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Oct 17, 2011

CANADA News, Oct 17, 2011


Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center Alarmed at Attempts by Radical Islamist ...
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Oct 16, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- FSWC is alarmed about an extremist British Islamic organization attempting to establish itself in Canada through a conference featuring anti-Semitic, anti-Gay speakers. The Islamic Education and ...
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Canada captures another five Pan Am medals
Vancouver Sun
Bronze medal winner Sandra Uptagrafft (L) of the United States of America, gold medal winner Dorothy Ludwig (C) of Canada and silver medal winner Maribel Pineda (R) of Venezuela pose during the medal ceremony. Female athletes led the way on Sunday as ...
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Canada Grants LNG-Export License
Wall Street Journal
KM LNG, a joint venture among Apache Corp., Encana Inc. and EOG Resources Inc., received the license from Canada's National Energy Board to export from a deepwater port in Kitimat, BC If the partners decide to go ahead, the terminal could begin ...
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Q&A: Interim public health director a native of Canada
The Daily News Online
Whitcroft, 55, a native of Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, has worked for the county Health Department for 16 years, most recently as senior public health sanitarian. Whitcroft grew up around horse racing in rural, agricultural Canada. ...
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Sri Lankan envoy criticizes Canada over inquiry calls
CTV.ca
OTTAWA — Sri Lanka says Canada is falling for terrorist "propaganda" with its newfound criticism of the Asian country's human-rights record and its demands for an international inquiry. "We are not happy about the statements being made. ...
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CTV.ca
HNIC's MacLean under fire
Montreal Gazette
You cannot stand on the highest mountaintop in the country - Hockey Night in Canada - and point your finger at these men and shout down to the Nation that you believe they're 'pukes, turncoats and hypocrites' simply because they have a different point ...
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Canadian man, 56, completes 11-year walk around world
Herald Sun
Jean Beliveau, a 56 year-old Canadian takes a rest in Ontario, Canada. Eleven years ago, Jean Bliveau fled before his midlife crisis and after walking 75000km through 64 countries has finally made it back to his homeland. Picture: AP Source: AFP A ...
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Why we must tolerate hate
Globe and Mail
Unfortunately, Canada has been plagued by such a law for decades. Now the Supreme Court is reviewing the issue, thanks to William Whatcott, an anti-gay crusader whose ideas I abhor but whose determination in challenging these laws I applaud. ...
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Globe and Mail
Turbulent week awaits MPs
Toronto Star
OTTAWA—Turbulence in the skies, potential controversy at sea, protests in the streets and worries that Canada teeters on the brink of deep economic troubles. MPs return to Ottawa on Monday after a Thanksgiving break with opposition MPs gearing up to ...
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BAY STREET-Recession fears may catch up to Canada companies
Reuters
*Earnings estimates rise to 28 pct in Q3, 12.8 pct for Q4 *Canada seen leading US in Q3, but lagging beyond *Materials, financials, energy earnings set to outperform By Claire Sibonney TORONTO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - With fears of a global recession in the ...
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Non-partisanship non-existent at Commons ethics committee 'witch hunt'
Vancouver Sun
By Glen McGregor, Postmedia News October 16, 2011 OTTAWA — To Conservatives, ethics committee hearings scheduled for this week will give an important look into alleged abuses ofCanada's open-records laws at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ...
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Strategy to protect woodland caribou gets failing grade: environmental group
Montreal Gazette
One of Canada's leading conservation groups has given the federal government a failing grade on its planned strategy to protect the woodland caribou, insisting above all that a proposed 60 per cent “survival threshold” across much of the animal's range ...
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Alta. pine beetle infestation forces firefighters to 'rewrite the book'
Vancouver Sun
In the summer of 2010, Parks Canada biologist Dave Smith conducted aerial and ground surveys of three main valleys in Jasper National Park and found 400 trees that had been attacked by the mountain pine beetle. Until then, Jasper had been one of the ...
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Canada May Restrict All Cars to 150 KM/H
AutoGuide.com
Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis of Scarborough-Agincourt, Ontario, Canada, is a long time political activist for speed limiters with the intent of reducing the number of car accidents caused by excess speed. Though a previous attempt in 2006 to present a ...
