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- Romney 'to pick Paul Ryan as running mate'
- Will IRS Get A Piece Google's Generous Death Benefits?
- Georgian opposition claims repression
- Japan to take islands dispute with Korea to international court
- Forbes China Unveils List Of 30 Top Mobile Businesses In China
- Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants
- Son Of Boss - Don't Blame Romney Blame His Tax Pros
- Polish priest charged with pedophilia found dead
- Olympic Artistry Can Lead to Afterlife in Art
- Et Tu, Fareed Zakaria?
- Swede in Cuba car crash worried about driver
- Syrian and Jordanian forces clash on border
- Who Are The Most Influential Chinese In The Global Fashion Industry?
- 25 Influential Chinese In Global Fashion -- 2010 (Full List)
- Japan Rasies Sales Tax to Tackle Debt
- Trade Slowdown Squeezes Asia
- Tunnel Plan Is Road Map to Bloc's Woes
- Greece Plans Large Debt Auction Tuesday
- German Coalition Split on Gay Rights
- Pipeline Tests Land Rights
| Romney 'to pick Paul Ryan as running mate' Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:48 PM PDT Republican Mitt Romney to announce Wisconsin representative as his vice presidential running mate, US media reports.
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| Will IRS Get A Piece Google's Generous Death Benefits? Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:30 PM PDT (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Like a lot of people, I am astounded over Google's employee death benefits. Forbes' Meghan Casserly's interview with Google's Chief People Officer Laszlo Bock is must reading: Here's What Happens To Google Employees When They Die. It's all the more awe-inspiring as a simple disclosure long after the fact, [...]
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| Georgian opposition claims repression Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:21 AM PDT Wherever she goes, journalist Ekaterine Dugladze is followed by a group of men carrying video cameras. Saying they're reporters, they shove microphones into her face and pester her with meaningless questions and vulgar remarks.
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| Japan to take islands dispute with Korea to international court Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on Saturday it will take the long-running islands territorial dispute with South Korea to the International Court of Justice, after South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to the islands this week.
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| Forbes China Unveils List Of 30 Top Mobile Businesses In China Posted: 10 Aug 2012 05:19 PM PDT Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes, in new August issue published a list of China's 30 top mobile businesses. It includes many relatively small companies that don't get a lot of coverage but are on the move. Here's the full list below. Some of the company names have been shortened, [...]
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| Activists: Israeli forces enter Egypt for migrants Posted: 10 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT
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| Son Of Boss - Don't Blame Romney Blame His Tax Pros Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT Video Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, 2008 US presidential candidate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We know that Mitt Romney was on the audit committee of Marriott in 1994, when it did a Son of Boss deal, that sheltered $70,000,000 in income. The Court of Claims ruled against Marriott in 2008. Since we [...]
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| Polish priest charged with pedophilia found dead Posted: 10 Aug 2012 08:34 AM PDT A prosecutor says a charred body found at a cemetery in eastern Poland is probably that of a priest suspected of pedophilia in Germany and in Poland.
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| Olympic Artistry Can Lead to Afterlife in Art Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:08 PM PDT The Art of the Olympians museum in Fort Myers, Fla., a two-year-old institution, celebrates the creative talents of Olympians past and present.
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| Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:49 PM PDT Fareed Zakaria - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (Photo credit: World Economic Forum) After the revelation of Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism Friday, coming fast on the heels of Jonah Lehrer's recent implosion for other journalistic transgressions, we're left to wonder how much of what passes for world-class journalism by the big [...]
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| Swede in Cuba car crash worried about driver Posted: 10 Aug 2012 08:18 AM PDT A Swedish politician who survived a car crash in Cuba that killed dissident Oswaldo Paya and another government opponent has described an intense five-day grilling about why he was in the country and said he is deeply worried about the fate of a Spanish colleague charged with vehicular manslaughter.
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| Syrian and Jordanian forces clash on border Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:45 PM PDT Fighting involving armoured vehicles breaks out after Syrian troops reportedly fire on fleeing refugees.
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| Who Are The Most Influential Chinese In The Global Fashion Industry? Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT With each passing day, China is becoming more of a power in the global fashion industry. Notable successes from the past year will highlighted on the new annual list of "25 Influential Chinese in Global Fashion" to be unveiled this weekend by Forbes China, the licensed Chinese-language edition of Forbes. The list will [...]
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| 25 Influential Chinese In Global Fashion -- 2010 (Full List) Posted: 10 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT (Repeats 2010 post in different format) (Click here for 2011 list) Alfred Chan/ Hong Kong Pioneer in China luxury retailing in the 1990s through Ports Design brand is still eyeing expansion worldwide. Operates BMW Lifestyle retail chain in China, and, with brother Edward, controls chain of Hong Kong-listed PCD luxury department stores. Chen Yihong/Beijing Growing [...]
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| Japan Rasies Sales Tax to Tackle Debt Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:08 PM PDT Japan, burdened with the highest debt load of any developed nation, took its biggest step in years to contain the problem, approving a plan to double the national sales tax by 2015.
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| Posted: 10 Aug 2012 08:54 PM PDT With China's latest numbers showing exports at a near standstill and import growth anemic, Asia's trade slowdown isn't abating and could be getting worse—stifling the region's already fragile growth.
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| Tunnel Plan Is Road Map to Bloc's Woes Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:26 PM PDT Transportation project delays underline Europe's struggles in linking up its national transport networks, which requires the coordination of national governments, state agencies, private companies and European bureaucrats.
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| Greece Plans Large Debt Auction Tuesday Posted: 10 Aug 2012 06:22 PM PDT Starved of financing options, Greece will offer an unusually large amount of treasury bills next week so it can meet looming redemptions and fund its cash needs .
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| German Coalition Split on Gay Rights Posted: 10 Aug 2012 06:18 PM PDT A debate in Germany over whether gay couples in civil unions should receive the same tax and other government benefits as married heterosexuals has created a public rift in Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right coalition.
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| Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:31 PM PDT TransCanada's pipeline efforts are sparking a fight over land-rights laws. A Texas case could prove a legal test.
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