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Absent Big Acquisitions, Four Ways To Save Telecom Carriers From Extinction
Forbes - 8 hours ago
Siberian Tiger (Photo credit: Wikipedia) AT&T is rumored to be in the hunt for growth through acquisition. Perhaps such deals are a response to analysts, such as Forrester Research, who think telecom companies like AT&T, DT, and the like are an endangered species. John Cioffi, former Stanford professor and current CEO of ASSIA -- [...] More »Absent Big Acquisitions, Four Ways To Save Telecom Carriers From Extinction
Sheldon Adelson: Online Gambling Is Fool's Gold
Forbes - 8 hours ago
You would think the chairman of the world’s largest gaming company would pursue any aspect of gaming which could increase profits, right? Ordinarily that is true—but online gambling is ‘fool’s gold.’ More »Sheldon Adelson: Online Gambling Is Fool's Gold
EU fines Lundbeck and others 146 million euros for blocking rival drugs
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European antitrust regulators fined nine drugmakers, including Denmark's Lundbeck , a total of 146 million euros (124 million pounds) for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant to the market, the first EU sanction against such deals. The punishments follow a 2009 report by the European Commission on the pharmaceutical sector, which said "pay-for-delay" agreements between companies lead to consumers paying as much as 20 percent more for their medicines. The EU action came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court said U.S. ... More »EU fines Lundbeck and others 146 million euros for blocking rival drugs
China 'may resume IPO approvals in July'
AFP - 8 hours ago
China's stock regulator could resume approving new stock offers as early as July after an eight-month suspension, state media said Wednesday. More »China 'may resume IPO approvals in July'
FedEx Sends Wall Street A Surprise: $679M Q4 Profit Beats Expectations
Forbes - 8 hours ago
(Photo credit: erikleenaars) FedEx made a surprise delivery today, reporting quarterly figures that easily beat expectations. The company earned $303 million, 95 cents a shares, in its fiscal fourth quarter, compared to $550 million, $1.73 a share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, FedEx made $679 million, $2.13 a share. That's considerably [...] More »FedEx Sends Wall Street A Surprise: $679M Q4 Profit Beats Expectations
Slovenian growth outlook darkens ahead of privatisation vote
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Marja Novak LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's economy could keep shrinking next year, a central bank official said on Wednesday, making it harder for the country to avoid becoming the next euro zone member to succumb to a bailout. The government is banking on a return to growth in 2014 to ease pressure on an economy teetering under the weight of billions of euros of bad loans in state-controlled banks. ... More »Slovenian growth outlook darkens ahead of privatisation vote
Afghans must talk to each other for peace, Obama says
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Afghans must talk to each other to resolve the conflict in their country even though huge mistrust exists between the government and its Taliban foes. Obama was speaking in Berlin a day after the United States said it would begin talks with the Taliban on Thursday to try to seek a negotiated peace to 12 years of war - a move that has deeply upset President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government. ... More »Afghans must talk to each other for peace, Obama says
Afghans must talk to each other for peace - Obama
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Afghans must talk to each other to resolve the conflict in their country even though huge mistrust exists between the government and its Taliban foes. Obama was speaking in Berlin a day after the United States said it would begin talks with the Taliban on Thursday to try to seek a negotiated peace to 12 years of war - a move that has deeply upset President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government. ... More »Afghans must talk to each other for peace - Obama
Operation Badland -- How Individualism And Government Support Fuel Finland's App Miracle
Forbes - 8 hours ago
Video Finland has a population of 5 million people and 150 game companies; the wild success of Rovio and Supercell has triggered a mobile app gold rush. One recent game, “Badland”, offers a glimpse at how the Finnish hit machine operates. A two-man company called Frogmind won the Apple Design Award [...] More »Operation Badland -- How Individualism And Government Support Fuel Finland's App Miracle
Manchester United to face Swansea in season-opener
Reuters - 8 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Champions Manchester United will travel to Swansea City for their first Premier League match under new manager David Moyes while Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City are at home to Newcastle United on August 17. Premier League fixtures published on Wednesday also threw up a home game against newly-promoted Hull City for Jose Mourinho on his second coming as Chelsea manager. Roberto Martinez, the other big appointment since the end of last season when England's three top teams all changed their managers, will lead Everton to Norwich City. ... More »Manchester United to face Swansea in season-opener
Zaccheroni: Italy more than just Pirlo & Balotelli
Goal - 8 hours ago

