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September 2009 - Posts
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LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- U.S. actor Matt LeBlanc, best known for his work on the sit-com "Friends" and its spinoff "Joey," is set to star in a new comedy series, Showtime announced. The cable television network said it has ordered six installments of "Episodes," Read More...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -- Bank of America Chief Executive Officer and President Kenneth Lewis will retire at the end of the year, the bank announced Wednesday. The bank said Lewis will retire as a CEO and as a director, but stay on board to ensure a successor Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. stock markets closed lower Wednesday, despite a gross domestic product estimate that beat expectations. The third and final government estimate of second quarter productivity said the GDP shrank 0.7 percent, rather than the previously Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. bank fees are continuing to rise, despite a renewed focus on bank practices, researchers at Bankrate.com said. If consumers "slip up by overdrawing your account, not maintaining the required balance or going to another bank's ATM, Read More...
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FRANKFURT, Germany (UPI) -- An International Monetary Fund director in Istanbul, Turkey, said challenges remain on the road to a global economic recovery.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigator H. David Kotz has recommended 58 steps to tighten enforcement in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal. For thousands of investors, Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff represents Read More...
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Witness this year's 100 Influentials list: 100 luminaries selected from the halls of power in Washington; the corporate world; information technology professionals; the health care sector; education; the media and other areas.... Read More...
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While profiles on all 100 of our influentials can be seen here , in this feature we throw a particularly bright spotlight on five of our D.C. power brokers.... Read More...
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If recent trends in Washington, D.C. are any indication, it's been a breakthrough year for Hispanics across America. President Barack Obama, this nation's first African-American elected to the nation's highest office, has appointed a record number of Read More...
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The October 100 Influentials issue offers once again, as it has for the past 27 years, an admirable array of interesting and talented people.... Read More...
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ROSELAND, N.J. (UPI) -- Non-farm job losses in August to September were the smallest monthly total in 12 months, Automatic Data Processing reported Wednesday. It was the second consecutive month of slowing job losses.... Read More...
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It's a classic dilemma. A first-time entrepreneur creates a thriving company from scratch with the potential to be The Next Big Thing, but her investors thinks she needs an experienced CEO and management team to take it there.... Read More...
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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (UPI) -- A massive emergency effort was underway Wednesday in the Samoan Islands after a tsunami killed more than 100 people and erased entire villages, officials said. Three 5-foot tsunamis were triggered by a magnitude 8 earthquake Read More...
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Bank of America Corp. today said it has signed an agreement to sell the long-term asset management business of its Columbia Management unit to Ameriprise Financial Inc. for about $1 billion, subject to certain adjustments.... Read More...
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EL PASO -- The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce honored 15 companies Tuesday at its annual Future 15 Celebration at Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. The event was sponsored by the El Paso Times.... Read More...
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LOS ANGELES (Xinhua) -- Saying that California's hospital emergency rooms are dangerously overcrowded and have reached a crisis level, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been urged to sign a bill to solve the most urgent problem.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Tokyo-based Toyota Motor Corp. told owners of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to remove floor mats that could cause the accelerator pedal to get stuck. The mats can force the accelerator pedal down even after the driver's foot Read More...
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SEATTLE (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. Coffee giant Starbucks said it introduced its instant coffee throughout the United States and Canada Tuesday after seven months of product testing. Via Ready Brew will be sold at Starbucks, Costco Wholesale, Target and Read More...
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I've been feeling a little guilty lately. No, it's not because I read the entire issue of People's Hottest Bachelors last week in the dentist's office. Or that I found it interesting that Chace Crawford has never, ever plucked his eyebrows.... Read More...
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A handful of Democratic senators buried Tuesday the so-called public option, a government-run health care plan which supporters argued would be an effective means of forcing private insurers to hold down costs.... Read More...
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A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island Wednesday, toppling buildings and sparking fires, officials and local television reports said. TV One channel said it had received information that several people had been killed in the capital Read More...
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The world's largest car manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corp, is recalling 3.8 million cars in the United States because of problems with floor mats. The recall is its largest in the United States since Toyota entered the market there in 1957.... Read More...
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The U.S. economy decreased at an annual rate of 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009, a better-than-expected performance which provides fresh evidence that the recession was ending, according to the third estimate released by the Commerce Department Read More...
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China's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow 8.7% to 9.3% in September 30, 2009, according to Lu Zhengwei, chief economist at the capital operation center of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. Growth of the purchasing managers index (PMI), an indicator Read More...
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In a move that may partly explain her early retirement as Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin has bumped up the release date of her memoirs to mid-November from the earlier date of spring of 2010.... Read More...
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For 34 years, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund has been helping Hispanic students -- more than 90,000 to day -- achieve their dreams .... Read More...
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DETROIT (UPI) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges in Detroit alleging a $250 million Ponzi scheme had defrauded a mostly elderly investor pool. The SEC charged salesman Frank Bluestein of scalping 800 investors of more than $74 million Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. markets closed lower Tuesday as a closely watched index of home prices showed mixed results. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index showed the 10-City and 20-City composite listings, while still negative, have improved for six months... Read More...
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America's finest documentary filmmaker has done it again. In a far less harrowing adventure than his last project on World War II, Ken Burns is now leading American's on a walk through the park—the national parks, to be exact.... Read More...
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The presentation of the 22nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Foundation Awards will take place on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 29. The awards were created in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan to commemorate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month.... Read More...
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If President Obama himself enjoys the once-controversial Chia pottery plant in his likeness, how bad can it be? Retail store CVS's answer seems to be: not too bad at all. Following news reports that Obama not ... Read More...
