AP
Cheaper gas spurs more travelers this Memorial Day
NEW YORK (AP) -- More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they'll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices....
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TMZ
Celebrity Mug Shots -- 3-for-1 Special on Amber, Jenna & J.R.
Ex-porn star busted for DUI, teen mom in handcuffs, and a tatted up NBA bad boy -- we've got 'em all in TMZ's mug-shot-a-palooza!! Sale prices only available until celeb's next arrest, so ... HURRY DOWN!Check out TMZ on TV -- click here to see your…
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AP
Why that flat Facebook IPO isn't so bad after all
NEW YORK (AP) -- The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don't have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How are a few select investors able to buy in early at lower prices and then pocket huge profits when the trading frenzy begins?...
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USA Today
U.S. consumer confidence highest in 4 1/2 years
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
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TechCrunch
Apple Responds To DOJ eBook Lawsuit, Calls it “Fundamentally Flawed” and “Absurd”
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Apple and a number of other large U.S. publishers of conspiring to fix eBook prices and filed an antitrust lawsuit. While most of the publishers quickly settled the lawsuit, Apple decided to fight. Earlier this week, as Ars Technica reports today, Apple responded (PDF) to the government's accusations. Apple doesn't mince words in its response. ...
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: Raise the gas tax
AS AMERICANS FILL UP their tanks and hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, they won’t have to pay quite so much for their gasoline. Average prices have dropped a dime since this year’s peak, and they are projected to fall a couple more by the end of the year. This trend will no doubt be welcome to fuel-hungry motorists. Yet an addict rejoicing at a price cut on his drug of choice is still an ...
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CNN
Will falling gas prices help Obama?
There's good news for drivers hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend: Gas prices are falling.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
As driving season nears, motorists shrug over higher gas prices
Tourism officials say Canadian and American vacationers dont appear to be letting high fuel costs put a crimp in their holiday plans
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Times of India
C Rangarajan hints at diesel, LPG price hike
Chairman of the PM’s economic advisory council said action on diesel, LPG prices would have temporary effect on inflation but help in bridging the fiscal gap.
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Times of India
No immediate rollback, asserts Jaipal
Oil minister S Jaipal Reddy on Thursday ruled out an immediate rollback of the increase in petrol price and said the government would watch international oil prices and the rupee’s movements against the dollar for “a few days” before taking any decision to moderate the hike.
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Mashable
App Helps Steer You to Lowest Gas Prices [VIDEO]
More than 30 million people will drive at least 50 miles over Memorial Day Weekend, according to results a survey from the AAA.
No matter where they…
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Fortune
Summer gas prices - as good as they'll get
As the summer driving season kicks off this holiday weekend, most Americans are enjoying lower gas prices than they might have expected when the spring began.
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The Nation
India rules out slash on petrol price
NEW DELHI - The Indian govnt ruled out Friday any immediate rollback of a petrol price hike that has sparked widespread public protests and anger among its coalition allies. Oil Minister Jaipal promised a review of prices "within days, not weeks" but stressed that oil refiners had little choice but to raise the cost of petrol, faced with a plunging rupee and steep global crude prices. ...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Vancouver gas prices hit $1.50 a litre
A steep jump in gas prices saw the average price for a litre of gas cross the $1.50 plateau, the highest in the country.
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AP
Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardship
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. The effects of such a move would be as quick as they would be brutal for ordinary Greeks, who would essentially take a 50-percent pay cut just as prices soar....
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politico
Seattle Mayor's wife cancels subscription
I'm going to take advantage of the slow, pre-vacation news day to bring you this little missive from my hometown way out west: Peg Lynch, wife of Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, cancelled her subscription to the Seattle Times last year because of a story about her husband's bike being stolen.
The story carries extra weight in Washington -- the state -- because McGinn literally cycled his way into th...
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Slashdot
Higher Hard Drive Prices Are the New Normal
An anonymous reader tips an article looking at the state of HDD pricing now that the market has had time to recover from the flooding in Thailand and a round of consolidation among manufacturers. Prices have certainly declined from the high they reached during the flooding, but they've stabilized a bit higher than they were beforehand. Quoting:
"Are things going to change any time soon? We doub...
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WSJ
Steeling for a Chinese Slowdown
China doesn't need all the steel it is churning out, and talk of more infrastructure spending isn't turning around prices. Breakneck Chinese growth once defined the commodities boom, but the steel glut is yet more evidence that you can have too much of a good thing.
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Huffington Post
Tyson Slocum: With Gas Prices It's 'Heads I Win, Tails You Lose'
You might think that the declining price of gasoline means that we don't have to pay attention to all that talk about oil speculation driving up the price of oil. Right? Wrong.
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FT
US consumers most positive in four years
Consumer sentiment was the strongest in more than four years as Americans were more upbeat about jobs and income growth amid easing petrol prices
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WSJ
Treasurys Push Higher
Treasury prices rose as investors opted to head into the long holiday weekend with their money in the safe-haven bond market.
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Los Angeles Times
Tech executive's Lego bar-code scam was extensive, police allege
More details are emerging in the case of a Silicon Valley software executive accused of using fake bar codes to buy massive amounts of Lego sets.
Police allege Thomas Langenbach, a 47-year-old vice president of global software giant SAP, brought his own bar code stickers to Target stores in Mountain View, used them to cover up the real bar codes and purchased hundreds of boxes of the p...
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China Daily
Property prices will dip, report says
Property prices will dip this year but a tumble is unlikely, a report by the China Academy of Social Sciences said on Thursday.
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Hindustan Times
Minister hints at petrol price cut; diesel, LPG safe for now
Expect a Rs 2-2.50-per-litre cut in petrol prices over the “next few days” as the government works out a plan to soften the blow of the Rs 7.54-a-litre hike. The cut could get bigger, if the government manages to convince the states to reduce taxes on petrol as well as diesel. Anupama Airy reports. Cong wants petrol price hike revision
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siliconindia
10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars in India
Ever increasing prices of petrol and diesel has made the car buyers more worried about how to select the best running machine which will not only have upscale comfort and good looks but also have great fuel efficiency.
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New York Times
In Mining, Some Michigan Towns See Hope
With copper trading at high prices, a remote area of Michigan is rediscovering its mining roots, raising hopes that the region will recover from a long slump.
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Domain Shane
Friday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-25-12
No doubt in my mind that this has been a fantastic quarter for those that have a solid domain portfolio and looking to sell. Prices have come back and solid names are coming out of the woodwork, even on the forums. I actually had to hire my wife to be my accountant. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would get to the point I couldn’t handle things myself. I domain and develop to ...
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Daily Mail
Can shoppers really save '32%' on fruit & veg by shunning supermarkets for street markets?
The big four supermarket groups are failing to match street market prices across a range of popular fruit and veg, research conducted by This is Money and MailOnline suggests.
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Times of India
Gold futures weaken on global cues
Amid a weakening trend overseas on firming dollar, gold prices fell by Rs 36 to Rs 28,844 per 10 grams in futures trade today.
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BBC
Fuel costs spur Japan price rise
Japan's consumer prices rise in April, spurred by rising fuel and energy costs, official data shows.
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China Daily
Home prices to dip, but tumble unlikely
Property prices will dip this year but a tumble is unlikely, a report by the China Academy of Social Sciences said on Thursday.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Broker to reprice FB trades
MORGAN Stanley will adjust prices on a "few thousand" Facebook trades, compensating investors for the float's trading glitches.
