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Apr 24, 2012

BUSINESS News, Apr 24, 2012

BUSINESS
Citi's CEO Pay Revolt: Capitalism Is Back, Baby!
TIME
Shareholders and the boards they elect have been about as tough on hotshot CEOs as compliant concubines. Even more, the relentless demands of shareholders for ever-higher quarterly profits have egged on corporate managers to take on higher levels of ...
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TIME
MAMCO Property Management Announces Leadership Changes
MarketWatch (press release)
LAUREL, NJ, Apr 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- MAMCO PropertyManagement, an Associa company, proudly announces the addition of On-site Manager Diane Carey-Stranko and the promotion of Natalie Fries, AMS, CMA, to manager of the large scale on-site ...
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BIOLOGY News, Apr 24, 2012


BIOLOGY

Understanding 'Brain Freeze' May Be Key to Migraine Treatment, Says Study
ABC News
What causes this phenomenon has long baffled scientists, but in new research presented at this year's Experimental Biology meeting, scientists may have identified the cause as a change in the brain's blood flow associated with consuming cold drinks or ...
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ABC News
What causes brain freeze? Study reveals new clues
CBS News
VIDEO: Steering clear of "brain freeze" Dangerous "games" that may harm kids and teens We're talking the dreaded "brain freeze," - often dubbed an "ice cream headache" - and a new study claims to have finally unlocked clues as to what causes this ...
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BEST Anything, Apr 24, 2012

BEST
World Football: Top 10 Football Managers Who Employ Mind Games
Bleacher Report
Who are the managers who engage in it the best? Join me as I present to you the top 10 world football managers who employ mind games. The former Queens Park Rangers manager loves to play games with managers, players and referees by venting his ...
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Bleacher Report
Kimberly-Clark Named Among Top 20 Of World's Best Corporate Citizens For ...
Citybizlist (press release)
DALLAS -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) was recently recognized as one of the top 20 "Best Corporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the fourth consecutive year. The magazine published its 13th annual 100 Best Corporate ...
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ASSOCIATED PRESS News, Apr 24, 2012

Bribe report puts focus on Mexico's 'gestores'
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across Mexico, according to a published report by the New York Times. (AP Photo) Front-running presidential candidate ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
For cheap fuel, Nigeria bought massive corruption
Atlanta Journal Constitution
For the price of cheap gasoline, Nigeria paid billions of dollars into a corrupt government system of fuel subsidies that saw huge contracts awarded to shady companies without any oversight, according to a lawmakers' report. (AP Photos/Sunday Alamba) A...
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NEW ZEALAND HERALD News, Apr 24, 2012

Woman who drank 2 gallons of Coke a day dies
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
(AP Photo/New Zealand Herald) Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attack in February 2010. Fairfax Media reported that a pathologist, Dr. Dan Mornin, testified at an inquest Thursday that she ...
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - April 24
Reuters
NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) Most Kiwis prefer Fay group's bid: Days after Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin won approval for its purchase of the Crafar Farms, New Zealanders say they would rather the group led by controversial Kiwi asset ...
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ASEAN News, Apr 24, 2012

mediba Inc. Announces New Establishment of Representative Offices in Three ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In October 2011, we were welcomed into Singapore, a country with government incentive grants for foreign investors, central to ASEAN as well as having an established financial market. In February 2012, we opened an office in South Korea, which is known ...
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MOST BEAUTIFUL Woman, Model, Actress, Apr 24, 2012


People's Most Beautiful Woman 2012- Who will it be?

WPRO
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday) People Magazine will reveal their top choice for 2012's, "Most Beautiful Woman." Last year Jennifer Lopez took the top honor leaving her without words. "Rarely am I left speechless, but I feel honored," said Lopez, ...
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STRAUSS KAHN News, Apr 24, 2012

NY judge expected to rule soon on Strauss-Kahn's bid to nix hotel maid's lawsuit
Canadian Business Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:36 PM PDT
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A New York City judge is expected to rule by the end of the week on whether to throw out a hotel maid's lawsuit claiming that Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her. Court system spokesman David Bookstaver says a decision is expected by Friday in the housekeeper's Bronx civil

Ruling coming soon in NYC suit vs. Strauss-Kahn
Grand Island Independent Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:38 PM PDT
A New York City judge is expected to rule by the end of the week on whether to throw out a hotel maid's lawsuit claiming that Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her.

