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Aug 14, 2011

BLOOMBERG News, Aug 14, 2011


Tammerlin Drummond: Could New York hold lessons for Oakland?
San Jose Mercury News
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration is planning far-reaching measures to help young black and Latino men, and the mayor himself will finance a quarter of it. (Tina Fineberg/The New York Times) New York City has more than 8 million people. ...
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Texas Governor Perry Announces He Will Run for 2012 Republican Nomination
Bloomberg
9 (Bloomberg) -- Al Hunt, executive editor at Bloomberg News, talks about President Barack Obama's response to the US debt rating downgrade and its potential implications for the 2012 presidential election. Hunt, speaking on Bloomberg Television's ...
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Canadian Dollar Declines for a Third Week on Signs Global Economy Slowing
Bloomberg
11 to 2.29 percent, the lowest in Bloomberg records beginning in 1989. The two-year yield fell 14 basis points to 0.93 percent after touching a record low 0.783 percent on Aug. 9. Canada sold C$3 billion ($3 billion) of three-year debt on Aug. ...
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Obama Confers with Abdullah, Cameron on Syria; Dozens Killed in Past Week
Bloomberg
The revolt against Assad's rule began in March after the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt were toppled in uprisings and unrest spread to Bahrain and Yemen. To contact the reporter on this story: Roxana Tiron in Washington at rtiron@bloomberg.net.
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Commonwealth's Norris Says 'Substantial' Rate Cuts Unlikely in Australia
Bloomberg
... to counter a global credit freeze that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. He then raised rates seven times beginning October 2009. To contact the reporter on this story: Sarah McDonald in Sydney at smcdonald23@bloomberg.net.
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SNB, Government in Talks Over Franc Target, SonntagsZeitung Says
BusinessWeek
14 (Bloomberg) -- The Swiss National Bank and the government are in “intense” talks over a possible target for the Swiss franc, SonntagsZeitung newspaper reported, citing unidentified people close to the situation. The plans are “ready,” and the SNB ...
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State Bank of India Net Drops 46%, More Than Expected, on Loan Provisions
Bloomberg
That compared with the 20.2 billion rupee median of 26 estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The lender reported a 99 percent plunge in profit in the quarter ended March after it increased provisions. “The increase in bad loans is an indication of the ...
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Libyan Rebels' Claims That Town of Al-Zawiya Was Taken Disputed by Regime
Bloomberg
... in February and were met by a crackdown by Qaddafi. A month later, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began an air campaign aimed at protecting civilians. To contact the reporter on this story: Roxana Tiron in Washington at rtiron@bloomberg.net.
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Huawei unveils UK smartphone launch plans
FierceWireless
Mark Mitchinson, the company's UK executive vice president, said that he is targeting a market share of 4 per cent to 5 per cent within 12 months, but admitted in an interview with Bloomberg, "We're trying to establish the brand, almost from scratch. ...
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Saudi Shares Rally to One-Week Intraday High After U.S Retail Sales Data
Bloomberg
A US report yesterday showed retail sales climbed 0.5 percent in July, matching the median forecast of 81 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. The S&P 500 rallied 5.2 percent in the final two days of the week, its biggest back-to-back gain since ...
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Drake & Scull, Union Properties: Persian Gulf Equity Preview
Bloomberg
... tumbled 9.9 percent to 0.308 dinar when they last traded on Aug. 7. -- With assistance from Zahra Hankir in Dubai. Editors: Claudia Maedler, Shaji Mathew To contact the reporter on this story: Mourad Haroutunian in Riyadh at mharoutunian@bloomberg.net.
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SF sushi among most expensive
San Francisco Chronicle
That's where San Francisco ranks among the cities with the most expensive sushi, according toBloomberg's sushinomics cost-of-living index. The measure, which uses 100 points as its average, tracks the cost of spicy tuna and California rolls at ...
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Rash of new US insider stock buying
BusinessLIVE
As US stocks plummeted 25% below their 50-year average, Bloomberg reported that at least 66 executives at companies that form part of the Standard & Poor's 500 index had bought their companies' shares. This is the most since March 2009 when the S&P 500 ...
