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Ten days of secret planning to rescue markets
Reuters
The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. ...
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Harry Potter theme parks set to expand
Reuters
Guests tour the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park at the Universal Studio Resort during its grand opening in Orlando, Florida June 18, 2010. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harry Potter fans could be getting a second theme park in the United States, ...
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Al Qaeda says group kidnapped American in Pakistan
Reuters India
Across parts of the world, the first snows are signs of the coming winter. Slideshow Al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahri speaks from an unknown location, in this still image taken from video uploaded on a social media website June 8, 2011. DUBAI (Reuters) - Al ...
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Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for reform
Reuters
By Andrew Quinn YANGON (Reuters) - The United States will support more aid for Myanmar and consider installing an ambassador after an absence of some two decades, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, offering the first rewards for ...
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"Hugo" named National Board of Review's best film of 2011
Reuters UK
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Hugo," Martin Scorsese's 3D drama about an orphan boy in 1930s Paris, was named best film of 2011 on Thursday by the National Board of Review, which also named Scorsese best director. George Clooney won best actor ...
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In Russia, nationalists turn on Putin
Reuters
By Thomas Grove MOSCOW (Reuters) - Jonibek Kosimov had been missing for nearly a week when his cousin found his body in the morgue. Kosimov, 24, had been discovered in the early autumn sunlight of a forest clearing near the monastery city of Sergiev ...
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Neverland TV movie gives fantasy twist to Peter Pan tale
Vancouver Sun
By Jill Serjeant, Reuters December 1, 2011 Rhys Ifans and Anna Friel star in Neverland. The two-night, four-hour miniseries event premieres in Canada Sunday, Dec. 18 on Space. (Reuters) - British writer and director Nick Willing has always been ...
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EU, tech firms link up to protect children online
Reuters India
Across parts of the world, the first snows are signs of the coming winter. Slideshow A page from the Facebook website is seen in Singapore May 11, 2011. By Christopher Le Coq BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission joined forces with major ...
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World AIDS Day: Getting 2.7 million down to zero (photos)
Washington Post (blog)
Nurses throw rose petals and red ribbons to mark advances in the fight against AIDS several days before World AIDS Day at a medical school in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, China. (China Daily - Reuters) Dec. 1 marks the 24th anniversary of World AIDS Day ...
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Jackson legacy expected to thrive after trial
msnbc.com
(Kimberly White / pool via Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation Michael Jackson sings with some of his young fans at theWorld Music Awards at Earls Court in London on Nov. 16, 2006. (Graham Jepson / WireImage) Share Back to slideshow navigation ...
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Debt crisis: live
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Reuters Sarkozy promised that "a new economic cycle of debt reduction was beginning" that will "return the economy to work and production". Photo: AP German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble listens to Chancellor Angela Merkel on how to solve ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Documentary based on Atwood book among films to screen at Sundance
Ottawa Citizen
... confusing and troubling world. "(Filmmakers) seem to be questioning the idea of marriage and family, the whole notion of what family is. I found that a lot," festival director John Cooper told Reuters. Each year, many movies that screen at Sundance ...
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Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest - live updates
The Guardian (blog)
Russia has refused to halt cooperation with Syria, one of its main allies in the Arab world and a key customer of Russian arms. On Friday, Valery Loshchinin, Russia's ambassador to the UN, dismissed a report by Navi Pillay, the UN human rights ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Intel, Total Immersion Team Up on Augmented Reality Chips
PC Magazine
By Damon Poeter Intel and Total Immersion are working together to integrate the latter firm's augmented reality (AR) technology with the chip giant's microprocessors, according to Reuters. Total Immersion marketing chief Antoine Brachet, speaking this ...
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Morning Take-Out
New York Times (blog)
DealBook » Bats Completes European Exchange Takeover | The exchange operator Bats Global Markets has finalized its $300 million takeover of Chi-X Europe, and said it would merge the trading platforms next year, Reuters reports.REUTERS Foster's ...
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Thomson Reuters CEO stepping down
Ninemsn
Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer is stepping at beginning of the New Year, the company has announced. He will be replaced on January 1 by James Smith, the chief operating officer of one of the world's largest news and financial information companies. ...
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Durban Discord Delays Green Climate Fund
TPM
The United States, historically the world's greatest CO2 polluter, wants “more emphasis on the role of the private sector” in the fund, as opposed to contributions from governments, according to Reuters. The US also wants “an explicit reference that ...
