multi-Platform Media Offering
TheSportsCampus.com
Partnerships with Youku (China's leading internet video provider), Reuters Insider and Livestream are further evidence that Golfing World caters to a truly global golf audience in a wholly innovative manner with unlimited potential for growth. ...
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Eddie Murphy confirmed as Oscars 2012 host
The Guardian
Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters Eddie Murphy has been confirmed as the host of the 84th annual Academy awards. The star of Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places and Doctor Doolittle will host the ceremony for the first time in February next year, ...
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The Guardian
PHILIPPE WOJAZER/REUTERS
Toronto Star
Ferris wheels of the world It seems you can't be a cosmopolitan city anymore without an observation wheel. Councillor Doug Ford... The Canadian International ... Aircraft taking part in the CanadianInternational Air Show were on display at Billy ...
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Letter from PETA
KVAL
In the words of the major international news agency Reuters, "Few deny PETA campaigns were catalysts behind a range of animal welfare reforms made in recent years." From fighting to stop cruel and needless experimentation to challenging inhumane ...
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Toronto film fest offers Oscar bids in strong market
Reuters UK
Brad Pitt walks between cars during the filming of ''World War Z'' in Glasgow, Scotland August 18, 2011. By Christine Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coming off a robust first half of 2011 for independent films, the Toronto film festival kicks off on ...
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Comic-Con and the GOP Primaries
dagblog (blog)
"The real tragedy is that so few people with mental health problems receive treatment." Experts estimate that only one-third of people affected by the disorders get help. Researchers arrived at the eye-popping figure after..... By Nicole Gobel, Reuters ...
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Foul weather sets up late schedule
Reuters India
By Julian Linden NEW YORK Reuters) - Mother Nature has not been kind to the 2011 US Open, the last grand slam of the year. On the eve of the tournament, New York was battered by Hurricane Irene and now the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are drenching ...
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Continued growth momentum in smartphone market coupled with diversifying opto ...
Power Engineering Magazine
GROUP OVERVIEW IQE is the world's leading supplier of advanced wafers to the semiconductor industry with a strategy that focuses on developing, maintaining and exploiting intellectually property-rich technologies for high-growth, high-volume markets. ...
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Facebook Boosts iPhone App, Antitrust Raid For Google Korea, AT&T Can't Dodge ...
Fast Company
The world's largest social network isn't just appealing to its 750 million users--but also to its advertisers, who helped Facebook generate $1.6 billion in revenue in the first half of 2011, a source tells Reuters. That's roughly double what Facebook ...
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Fast Company
Only Precious Metals Can Prepare You For The Banking Crisis
Seeking Alpha
This has led to today Reuters just announcing EU officials to discuss state aid for banks. The discussion about boosting banks' balance sheets follows renewed calls to do so by InternationalMonetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, and signals growing ...
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WITI announces honorees of the 16th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards taking ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release)
... IBM and Thomson Reuters. For sponsorship opportunities at the 2011 WITI Women Powering Technology Summit please contact: Michele Weisblatt, VP, Corporate Partnerships, WITI, 323-522-3125 / michele(at)corp(dot)witi(dot)com WITI is the world's ...
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Elizabeth Taylor's storied jewelry - valued at $30 million - up for auction
Vancouver Sun
By Chris Michaud, Reuters September 7, 2011 The late Elizabeth Taylor was as well known for her lifestyle as for her movies. NEW YORK - Actress Elizabeth Taylor's world-renowned collection of jewelry will be auctioned off in December at a two-day sale ...
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Gaddafi used torture squads in bid to preserve rule
Tehran Times
KHOMS, Libya (Reuters) - Libya's Muammar Gaddafi deployed special squads which held suspected opponents in shipping containers, tortured them for information about insurgent networks and disposed of their bodies in unmarked graves in a campaign to ...
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Revenge film paints bleak picture of rural China
IBNLive.com
By Mike Collett-White VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - New film "People Mountain People Sea" paints a bleak picture of rural China in a story about Lao Tie and his quest for revenge in the absence of state justice. Directed by Beijing-born Cai Shangjun, ...