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US political duopoly is failing
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Petraeus-Michael Bloomberg ticket. (Bloomberg's name has been floated for higher office every year since 2006, often by Bloomberg.) But for now, that scenario seems as solid as skywriting. All we know for sure in these dolorous dog days is that ...
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Plax on HBO: Didn't know who Bloomberg was
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Plax on HBO: Didn't know who Bloomberg was Originally published: August 13, 2011 3:10 PM Updated: August 13, 2011 8:04 PM By NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com If the Jets fulfill Rex Ryan's annual prediction and win the Super Bowl, ...
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Newsday (subscription)
No (expletive) -- it appears Burress didn't learn from mistakes
CBSSports.com
When told of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's hardened stance against him, Burress responded, 'Who is Mayor Bloomberg?' (US Presswire) "I don't take (expletive) from anyone either, unless my dumb ass went to prison for shooting myself in a crowded nightclub. ...
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Gillibrand Urges Feds To Support NYC s Formal Challenge To 2010 Census Figures
PoliticalNews.me (press release)
New York, NY – After Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg submitted New York City's initial submission to the US Census Bureau formally challenging new 2010 figures released earlier this year that appear to significantly undercount New York City communities, ...
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Maltese Ship Freed Six Months After Hijacking by Somali Pirates
Bloomberg
... miles from the island of Masirah while en route to Singapore from Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. The statement didn't say whether a ransom was paid. To contact the reporter on this story: Sarah Shannon in London at sshannon4@bloomberg.net.
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Mwana Zimbabwe Gold Mine Beats Quarterly Target, Daily News Says
Bloomberg
To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Latham in Johannesburg at blatham@bloomberg.net. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin in Johannesburg at asguazzin@bloomberg.net.
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Perry Joins Republican Presidential Race as Iowa Straw Poll Held
San Francisco Chronicle
13 (Bloomberg) -- Texas Governor Rick Perry officially entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination as a closely watched straw poll today in Ames, Iowa, tests the popularity and organizational ability of his rivals. ...
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Issue of radiation-tainted food in Japan escalates
Vancouver Sun
By Naoko Fujimura and Chris Cooper, Bloomberg August 13, 2011 11:17 PM Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plan's No.1 (C) and No.2 (L) reactors are seen in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in this photo taken March 31 ...
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Will Bank of Mom and Dad cover college?
Tbo.com
By RYAN MAC | Bloomberg News About half of Americans with assets of more than $250000 say they won't pay the entire tab for their children's college education, according to Bank of America. About 47 percent of those surveyed in the Merrill Lynch ...
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Italy Approves $64 Billion Plan to Balance Budget by 2013
BusinessWeek
13 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Cabinet approved 45.5 billion euros ($64 billion) in deficit cuts to balance the budget and try to convince investors the country can tame the region's second-biggest debt. ...
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Bradley, Dufner, Senden Tied at PGA Golf; Mickelson Is 3 Back
San Francisco Chronicle
13 (Bloomberg) -- Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner and John Senden are tied for the lead in the third round of the US PGA Championship, where Luke Donald, Phil Mickelson and David Toms have all moved within at least three shots of the lead. ...
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Foreclosure reforms may be coming to a head
Los Angeles Times
(Joshua Lott, Bloomberg / June 29, 2011) By Michael Hiltzik We are now in the fifth year of a housing crisis in which more than 3 million Americans have lost their homes to foreclosure, with millions more still at risk. Every initiative — government ...
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Los Angeles Times
Washington sets out to slay its debt monster
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Bloomberg News By Richard Blackden, US Business Editor 'It's a fantastic auction," exclaimed Bill O'Donnell from his desk on Royal Bank of Scotland's vast trading floor in Stamford, Connecticut. It was early Wednesday afternoon and there was ...
