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PBS’s new head of drama on €28000 contract
Oh dear, cronyism rears it's ugly head again. I thought we'd seen the last of that kind of thing. + Moral, NEVER believe what a politician says; lying to the people is part of their ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares flat ahead of Bernanke euro edges lower
* Shares flat ahead of Bernanke testimony on Wednesday, Home Depot rallies * Dollar index firmer, but down from near 3-year high * Yen dips after Japanese minister says seeks 'balance' for currency * Commodities fall, gold and oil weaker on the day By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world were little changed on Tuesday as investors awaited an update ...
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Euro rallies to session high against the dollar
NEW YORK | Tue May 21, 2013 11:34am EDT NEW YORK May 21 (Reuters) - The euro rose to a session high against the dollar on Tuesday as investors positioned ahead of testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday. Speculation the U.S. central bank will trim its bond purchases, or quantitative easing (QE), sooner than expected has mounted, given signs of an ...
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Appeals court rules bin Laden death photos can stay secret
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the ...
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Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on May 9. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A bipartisan group of senators begin a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws--which would legalize most of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants--largely untouched. On ...
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Leading Senate Democrat IRS behavior intolerable
Montana Democrat says his committee will follow the facts wherever they lead. Scheduled to testify to Congress for the first time was former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency for most of the period when it was improperly focusing on the conservative ...
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Extreme solar storm threatens Earths electrical grids
solar storm aimed at the Earth hits in just the right way, it could put interconnected electrical grids around the world at serious risk, experts say. In addition to creating beautiful auroras, ...
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Vatican marks anniversary of 1972 attack on Michelangelos Pieta
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - A combo photo shows a detail view of the damaged Michelangelo's Pieta and it after restoration works at the Vatican. Forty-one years ago, a crazed Hungarian named Laszlo Toth jumped an ...
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Carriers Maintain Asia-Med Capacity Despite Euro Crisis
Ocean carriers are paying a heavy price for failing to rein in capacity on the Asia-Mediterranean route despite the deepening economic crisis across southern Europe, according to shipping consultant Drewry.Traffic is stalling, freight rates have tumbled more than 40 percent since the beginning of the year and ships are sailing half full on the eastbound leg to the Far East."Unsustainable ...
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New Issue-Plastic Omnium prices 500 mln euro 2020 bond
Tue May 21, 2013 9:50am EDT May 21 (Reuters) -Following are terms and conditions of a bond priced on Tuesday. Borrower Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA Issue Amount 500 million ...
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Sen. Jeff Sessions tries to sink the immigration bill by himself
Power Players When it comes to immigration reform, perhaps no senator has been more vocal about their displeasure with the newest bill, drafted by the group of bipartisan senators known as the "Gang of Eight," than Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.)--the Republican many blame for the defeat of the last immigration reform bill in 2008. "This bill, written by the 'Gang of ...
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Did Pope Francis perform an exorcism
View Photo Associated Press/Andrew Medichini - Pope Francis greets the faithful in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, after celebrating a Pentecost mass, Sunday, May 19, 2013.(AP Photo/Andrew ...
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Killing of gay man in NYC draws protesters
NEW YORK (AP) -- The killing of a gay man who police say was taunted with homophobic slurs drew thousands of people to the scene of the crime to restore a sense of safety to one of the nation's most gay-friendly neighborhoods. Fabio Cotza, a gay member of an interfaith Bronx church, said he looked around cautiously when he stepped out of the subway in Greenwich Village Monday evening to ...
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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title
MANCHESTER, England -; Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight ...
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Police Remains found in woods likely missing Maine teen
Spokesman Steve McCausland says the body was found at about 9:30 p.m. Monday by the Maine Warden Service in an undisclosed wooded location. Recovery will begin at daylight ...
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Man fined €750 for assaulting school principal
A man who assaulted a school principal in a row over the disciplining of his son has been fined €750 at Kilrush District Court in Co Clare. Martin James Tubridy, 55, of Quarry Vale House, Labasheeda, Co Clare, was convicted of assaulting school principal Liam Wolfe at the small rural school in Labasheeda in 2011. Tubridy was dissatisfied with the way his eight-year-old son was disciplined ...
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Vodafone Ireland margins improve reversing general trend
John Mulligan - 21 May 2013 Vodafone said its operations in Ireland generated improved margins during the last financial year, reversing a general trend among mobile operators here where they've had to slash pricing to retain ...
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Peppa Pig and Hunger Games company declares 25 rise in profits and gears up for FTSE 250 entry
Entertainment One's sales rose by a quarter to 629.1 million in the year to March, thanks in part to buying Alliance Films. EOne, which produces and licenses TV shows and films, saw digital leap 36 per cent to 90 million, offsetting falling DVD sales."The UK is driven by LoveFilm, Netflix and Sky," said chief executive Darren Throop. "We believe library is an incredibly ...
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Hsbc Etfs Ftse Epranareit Dev $ - Net Asset Value
National Storage Mechanism Appointed by the FCA to act as the official mechanism for the storage of regulated information in the UK RNS Number : 1835F HSBC ETFs FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Dev $ 21 May 2013 Fund: HSBC FTSE EPRA NAREIT DEVELOPED ETF Valuation Date ISIN Code Shares in Issue Currency Share ...
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Goldman Sachs Chief Confident Euro Will Survive20 May 2013 0721 The chief executive
related stuff consider move to UC -- related stuff end -- The chief executive of Goldman Sachs (GS), Lloyd Blankfein, is confident the euro will survive despite the debt crisis, he said in an interview with newspaper Welt am Sonntag. "The risk that euro will break apart or that individual ...
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Rupee hits 2013 low on importer demand weak euro
dollar demand that traders attributed to a private refining company. At 1115 GMT, the rupee was at 55.37/38 versus its on Monday close of 55.10/11. It fell to 55.41 during the session, a level last seen on November 29, ...
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All you could hear were screams’
Two men stand in front of Plaza Towers Elementary after a tornado destroyed the school on Monday. (Bryan Terry/AP/The … MOORE, Okla. - The hell he saw was harrowing, but it's the sounds at Plaza Towers Elementary that Stuart Earnest Jr. says will haunt him forever. "All you could hear were screams," Earnest said. "The people screaming for help. And the people trying ...
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No Argentina is not a cautionary tale for the eurozone | Nikos Chrysoloras
A true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. Although this opinion, put forward in his early writings, seems far-fetched nowadays, Wittgenstein had a point.Since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, two false analogies have prevailed in the public dialogue regarding Europe: the first draws parallels ...
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Euro PM2013 Technical Programme Brochure Available Now for Download
The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition Technical Programme is now available for download. The Euro PM2013 Congress & Exhibition 15 – 18 September, Gothenburg, Sweden will cover all areas of Powder Metallurgy, including, a first for a Euro PM event, technical papers and a Special Interest Seminar covering metal powder Additive ...
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German central bank Economy to improve markedly
FRANKFURT, Germany -; Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter - a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of ...
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