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The silhouette that launched a thousand fits has become the doll that will launch millions of hits. Dora Links , Mattel's new doll that's a "tween," computer-centric version of Dora the Explorer, has finally come fully unveiled.... Read More...
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CARACAS, Venezuela (UPI via COMTEX) -- Officials in Venezuela say they will fine cable television stations that persist in airing the edgy U.S. animated comedy series, " Family Guy ." The syndicated show, which was nominated for a best comedy series Emmy Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- Kate Gosselin says her U.S. reality series, " Jon & Kate Plus 8 ," may not be renewed for a sixth season because of plunging ratings.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. President Obama's job approval rating has leveled out after a near-summer-long skid, a review of recent polls indicated.... Read More...
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Let audiophiles debate whether the Beatles albums sound best in the newly remastered , highly touted mono or in the fresh stereo editions.... Read More...
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Almost seven months after unveiling its new instant coffee in Seattle and Chicago, Starbucks is taking it national -- and to Canada. The widespread launch will be accompanied by a TV campaign and the availability of the single-serve packets at Starbucks Read More...
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Sari Walsh, a mother of three from North Andover, knows grocery store prices. She shops for staple items at Market Basket, snacks at Target , specialty goods at Trader Joe's , and bulk products at BJ's.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) -- Consumer confidence dropped in the United States in September after gaining the previous month, a private research group found Tuesday.... Read More...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two new studies examining how business schools effectively attract students show a clear impact of the current global recession - MBAs are putting skills ahead of salaries and alumni are less likely to Read More...
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Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief said Iran will soon inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of a timetable for inspecting its new nuclear fuel enrichment plant, local English-language Press TV reported Tuesday.... Read More...
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Legal analysts expect courtroom battles over efforts by some U.S. state legislators to head off federal mandates for health insurance coverage. More than a dozen states have proposals in play for state constitutional amendments that would ban requiring Read More...
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The United States Senate today passed legislation to temporarily extend programs that fall under the Small Business Administration (SBA). The amended bill, H.R. 3614, provides for a clean extension of all SBA programs through October 31, 2009.... Read More...
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Sogou.com, the search engine of Chinese Internet company Sohu.com Inc. (Nasdaq: SOHU), achieved a new first-choice user growth ratio of 41.2%, ranking first among all the search brands in China, according to a recent report by the China Internet Network Read More...
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Baidu.Com Inc. (BIDU.NASDAQ) has struck alliance with nearly 20 brands to develop Business to Customer (B2C) business in five major traditional enterprises, according to reports with Tech.QQ.com earlier Friday.... Read More...
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A year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, many banks and financial institutions around the world are still struggling. Banks in Spain, though, behaved conservatively during the boom and are now in good shape to continue their expansion through acquisitions Read More...
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The recession has caused a dent in global auto sales, but German automakers have avoided mass layoffs. In part, that's because the German government subsidizes workers whose hours have been trimmed through a program called Kurzarbeit, or "short work." Read More...
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Unemployed job seekers continue to outnumber openings, with about four people needing work for every help-wanted ad online, the Conference Board reported Monday. The ratio between job seekers and online want ads in August was a little better in metro Read More...
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(EarningsWhispers Guidance Summaries) -- Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI) said it expects third quarter non-GAAP earnings of $0.39 to $0.42 per share on revenue of $1.307 billion to $1.320 billion. The current consensus earnings estimate is $0.29 per share Read More...
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WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Army welcomed Col. Gilberto N. Villahermosa to the Pentagon for a book-signing of his three-year history project. His book, "Honor and Fidelity, the 65th Infantry in Korea, Read More...
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About half of the $787 billion federal stimulus -- what sticklers for legislative titles call the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act -- passed in February has been spent, says Ed DeSeve, a special adviser to the president on recovery act funding... Read More...
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After ABC saturated the airwaves last week with more Dancing with the Stars than most viewers could possibly absorb, much less comprehend, the network has settled down to more reasonable coverage: two hours of competition tonight, and a one-hour results Read More...
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Hate speech leads to crimes, California lawmaker Gil Cedillo says, explaining why the state Senate approved a resolution against this type of verbal activity. "Resolution 58 approved on Sept. 10 seeks to get people's attention about the dangers of hate Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. markets rose Monday despite mixed reports on durable goods orders and home sales. By close, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 1.28 percent, 124.17 points, to 9,789.36.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- Innovation in personnel management is alive and well despite the prolonged U.S. recession -- maybe even because of it -- a survey of small businesses found. A Wall Street Journal survey conducted with Winning Workplaces, a non-profit Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI)-- Wal-Mart was the overwhelming winner in a poll that asked which company best symbolized the United States, pollsters said.... Read More...
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The flamboyant and charismatic Rev. Al Sharpton will host WWE Monday Night Raw tonight.... Read More...
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Forty years ago, frustrated by his inability to find a pair of jeans that fit properly, San Francisco real estate developer Donald Fisher made a foray into the world of retail.... Read More...
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Mark Sanchez , quarterback of the New York Jets , led the team to a scrappy 24-17 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, maintaining the team's undefeated start to the season.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Nearly half of U.S. workers have no paid sick leave -- a problem that could worsen the spread of the fall flu season , officials said.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Low interest rates have prompted U.S. state and local governments to increase their borrowing, Federal Reserve records show.... Read More...
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BOSTON (UPI) -- Scores of immigrants in Massachusetts and other U.S. states are unable to become legal citizens due to high citizenship fees, experts say. The Boston Globe said Monday while nearly 300,000 legal immigrants in Massachusetts alone could Read More...