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South Korea, China considering free trade agreement
Chicago Daily Herald
By Bloomberg News South Korea and China are considering starting negotiations for a free trade agreement to increase the export of goods and services between the two countries, South Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong Hoon said. ...
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Strasburg's Minor-League Rehab Has Teams Counting Windfall
San Francisco Chronicle
12 (Bloomberg) -- Stephen Strasburg's pitching appearance with one of the Washington Nationals' minor-league teams tonight will light up the bottom line almost as much as Fourth of July fireworks. A sellout crowd of 9000 is paying $8 to $14 for tickets ...
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Woods Ends PGA 2nd Round 10 Over Par, Misses Cut by 6 Shots
San Francisco Chronicle
12 (Bloomberg) -- Tiger Woods finished his second round of the US PGA Championship at 10 over par and missed the cut by six strokes at the season's final major tournament. Only the top 70 players, plus ties, moved on to weekend play at Atlanta Athletic ...
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Plax says he didn't know who Bloomberg was
Newsday (subscription)
Click here Plax says he didn't know who Bloomberg was Published: August 13, 2011 3:10 PM By NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com If the Jets fulfill Rex Ryan's annual prediction and win the Super Bowl this season, introductions might be in order at the ...
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Newsday (subscription)
Our view: Political unity would aid country
Post-Tribune
That very thought was repeated last week by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an Independent. “For better or worse, no matter what your political persuasion is, the president is our president. We have to get behind the president,” Bloomberg said ...
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Citroen revival of DS seen winning German drivers
Chicago Daily Herald
By Bloomberg News PSA Peugeot Citroen is expanding the DS line of upscale cars to challenge Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Volkswagen AG's Audi with lower-priced French alternatives. Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-biggest carmaker after VW, ...
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The World's Money Is Draining Away ... Where's It Going?
The Market Oracle
Bloomberg's Jonathan Weil hints at the answer in a post entitled "Is There Enough Money on Earth to Save the Banks?" Two years ago the central planners convinced investors that the biggest surviving financial institutions would be able to earn their ...
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Sunday Breakfast Menu, August 14
New York Times (blog)
Mrs. Bachmann will be featured on ABC's “This Week,” Bloomberg's “Political Capital,” CBS's “Face the Nation,” CNN's “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday” and NBC's “Meet the Press.” Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will also drop by ABC, ...
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Review: Hot red mystery car Is Kia Optima
Chicago Daily Herald
By Jason H. Harper, Bloomberg News With a 200-mile, one-day round trip ahead of me, I was in the mood for a fast, luxurious ride. I looked at my schedule to see which car I was testing that day. When I arrived at my underground garage, ...
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Rise in palm oil price reflects high demand
gulfnews.com
India, the world's largest palm oil buyer, may boost imports to a record, gaining 10 per cent to about 7 million tonnes in the year ending October 31 from a year ago, as rising incomes boost demand for processed food, according to a Bloomberg News ...
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US workers are the victims of a speedup
Los Angeles Times
(Scott Eells / Bloomberg) By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Mind racing at 4 am? Guiltily realizing you've been only half-listening to your child for the past hour? Checking work email at a stoplight, at the dinner table, in bed? ...
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Los Angeles Times
Rumor: Angry Birds may be worth $1.2 billion in entertainment explosion deal
Joystiq
by Jessica Conditt on Aug 13th 2011 8:30PM Angry Birds developer Rovio is out to prove money really can't buy happiness, with a deal to receive funding that would make the company worth $1.2 billion, Bloomberg rumors. Rovio wants to expand the ...
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Would you climb any mountain to get into MBA program of your dreams?
Washington Post
Attending a top-ranked MBA program, such as one in the top 15 of Bloomberg Businessweek's survey, can pay off handsomely over a career. “It's the promise of the golden ticket,” says Shawn Berry, president of PerfectGMAT, a test-prep company. ...
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Ostrow: The news swings along with the stock market
Denver Post
On Bloomberg, the analysts can't see any bottom yet. The debate is whether we're in a recession already, or merely sliding that way. And guess who comes out smelling like a rose in a quarterly revenue report? News Corp.! The Murdochs shrugged off the ...