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Irish Times
Annual earnings rise 12 per cent at SABMiller
SABMILLER, THE world’s second-biggest brewer by volume, said it expected profit margins to show little change this year as savings programmes and price increases offset rising commodity prices.
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Irish Times
Property prices still in decline
THE FALL in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed yesterday.
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Huffington Post
Jim Nichols Made $138 On Facebook Shares
When we last spoke to investor Jim Nichols pre-Facebook IPO, he was eagerly waiting to find out how many shares of Facebook he could buy through E*Trade, where he put in an early order for stock. On Friday at opening bell, he bought 50 shares at $38 -- with no commission. That cost him about $1,900. But by Friday lunchtime he checked stock prices from a reststop in Marlington, W.Va., where he w...
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Barrons
Why Airlines Are Substantially Undervalued: JPM
Analysts’ estimates have not caught up to the huge growth potential in the sector, JP Morgan analyst Jamie Baker argues in a note today. Jet fuel prices have fallen 40 cents per gallon since February, which could save airlines about $5.5 billion, Baker argues. “And yet, since the end of earnings, consensus has barely budged.” [...]
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Hindustan Times
Petrol price hike fuels cabinet boycott
UPA allies Trinamool, DMK and NCP give meet a miss; Friday’s EGoM on oil prices also deferred.
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Barrons
Airline Stocks Will Be Fueled by Cheaper Fuel
J.P. Morgan argues that lower fuel prices should increase earnings at many airline companies beyond Wall Street's current consensus.
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Barrons
Airlines Stocks Will Be Fueled by Cheaper Fuel
J.P. Morgan argues that lower fuel prices should increase earnings at many airline companies beyond Wall Street's current consensus.
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Telegraph
Mothercare to slash prices to win back shoppers
The new boss of Mothercare has promised to slash the price of clothes and baby equipment to compete with supermarkets.
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New York Times
In Western Washington, Drivers See Gasoline Prices Heading the Wrong Way
A still-tough economy compounded by stinging transportation costs has clipped wallets in places like Tacoma.
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National Post
New Zealand hikes cigarette prices by 40 per cent in bid to snuff out smoking
Officials hope higher taxes and new restrictions will bring the country of 4.4 million closer to a recent pledge to eradicate the habit entirely by 2025
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DomainIncite
OpenSRS now offering .jobs and .aero
Tucows has started offering .jobs and .aero domain names through its OpenSRS reseller channel. According to a blog posting, resellers will have to opt in to offering these gTLDs. Prices are $125/year for .jobs and $50/year for .aero. It’s potentially good news for both registries, particularly .jobs. Both are restricted, sponsored gTLDs, but .jobs has [...]
Related posts:Jobs boards slam plan...
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Daily Mail
Facebook IPO: Morgan Stanley to reimburse investors ripped off by trades
Morgan Stanley announced in a memo on Wednesday that it is reviewing Facebook trades and would adjust prices for some retail customers who overpaid.
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USA Today
FCC chief backs tiered broadband prices
Genachowski supports plans that charge customers based on how often they use broadband.
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Irish Times
Property prices fall 16.4% in year
The decline in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed today.
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WSJ
India Gasoline Price Rise Won't Curb Deficits
India's move to sharply raise gasoline prices is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't address the bigger problems of the country's gaping budget and current account deficits, which have shaken investor confidence in the nation's prospects, analysts say.
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Irish Times
Property prices fall 16.4%
The decline in the residential property market continued over the year to the end of April, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed today.
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physorg
Nvidia says Kai platform will turn price tide for tablets
(Phys.org) -- In March, Nvidia gave some signs that they were working to lower the cost of their Tegra 3 processors and they suggested consumers might see prices for Android tablets as low as $199. Connect the dots? At the companys annual investors meeting last week, the dots connected and are making this weeks news. For those marking the history of the tablet, remember the date, May 21, 2012...
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The Guardian
'Misleading' supermarket special offers are duping shoppers, Which? finds
Supermarkets use tactics to make 'bargains', discounts and multibuys look better than they are, consumer group findsAn investigation into thousands of individual supermarket prices has revealed widespread "misleading" pricing tactics which are duping shoppers into believing they are getting a better deal than they are.In its largest look at special offers, researchers from the consumer group Wh...
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BBC
Strike over petrol price increase
India's main opposition parties announce a nationwide strike on 31 May to protest against a sharp increase in petrol prices.
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NEWS.au.com
Myer blames 'middle men' for higher prices
MYER chief executive Bernie Brookes has blamed brand distributors, not retail outlets, for higher prices in Australian stores.
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Washington Post
Vallejo, Calif., once bankrupt, is now a model for cities in an age of austerity
VALLEJO, CALIF. — The first couple of years were ugly. After this working-class port city became the largest in America to declare bankruptcy in 2008, crime and prostitution surged as the police force was thinned by 40 percent. Firehouses were shuttered, and funding for libraries and senior centers was slashed. Foreclosures multiplied and home prices plummeted.
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Daily Mail
Demand for probe into petrol prices amid fears motorists are being ripped off by profiteering oil companies
MPs demanded an inquiry into allegations of price-fixing at the pumps, and called for the Government to replace its fuel duty rise with a windfall tax on oil companies.
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Daily Mail
The not-so-special offers that cost more: Supermarkets accused of manipulating prices to give illusion of savings
Researchers identified a series of cases suggesting stores are manipulating prices to give the illusion of savings rather than offering genuine reductions.
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omg
"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" pushed back to 2013
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Well it looks like Channing Tatum will have to save something for 2013. The rising star has already appeared in three movies this year - "Haywire," "The Vow" and "21 Jump Street" - with another film, the stripper drama "Magic Mike," due out in June. He'll have to settle for four major releases, however, because Paramount said Wednesday that it is pushing back the ope...
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Los Angeles Times
Silicon Valley exec allegedly switched bar codes to steal Legos
A Silicon Valley software executive faces felony burglary charges after police said he used fake barcodes to score major discounts — on Legos.
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Reuters
Apple: U.S. e-book lawsuit "fundamentally flawed"
(Reuters) - Apple Inc is rejecting charges that it conspired to fix prices of electronic books, calling the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit a "fundamentally flawed" endeavor that could discourage competition and harm consumers.
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MarketWatch
Airlines stand to reap fuel-cost windfall
Falling oil prices and higher fares provide a strong tailwind for many carriers at the start of the summer travel season.
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Nikkei
Commodity Prices Sink To Year-To-Date Lows |
Elliotsblog
Selling Some Names
I am offering several domain names for sale. First to post “sold” will lock in the purchase. Deals will be closed using Escrow.com and must be closed within 5 business days. Prices valid for 48 hours. Choirs.com – $8,500 Buddhists.com – $8,000 TacomaRealEstate.com – $9,500 (Tacoma population around 200,000) ChelseaRealEstate.com – $8,500 (Chelsea is a [...]
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Reuters
Housing market recovery gains traction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. spring home-selling season got off to a strong start in April with rising sales and prices providing evidence that a housing market recovery was gaining some traction.
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Reuters
New home sales, prices rise in April
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New single-family home sales rose more than expected in April and prices pushed higher, further evidence the housing market was turning the corner.
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Telegraph
Premier League season ticket prices for 2012/13 season: in pictures
In pics: Premier League season ticket prices for 2012/13 season.
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Daily Telegraph
China slowdown threatens Aust: World Bank
AUSTRALIA'S dependence on resource exports could come back to bite it as a slowdown in Chinese growth causes commodity prices to fall, the World Bank warns.