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Kazuo Hirai, Sony's (SNE) video games chief, is in a fix. In the nearly three years that the PlayStation 3 has been on the market, the gaming console has trailed the competition and led to billions of dollars in losses.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- The highest paid director of a U.S. non-profit in 2008 was Partners HealthCare executive James Mongan, an annual survey of non-profit salaries said. The Chronicle of Philanthropy said Mongan earned $3.4 million in pay and benefits in Read More...
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SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) -- More than two million applications have been downloaded from Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Apple said Monday.... Read More...
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Wall Street rebounded from last week's losses on Monday, as mergers and acquisitions boosted the market. Xerox Corp. said Monday it is buying the business processing company Affiliated Computer Services for about 6.4 billion U.S.... Read More...
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Following are the Champions League fixtures (1845GMT unless stated): Playing on Tuesday Group E Fiorentina vs Liverpool Debrecen vs Olympique Lyon Group F Rubin Kazan vs Inter Milan (1630) ... Read More...
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Following are the Spanish first division soccer results and standings on Sunday: Deportivo Coruna 1 Villarreal 0 Osasuna 1 Sporting Gijon 0 Espanyol 0 Xerez 0 Real Mallorca 3 Real Valladolid 0 ... Read More...
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The leaders of 20 of the world's biggest economies committed to a laundry list of executive pay reforms for financial firms, including limiting bonuses to a portion of total net revenues and linking them tightly to share prices.... Read More...
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Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced a definitive agreement for Xerox to acquire ACS in a cash and stock transaction valued at $63.11 per share or $6.4 billion as of the closing price of Xerox Read More...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel secured victory on Sunday at the head of a new centre-right coalition she said was needed "to move our country forwards." "We've achieved our goal of forming a new government," she said after her Christian Democrats (CDU) Read More...
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Executives in the video-game industry say the economy and Apple's move into their turf are among their big worries heading into the holiday shopping season. Industry leaders at this week's Tokyo Game Show said Apple's ability to host games on its iPod Read More...
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"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" took the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office for the second straight time, raking in $24.6 million during the weekend. "Cloudy" now has taken in more than $60 million in estimated gross receipts during its first two weekends... Read More...
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As Congress and President Barack Obama began wading into national health care reform earlier this year, California's leaders were already embroiled in debate over what they could do on their own turf.... Read More...
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Global strife pushed economic concerns off the table at a press conference in Pittsburgh, despite President Barack Obama's opening remarks. Obama certainly set the table, using the Group of 20 conference to reveal an allegedly secret facility in Iran Read More...
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TAMPA -- As key political factors fall in place, Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando are leading contenders to launch the nation's first true high-speed rail corridor, with 150 mph trains running by 2014. On Friday, 40 states will file detailed high-speed rail Read More...
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When it comes to crafting Cuba policy, Congress has been in the back seat of late. The sweeping new rules released last month that loosen the 49-year-old U.S. embargo against the island came from the executive branch and the Office of Foreign Assets Control... Read More...
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DALLAS - On the day 19 years ago that Bill Owens bought his Lexus, the saleswoman assured him it would be good for 500,000 miles. "She just might be right," says Owens, a retired auditor in Plano, Texas, whose 1990 LS 400 sedan has more than 420,000 miles Read More...
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Sep. 25--EL PASO -- U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will visit El Paso on Saturday to meet with labor and business leaders to learn more about "local economic realities," a spokesman for the department said.... Read More...
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The Group of 20 (G20) countries agreed on Friday to implement aggressive plans to promote a sustainable recovery of employment, vowing to carry out structural reforms on labor markets. "As growth returns, every country must act to ensure that employment Read More...
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Less than 24 hours after authorities announced they foiled a suspected terror plot in downtown Dallas, life appeared to return to normal this morning as people headed to work and the city geared up for the start of the State Fair of Texas.... Read More...
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"I heard this was the mecca." That's how a petite 24-year-old woman -- a self-described infrequent gamer -- explained her decision to grab her Nintendo DS gaming console and head to the Yodobashi Camera store in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district Read More...
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What do Kanye West and a dancing baby have in common? Some might argue many things. But one thing's for sure: they both love their Beyonce. In a phenomenon that perhaps has Kanye West Read More...
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CALIFORNIA -- When Celine Sevgi Kose became a U.S. citizen last year, the native of Turkey westernized her name by legally adding "Celine" as her first name, and relegating her previous first name, "Sevgi," to her middle name.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI via COMTEX) -- U.S. cable television network MTV announced plans to air "Valemont," a new scripted, supernatural mystery series, starring Kristen Hager and Eric Balfour. Co-produced with Electric Farm Entertainment, the show is to premiere Read More...
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A BBC Nature host is arguing that conservationists' effort to save the endangered pandas from extinction isn't worth the cost. Naturalist Chris Packham says although he loves pandas, he worries that society's obsession over saving the cuddly animal is Read More...
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At long last, iPhone users -- as of today -- will be able to send photos, music and videos via text to another phone number. Some tech watchers anticipated that the new capability -- which was already available on the phones of some competitors -- would Read More...
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Using harsh words just before the opening session of the Group of 20 summit today, President Barack Obama said the United States has detailed evidence that Iran is building a secret nuclear facility hidden from weapons inspectors and accused the country Read More...
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Saturday Night Live comedian Jason Sudeikis lampooned the frenetic style of Fox News host Glenn Beck on SNL's Weekend Update, poking fun at his tendency to botch the details and invoke the Hitler analogy.... Read More...
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Adam Lambert tweeted this week that he is putting the final touches on his post- American Idol debut album. "I know it sounds corny, but this album is a dream come true Adam Lambert tweeted.... Read More...
