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Icahn Is Said to Plan a Proxy Battle at Yahoo »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire investor and activist shareholder, has decided to move ahead with plans for a proxy fight at Yahoo and will propose ...
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Barclays Says Earnings Declined After $3.3 Billion Writedown »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in Business & Finance
Barclays Plc, the UK's third-biggest bank, said first-quarter earnings declined on 1.7 billion pounds ($3.3 billion) of writedowns caused by losses in ...
(read more)Read (46) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at bloomberg.com
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'Painful' changes in state budget »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
Eager to avoid deep cuts in education spending, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed dramatically expanding the state lottery and slashing programs for the poor ...
(read more)Read (61) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at mercurynews.com
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Rescuers at China quake epicenter dig by hand »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
For 50 agonizing hours, firefighters worked to free Zhang Xiaoyan, eight months pregnant, from under concrete slabs on the second floor of an earthquake-shattered building.
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China Checks Dams to Prevent Further Quake Losses »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
China is checking reservoirs and hydroelectric stations near the center of the country's biggest earthquake in 58 years to prevent possible water surges after ...
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Bill - the stone around Hillary Clinton's neck »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The elephant in the room for the Democrats should be John McCain. Only it isn't. The elephant in the room remains Hillary Clinton's ...
(read more)Read (81) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at nydailynews.com
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Deadly blast in eastern Sri Lanka »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
At least eight people have been killed in an explosion in eastern Sri Lanka, the military says. Another 30 were wounded in the blast in ...
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UN Suspends Aid Supplies to Myanmar »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in News
The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food and equipment it had already sent into the ...
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Animal imagery showing up in contemporary art »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
A pack of 99 wolves arcs through the air toward a collision with a glass wall at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. A hyena ...
(read more)Read (55) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at kansascity.com
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Online Art Fraud Nets Growing Number of Victims »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
An FBI investigation recently resulted in indictments in a scheme to allegedly sell $5 million worth of fake art prints via eBay. The prints were ...
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Olmert used PMO to further wife's art career »
Posted by: 1 year, 6 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert used his bureau to promote the artistic career of his wife Aliza, a Haaretz report reveals. The report also says that ...
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