Bloomberg
If investors “around the world thought the full faith and credit of the US was not being backed up, if they thought we might renege on our IOUs, it could unravel the entire financial system,” Obama said on a segment taped for today's “Face the Nation” ...
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Novartis studies show Onbrez® Breezhaler® plus tiotropium is more effective ...
Reuters (press release)
Basel, May 15, 2011 - Results of two Phase III studies show that once-daily Onbrez® Breezhaler® (indacaterol) plus tiotropium produced a significantly greater improvement in lung function than tiotropium alone in patients with chronic obstructive ...
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World Weather News In Brief 15 May 2011
Irish Weather Online
SWITZERLAND: A proposed Global Framework for Climate Services designed to help countries – especially the most vulnerable – cope with climate variability and climate change is one of the priorities which will be discussed at the Sixteenth World ...
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Global Review: Dialogue is the best option
Xinhua
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- It's now a prevailing notion that it is always better to have dialogue rather than confrontation. People need smooth dialogue when dealing with one another in a society. And that holds true when it comes to state-to-state ...
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Daily Mail
Organisers are reportedly trying to recruit Lady Gaga – probably the world'sbiggest pop star – to sing at the St John's May Ball next month, to celebrate the college's 500th anniversary. More than 2000 tickets have been sold to the 'unimaginable' ...
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Daily Mail
Little guys are everywhere in Rajaratnam's insider-trading world
The Seattle Times
How come the global apologist Thomas Friedman never comments upon the globalization... (May 15, 2011, by Brier guy) Read more You cannot tust the government. It is corrupt and wasteful. We need less regulation..... (May 15, 2011, by markdmc) Read more ...
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'Greater role of church needed in fight against AIDS'
MorungExpress
(Pradeep pareek) Dimapur, May 15 (MExN): Dimapur Network of Positive people (DNP+) todayorganised a programme to commemorate the 28th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service. The Candlelight Memorial Event coordinated by the Global Network of ...
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Arrest of IMF Chief on Attempted Rape Charges Throws French Presidential Race ...
TIME
By Vivienne Walt Sunday, May 15, 2011 J. Scott Applewhite / AP The news of the arrest of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, 62, was shocking in its own right: late Saturday afternoon, Port Authority police took Strauss-Kahn from the First ...
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Global pharma majors take JV route to India
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi May 15, 2011, 15:17 IST Global pharma majors are opting for joint venture route to tap the consumption story in India, one of the world's key markets, as high valuations are acting as deterrent for M&A deals, believe experts. ...
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Feature: Join the WFTO and go global, SHPII tells SME's
Philippine Information Agency
by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 15 (PIA) – Small and medium enterprises (SME's) in Northern Mindanao have been urged to join the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) and hit the global market. ...
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Dubai Filmmart sees spike in global interest in Arab cinema
Zawya (press release)
Cannes, May 15, 2011: The Dubai Film Market announced today that last year's edition of the Dubai Filmmart, held in December 2010, assisted sales for a record 224 films from around the world, a 60 per cent increase from its 2009 edition. ...
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Zawya (press release)
Rentrak Announces Official Box Office Totals for Weekend of May 13, 2011
PR Newswire (press release)
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (Nasdaq: RENT), todayannounced the official weekend theatrical box office numbers for the weekend period of May13, 2011 through May 15, 2011 according to the company's Box Office ...
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Global investor encourages youths to move to Asia
Arizona Republic
15, 2011 12:00 AM That's the quick career advice from professional investor Jim Awad, whose firm searches the world for promising opportunities. "For any young person today, I'd tell them to move to Asia," said Awad, managing director of Zephyr ...
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US-based Indians hail ratification of UN anti-graft law
Business Standard
PTI / United Nations May 15, 2011, 14:22 IST As India ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption six years after signing it, the US-based Indians have said the move will bring private sector to the forefront of public debate and reform and hoped the ...
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NINE LEADING CANADIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND PENSION FUNDS SUBMIT PROPOSAL ...
CanadianBusiness.com
By Canada NewsWire | May 15, 2011 TORONTO, May 15 /CNW/ - Maple Group Acquisition Corporation ("Maple"), a corporation formed by five of the country's largest pension funds and four Canadian bank-owned investment dealers, today announced that it has ...
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Xceed Ranks in the Global Outsourcing 100 for the Year 2011
PRLog.Org (press release)
PRLog (Press Release) – May 15, 2011 – Xceed ranks in the annual Global Outsourcing 100® list by the International Association for Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) for the third consecutive year. This list identifies the best outsourcing service ...
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Edson teen reaches out to the world
Edmonton Journal
By Nick Lees, edmontonjournal.com May 15, 2011 Edson's Jessie Lilly, who has been raising funds to help causes at home and abroad since Grade 3, has won a $70000 scholarship and will study at MacEwan university and train at the Edmonton Triathlon ...
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Vasco Ribeiro Wins Islas Canarias Santa Pro Junior
Global Surf News
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 15 May, 2011 : - - Gran Canaria, Canary Islands – Vasco Ribeiro (Praia da Poca, PRT) 17, has defeated William Aliotti (Saint Martin, FRA) 17, in a low scoring tactical final 13.17 to 10.20 to win the Asp 3-Star Islas ...