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Shock rocker Marilyn Manson has come down with the Swine Flu, but doctors say he's going to be fine.... Read More...
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Beijing - U.S. auto giant Ford Motor Co on Friday said it plans to build a third plant in China at a cost of nearly 500 million dollars to back its Asia-wide expansion targets. The Changan Ford Mazda Automobile joint venture would build the plant in the Read More...
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The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will honor 15 growing El Paso small businesses next week for their success, vision and entrepreneurial spirit. The Future 15 Awards will be given at a luncheon Wednesday at the Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino... Read More...
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BOSTON -- Massachusetts Republicans have filed suit to block Paul Kirk from taking over the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat on an interim basis. A hearing on the Republicans' motion to block Gov.... Read More...
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There is good news for Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini ahead of his side's Primera Liga clash at home to Tenerife on Saturday night. Real Madrid has won its opening four matches in the new domestic season and will expect to make it five from five Read More...
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The broader-based Group of 20 is expected to replace the Group of Seven as the world's economic forum, a White House release said. President Barack Obama was to announce the shift Friday at G20 economic summit in Pittsburgh, a fact sheet released by the Read More...
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Portuguese mobile operator Optimums, in partnership with Research In Motion (RIM), has launched the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone on the local market. The smartphone features a full qwerty keyboard, touch-sensitive track pad, 2 megapixel camera, dedicated Read More...
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Russian mobile operator VimpelCom has started offering RIM's BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone to the subscribers of its Beeline network. At launch, the smartphone is available for RUB 17,700 (including VAT) along with the BlackBerry Internet Service subscription Read More...
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Wine: Vina Bisquertt Casa La Joya Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Grape: Cabernet sauvignon Region: Colchagua Valley, Chile Vintage: 2006 Price: $8.99 In the glass: La Joya Cabernet is a deep opaque blackish-red color with a dense core going out into a deep Read More...
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Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, has avoided controversial issues during the campaign that ends Sunday. When Angela Merkel was sworn in as chancellor nearly four years ago, she broke ranks with previous leaders, focusing first on foreign policy... Read More...
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The Hispanic Business 500 has served as a barometer of the U.S. Hispanic economy for more than 25 years. We believe that applying our criteria on a statewide level can yield interesting results for our readers. Here, we take a closer look at the HB 500 Read More...
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SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) - Internet messaging sensation Twitter is to close a new funding round of $100 million from investors who value the company as high as $1 billion, the New York Times reported Thursday.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (Xinhua) -- Wall Street erased early gains and fell on Thursday, as sales of existing homes unexpectedly slumped last month and the strong dollar weighed on commodities. The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales dropped 2.7 Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. retail chain 7-Eleven said it collected a record 1.66 million signatures to protest transaction fees charged by credit card companies. In a release Thursday, the company said it would present 130 boxes of signed petitions to members Read More...
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New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez has only been in the National Football League for two weeks, but already he's the talk of the New York and the league.... Read More...
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Glenn Beck , the hottest conservative name on cable, is under fire again - this time for possibly boiling a frog to death on live TV .... Read More...
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NCAA Football is in full swing! Here are the games you can see or attend from Sept. 24-Sept. 26. TIME (EDT) / Teams Thursday, September 24 7:30 p.m.... Read More...
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Certain lots of Tylenol for infants and children have been recalled due to possible bacterial contamination by "B. cepacia" (Burkholderia cepacia).... Read More...
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An already pregnant woman went to the doctor to find that she was pregnant again? While that may sound like science fiction, an Arkansas woman recently found out it's all too true. This morning, Good Morning America sent the story national.... Read More...
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Wall Street edged higher Thursday after the U.S. government posted upbeat jobless reports. The U.S. Labor Department said the number of newly laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell for a third week in a row.... Read More...
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Leaders of the black, Hispanic and Asian communities warned Wednesday before a congressional committee that the United States will not experience a full economic recovery if minorities particularly hard-hit by the recession are not attended to.... Read More...
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After 35,000 job cuts in the past two years and a bankruptcy that shifted control to Italy's Fiat SpA, Chrysler Group is preparing to rehire an unspecified number of salaried workers and ask current workers to put in overtime to get new models to market Read More...
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will continue their feud on Saturday. The two strikers are battling for the FIFA World Player award and the European Footballer of the Year title - as well as to keep Barcelona and Real Madrid on top of La Liga.... Read More...
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U.S. President Barack Obama moves from leading the U.N. Security Council Thursday morning to hosting the Group of 20 summit Thursday night. The Security Council is among the last items of business Obama had before leaving New York, the White House said... Read More...
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BEIJING (Xinhua) -- Faced with the most serious global financial meltdown since the Great Depression in the 1930s, the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) member states gathered in Washington in late 2008 and in London earlier this year to find ways to ride Read More...
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SEATTLE - One year after Washington Mutual became the largest bank in U.S. history to fail, former employees are still grappling with questions about their own actions, the motives of top executives and the folly of a nation gripped by a housing boom... Read More...
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WASHINGTON -- The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to approve a $1.4 billion stop-gap extension of jobless benefits, but some states are beginning to seek longer-term solutions to an unemployment problem that is expected to remain serious for Read More...
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A poll of 200 small businesses in Virginia found that most consider health-care reform important to getting the economy back on track, according to Small Business Majority. The survey also found that 54 percent of Virginia small businesses do not provide Read More...
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The Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce took key steps Wednesday to address its five months of leadership turmoil, but the nonprofit business group probably will remain without a chief executive into early next year.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (Xinhua) -- One week before the U.S. fiscal year 2009 ends on Sept. 30, top U.S. officials may not volunteer the unsettling news on the federal budget deficit and America's record-breaking public debt at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh.... Read More...