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TPM
Ski season in Switzerland stalled by lack of snow
msnbc.com
"We regret that snow enthusiasts are forced to carry out such questionable activities and invite you to enjoy the start of the winter season with us," Saas Fee said in a mock news video. Information from the Associated Press and Reuters is included in ...
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msnbc.com
The Verge And The Wirecutter Prove That The World Actually Does Need 2 More ...
Fast Company
Felix Salmon, a blogger for Reuters and a longtime observer of the tech and blog scene, sees plenty of space for both sites. "There's always room for more blogs," he tells Fast Company. "No blog lasts forever, and the new will replace the old at some ...
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Fast Company
Newspaper Briefing, including 'Banks warned over threat to lending ...
Proactive Investors UK
Glocer signs off at Thomson Reuters: The Chief Executive of Thomson Reuters is stepping down, becoming the last of the old guard to leave the newswire. Tom Glocer will depart on 01 January and will be replaced by James Smith, the Chief Operating ...
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Why Egypt's Salafis are Not the Amish
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
by Ed Husain Parliamentary candidate Abo El-Maty of the Salafi party Al-Nour greets supporters outside a polling station during the parliamentary elections in Cairo (Amr Dalsh/Courtesy Reuters). Here on the streets of Cairo, I sense a new pride today ...
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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile use Carrier IQ, but don't collect personal info
msnbc.com
"RIM does not pre-install the Carrier IQ app on BlackBerry smartphones or authorize its carrier partners to install the Carrier IQ app before sales or distribution," RIM told Reuters. "RIM also did not develop or commission the development of the ...
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Stuart MacGill follows Warne for "Big Bash" comeback. Full Article
Reuters India
Across parts of the world, the first snows are signs of the coming winter. Slideshow MELBOURNE Dec 2 (Reuters) - Former Australia legspinner Stuart MacGill has come out of retirement to play for the Sydney Sixers in Australia's revamped domestic ...
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Doris Day still sings at 87, offers fans My Heart
BusinessWorld Online Edition
“I like the music when I was working and singing,” she told Reuters. “I think the writers were so incredibly brilliant, and when you sang a song of theirs that you loved, it really meant something. And love songs, I love love songs. ...
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Kanye West, Adele, Bruno Mars lead Grammy choices
Reuters India
Across parts of the world, the first snows are signs of the coming winter. Slideshow Rapper Kanye West performs during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at the Lexington Armory in New York November 9, 2011. By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES (Reuters) ...
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Tom Cruise Welcomed With Open Arms In Japan
Contactmusic.com
Reuters reports that, having attended a red carpet event upon arrival, Cruise had said "I know this country has been through lots this year, but I also know the strength and courage of this country and I know you will get through it. ...
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Contactmusic.com
5 Dates to Circle in December
msnbc.com
Zynga's IPO was at one point rumored to value the company at a whopping $20 billion, but Reuters is now reporting that the casual gaming star will hit the market at an ultimate price tag closer to $10 billion. Activision Blizzard's $14 billion market...
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Miniatur Wunderland: A Peek Inside the Land of the Little [VIDEO]
International Business Times
If it all sounds a bit too elaborate, the team in Hamburg is not done yet. Construction began in 2001, but the full project will not be complete until 2012, at which time it will be roughly twice as big as it is today. ( Photo : REUTERS / Fabian Bimmer ...
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International Business Times
YouTube's new look: Web surfing meets channel surfing ... - Reuters
By Alexei Oreskovic
... boob tube. The world's No.1 video website unveiled an overhaul of its site on Thursday that will put the hundreds of millions of online video “channels” front and center. ... Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. ...
MediaFile
Forget China, invest in Africa says Russia's Renaissance ...
By spyghana.om
“Africa reminds me of China back in 1999. If you missed China then, don't do that now,” Plamen Monovski told Reuters in an interview. “It's the last place in the worldthat is due for that rapid change and advancement.” Africa, once shunned by ...
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'Hugo' steps up as a true Oscar contender‎‎ | AAJ News
By Reuters
By Reuters. “Hugo,” Martin Scorsese's 3D drama about an orphan boy in 1930s Paris, was named best film of 2011 on Thursday by the National Board of Review, which also named Scorsese best director. George Clooney won best actor for “ The Descendants,” while Tilda ... The somewhat surprising choice boosted the fortunes for “Hugo,” the story of a boy living in a Paris train station who maintains the station's clocks, in the run-up to the Oscars, the film world's highest honors. ...