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WSJ
Rise in Home Sales Points to Rebound
Sales of previously owned homes rose at a robust clip in April—and prices jumped—the latest indications that the hard-hit housing market is recovering.
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Irish Times
City aim high but WBA gesture is just the ticket
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE:ENGLISH PREMIER League clubs can be accused of many things, but colluding over ticket prices is not one of them.
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The Sun
Inflation drop boost
CHEAPER food and furniture helps bring the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) down from 3.5% in March to 3% in April
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Daily Mail
Wigan Athletic lead Premier League season ticket prices
Wigan and West Brom are leading the way as most Barclays Premier League clubs try to help fans beat the recession. Latics chairman Dave Whelan has slashed season-ticket prices by up to 13.5 per cent.
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Science Daily
Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the road: Stiffer roads reduce fuel consumption
Pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption, new research shows. A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million barrels of crude oil per year, or $15.6 billion at today’s oil pri...
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AP
Silicon Valley tech exec accused of Lego thefts
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- A Silicon Valley tech executive faces charges after authorities say he put fake bar codes on hundreds of Lego sets at various Target stores so he could buy the toys at steeply discounted prices, then sell them online for thousands of dollars in profits....
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BBC
UK home sales lift fails to last
Sales of homes in the UK failed to stay on a spring high in April, tax authority figures show, while prices in March recorded a fall.
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AllThingsDigital
Facebook Closes Down 11 Percent in Second Day of Trading
Shares of Facebook stock sank 4.2 points in their second day of trading on the Nasdaq, ending the day at $34.03, a somewhat expected downturn after a lackluster start last Friday. The stock opened at around ten percent under where it closed on Friday, most likely due to lack of underwriter support in propping prices up by exercising the "greenshoe" option.
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Telegraph
Dairy farmers at risk after milk prices cut
Dairy farmers have warned that they risk being put out of business after some of Britain's largest milk "middlemen" announced steep price cuts from June 1.
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FT
Shopping habits change with the weather
Cool temperatures and economic uncertainty have caused headaches for retailers who are watching forecasts and hope they will not have to cut prices
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The Nation
Circular debt
While defending his Thar Coal project in the Nation, Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said that reservations about Kalabagh dam should be addressed as it is a feasible project. He said when agreements with IPPs and RPPs were being signed it was not considered that oil prices would shoot up and gas reserves dwindle. The increased dependence on furnace oil had pushed up the cost of electricity to Rs 18 ....
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The Nation
Circular debt
While defending his Thar Coal project in the Nation, Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said that reservations about Kalabagh dam should be addressed as it is a feasible project. He said when agreements with IPPs and RPPs were being signed it was not considered that oil prices would shoot up and gas reserves dwindle. The increased dependence on furnace oil had pushed up the cost of electricity to Rs 18 ....
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The Nation
Circular debt
While defending his Thar Coal project in the Nation, Dr Samar Mubarakmand has said that reservations about Kalabagh dam should be addressed as it is a feasible project. He said when agreements with IPPs and RPPs were being signed it was not considered that oil prices would shoot up and gas reserves dwindle. The increased dependence on furnace oil had pushed up the cost of electricity to Rs 18 ....
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science blogs
Links for 2012-05-18 [Uncertain Principles]
The poor and their time are soon parted § Unqualified Offerings Why do I bring this up? I bring it up because I read this article about how the poor get trapped in a system that rains shit down on them. No, I'm not here to offer the poor advice on how to find good prices. They know far more about that than I do. Rather, I do this to point out that good decision-making depends in part on hav...
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China Daily
Katie Price's fears for Harvey
Katie Price "worried for the future" after giving birth to her son Harvey, who suffers from septo-optic dysplasia.
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Daily Mail
Charles Green promises Rangers season ticket price freeze
Prospective new Rangers owner Charles Green has vowed to freeze season ticket prices after revealing administrators have informed Ticketus of their intention to terminate their contract.
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USA Today
Health roundup: Plavix goes generic
As generic versions of Plavix are approved, prices drop. Also: parents can help prevent tragedies; judge with cancer admits pot use.
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BnAmericas
Electric Power - Brazil - Power sector reforms to cut electricity prices
Brazilian consumers will pay 3% less for electricity as part of a raft of power sector reforms aimed at stimulating the economy.
According to Brazil's federal planning website, additional readjustm...
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Mail & Guardian
Maize production blossoms in SA
After a big spike in maize prices last year -- Grain SA hopes that a new information mechanism will make the market more transparent.
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Telegraph
G8 summit: David Cameron to hold talks with Barack Obama about tapping into emergency oil reserves
David Cameron will hold talks with Barack Obama and other world leaders about tapping into emergency oil reserves in an effort to drive down petrol prices.
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perez hilton
Live Nation Decade Long Lawsuit Fizzles Out
SO, back in 2002 Live Nation - then a child of the Clear Channel behemoth - was sued for supposedly monopolizing the ticket sales of live rock concerts and for charging too high a price for said tickets.
In the class action lawsuit, plaintiffs from all over the country (and world) relied on data from economist [...]
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USA Today
Facebook prices its IPO at $38, could raise $16 billion
Among the company's priorities: diversify its sources of revenue and boost its presence in mobile ads, social commerce and social gaming.
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National Post
Facebook prices massive IPO at US$38 a share
Facebook raised US$16-billion in the biggest initial public offering by a technology company in history, pricing the shares at the top end of an increased range
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Telegraph
Britain facing 'day of reckoning' over recession and high prices, says Ed Davey
Britain must face up to a "day of reckoning" as the recession combines with high energy and food prices to lower standards of living, a Cabinet minister has said.
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FOX
Unfriend US? Lawmakers Say Pay the Piper First
Lawmakers say wealthy Americans who renounce citizenship need to prove not just trying to avoid taxesMillions Refuse to 'Like' Facebook Facebook Prices Shares at $38 Each in Looming IPOFULL COVERAGE: Facebook
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Reuters
Verizon data fans to pay more in service or phones
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless plans to make its data-hungry customers pay a lot more, either in service fees or smartphone prices, as it tries to cut costs and boost revenue from data services.
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amNY
Facebook prices IPO at $38 per share, giving it $104 billion valuation
Facebook Inc. priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, giving the world's No. 1 online social network a $104 billion valuation in the third largest offering in U.S. history.
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TheDomains
Facebook Prices IPO At $38 A Share With a $104 Billion Market Cap
Facebook priced its IPO at $38 a share, raising $16 billion which will be the third largest IPO in U.S. history and the largest ever IPO by a U.S. technology company.
It will start trading tomorrow under the symbol: FB
At $38 a share Facebook is valued at $104 Billion dollars.
At $38 Facebook will trade at more than 100x of earnings or PE
For comparison sake here are the some market caps &...
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Reuters
U.S. economy still faces "very tough challenges": Geithner
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis, higher oil prices and the year-end budget cuts and tax increases still remain risks to the U.S. economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday.
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Washington Post
India struggles to balance its books as citizens lust for gold
MUMBAI — Kumar Jain’s small shop in Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai’s labyrinthine jewelry district, has the feverish atmosphere of a Wall Street trading room. Women wave calculators, quote the latest global gold prices and haggle fiercely over bangles laid out on velvet trays.
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New York Times
Op-Ed Columnist: Come the Revolution
Through ventures like Coursera, world-class learning is coming at bargain-basement prices.
