By Nick Edwards BEIJING (Reuters) – China‘s weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world’s second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic landing. Investors were questioning whether the worst sequential slowdown in China’s economy since the 2008-09 global [...]
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By Nick Edwards BEIJING (Reuters) – China‘s weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world’s second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic landing. Investors were questioning whether the worst sequential slowdown in China’s economy since the 2008-09 global [...]
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The Insignia NS-55E560A11. (Credit: Best Buy) When shopping for a replacement for my recently departed Toshiba TV, which died after just a few years of service, I paid a lot more attention to warranty. Sadly, few of the models I looked at offered more than the standard one year. Too bad I missed out on [...]
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Propecia, Proscar: New Sexual Dysfunction Warnings April 13, 2012 — The baldness drug Propecia and the BPH drug Proscar may cause infertility and more sexual problems than previously thought, the FDA warns. The main ingredient of both drugs is finasteride. Finasteride reduces male hormone activity. A dose of Proscar, used to reduce symptoms of enlarged [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File) (CNSNews.com) – North Korea’s launch of a multi-stage rocket Friday was evidently a dismal failure, according to Japanese officials who said the projectile crashed into the sea just over a minute into its flight. “It appears that the object fell into the sea after flying for [...]
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By Chuck Mikolajczak and Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – After suffering their worst two weeks of the year, stocks will look to quarterly earnings to determine whether the recent pullback has been exhausted or more losses are justified. Alcoa Inc (NYS:AA – News) opened the earnings season with a bang, reporting a first-quarter profit [...]
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The Be Mine 2 Bundle comes with five indie games and a whole bunch of extras — including a sixth game! (Credit: Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET) The only thing better than a dirt-cheap software bundle is a dirt-cheap software bundle for a worthy cause. An outfit called Groupees is offering the Be Mine 2 bundle, [...]
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May-December Couples: 5 Challenges, Solutions So-called May-December relationships, in which there’s a big age gap between the partners, can be rewarding — and also challenging. The good news is those issues can be handled, just like any other relationship issue — regardless of age. You just have to know how. Here are five common problems [...]
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter spoke at a Justice Department conference on youth violence in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2012. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – The violence on inner-city streets is the real “domestic terrorism,” says Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter. “I never worried much about al-Qaeda in West Philly, because Osama bin Laden wouldn’t last 15 [...]
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Citing their “enduring love for Google” and desire to “prevent outside parties from taking over or unduly influencing our management decisions,” Sergey Brin and Larry Page have just tightened their grip on the company they founded and dressed it up as a share split. Technically, existing shareholders will see their $650 stock split in half [...]
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