AAJ News
Comments Media buy of the day, World AIDS Day edition - Reuters
By Felix Salmon
Well done to the Atlantic's ad-sales team for the deal! But this one is particularly interesting, because clicking on the link in the roadblock took me not to Chevron's site, but rather to a nonce site put together by the Atlantic for World AIDS Day. ...
Felix Salmon
World Bank grants $255 million for Haiti's recovery - Stabroek News ...
By Stabroek staff
MIAMI, (Reuters) - The World Bank is allocating $255 million for Haiti's post-earthquake reconstruction over the next 12 months, including support for. ...Stabroek News - Daily Guyana News. Friday 2nd December 2011. Georgetown, Guyana ...
Stabroek News
Mongolia claims new Guinness World Record | Video | Reuters.com
And according to Guinness World Record representative, Wu Xiohong, they pulled it off. .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news...
www.reuters.com/.../mongolia-claims-new-guinness-world-rec...
World Bank cuts Asian growth estimates | Video | Reuters.com
22 - The World Bank says China's economy faces growing debt risks, but financial... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../world-bank-cuts-asian-growth-estimates?...
News of the World editors knew of hacking: ex reporter | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Former editors of the News of the World newspaper, including British Prime Minister ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath 4:52am EST ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-newscorp-hacking-idUSTRE7AS1M02...
Three killed in clashes in Yemen's north | Reuters
SANAA (Reuters) - Three people were killed in north Yemen on Saturday when Shi'ite ... Bond market hammers Italy, Spain ponders outside help | Video ... risk of civil war in a country that borders the world's largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia.... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia newsagency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-yemen-fighting-idUSTRE7AP0E9201...
World Bank: China faces Europe risk, soft landing possible | Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - China's economy faces growing risks from Europe's sovereign debt crisis ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath 4:52am EST ... In a semi-annual East Asia and Pacific economic update, the World Bank nudged up its 2011 .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia newsagency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-worldbank-economy-idUSTRE7AL07...
In world's biggest democracy, parliament doesn't work | Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's parliament has always been a boisterous and chaotic place that, ... Open debate is treasured in the world's largest democracy....
www.reuters.com/.../us-india-parliament-idUSTRE7AT183201...
Britain meets Syria opposition, condemns crackdown | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - World powers will do as much as they can to turn up the heat on the Syrian ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath 4:52am EST ... The state news agency said security forces killed four "terrorists" in Homs on Monday....
www.reuters.com/.../11/.../us-syria-idUSL5E7MD0GZ201111...
Hope builds for refugees as world turns on Assad | Reuters
YAYLADAG, Turkey (Reuters) - After months of despair that the internationalcommunity ... them, Syrian refugees in Turkey say they are now optimistic that theworld is ready to take. ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath 4:52am EST ...the violence, and the news has reinvigorated refugees in camps here on the border....
www.reuters.com/.../us-syria-turkey-camp-idUSTRE7AN1XL...
World aid donors plot strategy amid economic crisis | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major global aid donors meet in South Korea this week hoping to ... NATO attack threatens war on militants: Pakistan | Video ...Returnees from north Sudan wait in line to receive food from the World Food Program .... Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedianews agency, ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-development-clinton-idUSTRE7AR1R...
World stocks, euro at 6-week lows on recession worries | Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets across the world slid to six-week lows on Wednesday, with Wall Street on course for a sixth straight day of losses as ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-markets-global-idUSTRE7AK01K201...
Outgoing defense minister to be Kuwait PM: reports | Reuters
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir will name outgoing Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath Wed, Nov 30 2011 ... The Qatar- based news station did not cite a source, and there was no immediate ... policy of the OPEC producer, which is usually among the top six world crude exporters. ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-kuwait-idUSTRE7AS2SS20111130
Afghanistan will need $7 billion a year over next decade: WB | Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan is likely to need around $7 billion a year from theinternational ... Video shows NATO airstrike aftermath Wed, Nov 30 2011 ... TheWorld Bank forecasts that with firm economic growth the gap will still average ....Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency,...
www.reuters.com/.../us-afghanistan-money-idUSTRE7AL1TD...
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