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Safety of wild fish stocks questioned if GE salmon eggs hatchery gets OK
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — Environment Canada isn't sure it can fully protect wild fish stocks if it approves the commercialization of a hatchery of genetically engineered salmon eggs. The admission, outlined in internal records obtained by Postmedia News, could stymie ...
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Vanderhaeghe makes history bloody interesting
Vancouver Sun
By Karen Virag, Edmonton Journal October 16, 2011 Fie on that smug European I sat beside on a plane a few years ago who intoned with sniffy superiority that the problem with Canada is that it has no history. It's a pity Guy Vanderhaeghe wasn't his ...
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Rest in peace, Earl McRae
Toronto Sun
Canada's media family lost a giant Saturday night with the death of Ottawa Sun writer Earl McRae. The colourful columnist collapsed in the Sun newsroom and was rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to revive him. Earl was a brilliant storyteller ...
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US warned Canada about Taliban surge before Kandahar
CTV.ca
The research paper noted the opinion among the Americans, on whom Canada relied for most its war-time intelligence, was not unanimous and there was institutional dissent. "The US Army, unfortunately, disagreed with these dark assessments and believed ...
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SiriusXM Canada wants millions of car owners to pay to listen to satellite radio
Winnipeg Free Press
New cars are already big business for satellite radio SiriusXM Canada, but CEO Mark Redmond is targeting millions of vehicles already on the road whose owners are listening to the radio for free. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Jonathan Hayward MONTREAL - New cars ...
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Did Canada punish Russia for 2008 Georgia invasion by moving satellite?
Winnipeg Free Press
MONTREAL - Canada attempted to sanction Russia for its 2008 invasion of Georgia by switching to India for the launch of SAPPHIRE, this country's first military satellite, a top military expert says. James Fergusson, a University of Manitoba expert on ...
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Flaherty: Occupy movement has little to protest in Canada
CTV.ca
"That isn't true in Canada. In fact, just the opposite. The government on behalf of the people of Canada strongly regulated and supervised our banks and we still do, in order to avoid that kind of situation." Flaherty was speaking from Paris, ...
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CTV.ca
Harper to appoint Ontario judges Karakatsanis and Moldaver to Supreme Court: CTV
Globe and Mail
The face of the Supreme Court of Canada is poised to change dramatically as the Harper government puts an indelible stamp on the court by naming two new nominees. CTV reported late Sunday that Stephen Harper would on Monday announce the appointment of ...
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Globe and Mail
The campaign for civility in Afghanistan
National Post (blog)
In the 10 years since the invasion of Afghanistan, foreign donors — including Canada — have spent more than US$57-billion in aid there. But what kind of country is Canada leaving behind? As the recipient of the 2011 Michener-Deacon fellowship for ...
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NHL bosses keeping eye on Pan Am daughters
National Post (blog)
Kate Gillis, middle, is a key member of Canada's women's field hockey team at the Pan Am Games. GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Four months after their teams battled through a Stanley Cup final that left one city in ecstasy and another in flames, the architects ...
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Sprinter, 100, completes marathon
BBC News
A 100-year-old Briton has become the world's oldest marathon runner after finishing a race in Canada. Fauja Singh, from Ilford, east London, ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in eight hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds. The record-holder "hit the wall" ...
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BBC News
Canadian pipeline expansion good for U.S.
Lexington Herald Leader
Did you know that your neighbor, Canada, is now the largest energy supplier to the United States? Growing this relationship makes sense. Canada has an enviable supply of hydro, natural gas, oil, uranium and wind, and our exports are largely flowing...
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Lexington Herald Leader
Colorado Avalanche's Mueller likely to miss third consecutive game
Denver Post
By Adrian Dater TORONTO — Peter Mueller did not look like a particularly happy camper when he trudged into the dressing room after Avalanche practice Sunday at the Air Canada Centre. A brief interview with the left winger only served to confirm his ...