The 60-year-old insists the Azzurri possess plenty of quality in their armoury and cannot be underestimated, as he reflects on the "extraordinary" feat of taking on his home nation More »Zaccheroni: Italy more than just Pirlo & Balotelli
Never Give Stores Your Zip Code. Here's Why
Forbes - 8 hours ago
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Why do merchants sometimes ask us for our ZIP code when we buy something? I recently visited the Mob Museum in Las Vegas, an interesting addition to Sin City’s attractions. I paid my admission with a credit card, prompting the museum ticket seller to ask me: “What’s your ZIP [...] More »Never Give Stores Your Zip Code. Here's Why
Indian crew kidnapped in pirate attack off Nigeria - sources
Reuters - 8 hours ago
ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates in speedboats attacked an oil supply vessel and kidnapped four Indian and Polish crew members in increasingly dangerous waters off Nigeria's coast last week, two security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen launched their assault on the Singapore-flagged tugboat MDPL Continental One around 30 nautical miles from land on June 13, the security sources said. The vessel was ransacked and four crew were taken hostage off the coast of the oil-producing Niger Delta, one of the sources told Reuters. ... More »Indian crew kidnapped in pirate attack off Nigeria - sources
World Bank offers $216 mn loan for Kerala transport projects
IANS - 8 hours ago
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The World Bank Wednesday offered a $216 million loan for upgrading state highways and road safety in Kerala. More »World Bank offers $216 mn loan for Kerala transport projects
New Airbus plane takes off with at Paris Air Show
AFP - 8 hours ago
The Airbus next-generation A350 plane took off commercially at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, winning multi-billion-dollar deals and the European manufacturer said that more deals were in the air. More »New Airbus plane takes off with at Paris Air Show
Daniel Radcliffe proves acting skills in London stage role
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Daniel Radcliffe won plaudits this week for a new stage role as a bullied Irish cripple that takes him a critical step further away from his days as boy wizard Harry Potter. In his third foray onto the stage in six years, Radcliffe adopts an Irish accent to play Billy, the bullied 17-year-old title character in "The Cripple of Inishmaan", a politically incorrect black comedy by Martin McDonagh. ... More »Daniel Radcliffe proves acting skills in London stage role
Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap four - sources
Reuters - 8 hours ago
ABUJA (Reuters) - Pirates in speedboats attacked an oil supply vessel and kidnapped four Indian and Polish crew members in increasingly dangerous waters off Nigeria's coast last week, two security sources said on Wednesday. The gunmen launched their assault on the Singapore-flagged tugboat MDPL Continental One around 30 nautical miles from land on June 13, the security sources said. The vessel was ransacked and four crew were taken hostage off the coast of the oil-producing Niger Delta, one of the sources told Reuters. ... More »Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap four - sources
U.S. has struck right balance on Internet surveillance - Obama
Reuters - 8 hours ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States has struck the right balance between the need to gather intelligence and safeguarding civil liberties, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, following criticism over U.S. Internet surveillance programmes. "I came into office committed to protecting the American people but also committed to our values and our ideals and one of our highest ideals is civil liberties and privacy," Obama said. "I am confident that at this point we have struck the appropriate balance," he said at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ... More »U.S. has struck right balance on Internet surveillance - Obama
France's Hollande to hitch ride on A400M
Reuters - 8 hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande is planning to arrive at the Paris Airshow on board Europe's new A400M military airlifter on Friday, three people familiar with the matter said. France is about to take delivery four years late of the first of 50 of the troop and cargo carriers, built by Airbus Military for seven European NATO nations at a cost of over 20 billion euros (17.09 billion pounds). Airbus and Hollande's office both declined to comment. The plans are subject to a break in bad weather which has made the June 17-23 show a partial washout, the sources said. ... More »France's Hollande to hitch ride on A400M
Tales of triumph over terror win top children's UK book awards
Reuters - 8 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - The stories of a dyslexic hero and a little girl who overcomes her family's fear of a stray dog won two of Britain's most coveted children's literature prizes on Wednesday. "Maggot Moon" by Sally Gardner outshone Booker prize-winner Roddy Doyle to win the Carnegie medal for a book starring dyslexic hero Standish, who takes on a sinister dictatorship while friends and family disappear. ... More »Tales of triumph over terror win top children's UK book awards

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Afghans must talk to each other for peace, Obama says

Afghans must talk to each other for peace - Obama

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