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City envisions stunning St. Georg
SILive.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other city officials yesterday issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) for the city-owned parcels on the waterfront near the St. George Ferry Terminal, currently being used as parking for the ferry and the ...
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SILive.com
High-Frequency Firms Triple Trades in Rout - Fullermoney
Proactive Investors UK
High-Frequency Firms Triple Trades in Rout - I mentioned high-frequency trading in my introduction yesterday and was interested to see this article from Bloomberg this morning. Here is a section: The stock market's fastest electronic firms boosted ...
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Tax breaks for tracks back on table?
SunHerald.com
Short-line railroads, American Samoa and owners of NASCAR tracks are among a diverse group that may encounter added resistance in a drive to protect billions of dollars in US tax breaks,Bloomberg.com reports. More racing news, blogs, photos and more ...
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Inflation Probably Stabilized in July: U.S. Economy Preview ...
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Consumer prices excluding volatile food and fuel costs climbed 0.2 percent, the smallest gain in three months, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey of economists before Labor Department data on Aug. 18. ...
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SEC Reviews S&P Downgrade Analysis Method - Business News - ABC ...
By Rebecca Fenton
Bloomberg News reports that the SEC is investigating the S&P's means of reaching their calculated downgrade—that U.S. officials allege is a flawed analysis—that is being held accountable for wiping nearly $6.8 trillion from global stock ...
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China's stocks advance for third day on easing economic concerns ...
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Stocks on the index trade at 11.9 times estimated earnings, the lowest since January 2006, according to weekly data compiled by Bloomberg. The CSI 300 Index increased 0.29 percent to 2875.36. “The stock market has almost priced in ...
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Bloomberg Takes a Stand, Christian News
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday defended the display of religious symbols, including the World Trade Center cross, at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. ...
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Bloomberg gives $30 million to men's program - US news - Giving ...
Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg will kick in $30 million from his ... to a news release, while $24 million will go to a school program called the ...
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USA News, Aug 14, 2011

The Next Page / Americana Rules! A UK + USA Love Story
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
It's very much a like father, like son sort of story. Mr. Potts and his wife Mary say they loved taking their kids around in the caravans -- and while their son lived in the UK, he worked as mechanic specializing in American cars. Now he ships them ...
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
China's woes may lead to more pricey Xmas here
CBS News
CBS News correspondent Celia Hatton reports that could impact the prices American consumers pay during the upcoming Christmas shopping season. The employees at one sportswear supplier outside Shanghai are rushing to fill an order for 15000 bike shirts, ...
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Buying domestic T-shirts a foreign idea for some candidates
Allentown Morning Call
I am aware that at times it is next to impossible to find USA-made products. But when you have companies and ABC News telling them that American-made T-shirts are available, what will their excuses be now? I am not into judging people who buy items ...
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Welcome to America. Now Get to Work
Twin Falls Times-News
After all, Prithi said, “USA stands for 'you started again.'” Bikash and Subash Darjee agreed. The brothers arrived in Twin Falls with their mother, Menuka Darjee, from Nepal's Khudunabari refugee camp on June 23. Menuka's brother, Dil Darjee, ...
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US firms should be given level playing field
Mount Airy News
A couple of days ago we ran a story about the Bring It Beck! t-shirts developed by Melissa Hiatt, director of Surry-Stokes Stop Child Abuse Now. The shirts came about after Mount Airy Mayor Deborah Cochran contacted conservative broadcast personality ...
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Perry: 'Time to get America working again'
USA Today
"He's part of the story, he's not the whole story," Huckabee told USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich. "If he had done this Monday he's the whole story. Again, I don't understand it." Democrats said many of the jobs Perry claims in Texas are low-wage, ...
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USA Today
Carbon Poker Finally Coming Back to the USA Online Poker Market after a 2 ...
Einnews Portugal
LADERA RANCH, CA, August 14, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- It's official: Carbon Poker is returning in the USA! This is undoubtedly amazing news for Americans who have been scrambling for weeks now to find a quality online poker site that is trusted, ...