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The Jerusalem Post
Cellphone prices
We have entered into a promising era of more reasonable cellular phone costs.
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SI
David Sabino: Avery, Herrera offer speed at bargain prices
Speed and young southpaws are the themes of this week's look at some of major league baseball's lesser-known talents.
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The Jerusalem Post
Golan Telecom, HOT launch competing unlimited plans
The company is offering most aggressive prices in mobile market, based on operations in French market, French backer Xavier Niel.
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CNN Money
'Au'-sterity for gold as prices plunge
So much for gold being a safe investment in times of market volatility.
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BoingBoing
Salvaged lighting fixtures
I wandered into a temporary showroom for Trainspotters in London this weekend; they're a retailer specializing in salvaged industrial lighting, with a lot of crazy, chunk ex-Soviet numbers. Looks like you have to buy direct from them by phone, and the prices weren't low, but I'm still cleaning drool out of my shirt from my [...]
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Times LIVE
Rising food prices undermine the poor: DA
Rapidly rising food prices are undermining poor South Africans' human right to be free from hunger, asserts the DA in research released on Monday.
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News.co.au
Falling dollar won't hit dirt cheap prices - yet
UPDATE: Dollar drops below parity but TVs and overseas holidays are likely to stay dirt cheap - for a while at least.
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Gizmodo
Philadelphia's Subway Trains Are Becoming Rolling Power Factories [Monster Machines]
The transportation sector accounts for nearly half of United State's total energy consumption. With fuel prices continually climbing, those energy costs are cutting into already-strained state budgets. To combat its carbon footprint, the South East Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) has outfitted its light-rail trains with regenerative braking technolog...
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ElPais
There's still life for Repsol after the loss of YPF unit
Oil company's profit up 12.4 percent at start of year while net debt, excluding YPF and Gas Natural Fenosa, stood at 4.17 billion euros
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AP
Putin warns Sochi construction firms to hurry up
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned construction companies working in the 2014 Olympic city of Sochi against inflating prices and lagging behind schedule....
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New York Times
Lichtenstein and Bacon Paintings Top Sotheby’s Sale
Classic images by Roy Lichtenstein and Francis Bacon brought identical prices of $44.8 million Wednesday at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale.
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Daily Telegraph
Carbon conmen to face big fines
SOLAR panel peddlers who haveclaimed carbon tax will increase electricity prices face "please explain" proceedings from ACCC.
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American Scientist
Partisan Psychology: Why Do People Choose Political Loyalties Over Facts?
When pollsters ask Republicans and Democrats whether the president can do anything about high gas prices, the answers reflect the usual partisan divisions in the country. About two-thirds of Republicans say the president can do something about high gas prices, and about two-thirds of Democrats say he can't...from NPR
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Reuters
Asia faces threat to crops if El Nino unleashed again
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A return of the El Nino weather pattern may threaten food output in Asia, the world's top producer of rice and palm oil, but drier conditions in some areas could also benefit crops such as coffee and cocoa and keep global prices in check.
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Times of India
How Guar seed's shortage seeded greed and panic
The commodity market has been rocked by furore over a scam in what your subziwallah calls gwar ki phalli after prices shot up 420% in the last seven months.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Fibrek posts loss on lower pulp prices
May 9 (Reuters) - Specialty pulp maker Fibrek Inc,
which is being acquired by Resolute Forest Products,
posted a second straight quarterly loss, as pulp prices continue
to decline.
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Daily Mail
Good news for motorists: Asda drives down prices at the pumps to under 140p a litre
The supermarket giant has announced plans to slash 2p a litre from the price of petrol with drivers having to pay no more than 134.7p a litre at pumps across the UK.
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Irish Times
Britain seeks Iran sanction delay
Britain is seeking to persuade fellow European Union members to postpone by up to six months a ban on providing insurance for tankers carrying Iranian oil, arguing that it could lead to a damaging spike in oil prices, European diplomats said.
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Irish Times
Rise in cruise liner bookings reflects disaster recovery
Italian cruise operator Costa Crociere, controlled by US group Carnival, cut prices and saw a 25 per cent annual rise in bookings in April, recovering from the slump in sales triggered by the deadly Costa Concordia disaster earlier this year.
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Reuters
Safe as houses? Rising prices fuel German 'bubble' angst
FRANKFURT, May 8 (Reuters) - Einar Skjerven wants to spend
71 million euros ($93 million) on apartments in Berlin for
German and Austrian clients, but decided to hold off after
prices surged in a...
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Reuters
Home prices rise for first time in 8 months: Corelogic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices rose in March for the first time since last July, helped by tighter housing inventory, data analysis firm CoreLogic said on Tuesday.
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Telegraph
Impressionist and Modern art sales in New York: Treasures silenced by The Scream
The top prices at both Christie's and Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern art sales were for a pastel and a watercolour.
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The New Yorker
David Owen: Daniel Nocera’s artificial leaf.
Daniel Nocera was a science-minded high-school junior in New Jersey at the beginning of the Arab oil embargo, in 1973. American fuel prices soared, the stock market crashed, Congress prohibited speed limits higher than fifty-five miles an hour, and President Nixon banned the sale of gasoline on . . . (Subscription required.)
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Sky-high housing prices in Vancouver's west side short-lived
Small boom widely attributed on Chinese investors is collapsing as prices, sales numbers fall
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Los Angeles Times
Cool-A-Coo comeback: A chocolate-covered win-win for the Dodgers
The new Dodgers owners have lowered parking prices and announced other fan-friendly changes. Now they're hunting for the long-absent Cool-A-Coo ice cream sandwiches. Psst — check South El Monte.Mark Walter lives in Chicago. Stan Kasten spent most of his adult life in Atlanta. Peter Guber is an L.A. guy.
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Irish Times
May 5th, 1947
FROM THE ARCHIVES:Food rationing, scarcities and high prices continued two years after the end of the Second World War and this piece revealed some of the tricks butchers used to keep their profits up on meat. –JOE JOYCE
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news.com.au
Kraft's profit edges up on higher prices
KRAFT Foods Inc says the growing popularity of its products in developing markets have helped its profit edge up in the first quarter.
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USA Today
Bobcats ticket prices tied to lottery
The Charlotte Bobcats could go from the NBA's worst team to its best bargain.
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Wired
A/B Testing: Why Is a Financial Times Subscription So Expensive?
Wired has a big article on A/B testing this month, which makes a good point: Today, A/B is ubiquitous, and one of the strange consequences of that ubiquity is that the way we think about the web has become increasingly outdated. We talk about the Google homepage or the Amazon checkout screen, but it?s now more accurate to say that you visited a Google homepage, an Amazon checkout screen. But it...
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UN
Global food prices remain high despite marginal decline - UN index
Global food prices fell by 1.4 per cent between March and April, but seem to have stabilized at a relatively high level, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in its monthly food price index released today.
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Fortune
An Apple CEO-in-waiting sells 95% of his company shares
The head of iPhone and iPad software sold 64,151 shares Friday worth $38.7 million
FORTUNE -- Scott Forstall took home a chunk of change Friday.
Taking advantage of Apple's (AAPL) relatively high (but not record) share price, the company's senior vice president for iOS software -- someone often mentioned as possible successor to Steve Jobs and Tim Cook -- sold 64,151 shares at prices ranging ...
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AP
THE RACE: Gas price drop may offer political bonus
You wouldn't know it from campaign rhetoric, but gasoline prices have been trending down....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Why asteroid mining won't spark interstellar gold rush
Prices of commodities would have to reach absurd levels to make the venture profitable
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Telegraph
Tourists face sharp hotel price rise for Jubilee
Jubilee celebrations have caused a spike in hotel prices, a new report has warned.