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Hitachi Construction to Recover Fully From Earthquake This Week
Bloomberg
By Masumi Suga - Sun May 15 15:01:00 GMT 2011 Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., theworld's biggest maker of giant excavators, said it expects to fully recover from Japan's worst earthquake as early as this week after the calamity halted factories ...
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Middle East business aviation industry eyes bigger role in global market
Zawya (press release)
Dubai, UAE (ME NewsWire) -May 15, 2011:- The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), the industry forum representing the region's business aviation community, is eyeing an increased role on the global stage as it gears up for a strong ...
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Zawya (press release)
Housing Probably Lagged Behind Factories
Bloomberg
By Bob Willis - Sun May 15 04:00:33 GMT 2011 May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Feroli, chief US economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co., talks about the latest US economic reports and the outlook for the economy. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan ...
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Haida Gwaii has its own world of art
The Province
By Michael McCarthy, Special To The Province May 15, 2011 The word is finally getting out that Haida Gwaii now hosts one of the most robust art scenes in the world. Famous artists like Bill Reid, Robert Davidson, Reg Davidson, and Jim Hart have already ...
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IT firms grow 20%, beat global peers
mydigitalfc.com
By Shyamala Seetharamanan May 15 2011 , Chennai The Indian IT industry is slowly rebounding to its pre-recession growth rates despite sluggishness in the global market. The top 10 India-based IT services providers grew 19.9 per cent in last year ...
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Valley convention calendar for Sunday, May 15
The Desert Sun
American Society of Civil Engineers 2011 EWRI's World Water & Environmental Congress. Renaissance palm Springs Hotel, Palm Springs Convention Center. American College Emergency Physicians Cal/ACEP 2011 annual meeting. La Quinta Resort & club, PGA West. ...
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Singapore Ruling Party Seeks to Renew Image with Lee Kuan Yew Resignation
Bloomberg
By Shamim Adam - Sun May 15 16:01:00 GMT 2011 The political party that has ruled Singapore since independence in 1965 is seeking to overhaul its image with voters after the narrowest election victory on record signaled a shortfall in support among ...
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Sepp Blatter Says FIFA Will "Disappear" If He Isn't Reelected As President
The Business Insider
AP | May 15, 2011, 2:40 PM | 0 | LONDON (AP) — Sepp Blatter says the "survival of FIFA is at stake" in next month's presidential election. Blatter also warned Friday that soccer's international governing body could "disappear into a black hole" if he ...
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The Business Insider
S. Korea to host congress of int'l port management body
Yonhap News
SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will play host to this year's world ports conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors, the world's largest port management organ, in the country's largest port city of Busan next week, ...
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Real-estate professionals embrace new digital tools to better serve clients
Arizona Republic
15, 2011 12:00 AM Historically, the real-estate industry has lagged behind the rest of the business world by a few years in the adoption of new digital tools. But the housing-market downturn appears to have spurred agents, brokers and others to develop ...
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May 15 – Armed Forces Day
The Moral Liberal
In World War II, the United States Armed Forces helped defeat the forces of aggression and oppression on two sides of the globe…In the Cold War, we faced down the global Soviet threat. Today, our forces stand guard, at home and abroad, against a range ...
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The Moral Liberal
Why Europe is on the brink
Telegraph.co.uk
Martin Vander Weyer asks how much longer the dream can last By Martin Vander Weyer 7:00AM BST 15 May 2011 The visionaries who dreamed of a peaceful and united Europe after the end of the Second World War — Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet, Paul-Henri Spaak ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Mississippi WW II Veterans Finally Get To See Their Memorial
WLOX
By Jeff Lawson - bio | email Wednesday, May 11th was a day that 84 of our Mississippi WorldWar Two veterans will never forget. On that day, 82 men and 2 women were a part of the first Mississippi Gulf Coast Honor Flight. It's a nationwide program, ...
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Banga Sangeet Mela 2011 - A special report from the event popularly known as ...
Washington Bangla Radio
Share your creation with our global listeners. Click on the Contact link to submit your original contribution to WBRi. By Bhargav Lahiri Calcutta, May 15, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio) Music is the language of our heart. And no doubt it has been the ...
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Derrick Rose Leads Chicago Bulls Into Battle, Which Is All He Knows
SB Nation (blog)
May 15, 2011 - The Chicago Bulls had just advanced to their first Eastern Conference Finals since Michael Jordan was their star, and their current star's face looked like one he'd have in a game in mid-February. As the Bulls polished off a 93-73 win ...
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SB Nation (blog)
Joe Plumeri's 2011 Commencement remarks
William and Mary News
by Joe Plumeri '66 | May 15, 2011 The following are the prepared remarks by Joe Plumeri '66 for the keynote address at the 2011 William & Mary Commencement ceremony. - Ed. Thank you, President Reveley. Congratulations to my two fellow honorary degree ...
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William and Mary News
What is education for?