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America's best riders taking to Tuscany
Denver Post
It's 45 miles west of Florence and tucked in the vast Garfagnana Valley not far from the steep, majestic towers of the Apuane Alps. Van Garderen and King will be on display at Colorado's inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Aug. 22-28. ...
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COLUMN: Prickly Mystery Plant is an all-American
SCNow
Our Mystery Plant is one of the “prickly pears” native to the southeastern USA, Bermuda and the Atlantic coast of South America. Magnificent yellow flowers are followed by soft, red, seed-filled fruits, which technically are berries. ...
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TCA Report Card: The State of the TV Networks
Hollywood Reporter
And Glee producers Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk may spend too much time on their American Horror Story over at FX. But rarely does Reilly boast, so you know he's feeling confident when he says this: "I feel like we're sitting on a hot hand this year. ...
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Hollywood Reporter
In bad times, pawn shops busy
Greensboro News & Record
Then there's Cash America, with its brightly-lit front counter lined by a half-dozen teller windows that look out on mall-style displays featuring the latest in laptop computers, game systems and other trendy electronics. You don't speak long with ...
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Human Centipede III: Torture Porn In The USA
Gothamist
To recap: Human Centipede: First Sequence was the medically accurate story of an insane scientist obsessed with surgically stitching his victims together via mouth and anus. In the sequel Human Centipede II: Full Sequence (which is out now), ...
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Gothamist
Where Are They Now? : Ryan Carlyle
Patch.com
Your weekly look into the lives of Clarkstown High School Graduates and what they are up to now. This Week: Ryan Carlyle By Abby Lieberman Carlyle at the Rugby Union Collegiate All Americans CanAm games in Lake Placid, NY. USA beat Canada in the final, ...
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David against Goliath
Malta Independent Online
Gender discrimination in labour markets is not something new for Europe either, where the latest statistics show that on average only 12 per cent of board members are women. In Malta, the situation is worse; according to the latest report on Gender ...
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U.S. expands probe of News Corp: Wall St. Journal
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating if Britain's News Corp had a broader pattern of misconduct in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Saturday. The latest investigation concerns past allegations of ...
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Live blog: USA's Dufner, Steele share the lead at the PGA
USA Today
Jim Fuyk is playing like a drunken sailor now. He knocks another shot in the water at 18, and he's playing his FIFTH shot now on the par-4. 6:41: As we said earlier, Jim Furyk is taking on water. He finds the lake again on 18. ...
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USA Today
GMR to focus on emerging markets for airport business
Economic Times
We have not identified any particular project as of now," GMR's Chief Financial Officer, A Subbarao, said. Besides, the company is also looking at developed countries including the USA among others for expanding its airport business, he said. ...
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'American Spring' of economic revolt coming
Austin American-Statesman
Want to be a member of the USA? Then pay your membership dues. We can't have a nation where more than 50 percent of the people pay nothing in income taxes. Everyone needs to put something in the pot. Higher tax rates for the very well-off. ...
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Austin American-Statesman
Daily Kos Elections weekend digest
Daily Kos
Bachmann's best performance was in this week's USA Today/Gallup poll, where she came in a reasonably strong fourth place with 13 percent of the vote. In the USAT/Gallup poll, however, she still trailed Romney (24 percent), Perry (17 percent) and Ron ...
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Daily Kos
Feeling the babies kick
Boston Globe
Success breeds success, and now Coira, who moved to Spain with his family three years ago, is the newest and youngest top kid on the pitch. It's just different in Europe when it comes to soccer. The Dutch club VVV Venlo in April signed an 18-month-old ...
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Boston Globe
Companies eye market for mobile payments
MyCentralJersey.com
Meanwhile, the rival ISIS mobile commerce network — formed in November among major wireless carriers AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless — has struck agreements with American Express, MasterCard, Visa and Discover. Mobile payments can take many forms ...