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BEIJING (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Group of 20 (G20) summit, which opens Thursday in Pittsburgh, will focus on measures to tackle the current financial crisis. It will be the third gathering of G20 leaders since the outbreak of the crisis a year ago... Read More...
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From here to Hong Kong and myriad ports in between, millions will pause today at 17:59 on the 24-hour clock and raise a glass to the 18th-century Irish brewer who made the day worth celebrating. The man: Arthur Guinness.... Read More...
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A Census worker was found hanged from a tree in Kentucky, with the word "fed" scrawled on his body, and FBI officials are conducting a homicide investigation, the Associated Press reported today.... Read More...
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When Myriam Marquez was named the editorial page editor of the Miami Herald this summer, she became the first Hispanic -- and the first woman -- to lead the paper's editorial department since the paper's inception in 1903.... Read More...
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We present our 2009 Top Engineering Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here .... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. markets dove late in the trading session after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would keep lending rates unchanged. The Fed left bank-to-bank lending rates at zero to 0.25 percent and said it would maintain its goal of buying $1.25 Read More...
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We present our 2009 Top Medical Schools for Hispanic Students, numbers 11-20. For the top ten, please click here .... Read More...
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LOS ANGELES (dpa) - A new single from Michael Jackson will be released on October 12, according to an announcement Wednesday on his official Web site.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to slow down the pace of a program designed to aid housing purchases amid signs that the battered housing market is stabilizing. ... Read More...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would keep bank-to-bank lending rates unchanged despite improvements in the economy. Recent data "suggest that economic activity has picked up following its severe downturn," the Fed Read More...
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Ailing former Cuban leader Fidel Castro praised President Obama's speech on climate change today, calling Obama's admissions of past U.S.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday urged Congress to ensure passage of the Obama administration's proposals to overhaul financial regulation, saying "time is the enemy of reform." ... Read More...
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BEDFORD, N.Y. (UPI) -- A New York City suburb says it wants Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to remove his trademark Bedouin tent , set up as part of his visit to the United Nations.... Read More...
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SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says in a new series of campaign ads that rebuilding California starts at the top. The radio campaign launched Tuesday is seen as a new phase in Whitman's strategy to win the GOP nomination Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is adding 11 hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites.... Read More...
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PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) -- A poll indicates U.S. residents are generally satisfied with the cost and quality of their healthcare, although they consider rising costs to be a problem. A Gallup Poll released Wednesday says while 61 percent of Americans are Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The volume of applications for U.S. mortgages increased last week as interest rates fell, an industry trade group said. The Market Composite Index, which measures mortgage loan application volume, rose 12.8 percent in the week ending Read More...
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US President Barack Obama warned Wednesday that the United States cannot solve the world's problems alone and urged other countries to take on a greater role. Speaking at the opening of the UN General Assembly, Obama said countries must work together Read More...
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US Airways Group Inc (NYSE:LCC) reported on Tuesday the sale of 26,315,790 shares of its common stock to Citi, which is acting as underwriter in the public offering of these shares. Citi was also granted an option to purchase up to an additional 3,947,369 Read More...
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A state investigation found that a Montgomery County swim club racially discriminated in June when it revoked an agreement to allow a Northeast Philadelphia day camp to use its pool after 56 African American and Hispanic children made their first visit... Read More...
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Facebook is teaming up with Nielsen, which measures television and other media audiences, to provide information to marketers about ads on the Palo Alto social-networking site. The two companies today said the new Nielsen BrandLift program will use opt-in Read More...
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Microsoft's new search engine Bing appears to be making up ground on Google, according to figures released Tuesday. But there's still a long way to go for Microsoft to present a real challenge to Google's overwhelming dominance in web search.... Read More...
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"I absolutely think that there will be a new financial order", said Richard Reid, London Chairman of the famous global accountancy firm KPMG in a recent interview with Xinhua. He said the G20 has reinforced that there will be a new financial order, because Read More...
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Internet giant Google has won the latest legal battle in its dispute over trademarks with luxury goods brand Louis Vuitton. In an interim legal opinion issued yesterday, an advocate general in the European Court of Justice said Google had not infringed Read More...
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General Motors Co. said it would hire 2,400 workers for plants in Michigan, Indiana and Kansas to boost production and better utilize its facilities. GM said it would turn a Fairfax, Kan., plant into the sole producer of Chevrolet Malibu in November as Read More...
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The Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this week has the potential to be one of the more extraordinary sessions since the group was formed in 1999. Already unusual, as the second G20 meeting in the same calendar year, the session features an overflowing Read More...
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Citi (NYSE:C) has launched a suite of enhanced beta indices linked to commodity markets. Known collectively as the Citi CUBES Commodity Indices, they allow investors to access commodity futures markets using a transparent, rules-based methodology.... Read More...
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The dollar pulled back against major currencies on Tuesday amid profit-taking and speculations on U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. The Fed began its two-day monetary policy meeting on Tuesday and would announce rate decisions on Wednesday.... Read More...
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SAN FRANCISCO (dpa) -- The technology world was buzzing Tuesday after a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that promised tighter controls to ensure the neutrality of the Internet. The new rules will come on top of four existing guidelines Read More...
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Five years after Miguel "Mike" Fernandez sold CarePlus to Humana for $450 million, the veteran Coral Gables healthcare entrepreneur announced plans to start a new managed care insurance plan that will employ 1,000 in three Florida offices, with hopes Read More...
