Oct
30

Cuba’s 2nd city without power, water after Sandy

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affiliate marketing HAVANA (AP) — Residents of Cuba‘s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as the island’s deadliest storm in seven years, ripping rooftops from homes and toppling power lines.Across the Caribbean, the storm’s death toll rose to 69,...
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Oct
29

European fashion buyers look to Nigeria

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affiliate marketing LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking beyond the country’s bleak headlines to uncover the next new thing.There have been steady efforts to turn Lagos, a city with a fearsome reputation,...
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Analysis: U.S. foreign bribery penalties for drugmakers may lack bite

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affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global drugmakers are paying tens of millions of dollars to settle U.S. allegations that they bribed their way across emerging markets, but harsher penalties may be needed to deter the practice in untapped regions where billions are at stake.Federal authorities have cast a wide net to weed out...
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Consumer spending rises, but saving slows

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affiliate marketing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Consumer spending rose solidly in September as households stepped up purchases on automobiles and a range of other goods, but the increase came at the expense of savings.The Commerce Department said on Monday consumer spending rose 0.8 percent, the largest increase since February, after an unrevised...
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More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans

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affiliate marketing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain’s most popular football teams, Barcelona‘s 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands of Catalans in the city at the heart of their separatist movement chanted in unison: “Independence!”More than ever,...
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Oct
28

Paul Ceglia’s Quest to Own Half of Facebook Ends in an Arrest for Fraud

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affiliate marketing Oh how the tables have turned: The feds have arrested Paul Ceglia, the man who sued Facebook for 50 percent stake in the social network, charging him with attempting to defraud Mark Zuckerberg. Ceglia‘s assertion that Zuck had promised him half of his company lost total credibility about a year ago when the social...
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Reports: UK police arrest Gary Glitter

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affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested Sunday, but...
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Facebook More Irresistible Than Sex?

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affiliate marketing Reported by Dr. Julielynn Wong:You may want to ask your date to turn off his or her phone. A new study suggests Facebook and email trump sex in terms of sheer irresistibility. affiliate marketing The German study used smartphone-based surveys to probe the daily...
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China halts project amid protests

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Demonstrators were thought to be calling for the release of people arrested during a protest on Saturday



Plans to expand a petrochemical plant in eastern China have been shelved after days of protests.


On Friday, crowds opposed to the expansion attacked police in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province.


Officials from Ningbo’s city government announced on Sunday evening that work on the project would now not go ahead.


Environmental protests have become more common in China. They come ahead of a once-in-a-decade change of national leaders in Beijing.


Protesters gathered again in Ningbo on Sunday, marching on the offices of the district government. They are opposed to the expansion of the plant by a subsidiary of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation.


“There is very little public confidence in the government,” protester Liu Li told the Associated Press.


“Who knows if they are saying this just to make us leave and then keep on doing the project,” she added.


Violent clashes


On Saturday, police dispersed more than 1,000 protesters in Ningbo.


Witnesses described scuffles and said a few people were arrested.


Local police accused protesters of throwing stones and bricks at officers. Residents, however, said the violence came after police used tear gas and made arrests.


Local officials met demonstrators later on Saturday to hear their demands.


The huge growth in China’s economy has come at a huge environmental cost.


Many Chinese are becoming more environmentally aware and are deeply concerned about pollution, correspondents say.


BBC News – Business



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Lithuania opens 2nd round of national election

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affiliate marketing VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Voting stations have opened in the second round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, with the results likely to determine whether the small East European nation continues tough austerity measures in an effort to join the euro zone.Nearly half of Parliament’s 141 seats are at stake in single-mandate...
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