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Five questions with Tim Howard
Deseret News
By Chelsea Janes, USA TODAY American goalkeeper Tim Howard is expected to start in Everton's first English Premier League game on Aug. 20 at home against Queens Park Rangers. Saturday's season opener at Totenham was postponed due to London's riots. ...
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Deseret News
Inside autos
Detroit Free Press
Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik holds an iPad with the owners manual app. / ROBERT HANASHIRO/USA TODAY Sure, the 2012 Hyundai Equus will no longer come with an Apple iPad in the glove box as its owners manual. But it will more than make up the ...
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New "Cincinnati Essentials" App Includes 2012 World Choir Games Travel Info
Einnews Portugal
COLUMBUS, OH, August 14, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Travelers planning to attend the 2012 World Choir Games now have a brand new travel tool at their fingertips. Cincinnati USA announced today that 2012 World Choir Games information has been added to ...
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On the verge: Singer/songwriter Miguel
USA Today
Practice makes perfect: That all paid off for Miguel Jontel Pimentel, now 24, whose smooth single Sure Thing— off last November's major-label debut All I Want Is You— hit No. 1 on USA TODAY's urban airplay chart and sold more than 975000 downloads. ...
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USA Today
Credit agencies, the euro crisis and Malta
Malta Independent Online
Following the USA's downgrade, Fitch ratings agency has downgraded Cyprus' credit rating, while France became the latest to be caught in the crossfire, with its government taking pains to assure markets that it won't be the next to see its credit ...
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Joao Plata's diminutive frame looming large at Toronto FC
Goal.com America
When he made his debut, as a substitute against Chivas USA on April 2, the 19-year-old became the shortest player in MLS history, with a listed height of 5 feet 2 inches. The Chivas USA defenders probably thought it some sort of late April Fools' joke. ...
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Goal.com America
Bachmann breaks 6000
Politico (blog)
As Politico reports, senior director of S&P Joydeep Mukherji said that the "stability and effectiveness of American political institutions were undermined by the fact that 'people in the political arena were even talking about a potential default. ...
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US welcomes revitalization of manufacturing
The Tand D.com
In 2000, hourly Chinese manufacturing wages were just 52 cents compared to $16.61 in the United States, according to a report by Boston Consulting Group. By 2015, the wage difference should be $4.41 vs. $26.06 - still powerfully in China's favor, ...
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Auto Outlook: Industry unworried about truck mileage rule
UPI.com
By AL SWANSON, United Press International CSP98070402 - 4, JULY 1998 - COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, USA: Glenn Brown drives his twin engined diesel truck up Pikes Peak during the 76th Annual Pikes Peak Hill Climb, Race to the Clouds. ...
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Living in the shadow of 'Dark Shadows'
Citizens Voice
In addition to her Miss Polish USA title, she also won the Miss Pennsylvania USA crown in 1967, and was in the top ten at that year's Miss USA pageant. Anzalone said her mother remained one of her biggest supporters throughout her career. ...
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Citizens Voice
'US, last country to be a model for world'
Press TV
And I can't really see why anyone in the world will look at the United States of America and think [ they can] face with a law and order problem, with a social problem, with a problem of racism, the United States of America would provide a model of a ...
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Super PACs' new playground: 2012
Las Vegas Sun
First came American Crossroads, Commonsense Ten and their ilk — so-called super PACs set up with unlimited cash that poured millions of dollars into ads benefiting multiple candidates and attacking their opponents. Now comes the next generation of ...
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Thomas D. Elias: `Can't do' spirit moves primary to June
Long Beach Press-Telegram
Jerry Brown, one that got little attention because it was drowned out by news coverage of the possibility America might default on its national debt and the subsequent downgrading of the USA's credit. That move came when next year's California ...
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Play against Jeff Stelling and co to win big prizes
SkySports
The America's Cup World Series regatta in Portugal is being streamed live on skysports.com. Check out the latest from the written press with all the gossip and speculation from today's newspapers. Check out our revamped version of Locker Room as we ...