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At the PT's Pub on Warm Springs Road recently, a brunette in her late 20s ordered a drink. Three minutes later, bartender Elizabeth Clements served the woman her Russian Quaalude - but not before making a clandestine consultation underneath the bar... Read More...
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Back in March President Obama toured Southern California Edison's electric vehicle center to get a close-up view of the energy company's efforts to power the next generation of plug-in hybrid vehicles.... Read More...
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Auto industry analysts think the Obama administration's proposed rules that call for a nearly 40 percent increase in fuel efficiency for cars and light trucks sold in the United States by 2016 could prove disastrous for U.S. automakers that already are Read More...
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A brush fire reported outside Fillmore this morning is growing quickly and moving toward Moorpark, authorities said. The fire was reported at 10:33 a.m. on East Guiberson Road near Cavin Road. At 10:48 a.m., the Ventura County Fire Department reported Read More...
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CHICAGO (UPI) -- A disease physician, an ornithologist and a painter are among this year's 24 winners of the MacArthur Foundation's "genius grants," officials said Tuesday. The $500,000 grants from the John D.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- High executive salaries and multimillion dollar severance plans during a recession have undermined trust in U.S. corporations, a Conference Board report said.... Read More...
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U.S. home prices rose slightly in July from a month earlier, according to a government index, further evidence the housing market is stabilizing. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Tuesday prices rose 0.3 percent in July from the prior month, Read More...
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The Hispanic Business 500 has served as a barometer of the U.S. Hispanic economy for more than 25 years. We believe that applying our criteria on a statewide level can yield interesting results for our readers. Here, we take a closer look at the HB 500 Read More...
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In another side effect of an ailing economy, California's immigrant population shrank for the first time in three decades last year, according to new Census figures .... Read More...
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Katie Couric knows what she'S doing in launching her new Web-only interview show, @katiecouric , tonight. She's booked the hottest person in the media as her very first guest.... Read More...
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ATLANTA (UPI) -- Rain fell Tuesday over parts of Georgia, where officials said flooding killed six people and the governor declared a state of emergency for 17 counties. Hundreds of roads were closed and people fled the rising waters in boats, kayaks, Read More...
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PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) -- Seven in 10 U.S. citizens say they think President Barack Obama is willing to make tough decisions, a Gallup Poll released Tuesday indicates. Of seven personal characteristics, Americans rate Obama most highly for those reflecting Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- Millions of U.S. borrowers are finding their credit scores falling in the recession through no fault of their own, credit analysts said. "The credit environment has a whole lot of moving parts that weren't there three years ago.... Read More...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (UPI) -- Bank of America said it would pay the U.S. government $425 million and extradite itself from a $118 billion guarantee of Merrill Lynch assets. The Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.... Read More...
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SYDNEY (UPI) -- Australian researchers say they have demonstrated the first laser built with diamonds that has comparable efficiency to lasers built with other materials. The scientists said their Raman laser paves the way to new defense technologies Read More...
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Real Madrid cruised to the top of the Spanish Liga on Sunday with a 5-0 destruction of minnows Xerez, with four goals in an impressive final 15-minute onslaught. The handsome win puts the whites level on nine points with Barcelona and surprise package Read More...
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Citigroup (C) appears to be on the move today and is now at $4.29, up $0.03 (0.70%) on volume of 98,495,528 shares traded. Over the last 52 weeks the stock has ranged from a low of $0.97 to a high of $23.50.... Read More...
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After the collapse of Lehman Brothers a year ago, things were looking grim for American gambling tycoons Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson. The two had expanded into Macao, China's gambling hub, just as the Chinese economy was slowing and Beijing was tightening Read More...
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The first sitting president to appear on "Late Show with David Letterman" in its 16-year history and what does he get for the trouble? A potato. A heart-shaped one, so maybe it was worth it after all.... Read More...
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The General Accounting Office said it was not clear whether the giant insurance company would ever be able to restructure itself and repay its U.S. government rescue package.... Read More...
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As the Senate Finance Committee begins reworking Sen. Max Baucus' $774 billion healthcare bill on Tuesday, the focus will be on keeping the final price tag below $900 billion - a target considered critical to winning over moderate Democrats whose votes Read More...
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Self-described "newspaper junkie" President Obama says he is "happy to look at" bills before Congress that might help the struggling newspaper industry. The White House later cautioned that the president's remarks, made to media outlets over the weekend, Read More...
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When Fabio Diaz settled in with 15 members of his extended Cuban family to watch Colombian singer Juanes' historic concert in Havana on television Sunday, he -- and the rest of his clan -- had mixed feelings.... Read More...
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The coming Group of 20 Summit, the second within six months, is to many heralding a potential fundamental change in the world economic setup. It will be a change that not only sees developing and under-developed countries have more say in global affairs, Read More...
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Manuel Zelaya, who was deposed as president of Honduras in a military coup on June 28, told media here on Monday that he has returned to the nation's capital Tegucigalpa. "I am already here in Tegucigalpa and I hope that peace and calm returns to this Read More...
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The animated "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" had great weekend weather, raking in $30.1 million in estimated U.S. box office receipts for the No. 1 spot. "The Informant!" was a distant No.... Read More...
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The Violight Razor Sanitizer is a carrying case for your razor with a little something extra.... Read More...
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Florida's unemployment rate held steady at about 10.7 percent for the third month in a row in August, a sign that the state's sluggish job market is stabilizing. "It's not going to go any higher," declared Tony Villamil, an economist and dean of the business Read More...
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Washington (dpa) - The ability of troubled insurance giant American International Group to repay billions of dollars in government aid is "unclear," an analysis by Congress' investigative arm said Monday.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. markets closed mixed Monday as investors worried an extended rally may have become overextended. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 41.34 points, 0.42 percent, 9,778.86.... Read More...
