Archive for July, 2010
Posted on July 30, 2010 - by admin
Palin to campaign with Handel on day before Georgia runoff
(CNN) – Sarah Palin’s dropping into Georgia to weigh in on the state’s increasingly bitter Republican gubernatorial battle, one day before the primary runoff election. According to the campaign of GOP candidate Karen Handel, Palin will team up with Georgia’s former secretary of state at a get out the vote campaign rally on Monday August [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2010 - by admin
Lebanon hosts Syrian, Saudi leaders
The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia arrived in Lebanon on Friday, a visit intended to ease a heatening political crisis in the religiously diverse and combustible nation.
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Posted on July 30, 2010 - by admin
Disney sells Miramax films for $660m
Disney has sold film studio Miramax for more than $660m Ron Tutor, a construction magnate, and Colony Capital
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Posted on July 30, 2010 - by admin
Double-Dip? Doesn’t Matter, As Investors Are Still Scared
“One reason why the equity market is struggling of late is because you can only drive and gaze through the rear-view mirror for so long,” one market pro says of weak GDP growth.
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Posted on July 30, 2010 - by admin
Investors drop risk after US GDP data
Global Markets Overview: The FTSE All-World index is down 0.5% following a lower-than-forecast GDP growth report for the US, and the yen and short-term US Treasuries are seeing record demand
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Posted on July 27, 2010 - by admin
More Race to the Top finalists announced
Washington (CNN) – Eighteen states and the District of Columbia were selected as finalists to receive more than $3 billion in the second round of funding for the Race to the Top Program, Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced Tuesday. Duncan, speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, said that peer reviewers selected the states [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2010 - by admin
Maradona out as Argentine coach
Diego Maradona’s contract as coach of the Argentine national soccer team will not be renewed, the spokesman for the Argentine Football Association said Tuesday.
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Posted on July 27, 2010 - by admin
Aflac Earnings Rise and Outpace Street Expectations
Posted on July 27, 2010 - by admin
Rights protests aim to swamp Vedanta AGM
Protestors plan to swamp Vedanta’s annual meeting to voice complaints about what they see as the Indian miner’s persecution of a nature-worshipping tribe in India
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Posted on July 27, 2010 - by admin
Soros set to buy stake in Bombay exchange
Billionaire investor in final talks to buy Dubai Holding’s 4 per cent stake in manager of Indian benchmark Sensex index
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