NY judge set to decide on Strauss-Kahn
TurkishPress.com Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:50 PM PDT
A New York judge is expected to rule Friday whether disgraced French politician and former IMF chief

Apr 23, 2012

LATEST World News, Apr 23, 2012

Leveson inquiry: Evgeny Lebedev, Aidan Barclay, John Ryley - live
The Guardian
Dan Sabbagh (@dansabbagh) April 23, 2012 11.46am: Barr is asking Ryley about the public interest defences outlined in the Ofcom code of practice, which covers newsgathering for the purposes of "revealing or detecting crime". Ryley points out that there ...
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GENBAND Presents Latest IMS, Monetization and Cloud Strategies at IMS World ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FRISCO, Texas, Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GENBAND, a leading developer of IP infrastructure and application solutions, today announced it will present the latest in IMS breakthroughs across its portfolio at IMS World Forum 2012, which takes place ...
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NEW TRENDS, Apr 23, 2012

New Trends
World Satellite M2M Market Prospects Examined in New IDATE Study Published at ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Most recent study "The Satellite M2M Market 2012-2016" developed by IDATE Consulting & Research (IDATE) has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. The study reveals that the global satellite M2M market is forecast to reach 2.3 billion EUR by ...
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WASHINGTON POST News, Apr 23, 2012

Post Newsletters & Alerts
Washington Post (blog)
By The Reliable Source Raul Fernandez (Kevin Clark/The Washington Post) Raul Fernandez gave $30K to help elect Barack Obama in 2008 — but the part-owner of the Wizards and the Caps says he'll vote for anybody but Obama this year because he feels like ...
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The Post Most: LifestyleMost-viewed stories,videos, and galleries in the past ...
Washington Post (blog)
A roving band of Washington Post Style reporters weighs in on the latest arts, fashion and culture news. Got a tip or a suggestion? Send us your thoughts via email, Facebook or Twitter. By Jacqueline Trescott “Old Pine Tree and Peacock,” by Ito Jakuchu ...
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UFO News, Apr 23, 2012


'Break on through to the otherside' Interview with Greg Bishop on UFOs
Examiner.com
... got me more interested in the government deception agenda when it comes to UFOs. Through his book Project Beta it helped opened my eyes a whole lot more to the situation being alot more complex, than just simply gray aliens or little green men.
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UFO: California witness reports cigar-shaped alien-like craft
Canadian National Newspaper
A California witness at La Mesa pulled over to get a better look at a "grayish-colored, blimp or cigar-shaped object seen in the southwest skies in full daylight" on April 17, 2012, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness ...
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PENNY Stock News, Apr 23, 2012

penny stocksMajor Penny Stock Gainers Of The Day (SEFE, LQMT, IMDC, HBRM)
Retirement Planning
By Scott Sheffield Sefe Incorporated(OTC:SEFE) continued to hit new highs on Monday and the stock soared another 17.14% to $2.07 after creating a new 52-week high of $2.07. Moreover, volume is amazing with more than 6.71 millionshares traded hands, ...
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SEFE as the next LEXG? 4 Penny Stocks With Volume: SNPK, MSLP, BSPM, CLNT
Active Investor
What goes up in the penny stock world inevitably gets introduced to gravity. So if you trade them, trade with caution. SEFE, Inc. (OTC:SEFE) is up 17.71% today at $2.07. SEFE is trading huge volume today with 7 million shares traded, ...
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NY TIMES News, Apr 23, 2012