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Moroun should stop meddling in a new Canada-US crossing
Globe and Mail
The busiest crossing between Canada and the United States is in private hands. That's worked well enough for decades, but the owner is now getting in the way of a much-needed expansion of capacity at the border. He should end his campaign of ...
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Globe and Mail
More international success for Soumillon
RTE.ie
Sarah Lynx gave Christophe Soumillon his second big win of the weekend as she came home a clear winner of the Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine on Sunday. Soumillon landed the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and he added to that tally as ...
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Russian spies using Canadian passports poses 'troubling threat': documents
Globe and Mail
Canada “strongly deplores” the exploitation of its passport by Russian agents to establish a spy ring in the United States, say the internal Foreign Affairs Department records. But it seems Moscow's Cold War-style tactics, exposed last year by US ...
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Globe and Mail
Security a bright spot for Pan Am guests
National Post (blog)
Ivett Gonda, right, won her under-49kg division in taekwondo to give Canada it's first gold on the first day of competition. GUADALAJARA, Mexico — They are in the hotels, on the sidewalks, around the venues and, if it's warm outside, ...
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Canada News Centre - Minister MacKay announces accessibility ...
The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Central Nova, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced support to help the ...
Canada News Centre - National News
March of Dimes Canada: Bret Hart | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
Sun News welcomes legendary Canadian wrestler Bret Hart who discusses his role as a spokesperson for March of Dimes Canada.
Canada stories
Award-winning Sun journalist Earl McRae dies | Canada | News ...
Canada's media family lost a giant Saturday night with the death of Ottawa Sun writer Earl McRae.
London Free Press
Soumillon strikes again on Sarah Lynx in Canada « TAB News
By Nicci Garner
TORONTON – On the day after he won Britain's richest race but forfeited his fee for his efforts with the whip, Christophe Soumillon produced a masterly ground-saving ride for shock CanadianInternational victory on the French-trained filly ...
TAB News
Canada 'strongly deplores' passport abuse by Russian spies ...
OTTAWA - The Russian intelligence service's illegal use of the Canadian passport poses a. ...Breaking News. The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION .... Twitter. Follow our reporters and ournews feeds on Twitter ...
Winnipeg Free Press: Breaking News
Reports Suggest Australia, Canada Still Fertile ... - Rocket News
By Editor
October 16, 2011 11:40 PM Reports Suggest Australia, Canada Still Fertile Territory for Law Firm.
Rocket News
Digicel Open Golf Tournament…Canada-based ... - Kaieteur News
By KNews
Rajkumar, who is playing with a 12 handicap finished the day with a gross 73 and a net of 61 to lead Dr. John Ramsingh, who closed with a gross 89 and a net 63 off a 26 handicap. In the third spot was defending champion Roy Cummings, ...
Kaieteur News
Canada's Dr. Doom predicts problems in global ... - Beacon News
By Markham Hislop
There's an old saying that goes: if an individual owes a banker a thousand dollars, it's their problem; but if they owe a million, it's the banker's problem. Perhaps the saying should be updated to include the scenario where billions of loans are ...
Beacon News
Women Behind Bars: Canada's most dangerous woman
Great mystery, lift the burden from my shoulders but leave me enough to keep me strong.
Times Colonist - News
DogFriendly.com's Top 200 Places in the U.S. and Canada ...
By admin0
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while ...
DogFriendly.com's Dog News
WBB Finish Second at 2011 BDO Canada Tournament - News
By Larry Read
The host Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's basketball team finished second at their own 2011 BDO Canada tournament. The WolfPack lost to the only squad who went unbeaten through the four team tournament: the University ...
WolfPack Athletics News
Is Harper Leading Canada to War with Iran?
By Joe Hueglin
Canada's current air force attack planes have engaged in three wars: the Gulf War; the war against Serbia; and, currently, supporting the National Transitional Council in Libya. None of these were against against countries posing a threat to ...
Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths...
Chinese Medicine Rules to be Updated in Canada - Medindia Blogs
By Medindia Health News
Chinese Medicine Rules to be Updated in Canada. Posted by: Medindia Health News. image As a first step towards modifying regulations covering the sale of imported Chinese herbal remedies, federal health authorities in Canada have met ...