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dlisted
Harvey's Gonna Get A New Stepfather
Katie Price's divorce to cross-dressing MMA fighter Roxy Baby isn't finalized yet, but that hasn't stopped her from lining up her next ex-husband. Kim Kardashian has handed the whoopin' stick to Katie Price and now it's her turn once again to beat at the pile of horse bones dust that is the sanctity of marriage. Katie's rep told The Sun yesterday that her Argentine boy piece Le...
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Daily Telegraph
Forrest keeps faith in iron ore
IRON-ore prices will stay above the $US120 a tonne level over the coming three years, Fortescue Metals chairman Andrew Forrest forecasts.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Rules distort energy market
DEREGULATION of retail prices will change the electricity sector for the better.
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Human Rights Watch
Uganda: Investigate April 2011 Killings During Protest
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The government of Uganda has failed to investigate adequately the use of lethal force by security forces that resulted in the deaths of at least nine people during protests over corruption and rising commodity prices in April 2011. A year after the nine were killed, no member of the security forces has been held accountable and o...
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Daily Mail
Don't break the bank to banish your back pain... instead try our affordable pick of products that really do help
Many of the products currently out there have no scientific research supporting them, despite their huge prices.
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The Nation
E&P profits up 36pc in 9MFY12
LAHORE - Recovery in country’s hydrocarbon production along with elevated oil prices were the key factors that helped the listed E&P companies to post a phenomenal earning growth in 9MFY12, experts said.
According to them, during the period under review, the sector depicted an earning growth of 36 per cent to Rs113 billion as against Rs83 billion in the same period last year. In ...
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BBC
VIDEO: Abu Dhabi's property price slump
Property prices in Abu Dhabi have slumped and the biggest real estate company has had to be bailed out by the government.
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Times of India
India faces formidable challenges on energy front: Manmohan Singh
Stating that India faces "formidable" challenges on the energy front, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said spiralling international oil prices have put a strain on the country's import bill and domestic prices need to be rationalised.
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BBC
Postal prices: Impact on firms
How larger post is affected by Royal Mail's price changes
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Barrons
WDC Drops 12% on Downgrades; Will Prices Have to Fall?
Shares of Western Digital (WDC) are down $5.12, or 12%, at $38.97, after the company last night beat fiscal Q3 revenue and profit per share estimates, and offered a better-than-expected Q4 view.
It appears that there were several concerns, including some weaker comments about demand this quarter, and the prospect of declining gross profit margin. But this morning, the main ave...
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Daily Mail
Champions League final: Chelsea fans face steep flight prices as they head to Munich
Airlines have been accused of 'bumping up' the cost of flights to Munich as Chelsea fans head for the German city ahead of the Champions League final next month.
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Acro
Pump up the domain jam
Domain investor, Abdu Tarabichi, made an interesting post at his blog, regarding bidders that inflate prices at domain auctions. According to information relayed to Abdu, certain participants of those auctions engage in the ‘noble sport’ of bidding up auctions they cannot otherwise afford, just to spite those that can. In my opinion, this argument does [...]
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circleID
Google Launches Storage Service, "Drive"
Google today launched a long-rumored "Drive” service to allow users store photos, videos, and other digital files in its massive data centers. Available immediately, first five gigabytes of storage per account of Google Drive is free and additional storage will be sold for prices starting at $2.49 per month for 25 gigabytes.
"Drive is also an open platform, so we’re working with many third-pa...
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Telegraph
Google Drive undercuts Dropbox
Google has confirmed its cloud storage service Drive, and set prices at a quarter of those of rival Dropbox.
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Irish Times
Fianna Fáil tables fuel relief bill
Reducing petrol and diesel prices immediately by five cent a litre is the aim of a Fianna Fáil private members’ motion seeking a cut in fuel costs.
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CNN
Best deals for tech gadgets
Don't rush out to buy the newest gadget. Patience pays off with lower prices.
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New York Times
The Consumer: The Consumer: Confusion on Pricing at Hospitals Adds to Pain
How can one can get a grip on prices when hospital charges are all over the map?
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DailyTech
Intel Launches Ivy Bridge, Hypes Low TDP to Counter Poor Graphics
IGP is faster than Sandy Bridge, but well behind AMD; power savings to be key amid higher prices
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
TSX plunges deep in the red
Markets pull back on uncertainty in Europe, weakness in commodities prices
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Foreign Policy
How to refute the logic of a Thomas Friedman op-ed
Last Wednesday Thomas Friedman wrote a very silly column in which he called for Michael Bloomberg to enter the presidential race because he had an annoying experience at Union Station he thinks the United States needs a real leader:
[W]ith Europe in peril, China and America wobbling, the Arab world in turmoil, energy prices spiraling and the climate changing, we are facing some real sto...
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USA Today
U.S. oil production is up, so why are gas prices so high?
America's soaring pump prices seem to defy the laws of supply and demand, except for one fact: It's increasingly not just about us.
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webwire
Huge Clearance Sale at Titanium-Jewelry.com
Modesto, California, United States, March 12, 2012 – The Spring season is here and in order to make room for the latest designs Titanium-Jewelry.com has lowered prices on many items. Rings, necklaces, and bracelets can be purchased for less th...
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Mail & Guardian
Wildlife prices too big for genes
Stampede for buying rare animals has boosted the game industry -- but alarm bells are ringing over exorbitant pricing.
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DomainGang
10 Things Domainers dread that might happen!
The world of domaining is fluid and ever-changing. Prices go up and down, faster than an Essex girl’s knickers. On a daily basis, rules change, and ICANN comes up with new ways to frustrate us! What are the top 10 things that domainers dread that might happen? ICANN charging for raising our concerns by posting [...]
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China Daily
Lower wind, solar prices to usher speedier adoption
Rapid recent solar and wind price falls are likely to bring new markets and mass adoption a step closer over the next decade and raise the prospects of mergers.
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Reuters
U.S. wine prices headed higher for consumers: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers are going to be faced with a choice this year: pay more for a bottle of domestic wine, settle for lower quality, or buy cheaper imports, the Silicon Valley Bank...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Carney raises outlook for economy, issues dollar warning
Trading the loonie by tying it to rising oil prices a recipe for losing money, says Bank of Canada Governor
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Scientific American
Shorted Circuits: Pentagon Looks to DNA from Plants to Foil Electronic Component Counterfeiters
Counterfeit electronics embedded in missile guidance systems and hundred-million-dollar aircraft have become a serious problem for the U.S. military and its contractors. Unlike a knockoff Gucci purse or Rolex watch , however, it takes more than misspelled brand labels, altered logos or suspiciously low prices to spot a bogus microprocessor being passed off as the real thing. [More]
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White House
Remarks by the President on Increasing Oversight on Manipulation in Oil Markets
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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Lately, I’ve been speaking a lot about our need for an all-of-the-above strategy for American energy -- a strategy that produces more oil and gas here at home, but also produces more biofuels and fuel-efficient cars, more solar power and wind power and other sources of clean, renewable energy.
This strategy is not just...
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Washington Post
Obama announces steps to boost oversight of oil markets
President Obama announced measures Tuesday to step up oversight of energy markets and boost by tenfold the penalties for market manipulation, in an effort to blunt political pressure over the 20 percent increase in gasoline prices since the beginning of the year.