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Buddy Holly gets star treatment
Toronto Sun
REUTERS/Phil McCarten Standing in the majestic surroundings of Studio A in the bowels of the iconic Capitol Records Building, Phil Everly is talking about Buddy Holly. "I met him in Montreal when we toured together in '57," the 72-year-old younger half ...
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Net Insight and TeliaSonera International Carrier Showcase Live Demo of Remote ...
CisionWire (press release)
For more information visit:www.twentyfourseven.se Net Insight and TeliaSonera International Carrier Demo at IBC: http://hugin.info/130084/R/1544861/473594pdf This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. ...
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Sri Lanka insists Galle wicket was not poor
DAWN.com
-Photo by Reuters COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's cricket chief insisted Wednesday there was nothing wrong with the controversial wicket used in the first Test against Australia in Galle, saying no one got hurt. “In my opinion, the pitch was not dangerous. ...
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DAWN.com
Military raises alert level ahead of September 11
Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday raised its alert levels at US military bases, most of them domestic, ahead of the 10th anniversary commemorations of the September 11, 2001, attacks on Sunday. But it said its decision to heighten force ...
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Uruguay to apologize over alleged rape by UN peacekeepers
Stabroek News
By Stabroek staff | 0 Comments | World News | Wednesday, September 7, 2011 MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) - Uruguay will apologize to Haiti and compensate an 18-year-old Haitian man allegedly raped by Uruguayan UN troops in the poor Caribbean state, ...
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The life and death of pop star Michael Jackson
Independent Online
Some of his family members, including his mother, have backed a new concert tribute for October 8, in Cardiff, Wales. But some fans have objected citing, among other reasons, their concern over a tribute while Dr. Murray's trial is ongoing. - Reuters.
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Independent Online
9/11 has few rewards for Hollywood
Independent Online
Just two mainstream movies, “United 93” and “World Trade Center”, attempted to recreate the events of 9/11, both with strongly patriotic overtones. But the 2006 films together took in less than $250 million at global box offices - about the same as ...
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Independent Online
Man arraigned in post-quake stabbing spree in Manhattan
WGNtv.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man accused of killing two neighbors during a naked stabbing spree after last month's earthquake was arraigned on Wednesday on murder and other charges. Police said Christian Falero, 23, attacked four people in his Manhattan ...
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Children with George Bush on 9/11 saw him change
3News NZ
US President George W. Bush listens as White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card informs him of a second plane hitting the World Trade Center while he was conducting a reading seminar at the Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida (Reuters) ...
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3News NZ
Google to cooperate with Korean regulator over Android
ITWorld Canada
On Tuesday, news outlets Cnet, Reuters Canada and the Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD reported from anonymous sources that officials from the KFTC had raided Google offices in South Korea. The Google spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports of ...
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Number one or two? | Good, Bad, and Ugly - Reuters
By Robert Basler
But the world number one knows Nalbandian is a different proposition altogether. ... Reader reaction to Reuters news. » See all analysis and opinion ... Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information ...
Good, Bad, and Ugly
Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: reports | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence ... Thomson Reutersis the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-obama-jobs-idUSTRE7817652011090...
Dozens dead in Russian hockey team plane crash | Reuters
TUNOSHNA, Russia (Reuters) - A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a ...Yahoo CEO Bartz fired over the phone, rocky run ends | Video ... Among international victims were three Czech world champions, a Swedish ... The KHL's opening match in the city of Ufa was interrupted by news of the crash, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-russia-plane-crash-idUSTRE7862VL2...
Relief rally on German ruling | Video | Reuters.com
World stocks steadied after a two-week low, with Asian stocks closing higher after 3 ... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
pilot.us.reuters.com/video/.../relief-rally-on-german-ruling?...
The world still thinks Americans are "coolest": poll - Yahoo! News
News. LONDON (Reuters) - They may be witnessing their global superpower ... the world stage, but Americans have been voted the world's "coolest nationality" in ... Rapper Jay-Z performs at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles , ...
news.yahoo.com/world-still-thinks-americans-coolest-poll-120...

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