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Oct 28, 2011

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World Series 2011 Game 6: Joe Buck's perfect “We'll see you ... tomorrow night ...
Washington Post (blog)
(JIM YOUNG / Reuters) Game 6 of the World Series had it all: bad fielding, clutch hitting, three blown saves, and a Game 6 walk-off home run for the ages. But the best thing? It may just have been the call by Joe Buck, who channeled his father Jack, ...
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Samsung surges past Apple in smartphones
Reuters
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world's top smartphone maker in the July-September period with a 44 percent jump in shipments, and forecast strong sales in the current quarter in a clear warning to its ...
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Saab heads for Chinese owners after rescue bid
Reuters
By Veronica Ek and Patrick Lannin STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Struggling Saab is set to follow rival Swedish car maker Volvo into Chinese ownership under a planned 100 million euro ($141 million) rescue purchase by Pang Da Automobile Trade Co and Zhejiang ...
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Analysis - Microsoft works out how to play Skype
Reuters UK
By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Wall Street is warming up to Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) $8.5 billion (5.3 billion pound) purchase of online chat service Skype. After initial shock at the price -- more than double its expected public valuation ...
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UPDATE 1-Russian elite celebrate Bolshoi's lavish revival
Reuters
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya MOSCOW Oct 28 (Reuters) - Russia's Bolshoi Theatre re-opened on Friday with an exclusive party to celebrate a luxurious renovation that has taken six years, cost $700 million and revived a revered cultural symbol scarred by ...
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U.S. and world companies report earnings Thursday
Montreal Gazette
By Reuters, Agence France-Presse October 27, 2011 Chrysler Group LLC boosted its full-year profit outlook Thursday after it reported a third-quarter profit lifted by a 24-per-cent jump in global vehicle sales. Chrysler projects an adjusted net income ...
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Will Greenwood: from France facing the haka to SheepWorld - the best bits of ...
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: REUTERS By Will Greenwood There are many things I will take from the competition; the haka before the semi-final with Australia, the shock that hit the stadium when the Sam Warburton red card was brandished, Ireland turning the tournament on its ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Factbox: Placido Domingo at 70
Reuters
(Reuters) - Placido Domingo appeared at London's Royal Opera House in Covent Garden late Thursday both as a tenor and in his new guise as a baritone. -- Domingo was born in Madrid on January 21, 1941, but left Spain when he was eight to join his ...
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Biography sees Jobs as crossroad of humanities, science
Reuters India
By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A genius for mixing the humanities and sciences coupled with a Svengali-like ability to motivate people powered Steve Jobs's mission to change the world, biographer Walter Isaacson concludes in his exhaustive new ...
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Reuters India
EA raises forecast less than expected, shares fall
Reuters
By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Electronic Arts Inc's (ERTS.O) second-quarter results beat Wall Street estimates and the video game maker raised its earnings forecast because of the upcoming holiday title "Star Wars: The Old Republic," which it expects ...
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Reuters
Olympus analysts surrender, leave clients in dark
Reuters
Though analysts in other parts of the world might take a tougher line on a company, they are all prone to the same issues. Before struggling US video distributor Netflix recently plunged 40 percent, only one analyst had a sell rating. ...
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Baidu sees strong Q4 sales driven by ad spend
Reuters
By Melanie Lee and Alexei Oreskovic (Reuters)- Top Chinese search engine Baidu Inc forecast strong sales that topped Wall Street estimates, after reporting robust quarterly earnings, shrugging off concerns that a weak economy could hit advertisers. ...
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Freese frames Game Six heroics as child's play
Fox News
By Steve Ginsburg ST LOUIS (Reuters) - St Louis Cardinals hero David Freese said he was able to keep his emotions under control in Game Six of the World Series by remembering baseball, in its essence, is just a child's game. ...
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Bangkok residents flee as floods threaten to overwhelm capital
The Guardian
... the world's top exporter of the grain. "The 6m tonnes damage [to the rice paddy] is just an initial estimate. We need to conduct a survey again after flood water recedes," Apichart Jongsakul, head of the Office of Agriculture Economy, told Reuters.
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Activists ask Gaga to pose in lettuce dress
msnbc.com
(Lucy Nicholson / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation Lady Gaga takes a photo with her phone while introducing her Grey Label product line during the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. ...
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TNC: Qaddafi's son Saif fled to Niger
CBS News
Saif, the one-time heir apparent to the dictatorial throne of Libya, is wanted by theInternational Criminal Court, and is fearing for his life if captured in Libya, Reutersreports. As a result, Saif is apparently trying to turn himself over to the ...
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Video: Lady Liberty turns 125
msnbc.com
After the celebration, access to the statue's interior, including its crown, will be closed for about a year while the statue is renovated, although Liberty Island will remain open to visitors. Information from the Associated Press and Reuters was ...
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Sarkozy Uses Europe's Debt Crisis To Signal Re-Election Bid
TIME (blog)
(TF1 Television / Reuters) Given the enormous stakes involved in it, one would have thought the big news Thursday was the accord hammered out earlier in the day by European Union leaders to deal with the euro zone's monstrous debt crisis. ...
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Gaddafi execution was inhumane, OIC head says
Today's Zaman
(Photo: Reuters) Ekmeleddin Ä°hsanoÄŸlu, secretary-general of the world'sbiggest organization of Muslim countries, condemned brutal execution of Libya's former leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying he should have been put on trial. “The treatment of Gaddafi is ...
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Liga of its own
The Age
Photo: Reuters THREE years ago Levante was bringing shame on Spain. The little working class club from the city of Valencia was not paying its workers. Several players were approaching two full years without wages, families were being split up, ...