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
By William J. Mathis - Published: May 15, 2011 It causes a case of the bad recollection shivers when I hear the president refer to education as the means of effectively “competing” in theglobal economy. When he describes the “Race to the Top” ...
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Hotel Okura Macau opens today.
4Hoteliers
Today, 15th May 2011, Okura Hotels and Resorts will be starting its first venture in Macau when the doors of the Hotel Okura Macau open for the first time. Macau is a global centre of tourism and leisure and becoming a popular choice for UK visitors ...
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Pollogen's TriLipo Technology to be Presented at the Upcoming World Congress ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Pollogen Ltd., a global leader in the medical aesthetics market, announced today that it will present its TriLipo® technology at the World Congress of Dermatology (WCD) in Seoul, Korea taking place May 25th-29th, 2011. Jonathan Yu, MD, FPDS, ...
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Housing Probably Lagged Behind Factories: U.S. Economy Preview
San Francisco Chronicle
May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Sales and construction of US homes probably hovered in April around the lows reached during the recession, while factories kept churning out more goods, a reminder that manufacturing remains the engine of the recovery, ...
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MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IS HIGHLY APPLICABLE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - SATOSHI
MaximsNewsNetwork
UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / 15 May 2011 -- In this interview, Professor Satoshi Okabe of Hokkaido University opens a window into the world of scientific research in emerging water technologies. The Japanese government, by means of the Japan ...
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Announces 'Heroine' at Cannes!
Washington Bangla Radio
Share your creation with our global listeners. Click on the Contact link to submit your original contribution to WBRi. May 15, 2011 (Washington Bangla Radio / Pen Men at Work): Befitting the Bachchan dynasty pomp and splendor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ...
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Derrick Rose in a Night at the Oprah (And Other Sports Events That Got Bumped)
Bleacher Report
Pepsi Center on May 25 was already sold out for World Wrestling Entertainment's Monday Night Raw. WWE refused to move, claiming they had the date reserved since Aug. 15, 2008. The ensuing hissy fit included this observation from WWE chairman Vince ...
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Bleacher Report
Chicago trial could reveal Pakistan-militant link
Bloomington Pantagraph
AP | Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2011 12:51 pm | Loading… FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2009 file courtroom sketch, Tahawwur Hussain Rana appears before federal Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in Chicago. Rana, 50, is accused in the 2008 Mumbai rampage that left more ...
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Mississippi River Floodgate Spares Baton Rouge, New Orleans
Irish Weather Online
By Mark Dunphy - Sun May 15, 12:22 pm The US Army Corps of Engineers are expected to open two additional floodgates later today in an effort to spare the US State of Louisiana from severe flooding. The Morganza Floodway was opened yesterday to reduce ...
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Irish Weather Online
16 pieces from Richard Scrushy art collection creates ripple of interest in ...
al.com (blog)
By Russell Hubbard -- The Birmingham News Enlarge The Birmingham News 'Portrait de Femme de Profil,' 1965, by Pablo Picasso is one part of the collection that once belonged to Richard Scrushy that will be auctioned on Sunday, May 15, 2011. ...
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Games News May 15th
The Yorker
With the PlayStation Network fiasco still ongoing, Cieran Douglass investigates the hazards the online world can bring... RPGs are a well-known stomping ground but apart from Final Fantasy how many do you really know? Nathan Blades checks out Two of ...
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World Weather News In Brief 15 May 2011 - Irish Weather Online
By Mark Dunphy
INDONESIA: A moderate 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Papua in the east of the countrytoday. The quake hit at 13:47 p.m. ((6.47AM GMT), 110 km Southwest of the city of Aberpura. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. ... SPACE: NASA will hold a newsbriefing on Tuesday, May 17, on the agency's next Earth-observing satellite mission, Aquarius/SAC-D, scheduled to launch on June 9. Panelists will discuss the international spacecraft mission, ...
Irish Weather Online - http://www.irishweatheronline.com/
Israeli forces 'fire on Gazans' | MyPress.SE - Universal News ...
By BBC News - Latest Published Content
On May 15, 2011, in World News, by BBC News - Latest Published Content. Tweet. Israeli forces open fire on a crowd of Palestinians approaching the border with Israel in northern Gaza, wounding at least 15, reports say. About the author ...
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A reformed Commonwealth: An example for the world : Kaieteur News
By KNews
No organisation can best serve the people it represents in the modern world unless it reforms itself to cope with new global challenges. The Commonwealth – a voluntary association of 54 countries from every continent of the world and ...
Kaieteur News - http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/
Sourcing3 Buyer & Supplier Magazine - Going Green Lifestyle ...
By admin
According to the latest statistics from the US government, global energy consumption is still increasing and by 2030, it's expected that the world will require 700 quadrillion BTU in order to keep running. Switch or Stay? ... You may also be eligible for a federal tax credit, if you're a US resident, but many governments around the world are offering incentives to residents to convert to renewable energy sources. Talk to alternative energy merchants and ask them to help ...
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Archive: 9 May – 15 May 2011. On World news. Most viewed; Zeitgeist; Latest. Last 24 hours ...EU imposes arms embargo on Syria · All today's stories ... Julian Borger's global security blog weekly archives ...
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