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dnfblog
.IE Domain Name Registrations Up 12% in 2012, Breach 175,000 Mark
A rather small bit of domain news: registration of .ie domain names (ccTLD for Ireland) is up 12% in 2012 with 9,398 domains being registered in the first 3 months of this year alone. This brings up the total number of .ie registrations to 175,000, according to the IE Domain Registry. The adoption of .ie [...]
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CNN Money
Obama moves to curb oil speculators
The Obama administration proposed new measures Tuesday to limit speculation in the oil markets, seeking to draw a contrast with Republicans who have been calling for more domestic drilling during a time of near record gasoline prices.
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Los Angeles Times
E-book overkill
Justice Dept. trustbusters should've left Apple and book publishers alone.The Justice Department filed suit last week againstApple Inc.and two major book publishers, Macmillan and Penguin Group USA, accusing them of colluding in 2010 to raise the prices of e-books. Three other publishers that were investigated — Hachette, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins — agreed to a settlement, which Sh...
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New York Times
American Brands Seek Favor With Wealthy Chinese Tourists
Chinese shoppers attracted by lower prices spend more on luxury products abroad than they do at home, and retailers are looking to cash in.
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Scientific American
Growing an Economy by Growing Weed
Investors rocked world markets this week by selling Spanish bonds because of doubts about the country’s ability to put in place an austerity program. As prices plummeted, one small Catalonian village tried to think global and act local. It voted for a novel agricultural measure to work its way out of a €1.3 million debt [...]
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New York Times
Myanmar Faces Stumbling Blocks on Way to Growth
As Myanmar opens up to the world, foreign investors describe the country as a new frontier. But many worry about a lack of skilled labor, crumbling infrastructure and surprisingly high prices.
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Daily Mail
Beautiful real estate agents make more money in property sales than regular people - but which gender fares best?
While attractive real estate agents do in fact make more money than regular agents, research has shown that males are associated with lower U.S. house prices than females.
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New York Times
Bits: Apple Not Likely to Be a Loser in the E-Book Legal Fight
If e-book prices plummet as a result of the lawsuit by the Justice Department, the financial impact on Apple will likely be small, analysts say.
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Technology Review
Who Cares If Amazon Becomes an E-book Monopoly?
It's not as if the Kindle and its store aren't also vulnerable to disruption.
The Department of Justice is suing Apple and book publishers for "collusion" on book prices, and the result, as Tim Carmody thoughtfully articulates at Wired, is that everything Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has built over the past decade, his entire e-publishing empire, is now sanctified at the level of Federal law. On the o...
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Telegraph
Football fans feel the pinch as costs soar
The cost of being a football fan is now running a three and a half times the rate of inflation, with prices rising at 11pc a year.
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Mail & Guardian
Apple, publishers sued for e-book price fixing
Apple and five publishers have been sued by the United States's justice department for conspiring to fix the prices of e-books.
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Washington Post
Orioles offer 1992 ticket prices
Among the many things the Orioles are doing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, this is the coolest: 1992 ticket prices.
Yup, for six games this season, the Orioles are offering “a limited number of Eutaw Street Bleacher seats” for $4 each, the price of a bleacher ticket in 1992. The games include two Mondays, a Tuesday, a Wednesday, a Thursday and a Friday. (Apr...
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FT
Alcoa
Results at world’s biggest producer of fabricated aluminium epitomise the woes afflicting the sector – more capacity cuts are essential if prices are to keep pace
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USA Today
Book buzz: DoJ lawsuit over e-book prices
What's buzzing in the books world today? The U.S. Department of Justice has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against major publishers.
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Daily Mail
America's Justice Department to sue Apple 'within days' over price-fixing on eBooks - and buyers could see prices tumble
America's Justice Department could sue Apple as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price-fixing.
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siliconindia
Pay more for dream home because of escalation clauses
by Hardeep Singh Saini For example, if you book a property worth Rs 30 lac, you may find the price up to Rs 40-45 lac at the time of possession. Typically, the cost of construction is 15-20 % of the property price in bigger cities and up to 40 % in smaller ones. This can easily push your cost up by 25-30 %, say real estate experts.
With property developers increasingly putting cost escal...
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Al Jazhera
China's inflation rebounds sharply in March
Consumer price index rises to 3.6 per cent as bad weather and government policies push up food and fuel prices.
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AP
MLB ticket prices flat for 1st time in 2 decades
CHICAGO (AP) -- Major League Baseball's average ticket price has stayed flat for the first time in two decades....
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New York Times
Bank of England Leaves Low Rate Unchanged
Energy prices and a squeeze on disposable household incomes remain concerns of the Bank of England, which kept its main interest rate at a record low.
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Daily Mail
Katie Price's ex Dane Bowers speaks out over his arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to rape
The former Another Level hitmaker, who dated glamour model Katie Price at the height of his fame in the late 1990s, says he will defend the accusation and it had cause 'considerable upset' to him and his family.
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USA Today
Some hotels think they can brave high gas prices
Many hotels are offering gas cards to lure travelers into their cars despite rising fuel prices.
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AP
Small phone companies to sell iPhone at discount
NEW YORK (AP) -- A group of small, regional cellphone companies announced Wednesday that they're going to start selling the iPhone, at prices that undercut the big carriers....
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National Geographic
With Gas Prices High, U.S. Refinery Closures Hit Workers and Drivers
The economic pain of U.S. East Coast refinery closures may spread beyond job losses. Already high gas prices could climb still higher as summer approaches.
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Mail & Guardian
Jonathan sued for excessive force used during protests
A lawsuit has been brought against Nigeria's president for using armed soldiers and tanks to stop a protest in the city against high petrol prices.
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Foreign Policy
The Zero Man - By Heleen Mees
Obama’s greatest obstacle to re-election isn’t Mitt
Romney, or rising gas prices: It’s Ben Bernanke.
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Times LIVE
Suntech sees solar industry back in black in H2
China’s Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd said on Tuesday that it expects to return to profit, along with the entire industry, in the fourth quarter as prices stabilise on tighter inventories and improving demand.
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Reuters
Pinnacle Airlines files for bankruptcy in U.S.
(Reuters) - Pinnacle Airlines Corp , parent of Pinnacle Airlines and Colgan Air, filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest victim of high fuel prices and dampened travel demand.
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BBC
The ubiquitous hard drive
Hard disk prices stay high after last year's Thai floods
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BBC
Sue Johnston lands role in Corrie
Royle Family star Sue Johnston is to play Stella Price's mum Gloria in Coronation Street, the show's makers announce.
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Reuters
Indonesia fuel price fight bolsters Golkar ahead of 2014 polls
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Golkar Party has emerged from a policy fight over whether to raise subsidized fuel prices less tainted than its main coalition partner, the Democrat Party, and voters are likely to take note ahead of elections in 2014.
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The Jerusalem Post
Steinitz: Higher gas prices better than nuclear Iran
Finance Minister blames increasing gas prices on Iranian oil sanctions, says he and PM examining options to avert price increase.
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USA Today
What the end of 'pink slime' means to you
Criticism of the filler is forcing grocers and restaurants to halt its use, but some say that's likely to push hamburger prices up further
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BBC
Should Indonesia raise fuel prices?
Should Indonesia raise fuel prices and axe subsidies?
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MarketWatch
Vocera prices IPO at $16, above range
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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BBC
US house prices continue to fall
US house prices continued to fall in January, but at a slower pace than in the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.
