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Canada threatens to retaliate against change in US meat labeling rules
OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...
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After breaches Twitter beefs up security with two-step login
NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...
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Irish biotech firm Elan rejects revised Royalty Pharma bid
DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...
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Import alert by USFDA hits Wockhardt shares
MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...
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Ford Motor to shutdown 2 units in Australia
MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...
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IMF warns UK against continuing austerity programme
LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...
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Movers Shakers Friday’s movers Abercrombie Sears not in fashion
Bootstrapping for start-ups When start-up financing is scarce, entrepreneurs should look to bootstrapping. Angel Investor Dale Murray explains what it is and how to attract ...
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Bond Report Treasurys move higher as investors buy cheap
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors bought back into Treasurys Friday after a substantial selloff this week, helping the safe-haven debt hold onto gains after a manufacturing report on orders for long-lasting big-ticket items came in better than ...
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Metals Stocks Gold futures retreat pare gains for the week
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures posted modest losses on Friday, paring their gains for the week after a nearly 2% climb a day prior, as investors grew wary ahead of a long U.S. holiday ...
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Wall Street drops on uncertainty
"We've had some volatility this week that we really haven't experienced in a month or so, so it's got a little bit of uncertainty here," said Joe Bell, a senior equity analyst at Schaeffer's Investment Research in ...
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Microsoft To Windows 8 Haters Try This Mouse
Windows 8 users have little use for Modern UI apps , and that desktop and laptop users are particularly unengaged. The findings were, to a degree, unsurprising; to many users, the Win8's Live Tile-dominated Start screen hasn't been, ...
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FTSE 100 ends volatile week with a near 1 fall
Leading shares ended a volatile week - even by stock market standards - on a negative note ahead of the long Bank Holiday weekend.In the space of five trading days, the FTSE 100 soared to within 90 points of its all time high of 6930, achieved on 30 December 1999 at the peak of the dotcom boom, and then promptly recorded its worst daily performance for a year.Markets have been driven higher in ...
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Gold price collapse hits pawnbroker profits
Shares in largest British high street gold buyer H&T slide as it warns that every 10% fall in the price of gold would wipe about 2m off its ...
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G4S contract to run sexual assault referral centres damned
G4S , the controversial private security company, is to run services providing medical examinations and counselling for victims of rape and sexual assault in the West Midlands.The company has been awarded a three-year contract to take over two sexual assault referral centres (Sarcs) in Birmingham and Walsall. The national network of 33 centres across England which have developed over the past ...
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How Motorsports Improves What We Drive
General Motors racing program, from the way its 450-horsepower V-8 works to the carbon fiber panels used to reduce the sports car's weight and lower its center of gravity. "Motorsports play a key role for us in improving our street cars and power-trains," explained Jim Campbell, head of the Detroit maker's well-funded motorsports program. And GM isn't alone. Most auto ...
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Soccer Tickets Shocker Two for $21000
German soccer fans desperate to snap up tickets to Wembley's Champions League final on Saturday are being charged up to 14,000 ($21,166) for a pair of tickets on the black market, the Daily Mail reported on Friday. German rivals Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will battle it out for the coveted UEFA Champions League final this weekend, and up to 150,000 German football fans are expected ...
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Meet The People Who Are Subverting Wall Street Reform
Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Mark Wetjen Three years after Congress passed sweeping reforms of Wall Street, the industry has successfully widened a variety of cracks in the Dodd-Frank law. But credit for the industry's success at watering down the landmark legislation doesn't just go to well-heeled lobbyists - regulators and lawmakers are helping. ...
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Senator urges extreme caution on Softbank-Sprint deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An influential senator on Friday expressed strong concerns about Japanese company Softbank Corp's plan to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 mobile service provider, warning it could expose the United States to more Chinese cyber ...
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Spains Bankia Close to Selling Florida Bank to Chiles BCI - Sources
Spain's Bankia SA (BKIA.MC) is close to selling City National Bank of Florida to Chilean bank Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA (BCI.SN) for close to $900 million, according to people familiar with the situation.The transaction is expected to be approved by Bankia's directors later Friday, these people said.The sale forms part of Bankia's plan to shed assets to boost capital ...
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Commerzbank CEO to Buy Shares Worth EUR170000
Commerzbank AG (CBK.XE) Chief Executive Martin Blessing, who will fully participate in the bank's capital increase that is under way, will buy new shares worth about EUR170,000, according to a Dow Jones Newswires calculation."I will fully exercise my subscription rights," Mr. Blessing said Friday.Currently, Mr. Blessing holds almost 40,000 shares in Commerzbank.If fully exercising ...
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EUROPE MARKETS Europe Stocks End Choppy Week 1.7 Lower
LONDON – European stock markets added to the prior day's sharp losses Friday, tracking stocks lower in the U.S., with better-than-expected economic data failing to offset concerns about a possible end to the U.S. stimulus program.The Stoxx Europe 600 index lost 0.2% to 303.35, closing out the week 1.7% lower and breaking a four-week winning streak.Earlier in the week, most of ...
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Luxury Brands New Cash Cow Men
PARIS/NEW YORK – Most men might balk at spending $600 on a pair of Dior sneakers but for U.S. shoppers like Ephraim, an upbeat 30-year-old, such indulgences are becoming increasingly commonplace. Ephraim is the kind of man who gives luxury goods makers high hopes that the U.S. market can fuel future growth, as China runs out of steam and demand in Europe sags. "There is a cultural ...
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Chile blocks Pascua-Lama mine fines Barrick Gold $16 million for serious environmental violation
VALLENAR, Chile -- Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental permit. The $16-million fine is the maximum allowable under Chilean law. It was applied Friday because the world's largest gold mining company acknowledged that it ...
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‘We are in economic terms all Japanese’ Paul Krugman
A generation ago, Japan was widely admired – and feared – as an economic paragon. Business best-sellers put samurai warriors on their covers, promising to teach you the secrets of Japanese management; thrillers by the likes of Michael Crichton portrayed Japanese corporations as unstoppable juggernauts rapidly consolidating their domination of world ...
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Billionaire Says Babies Destroy A Womans Focus In Wall Street Jobs
Speaking at a symposium at the University of Virginia last month, hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones suggested that having babies kills a woman's focus, rendering her unable to succeed in the trading industry. According to ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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