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MIAMI (UPI) -- A Hispanic group in Miami has begun a campaign against CNN talk show host Lou Dobbs for what the group said are disparaging remarks about Hispanic immigrants. Jorge Mursuli, leader of Democracia U.S.A., said he hopes to create a grassroots Read More...
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For two decades, Charles Perez has been one of television's most high-profile Hispanic journalists. In the 1990s he hosted a nationally syndicated talk show in his own name.... Read More...
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Herschel Walker, NFL and college football legend, is joining the world of mixed martial arts. San Jose-California-based MMA company Strikeforce announced today the signing of Walker, to a multi-year contract.... Read More...
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What would you do if you won the lottery? Nineteen-year-old Jay Vargas of South Carolina always thought he'd start a comedy-sketch series starring himself and a bevy of female wrestlers. Then he won.... Read More...
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Does happenstance explain why some people emerge as huge successes and others don't? To some extent it does, argues Malcolm Gladwell in his excellent book "Outliers: The Story of Success." Gladwell's book challenges the conventional wisdom of what leads Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. regulators were preparing to propose " net neutrality " rules barring Internet service providers from blocking Web content, officials say.... Read More...
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Aspiring entrepreneurs must constantly navigate the tension between doing what they love and the realities of the market. Sometimes those interests align: Bill Gates and Paul Allen loved to write software, and happened to be doing it at the dawn of a Read More...
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FLATONIA -- Nelson Jimenez calls out "woo, c'mon," alerting some of his 300 cattle of feed time. He darts across his 800-acre SA Bar Ranch in his green utility vehicle and shows his ranch hand chores he wants done on this property more than 100 miles Read More...
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Between the parade and the merengue music at the Hannaford Hispanic Heritage Celebration at Empire State Plaza on Saturday, there was a serious moment to pay tribute to a specific kind of contribution from the Hispanic community.... Read More...
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On Sunday night when television honored it best at 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards , it also gave us a something we see a lot of these days -- repeats.... Read More...
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As usual, the Emmy red carpet was awash in glamour and style, and we're here to point and stare at the best and worst of the bunch. Why? Because it's fun.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (dpa) -- A key gauge of U.S. economic health rose for the fifth straight month in August, according to a private research group Monday, as the country continues to look for signs that its deepest recession in decades is over.... Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., is preparing a bill to prevent U.S. banks from hitting clients with overdraft charges without their permission.... Read More...
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Dismal college savings statistics among middle-income families have the Obama administration pushing for a series of changes to 529 plans, the tax-favored higher education savings accounts. But industry experts gave the proposed changes mixed reviews... Read More...
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Google is pushing for a second act. The company has built its fortune almost entirely on small text ads, which appear alongside its search results and on sites across the Web.... Read More...
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The nation is just shy of a year since the U.S. Department of the Treasury launched the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, to pull the financial system back from the brink of collapse.... Read More...
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Companies Together Represent $8 Billion in Services Revenue. Acquisition Expected to Be Accretive to GAAP Earnings in Fiscal 2012 Dell and Perot Systems have entered a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Perot Systems in a transaction valued at approximately Read More...
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A group of mostly Republican U.S. senators say Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should wrap up the program used to bail out banks by the end of the year. The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program will automatically terminate next month unless Read More...
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Spain's biggest bank, Banco Santander, plans to raise up to 4.93 billion euros (7.2 billion dollars) by shares in its Brazilian unit on the Brazilian and New York stock exchanges next month, the bank said Monday.... Read More...
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Hundreds of thousands of Cubans gathered at the Revolution Plaza in Havana Sunday for a "Peace Without Borders" concert headlined by popular Colombian singer Juanes. An estimated 650,000 people attended the concert, broadcaster CNN reported, making this Read More...
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The choice of Pittsburgh as host city for the G20 summit demonstrates America's future doesn't just rest with its largest cities, President Barack Obama said. Pittsburgh is the first non-capital city selected to host a summit of Group of 20 leaders... Read More...
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Move over beer and cigarettes. Sugary soft drinks could soon be the latest national indulgence to be hit with higher taxes. "I actually think it's an idea that we should be exploring," President Barack Obama said in a recent interview with Men's Health Read More...
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NEW YORK -- U.S. markets advanced Friday after the Federal Reserve said household wealth grew in the second quarter for the first time in nearly two years. The biggest boost to household wealth was a 21.7 percent rise in stock values between April and Read More...
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Cleveland Cavaliers NBA star Delonte West was arrested Thursday night after authorities allegedly found guns on him.... Read More...
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Rush Limbaugh fanned the flames of the nation's racial unease this week, suggesting on his radio show that President Obama might view with approval a violent incident caught on camera last week, when black students beat up a white student on a school Read More...
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The focus of Susan Nell Rowe's career has been helping businesses against workplace labor disputes. She doesn't see the courtroom as much as she did when her law career began. Instead, Rowe said she now concentrates much of her efforts on helping employers Read More...
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Hispanic women are surpassing other groups in their ability to start and run businesses, a trend that will only increase, according to experts taking part in Denver at the first Latina Summit of the U.S.... Read More...
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American Idol star Adam Lambert's new song from the 2012 movie soundtrack will be called "Time For Miracles." ... Read More...
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Juan Manuel Marquez and Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr., will collide Saturday night in one of boxing's most anticipated battles of the year. The clash happens the same night as UFC 103.... Read More...