Medindia Blogs
The Council of Canadians joins #Occupy actions across Canada ...
By Council-of-Canadians
The Council of Canadians is Canada's largest citizens' organization, with members and chapters across the country. We work to protect Canadian independence by promoting progressive policies on fair trade, clean water, energy security, ...
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
Pique newsmagazine | Whistler, CANADA : Sea to Sky election ...
By Piquestaff
Sea to Sky election candidates set. Six now in race for Whistler mayor's position. By Piquestaff. The deadline has now passed to file to run in 2011 municipal elections. Below is a list of the candidates in the corridor for mayor and council as of ...
Pique News
Dawson: I'll fight Pascal next but not in Canada - Boxing News
By admin
By Eric Thomas: WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-1, 18 KO's) will be facing former WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-2-1, 16 KO's)
Boxing News
New Export Dollar Figure Mark for Lumber Exports to China ...
By Opinion 250 - News for Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada
Opinion250.com is News, Weather and Opinions for Prince George, B.C. and Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, including Quesnel, Fort St. John, Terrace, Houston, Vanderhoof- Fresh Thinking for the 250 area of BC. ... According to the latest international merchandise trade data released this week by Statistics Canada, lumber exports over the first eight months of the year from B.C. to China, including Hong Kong, total $746 million. For all of 2010, B.C's lumber exports to ...
Opinion 250: News
Canada News Centre - Canada Troubled by Conviction of Yulia ...
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement in response to the conviction in Ukraine of Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister and ...
news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=627419
British activist denied entry to Canada - News - MSN CA
British activist Moazzam Begg has been denied entry into Canada twice, and this time the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner is considering suing the gover.
news.ca.msn.com/top.../british-activist-denied-entry-to-canada...

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ASIA News, Oct 17, 2011


Olympus Shares Plummet
Wall Street Journal
By KANA INAGAKI Asia Today: There's controversy at Olympus following the ouster of its first non-Japanese CEO, Michael Woodford. Also, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co. plans to cut up to 20% of its workforce. WSJ's Isabella Steger and ...
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US lawmaker urges F-16 C/D sale to Taiwan
eTaiwan News
Yang said he hopes Japan and the US will help Taiwan join a regional security mechanism in East Asia. "The lack of Taiwan's participation in such a mechanism will create a loophole in maintaining security in the region," he said. ...
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Citigroup 3Q Profit Jumps 68% On Accounting Adjustment, Intl Strength
Wall Street Journal
Consumer spending abroad, particularly in Asia, improved revenue but couldn't offset the hit from declining investment banking and trading business that suffered in the third quarter at all major Wall Street banks. Revenue from capital markets ...
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FMG fears ore price slip
Sydney Morning Herald
''Most of that appears to be a carry-over from the financial uncertainty in Europe and I think once that is sorted out we will see most of the volatility and cautiousness in the Asian markets disappear.'' EL & C Baillieu analyst Adrian Prendergast said ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
A Short History Of Animal Domestication
Science 2.0
Fortunately, recent developments in genetic and statistical technologies have finally allowed researchers to explore domestication in greater detail and for a variety of species; the themes of their latest findings have just been reviewed in a new ...
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Top industry experts set to gather at Thin Film Summit in Berlin
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
... consolidation of the market, and ever increasing competition from c-Si and Asia. However, it is not all doom and gloom, as the global thin film market is set to grow at a CAGR of 32.4% over the period 2010–2014. Recent figures suggest that it will ...
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Halliburton Announces Third Quarter Earnings of $0.94 Per Diluted Share From ...
MarketWatch (press release)
We set company records for revenue in the third quarter in both our Latin America and Middle East/Asia regions. The strong sequential operating income growth was driven by improved activity in Latin America and Asia. Project delays in Iraq and the ...
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Afghanistan: Irreconcilable Differences
Washington Bangla Radio
By South Asia Intelligence Review/IBNS Evidently, these are colossal challenges, and the temptation to lapse into the make-believe of aid-driven development, democratization, 'peace processes', 'negotiated settlements', and deals with the 'good ...
