giovedì 15 marzo 2012

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ANSA: Petrolio: in calo a 106,32 dlr

Posted: 13 Mar 2012 11:58 PM PDT

Contratto cede lo 0,4%

ANSA: Cambi: euro stabile a 1,3041 dlr

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:02 AM PDT

Con lo yen scambiato a 108,45

ANSA: Oro: in calo a 1.671,23 dlr in Asia

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:04 AM PDT

Contratto cede lo 0,2%

ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo chiude in rialzo (+1,53%)

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:06 AM PDT

Indice Nikkei torna sopra 10 mila punti, prima volta da luglio

Aljazeera: Maid in Lebanon abuse video kills herself

Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:03 AM PDT

Suicide comes days after footage emerged of Ethiopian woman being violently dragged on Beirut street by male employer.

Aljazeera: Indian minister under fire for fare hike

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 03:44 AM PDT

Railway minister's fate hangs in balance after his proposal to increase passenger fares angered party leadership.

Financial Times: Assad supporters throng Syria’s streets

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:18 AM PDT

As fighting continues rallies were held across Syria in an orchestrated show of loyalty to coincide with first anniversary of the uprising

Aljazeera: Gaza truce holds despite exchange of fire

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 06:22 AM PDT

Israel carries out two air raids as Palestinian fighters fire rockets amid shaky ceasefire.

Financial Times: Double blow to west’s Afghan strategy

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:06 AM PDT

Afghan leader demands Nato forces leave rural areas as Taliban breaks off contact with the US, dealing a blow to efforts to end the war

Financial Times: UBS board receives SFr70.1m pay and bonuses

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 07:32 AM PDT

Robert McCann, head of the group's US wealth management division, was top earner at the Swiss investment bank with earnings of SFr9.18m in 2011

Financial Times: Porsche and VW underline alliance options

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:36 AM PDT

A combination of the two carmakers could deliver greater synergies than the €700m previously identified, the carmakers' management has said

Aljazeera: Moroccans call for end to rape-marriage laws

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:34 AM PDT

Activists push to overturn laws allowing rapists to marry their victims, after a 16-year-old girl kills herself.

Huffington Post: Roderick Aycox, Title-Lending Leader, Donates To Pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:51 AM PDT

By Marcus Stern

Roderick Aycox is not nearly as well known as some of the hedge fund managers and Wall Street financiers giving large checks to the super-PAC supporting Mitt Romney in his quest for the presidency. In fact, since such PACs are officially independent of their candidates, Romney might well know nothing about him.


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Huffington Post: Mario Williams, Buffalo Bills Agree To Record-Breaking 6-Year Deal

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:52 AM PDT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Star defensive end Mario Williams has agreed to a six-year contract with the Buffalo Bills.

The deal is worth up to $100 million, with $50 million guaranteed, his agent, Ben Dogra said.


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Huffington Post: Fox Movie Mall Brings 'Virtual Storefronts' To Taubman Malls

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Remember when you would stroll through the aisles of Blockbuster browsing movies? Maybe you even rented one? Movie studios are now trying to revive those good times with a new sales format: the "virtual storefront."

On Wednesday, Twentieth Century Fox announced it would be putting virtual storefronts in at least 18 luxury malls in a year-long partnership with Taubman Properties it's calling the "Fox Movie Mall."

To a time traveler from the Blockbuster era, a Movie Mall would look like an ad for DVDs speckled with weird squares. To today's shopper, armed with a smartphone, those squares are actually Quick Response (QR) codes, portals to an online store where one can purchase, say, an Alvin and the Chipmunks DVD and have it automatically shipped home. In November, Fox launched a similar project in the UK, putting "virtual storefronts" in bus shelters.


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Huffington Post: Aubrey Sacco Missing: Hikers Family Demands Authorities Conduct A Proper Search

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:59 AM PDT

The family of Aubrey Sacco, a 23-year-old woman who went missing nearly two years ago during a remote nature hike in Nepal, have accused authorities of conducting a shoddy investigation.

"We wonder if, for some reason, the government does not want to know what happened to Aubrey," Sacco's mother, Connie Sacco, said during a Wednesday press conference in Kathmandu.

"Unless we get the facts, we family members believe she is alive," Sacco said.


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