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National Post
Bidding wars: Listing prices mean nothing
Garry Marr: 'The game is to attract more buyers by marking it down to a price that the homeowner would never accept. There’s something disingenuous about the practice but apparently perfectly legal'
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Times of India
Moscow hotels most expensive in Europe
The Russian capital remains the city with the most expensive hotels in Europe despite a decrease in prices from 2011.
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USA Today
Gas could hit $8 on Iran showdown, experts say
Top energy-consulting firm says gas prices could double if Iran mines the Strait of Hormuz.
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BBC
UK inflation rate falls to 3.4%
Inflation in the UK continued to fall in February, thanks largely to lower gas and electricity bills, with the Consumer Prices Index falling to 3.4%.
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Times of India
The Third View
It was close to midnight, when a group of us were shopping at Suan Lum Night Bazaar in Bangkok, a haven for those who dote on Thai artifacts and handicrafts. There was this pretty young thing, in denim dungarees, bushy ponytail and pink lip gloss, bringing out the carved bamboo vases, the exquisite aroma candles and other hand-made bric a brac for our viewing, with great enthusiasm, until we s...
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USA Today
WKU rallies from 16 points down to beat MVSU in NCAA opener
T.J. Price's 3-point play with 16 seconds left completed Western Kentucky's furious comeback for a 59-58 win over Mississippi Valley State.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Western Kentucky beats MVSU with Obama in crowd; BYU rallies vs. Iona
T.J. Prices three-point play with 33 seconds left completed Western Kentuckys furious comeback Tuesday night for a 59-58 victory over Mississippi Valley State in an NCAA tournament opener featuring a presidential audience.
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Reuters
Pfizer says Europe undermining drug innovation
LONDON (Reuters) - Europe is undermining drug innovation by cutting prices, raising barriers to new medicines and freeloading" off others in Asia and the United States who are more willing to pay, the boss of Pfizer, the world's largest drugmaker, said.
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Reuters
Finding and riding the bicycle built for you
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As fuel prices soar and the weather warms, more adults are rediscovering bicycling as a way to get fit, get around, and rekindle that childhood joy of movement.
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The Sun
Katie Price's guns and poses
GLAMOUR girl proved to be a crack shot as she hit TEN clay pigeons on day out at gun club
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The Sun
Katie Price's guns and poses
GLAMOUR girl proved to be a crack shot as she hit TEN clay pigeons on day out at gun club
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New York Times
Strategies: Gasoline Price Disparity Seems Here to Stay - Strategies
Although global energy markets establish the national trend for oil and gasoline prices, many factors are much more local — including the proximity of refineries to crude oil sources.
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The Sun
Chelsea freeze ticket prices
CHELSEA have announced a freeze on ticket prices for next season
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The Sun
Chelsea freeze ticket prices
CHELSEA have announced a freeze on ticket prices for next season
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USA Today
Mich. film buff sues AMC over snack prices
A Detroit-area film lover has filed a class-action lawsuit that accuses the AMC chain of price gouging for popcorn, drinks and candy.
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Goal.com
Everton boss David Moyes calls for radical changes to save football
The Toffees' long-serving manager believes major adjustments are needed, and suggests that wage cuts and lower ticket prices could help secure the future of the sport
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Irish Times
Uefa cut prices for Champions League final
Soccer:After much criticism of ticket prices for last year’s Champions League final, Uefa has slashed the cost of some seats for this season’s May 19th showpiece in Munich.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Last-minute cruise deals on Feb. 29
Princess Cruises cuts prices in one-day-only sale
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Pravda
Feeding the world: From subsistence farming to smallholders
The UNO believes that 90 million people can be lifted out of poverty by empowering "small farmers", today scratching a living as subsistence farmers, to become "smallholder farmers" feeding not only themselves but also the world, increasing production, decreasing hunger and prices.
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The Jerusalem Post
Syria's chaos reaches its kitchens
Unrest disrupts transportation, sanctions deter imports, and prices are rising.
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BBC
VIDEO: Parents 'struggle to feed families'
A year of record food prices has forced millions of parents in the developing world to cut back on food for their children, says aid agency Save the Children.
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Irish Times
'I'm excited I can now bring my family back to Ireland'
With the continuing fall in property prices, Ireland has a lot to offer us now – and a nice family home in Dublin is much more affordable
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New York Times
Damascus Avoids Syrian Uprising’s Blood, but Not Pain
Life is growing harder in the Syrian capital, President Bashar al-Assad’s stronghold, as residents complain about electricity rationing, shortages of food and gas, and soaring prices.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The worst of both worlds: high drug prices, low R&D
Canadians are among the biggest consumers of pharmaceuticals in the world
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Wired
Drug-Resistant Bugs Found in Antibiotic-Free Meat
If you're paying premium prices for pesticide- and antibiotic-free meat, you might expect that it's also free of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Not so, according to a new study.
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science blogs
Wissenschaftler aller Länder vereinigt euch! [Mathlog]
Boykottaufruf gegen Elsevier.Bisher 1147 Unterschriften hat ein von Timothy Gowers organisierter Boykottaufruf gegen den Wissenschaftsverlag Elsevier.The Cost of KnowledgeResearchers taking a stand against Elsevier.
Academics have protested against Elsevier's business practices for years with little effect. The main objections are these:
They charge exorbitantly high...
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The Lancet
[Correspondence] One more reason to fund the Global Fund
In your Editorial (Oct 1, p 1198), you rightly stress five reasons to ensure continued financing for the Global Fund as it undergoes necessary reforms. However, there is another compelling, often unremarked, reason to further support the Global Fund: the organisation accelerates the availability of better health products at better prices to developing countries, generating a global public good ...
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New York Times
Canadian Sport Juggernaut Needs Winning Teams
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment is Canada’s largest sports empire, but there is discontent about its high ticket prices and lackluster teams.
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Nature
Pharmaceutical industry: Investors unfazed by drug-patent expiry
Your data on changing stock prices for five pharmaceutical companies from 1997 to 2010 (Nature480, 16–17; 201110.1038/480016a) erroneously indicate a 39% drop in aggregated share value, when in fact it would have risen by 82% (see Correction,
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chinatechnews
Brazil Considering Import Restrictions Of Chinese-made Mobile Phones
Brazil is reportedly considering restricting the import of Chinese-made mobile phone to protect its own local market. According to reports in Chinese local media, Brazilian mobile phone manufacturers accused Chinese mobile phone makers for dumping mobile phones in the Brazilian market at low prices. At present, Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade is [...]
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National Post
Margaret Swaine's Wine Picks: Vintage picks at bargain prices
If money’s tight after the holidays, buy these Vintages picks, which deliver at a bargain price
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Strikers paralyze Nigeria
Angered by gasoline prices and corrupt government, Nigerians have started a strike paralyzing the nation. Although most demonstrations were peaceful, people were reported shot and killed in the country's two largest cities
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USA Today
Ill. law lets motorists salvage fur, food from roadkill
A new Illinois law applies to those with a furbearer license, and comes as pelts from wild animals are fetching the highest prices in years.
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BBC
Court blocks Nigeria fuel strikes
A court in Nigeria orders trades unions to call off a national strike planned for Monday against soaring petrol prices.
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Rolling Stone
Deadmau5: Ultra Music Fest Is 'Same F---ing Thing Every Year'
Electronic music star Deadmau5 released a 12-minute video to his fans on YouTube in which he slammed the Ultra Music Festival for its high ticket prices and unreasonable exclusivity contracts "Ultra to me is the definition of insanity – doing the same fucking thing every year expecting different results every...