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Climate change downsizing fauna, flora
ABC Science Online
Overfishing has been blamed for decreased body size in both wild and commercially-harvested aquatic species, threatening the key source of protein of a billion people around the world, mainly in Africa and Asia. But experiments and observational ...
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ABC Science Online
Delhi on alert for Sikh strike
Associated Press of Pakistan
LAHORE,Oct 15 (APP)- International Cycling Union and Asian Cycling Confederation have greeted President,Cycling Federation, Munawar Baseer Ahmad on his recentelection. Both the bodies have congratulated PCF on its recent elections in a democratic and ...
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Octagon Global Regulatory Affairs Expert Nancy Smerkanich to Present at 2011 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Octagon also has European offices based in London, UK, and Asia-Pacific offices in Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.octagonresearch.com . Octagon Clinical Research Solutions India Private Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Octagon ...
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Liquidnet Launches Global Institutional Platform for Fast Growing Private ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Trading in the shares of private and pre-IPO companies has expanded rapidly in recentyears, highlighted by interest in such Internet-leaders including Facebook, Groupon and Twitter. Kerner and his team will work with the largest institutional ...
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Cain's 2012 Campaign Built on the Fly Fights to Keep Momentum
BusinessWeek
Above all, it means preventing himself from becoming the latest in a succession of fiscally and socially conservative candidates -- including Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- who have only briefly challenged ...
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Stocks Bear Market Primary B Wave Rally Continues
The Market Oracle
After Major wave A concludes, the market should experience a fairly big pullback for Major B, then rally again to complete Major wave C. Since this recent rally has been quite strong, we have added another Fibonacci retracement level to the current ...
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Nigeria: Mobile Health Technology Is Key to Repositioning Nation's Healthcare ...
AllAfrica.com
Stakeholders at a recent mobile health (mHealth) workshop put together by MTN Nigeria, voted in favour of adoption of the mobile healthcare system. Already, a United Nations report notes that this system has capacity to help meet four of the eight ...
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Emkay sees 46% upside in GMR Infra
Myiris.com
GMR has emerged as one of the largest road developers in India with 1285 km of highway in its portfolio after the recent win. KUA in totality appears to be value accretive for GMR infrastructure. (Q,N,C,F)* This project in addition to the developer ...
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The Average Decrease Of Global Warming
The Market Oracle
If we tried the question: What were average temperatures in Europe, Africa, America orAsia through the period of for example 1450-1550 ?, we can and do have theories on that subject, for example using tree ring, ice carrot, glacier advance and retreat ...
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Campus diversity on the rise
Central Florida Future
From the fall 2009 to fall 2010, Hispanic attendance increased by 1961 students, African-American attendance by 973 students and Asian-American attendance by 409 students. Becoming "more inclusive and diverse" was one of the five main goals set forth ...
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Body Talk with Gareth 'Gaz' Holgate, The Silent Volcano
Philippine Star
A recent visitor (for some magazine photo shoot, meet-and-greet with the children of Child Hope Asia Philippines and teach them rugby, and to present donations to some schools, etc.), Gaz might join showbiz, according to his manager Leo Dominguez whose...
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Consumer Power Shifts to Developing Markets
AdAge.com
"I don't think there's any question, if someone looks back at our company 10 years from now, they'll wonder if the leadership of the company at this time took the right steps to move the center of gravity of the company more toward Asia, ...
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AdAge.com
Futures lower as Eurozone reverses
optionMONSTER Research (registration) (blog)
Asia-Pacific markets closed broadly higher overnight, with only India's Sensex falling. European indexes gapped higher but are now trading lower on the day, pulled down US futures with them. A meeting of the G-20 finance ministers this weekend sent a ...
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Shares jump on Euro optimism
The Age
Australian shares have resumed their recent strong gains after more signs that euro zone leaders are working to resolve their debt woes helped buoy overseas markets at the end of last week. 2.56pm: In case you missed it, this article about how ...
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