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The Age
Japan s digital divas take to the stage, wow fans
Moneycontrol.com
By Chris Meyers TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's two newest stars have all the basics of being a pop idol down. Their dance moves are sharp, they sing without missing a beat, and their songs have made the top 10. The only thing is, neither one of them exists. ...
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What We're Reading
New York Times (blog)
Jeff Gordinier Reuters: John Fraser, of Dovetail, is suing the lawyer he says failed to get a liquor license for his pop-up, What Happens When. — Nick Fox Huffington Post: The 20 best and worst Halloween candies ever. Best: Kit Kat. Worst: Smarties. ...
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New York Times (blog)
Option trading update - third quarter 2011
Broadcast Newsroom
This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reutersclients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. ...
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Romney remains cool to climate science
Politico
"Do I think the world's getting hotter? Yeah, I don't know that, but I think that it is," Romney said in New Hampshire, according to Reuters. "I don't know if it's mostly caused by humans." Romney aides argued then that he wasn't changing his position, ...
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Politico
EARNINGS PREVIEW: Media Giants See Licensing Deals Pay Off
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Expectations: Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect $1.03 a share of earnings and $3.74 billion in revenue. A year earlier, Viacom posted a profit of 31 cents a share--75 cents excluding debt-extinguishment costs and other items, ...
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US Stocks Decline as European Debt Concern Offsets Tech Rally
BusinessWeek
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment increased to 60.9, from 59.4 in September. The gauge was projected to drop to 58, according to the median forecast of 66 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
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Mongolian core to Russia's nuclear bid
Asia Times Online
... which read in part: Mongolia's mass media clarified the issue with relevant officials in accordance with information distributed by the world's bigger news agencies such asReuters, CNN and Japan's Mainichi newspaper and distributed the position of ...
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Anonymous warns Fox News over Occupy Wall Street coverage
Computer Business Review
... across the world. It is believed Anonymous had hacked the Fox News' Twitter account recently and posting a false news about President Obama. According toReuters, Anonymous said in a video on YouTube, "Anonymous introduces Occupation Fox Hunt. ...
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NEWSMAKER - Saudi King Abdullah - a cautious reformer
Reuters India
By Angus McDowall DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has overcome conservative clerics to push cautious changes in the world's top oil exporter, aimed at reconciling Islamic tradition with the needs of a modern economy. ...
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Reuters offers government reporting workshop | IJNet
By mlooney
The Thomson Reuters Foundation is organizing a five-day workshop on good governance reporting to be held November 14-18 in Sarajevo. The course will describe forms of corruption and the media's role as public service informers, explain ...
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Happy Birthday, Number 7 Billion! – Nick News | Linda Ellerbee ...
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But based on birth rates and population growth, they say the baby might be born in India's Uttar Pradesh state – a state where approximately 3 billion people live on less than $2 a day, according to Reuters news service. Despite that level of poverty, there are people in Uttar Pradesh who still have hope for the kids who are coming into the worldright now. ... Nick.com is the ultimate destination for kids' games, kids' shows, kids' online videomovies, music, celebrities and more! ...
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Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court | World | Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange for an aircraft ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
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Thai capital warned massive water on the way | Reuters
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Floods swamped a new area of Thailand's capital on Wednesday as some ... Video purports to show Gaddafi capture Mon, Oct 24 2011 .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
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Gaddafi to be buried in secret desert grave: NTC | Reuters
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in ... Video purports to show Gaddafi capture Mon, Oct 24 2011 ..... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
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Gaddafi son seeks flight to Hague war crimes court | Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, fearing for his life if captured in Libya, has tried to arrange ... Video purports to show Gaddafi capture Mon, Oct 24 2011 ..... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-libya-idUSTRE79F1FK201110...
Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view | Reuters
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a ...Steve Jobs Wanted Jon Stewart to Help Prove Fox News Was 'Incredibly Destructive' ...Video purports to show Gaddafi capture Mon, Oct 24 2011 ... as testified by the grainy mobile phone footage seen by the world of the former leader, ...
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Muammar Gaddafi is dead, NTC says - Thursday 20 October 2011 ...
The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web .... FLASH:Reuters witness sees video of captured Gaddafi son Mo'Tassim ...
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Heavy fighting in Yemen after U.N. resolution | World | Reuters
SANAA (Reuters)- At least 10 people were killed in fighting between Yemeni government forces and opposition ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE79L0X420111022
Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai - World news ...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul. Omar Sobhani / REUTERS ... REUTERS/Omar Sobhani ... More world news ... Video. US should act as a peacemaker in Middle East. Video. After the Iraq withdrawal, ...
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Twenty killed in Syria, Assad meets Arab ministers | World | Reuters
AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 20 people died in clashes and strikes paralysed parts of Syria on Wednesday as ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE79P2C720111026
Rebel base struck in south Somalia, Kenya troops | World | Reuters
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A fighter jet struck a rebel base near the militant-bastion port city of Kismayu on ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article. Home ...
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE79L1BF20111023
Iran to soon move nuclear material to bunker - sources | World ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran plans to soon start moving nuclear material to an underground site for the pursuit of ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
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Euro Zone: Vatican Calls for 'Central World Bank' to Be Set Up - CNBC
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Vatican calls for global authority on economy, raps “idolatry of the ...
Exclusive: EU weighs insurance, SPV options to boost euro fund | Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
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Analysis - Death of Libya's Gaddafi avoids awkward trial | World ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's apparent death from wounds received during the fall of Sirte means a ... You are here: Home > News > World > Article ...
af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE79J48B20111020

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