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Rand Paul makes an Iowa appearance to support his father
Daily Caller
TEA party loonies are the ones to blame for the down grading the USA in the eyes of the world! The downgrading was a political move based on inferred logic amassed with prejudice against the president of the United States! No one should consider Perry ...
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Neuharth: A new book with old advice: Write tight and bright
Alexandria Town Talk
But it now is practiced by more providers and rejected by more consumers. Not only do I agree, but it's not new to me. When we started USA Today in 1982, it was mostly because we felt that most major newspapers were overloading readers with too much ...
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Americans Against Obama Reforms
Live Trading News
“He has a unique opportunity now to really make the case to the American people. Congress is home and it is a chance for him to try to build consensus around a bold alternative,” said Ms. Romer, a professor of economics at the University of California, ...
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Travel: Vienna, revisited
Aspen Times
Kurt's aunt and uncle in Vienna, who, tragically, could not get visas to enter the USA, committed suicide rather than be taken to a concentration camp. In 1942, Kurt volunteered for the American Army, and in 1944, he served in General Patton's ...
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FROM CASPER TO COORS: Jhoulys Chacin's journey to Colorado Rockies' ace began ...
Casper Star-Tribune Online
“You start talking to the American guys and you want to learn English, you want to learn how you order food and all that stuff,” Chacin said. “There are all these feelings. The first time I came to the USA, different language, all that stuff. ...
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Pinoy teachers who lost jobs in Maryland recovering
ABS CBN News
... working visa of “non-critical workers,” including teachers, won't be renewed. Meanwhile, Philippine Ambassador to the USA Jose Cusia said the government is doing all possible ways to help Filipino teachers in America. – Report from Robert Mano, dzMM.
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Denmon Shines For Team USA
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Marcus Denmon scored 11 points and ripped away a game high three steals as Team USA cruised to a 108-67 win over Mexico in the first game of pool play at the 2011 World University Games in China. Denmon came off the bench for the American club and ...
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: David Tua Vs Monte Barrett boxing rematch, Redemtion fight ...
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Another left from the big man, they are starting to hurt Barrett, slowing down a little. The American is still full of talk however, telling Tua who's the boss. A problem with Tua's gloves they are fixing them now...Barrett's corner not entirely happy ...
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Texas universities prepping for new meningitis prevention law
Monitor
By Reeve Hamilton AUSTIN -- Among the things 22-year old Jamie Schanbaum has now that she could not have anticipated three years ago are 2 extra inches in height when she stands, a gold medal from the USA Cycling Paralympic Road National Championships ...
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ACT drivers also enjoy a day in the sun
The Union Leader
Eddie MacDonald, the Rowley, Mass., driver whose parents own New Hampshire's Lee USA Speedway, won the morning segment, but he fell from contention for the overall title when his car petered out with 14 laps left in the evening portion, ...
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Jim Souhan: Florida transfer fired up to play at U
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"I'm the old rookie now," he said. "And it's a lot of fun." Raised in the recruiting hotbed of Pennsylvania, Beal became a Parade All-America and a USA Today's first-team All-America. He played in the same US Army All-America Bowl as Gophers ...
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For growth, results, it's Superb
New Philadelphia Times Reporter
Miller said 50 people have been hired since last November at Superb and Stitches USA in Sugarcreek, which produces from 500000 to 750000 American flags annually. Most of the hirings are full-time jobs, although about 20 are seasonal. ...
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USA vs Mexico 2011: Latest News, Updates and ... - Bleacher Report
USA vs Mexico 2011: Latest News, Updates and Schedule for Men's Soccer Friendly ... that has to start right now. The US have a chance to send a message. .... According to an ESPN report, American head coaches have lost just one of their ...
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Is new steel plant for Rust Belt city latest sign of ... - Yahoo! News
News. What comes to mind when you hear "Youngstown, Ohio? ... And after dropping steadily for 13 years, the number of U.S. manufacturing ... The Wall Street Journal reports that the Ohio factory is being built by a French firm .... steel tarifs and now a French Company will open in place of fully run American Firm, ...
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