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An anchor from a Fox News affiliate in New York apologized Thursday night for accidentally dropping the F-bomb on the air earlier this week while bantering with the weatherman, whom he told to "keep f---ing that ... Read More...
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"The Informant!" is an entertaining expose of corporate corruption as well as a droll sendup of business-intrigue movies. But it wouldn't stick in the memory were it not for Matt Damon's audacious, baggy-pants portrayal of corporate whistle-blower Mark Read More...
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HOUSTON -- U.S. employees may be forced to get flu shots as the nation faces a swine flu pandemic, if the shots are job-related and a business necessity, experts say. Healthcare providers most likely can force employees to roll up their sleeves, employment Read More...
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At the Frankfurt Auto Show this month, electric cars are the new black. Everyone from BMW (BMWG.DE) to an Atlanta startup called Wheego Electric Cars is trotting out an electric model or two, boasting of their ample features and unique promise.... Read More...
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Internet company Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) said on Wednesday that it has acquired Internet security company ReCAPTCHA Inc for an undisclosed sum. Pittsburgh-based ReCAPTCHA is a spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Science Department.... Read More...
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The time has arrived again when Jews around the world greet one another with l'Shana Tovah , the traditional wish for a good new year, or Rosh Hashanah , which begins tonight. But with job losses and the troubled economy taking their toll on synagogue Read More...
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Shirtless men are hard at work under an unforgiving sun this week, hammering away at the stage that on Sunday will hold an unprecedented concert with some of Latin music's biggest stars. But to many people here in Cuba, the concert for peace, organized Read More...
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Four days before swimming sensation Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Hyundai Motor America's marketing director, Joel Ewanick, got a phone call from the South Korean automaker's U.S.... Read More...
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The business-to-business toilet company's technical Web site could wring a yawn even from a scatologist. But the YouTube video about its self-cleaning toilet simply bowls over many people. (Type "cws toilets" into Google and the "Swedish self-cleaning Read More...
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Google's dominance of the Internet in the United States is hard to overstate. The company accounts for two-thirds of all Web searches; it owns YouTube, which is 10 times as popular as its nearest competitor; and it is No.... Read More...
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Adding to the growing signs of an economic recovery, the bellwether Philadelphia manufacturing index rose to its highest level since June 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported yesterday.... Read More...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - A former Morgan Stanley executive was jailed Friday for seven years for what a judge called his "sheer greed" in Hong Kong's biggest insider trading case. Du Jun, 40, a former managing director of Morgan Stanley Asia, bought $11.2 million Read More...
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It's not exactly like printing money, but American Airlines (AMR) is cashing in big on the promise to someday exchange frequent-flier miles for empty airplane seats. The Fort Worth-based carrier said it sold $1 billion worth of miles to Citigroup (C), Read More...
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At a time of increased scrutiny of the credit card industry, Bank of America Corp. (BAC) today announced a new card with simplified rates and terms. The BankAmericard Basic Visa card offers one rate for all transactions, including balance transfers and Read More...
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Bank of China (SEHK: 3988; SHSE: 601988), one of the Big Four lenders in the nation, inked a renminbi remittance agreement with the global trade service unit of Citigroup (C), an international financial conglomerate with operations in consumer, corporate, Read More...
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New York state's investigation of Bank of America's (BAC) acquisition of Merrill Lynch now includes subpoenas to bank directors, a source close to the matter said. The source said Attorney General Andrew Cuomo had subpoenaed five bank directors who were Read More...
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Tired of all the negative predictions about a jobless recovery, a sick global economy or a rerun of the sluggish 1970s? Then Michael Mussa is your man. Mussa, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, presented a decidedly upbeat Read More...
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European Union (EU) leaders Thursday hammered out common positions for the upcoming summit of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies to be held in the U.S. city of Pittsburgh. The following are the main elements of the EU's common positions.... Read More...
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NEW YORK (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower after fluctuating on Thursday, as investors reacted cautiously amid a bunch of mixed data and corporate news. The U.S. Labor Department reported that the total number of applications for initial jobless claims Read More...
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The General Motors "60-Day Satisfaction Guarantee" will be in effect until November 30th, 2009. Consumers who purchase a Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, or Buick vehicle (note Saab, Hummer, Pontiac, and Saturn are not included) will have the option of returning Read More...
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Aflac Inc. has been named to this year's InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative users of business technology in the U.S. Each year, the magazine honors the top 500 companies that use technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive Read More...
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WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. House approved legislation that would overhaul the student loan market by setting up the federal government as the lone provider of college loans. The House vote was 253-to-171, largely along party lines, The Wall Street Journal Read More...
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Already a Fox News station juggernaut, Glenn Beck's profile was raised even higher today, with a startling close-up shot of him on the cover of Time Magazine .... Read More...
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Classrooms around the country today will be reading the revered words of our founding fathers in honor of Constitution Day .... Read More...
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Mattel is milking the public's suspense in its slow-motion unveiling of the new Dora Links doll, the slightly older -- and significantly girlier -- version of the kind-hearted, pudgy, bilingual protagonist of the Dora the Explorer cartoon series on Nickelodeon... Read More...
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Google, long seen as an enemy by many in the news industry, has introduced a new interface for reading newspapers and reached an agreement with publishers to share revenue generated by their content for the first time.... Read More...
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Politicians, pundits and even the Federal Reserve chairman have declared the recession over, but what's coming next is likely to prove as vexing as the deep economic crisis that Americans hope to leave behind.... Read More...
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Most cost-cutting measures are so simple, people don't think to apply them. Jim Riley, director of utilities and energy management at Texas A&M's Physical Plant, said he often sees that many just don't invest the time to sit down and analyze how much Read More...
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