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- Among Top Four Internet Companies, Is Apple Most Vulnerable?
- Singles Adds Up To Record Sales For China's Online Retailers
- Iran launches air drills in country's east
- Analysis: European austerity protests far from revolution
- Myanmar quake death toll at 11, aftershocks rumble
- Japanese exports sunk by China islands row
- Analysis: European austerity protests far from revolution
- Energy, Obama's Election and a House of Irrelevance
- Iran launches air drills in country's east
- Turkish leaders join hunger strike for Ocalan
- Google fined in Australia defamation case
- Japan PM eyes snap election after backing U.S.-led trade pact
- VIDEO: China boosts party membership
- The Top 20 Most Reputable Universities
- Japan's Continued Retreat From U.S. Classrooms
- Not Playing Each Other Cost Oregon and Kansas State Rankings, but Not Money
- How to Start a Business on the Cheap
- Should You Grab Pay in 2012 or Defer 'til 2013?
- Myanmar quake death toll at 11, aftershocks rumble
- Horror stories from young Afghans at US hearing
| Among Top Four Internet Companies, Is Apple Most Vulnerable? Posted: 11 Nov 2012 06:30 PM PST Who is the best among the "fantastic four" Internet companies: Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon?
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| Singles Adds Up To Record Sales For China's Online Retailers Posted: 11 Nov 2012 06:27 PM PST Sale over (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Saturday night can be a lonely time for China's singles. But this weekend was different because Nov. 11 - 1, 1, 1, 1 - is China's unofficial Single's Day. At the stroke of midnight, millions of Chinese netizens, single or not, were poised to participate in the world's [...]
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| Iran launches air drills in country's east Posted: 11 Nov 2012 11:11 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran launched large-scale air defense drills in the country's eastern half on Monday, Iranian media reported, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over a military incident in the Gulf reported last week. The "Velayat-4" maneuvers being held this week will span 850,000 square kilometers in Iran's northeast, east, and southeast regions, or about half its total land mass. The maneuvers will include about 8,000 troops, drawn both from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its regular military, several media outlets said. ...
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| Analysis: European austerity protests far from revolution Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:56 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - In a cafe near the former site of Paris's Bastille prison, activists held a meeting last month to decide whether to join unions in protesting the French government's belt-tightening. Only five people turned up at Cafe Maldoror, a favored haunt of the radical left. Even in the city whose revolutionary credentials date back to the 1789 uprising that began at the gates of its famous gaol, calls to build a European-wide popular front against the toughest budget cuts in a generation are falling on deaf ears. "In France people... ...
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| Myanmar quake death toll at 11, aftershocks rumble Posted: 11 Nov 2012 09:59 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Aftershocks rattled central Myanmar after an earthquake that killed at least 11 people, with that toll likely to rise on Monday as several workers were missing after a half-built bridge collapsed on the Irrawaddy River. The magnitude 6.8 earthquake early on Sunday struck about 60 km (37 miles) northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, near the town of Shwebo. It was felt in Thailand and other neighboring countries. Several large aftershocks were felt during the day and state television said one of 5.7 magnitude hit just after midnight. ...
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| Japanese exports sunk by China islands row Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:58 PM PST Regional territory disputes and feeble global demand are pushing world's third-largest economy towards recession.
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| Analysis: European austerity protests far from revolution Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:56 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - In a cafe near the former site of Paris's Bastille prison, activists held a meeting last month to decide whether to join unions in protesting the French government's belt-tightening.
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| Energy, Obama's Election and a House of Irrelevance Posted: 11 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PST President Barack Obama will maneuver the House to stop obstructing the economic recovery by offering pipelines and refineries, among other things. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The real fight in President Obama's second term will be between Economic Recovery and Obstructionism in the House of Representatives. The primary objective of the 112th Congress was [...]
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| Iran launches air drills in country's east Posted: 11 Nov 2012 11:11 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran launched large-scale air defense drills in the country's eastern half on Monday, Iranian media reported, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over a military incident in the Gulf reported last week.
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| Turkish leaders join hunger strike for Ocalan Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:32 PM PST Politicians join some 700 inmates and activists demanding better treatment for jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.
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| Google fined in Australia defamation case Posted: 11 Nov 2012 10:44 PM PST Court orders $208,000 fine to be paid to Milorad Trkulja whose name was linked to gangsters after an unsolved case.
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| Japan PM eyes snap election after backing U.S.-led trade pact Posted: 11 Nov 2012 07:44 PM PST TOKYO (Reuters) - Under growing opposition pressure to keep a promise to call an election "soon", Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda looks to be leaning toward calling a vote as early as next month, after pledging backing for a controversial U.S.-led free trade pact. The unpopular Noda may be hoping to emulate charismatic leader Junichiro Koizumi's bold election gamble in 2005 and use a call for a major economic reform to ease the bashing his Democratic Party is expected to suffer at the hands of disappointed voters. ...
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| VIDEO: China boosts party membership Posted: 11 Nov 2012 06:58 PM PST China's ruling Communist Party will later this week unveil a new set of leaders. John Sudworth reports from Beijing on what life is like at the grass roots of the world's biggest political party.
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| The Top 20 Most Reputable Universities Posted: 11 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PST
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| Japan's Continued Retreat From U.S. Classrooms Posted: 11 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PST see photosClick for full photo gallery: The Top 20 Most Reputable Universities Bad news just keeps coming from Japan. The latest comes from the release of the Institute of International Education's latest annual figures on post-secondary enrollment into and out of the U.S. Basically, it's a good news story of increasing [...]
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| Not Playing Each Other Cost Oregon and Kansas State Rankings, but Not Money Posted: 11 Nov 2012 04:49 PM PST There was much to celebrate in Manhattan, KS on Sunday evening, when this week's BCS rankings slated Kansas State in the number-one position. Coming after Texas A&M's upset of previously number-one ranked Alabama, Oregon moved up to the number-two spot occupied by Kansas State last week. Many expect that unless [...]
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| How to Start a Business on the Cheap Posted: 11 Nov 2012 04:00 PM PST English: A Wells Fargo bank on College Avenue in Berkeley. This branch office is typical of older Wells Fargo facilities in inner-city areas in the state of California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There were many urban legends for starting a business in the Internet bubble days of the late 90's. Back then, [...]
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| Should You Grab Pay in 2012 or Defer 'til 2013? Posted: 11 Nov 2012 02:14 PM PST English: NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Conventional wisdom says always pay tax later. That means delaying income into January when you can. But climbing rates and uncertainty cut the other direction, and this year-end is especially hard to handicap. Long term capital gains are easiest to [...]
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| Myanmar quake death toll at 11, aftershocks rumble Posted: 11 Nov 2012 09:59 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - Aftershocks rattled central Myanmar after an earthquake that killed at least 11 people, with that toll likely to rise on Monday as several workers were missing after a half-built bridge collapsed on the Irrawaddy River.
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| Horror stories from young Afghans at US hearing Posted: 11 Nov 2012 09:38 PM PST
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