Walmart Responds To NY Times Report Of Bribery In Mexico
KUAR
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an 8000-word investigativereport alleging Walmart, the world's largest retailer conducted a massive bribery campaign in its quest to expand retail operations in Mexico. As Jacqueline Froelich with ...
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NY Times' One-Sided Report On Keystone Pipeline Fight
Media Matters for America (blog)
A Media Matters report published earlier this year demonstrated how news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline has largely mirrored pipeline proponents' preferred framing by overstating the jobs impact of the project while overlooking potential ...
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EARTHQUAKE News, Apr 23, 2012

Tsunami Scare Shows Gaps as Thousands Miss Quake Warnings
BusinessWeek
As he pulled over, the 34-year-old manager at the Indonesian Red Cross saw hordes of people racing out of houses and realized what was happening: anearthquake. The 8.6-magnitude temblor and aftershocks in the Indian Ocean on April 11 and ensuing ...
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3.9 Quake Hits Orange County--What did you Feel? Any Damages?
Patch.com
An earthquake was based on San Juan Capistrano. Surrounding areas felt it around 10:40 am Monday. What did you feel, and where are you? By Peter Schelden The quake struck at 10:37 am about two miles north-northeast of Dana Point and three miles ...
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CNN World News, Apr 23, 2012

NBA reviews World Peace's less than peaceable act
CNN
By Lateef Mungin, CNN James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder lies on the court after being hit by Metta World Peace on Sunday. (CNN) -- As theworld knows, peace can sometimes be fleeting. One-time basketball bad boy Ron Artest, who changed his name ...
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Shelling hits Hama as more UN monitors expected in Syria
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Heavy shelling hit the Syrian city of Hama Monday, opposition activists said, days after the UN Security Council voted to send as many as 300 observers to monitor a tenuous cease-fire. At least 42 people were killed ...
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BEST Anything, Apr 23, 2012

BEST
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Kimberly-Clark Named Among Top 20 Of World's Best Corporate Citizens For ...
MarketWatch (press release)
DALLAS, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) was recently recognized as one of the top 20 "BestCorporate Citizens" by Corporate Responsibility Magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
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Granny knows best: Olay named top beauty brand in the world... as 'legacy ...
Daily Mail
By Hannah Rand The sixty-year-old company beat the likes of Avon, Nivea and L'Oreal - and hundreds of newer, trendier products, to the top spot. The report highlights the astonishing staying power of 'legacy brands'. Of the top 50 brands named, ...
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ACTIONAID News, Apr 23, 2012

Children in school is not enough – they must learn something there
The Guardian (blog)
A set of 12 core international benchmarks developed by ActionAid and the Global Campaign for Education have been widely agreed. Until we see new energy being invested in female literacy, we cannot be surprised that children struggle to learn.
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Snatching opportunity out of the jaws of crisis? | ActionAid
Snatching opportunity out of the jaws of crisis? ... Last month I went to Haiti to meet ActionAid staff, our partners, political leaders and to get a sense of our ...
www.actionaid.org/2012/.../snatching-opportunity-out-jaws-cr...

SPORTS, Athletics News, Apr 23, 2012

Island Trees Freshman Alexa Dolgos Shines in Athletics: a Fan's View
Yahoo! Sports
Contributor Network – 11 minutes ago Island Trees freshman Alexa Dolgos accomplished more in her first year of high school than most student-athletesdo in their entire careers. Despite playing against girls two to three years her elder on the soccer ...
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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, April 23
Reuters
April 23 (Reuters) - Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday (times GMT): - - - - OLYMPICS PRETORIA - Foreign-born athletes who have taken UK citizenship ahead of the London Games have been dubbed "Plastic Brits" by critics but the most famous ...
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HEALTH News, Fitness, Wellness, Diets, Apr 23, 2012

Health Buzz: Brides Try Feeding Tube Diet
U.S. News & World Report
Also known as the KE method, it's the latest wedding crash diet, and it's raising eyebrows among health experts. The 10-day plan requires brides-to-be to live with a nasogastric tube inserted through their nose and threaded into their stomach.
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