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business sharks: March 2011
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Friday, March 25, 2011. Google Library Case Loss May Spur Demands for Antitrust Probe and Is Obama Too Cozy With Google? March 25 (Bloomberg) - A judge’s rejection of Google Inc.’s bid to create the world’s biggest digital library will reinforce demands by company detractors for a federal antitrust investigation into its business practices, legal analysts said. Microsoft Corp. and other Google rivals are members of FairSearch.org, a group that opposes the company’s planned acquisition of Ca...Microsoft&#...
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business sharks: January 2011
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011. EUR/JPY Corrective Movement, Janaury 26, 2011 (Weekly Strategy) 2011-01-26. The strong resistance level at 113.00 forms the last line of defense that the pair may yet reach in a light momentum movement. Only a breach of the 113.00 resistance level will cancel the bearish prediction on the pair. Ссылки на это сообщение. Ярлыки: EUR/JPY Weekly Strategy. Boeing Forecast Trails Estimates on Pension, Delays. Updates with executives’ comments from ninth paragraph.). Boeing has stru...
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Main battle' about to begin in Aleppo, UN peacekeeping chief says. Officials believe the "main battle" is about to begin in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday. The focus is now on Aleppo, where there has been a considerable buildup of military means, and where we have reason to believe that the main battle is about to start," said Herve Ladsous, the United Nations under-secretary-general for peacekeeping operations. The base is north of Aleppo, Syria. Communication was s...
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business sharks: April 2011
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Thursday, April 28, 2011. Shell profits rise on oil prices. Royal Dutch Shell has announced a 41% increase in first quarter profits on the back of higher world oil prices. The Anglo-Dutch company said profits for the first three months of the year were $6.9bn (£4.1bn) compared with $4.9bn a year ago. We are making good progress against our targets, to deliver a more competitive performance," said chief executive Peter Voser. On Wednesday, rival BP reported first quarter profits of $5.5bn. More than anyth...
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business sharks: November 2011
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Monday, November 21, 2011. Cairo after bloody weekend. Clashes have again erupted in the Egyptian capital as security forces continue their efforts to clear Cairo's Tahrir Square of protesters. At least 33 people are reported to have died since the violence began on Saturday with hundreds more injured. Protesters fear the interim military government is trying to retain its grip on power. Culture Minister Emad Abu Ghazi has resigned in protest at the government's handling of the demonstrators. The BBC's L...
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business sharks: December 2011
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Saturday, December 17, 2011. US Airways Coach Fliers Fare Worst in Hassle Rankings. Dec 16 (Bloomberg) - Coach passengers on AMR Corp.’s American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. jets have the greatest risk of hassles such as late or canceled flights, packed planes and higher fees. 8220;Airlines are really beginning to fill airplanes like they never have before, and Americans don’t deal well with a lack of personal space,” said Charles Leocha, director of Consumer Travel Alliance, a Washing...The list ...
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business sharks: May 2011
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Friday, May 6, 2011. Two weeks after the earthquake, a Toyota in Sendai. Sales in Japan fell by nearly 70% Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters. While economic forces dictate more overseas plants, Toyota has recommitted to domestic production—for economic, political, and institutional reasons. The village of Ohira is in Miyagi prefecture, 20 miles northwest of Sendai Bay, the stretch of Japan's coastline closest to the epicenter of the massive Mar. 11 earthquake. In recent years the area has become Toyota ( TM. While ...
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Republican primaries: Santorum sweeps Kansas caucuses. Rick Santorum has won a convincing victory in Kansas in the latest stage in the race to become the US Republican presidential candidate. Mr Santorum was expected to do well in the strongly conservative state, where rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich did not campaign. He needed to do well in Kansas to keep alive his hopes of winning the ticket. Mr Santorum was under pressure to catch up on Mr Romney since trailing him on Super Tuesday. A later tally...
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Responding Like a Trained Monkey. Every productivity expert in the world will tell you to check email at periodic intervals say, every 90 minutes — rather than clicking “refresh” like a Pavlovian mutt. Of course, almost no one listens, because studies have shown. I recently invited a friend to a prime networking event. “Can I play it by ear? 8221; she asked. “This is my last weekend to get holiday cards out and I haven’t mailed a single one. It is causing stress! And the compulsion not to miss out on cru...
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