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Daily Telegraph
Boxing Day sales' $1.1b punch
SHOPPERS are expected to splurge $1.1 billion today in the largest Boxing Day sales in years, with stores slashing prices by up to 70 per cent.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Amazon's 'showrooming' tactic the latest to enrage booksellers
The online merchant has offered discounts to those who scan prices in bricks-and-mortar stores on their cellphones, then buy from it
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The Nation
Govt should announce snap polls, demands JI
KHANEWAL - Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab Ameer Dr Syed Wasim Akhtar has said that the government has failed in every field of life so Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani should announce elections date immediately to get rid of further crises.He was addressing a press conference here in Ghalai Institute Khanewal. Dr Waseem Akhtar further said that the government should take immediate steps for the welfa...
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Irish Times
Average house price drops 16% in past 12 months
HOUSES PRICES across Ireland continued their precipitous decline last month and the collapse in the market is showing no sign of abating, according to figures published by the Central Statistics Office yesterday.
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FOXnews
High Prices for Low Quality Films Keeping Families Away From Theaters, Experts Say
The reluctance of parents to pay the high price of movie tickets is growing, and is one of the contributing factors to weak box office returns this holiday season, experts say.
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The Nation
Nawaz says coup will further deteriorate situation in country
Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that any military coup would further deteriorate the situation in country. Talking to media in Karachi, Nawaz said that if army took over now, the situation would further deteriorate. The oil prices rose up due to the IPPs of Pakistan Peoples Party, Nawaz blamed. Former prime minister said that President Zardari...
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The Nation
Nawaz says coup will further deteriorate situation in country
Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said that any military coup would further deteriorate the situation in country. Talking to media in Karachi, Nawaz said that if army took over now, the situation would further deteriorate. The oil prices rose up due to the IPPs of Pakistan Peoples Party, Nawaz blamed. Former prime minister said that President Zardari...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Punters pay big for Taylor trinkets
THE "halo effect" was expected to send prices soaring again last night at the frenzied auctions of Elizabeth Taylor memorabilia.
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Mail & Guardian
Norwegians in search of their bread and butter
An acute butter shortage in Norway has left people worrying about how to bake their Christmas goodies with shelves empty and prices through the roof.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Wholesale price freeze on network
THE company rolling out the NBN last night vowed to freeze wholesale prices for the next five years on the cheapest packages.
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Daily Telegraph
Weather threatens food prices: Oxfam
STORMS and drought that have caused surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of climate change, according to Oxfam.
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Reuters
Carbon crash spurs price bottom debate
LONDON (Reuters) - European and international carbon prices plunged to record lows on Thursday, prompting a debate about how low prices could go.
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Art Review
Petra added a discussion to the group Photography
Petra added a discussion to the group PhotographyParis positions itself as photo capitalArticle from 'The Art Newspaper'By Roxana Azimi. Published online: 15 November 2011 PARIS. Despite early misgivings, Paris Photo’s move to the Grand Palais allowed the fair, which took place from 10 to 13 November, to accommodate international exhibitors such as Pace/MacGill, Gagosian and Fraenkel. This upgr...
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Number10
Lance Haggith wins Big Society Award
Bedford entrepreneur wins the Prime Minister's Big Society Award
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exchnage4media
Newspaper cover pricing: Low cost or profit margins?
Intense competition has kept newspaper cover prices extremely low in India, with none of the players ready to make the first move towards a more sustainable pricing strategy. Industry experts feel all publications need to collaborate to arrive at a threshold level of cover price.
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DnJournal
3Q-2011 Domain Sales A Mixed Bag: Total $ Volume Rises From 2010 But Median Prices Slip
A new DN Journal newsletter is going out to opt in subscribers today. The publication is also available to everyone online. In the latest issue we break down the most recent quarter of reported domain sales (3Q-2011) to see how they compare against the same quarter a year ago.
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National Post
Home prices continue climb
Canadian home prices continued their upward march in April, driven by strong investor demand in Vancouver, as cracks in the Toronto condominium market may be starting to appear
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Foreign Policy
Can Black Swans lead to a sustainable Arab-Israeli peace?
The nationwide decline in housing prices that began in 2006 was supposed to
be, we were told, impossible. Because its impact was limited initially to the
sub-prime mortgage market, which was a relatively small part of the overall
home-mortgage market, policy makers at the Department of the Treasury and the
Federal Reserve assured us that its effects would be contained. That
prediction, we now...
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China Daily
Feeling down as 'all prices are going up'
There's a simple reason for the general upward trend of prices in Beijing and, surprisingly, it has nothing to do with all that economic jargon floating around about productivity gains, wage costs and so on.
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Foreign Policy
Amazon goes global. Sort of
My Newsweek op-ed of a few weeks ago urged Amazon to share their best product with the rest of the world and make Kindles available elsewhere, if only to help advance American interests abroad (free and unencumbered access to information is definitely one of them). Today Amazon unveiled an international version of their basic Kindle model, which would be able to wirelessly download books in mor...
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 83.144 |
| 2 | India | 54.175 |
| 3 | Germany | 20.649 |
| 4 | France | 19.695 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 14.181 |
| 6 | Brazil | 11.420 |
| 7 | Russia | 9.765 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 9.745 |
| 9 | China | 9.560 |
| 10 | Poland | 6.660 |
| 11 | Italy | 6.500 |
| 12 | Canada | 6.274 |
| 13 | Philipines | 5.940 |
| 14 | Turkey | 5.905 |
| 15 | Spain | 5.750 |
| 16 | Australia | 5.166 |
| 17 | Mexico | 4.230 |
| 18 | Argentina | 3.995 |
| 19 | Vietnam | 3.820 |
| 20 | Korea South | 3.740 |
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# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | CNN Editions (International) | 12.000 |
| 2 | NDTV | 10.000 |
| 3 | Dainik Bhaskar | 9.800 |
| 4 | CNN | 8.000 |
| 5 | Globo | 5.000 |
| 6 | Times of India | 4.950 |
| 7 | IBN live | 4.000 |
| 8 | foxnews | 3.300 |
| 9 | Bild | 3.200 |
| 10 | ABS-CBN News Channel | 2.900 |
| 11 | MSNBC | 2.800 |
| 12 | Joong Ang Ilbo | 2.500 |
| 13 | The Sun | 2.500 |
| 14 | lemonde | 2.200 |
| 15 | economictimes | 2.100 |
| 16 | ekolay.net | 2.000 |
| 17 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 18 | indosiar | 2.000 |
| 19 | Navbharat Times | 2.000 |
| 20 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.000 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 164.722 |
| 2 | German | 25.537 |
| 3 | French | 23.952 |
| 4 | Spanish | 18.568 |
| 5 | Hindi | 15.000 |
| 6 | Portuguese | 12.125 |
| 7 | Russian | 9.880 |
| 8 | Indonesian | 9.745 |
| 9 | Chinese | 9.290 |
| 10 | Polish | 6.660 |
| 11 | Italian | 6.500 |
| 12 | Turkish | 5.905 |
| 13 | Dutch | 4.155 |
| 14 | Vietnamese | 3.760 |
| 15 | Swedish | 3.190 |
| 16 | Romanian | 2.185 |
| 17 | Czech | 1.870 |
| 18 | Japanese | 1.750 |
| 19 | Arabic | 1.260 |
| 20 | Korean | 1.120 |
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| 1 | Stock exchange |