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Microsofts new Xbox faces wider range of competition
On the strength of stylish new showroom offerings, GM, Ford and Chrysler all gained market share in the first quarter for the first time in 20 ...
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Lloyds says wont need to issue new equity CoCos
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group said on Wednesday that it would be able to meet new capital requirements without having to issue new equity or contingent capital, after Britain's financial regulator updated the bank on its position.Lloyds said it was confident in its capital position and re-affirmed previous targets for its core tier 1 ratio."Our strong capital position enables ...
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David Camerons Today programme interview Politics live blog
Rolling coverage of all the day's political developments, including David Cameron's Today programme interview, Nick Clegg's speech and Ed Miliband's speech at a Google ...
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How best to effectively sell your product
As a new business, breaking into a market and trying to encourage people to buy your product can be a daunting task - and, yet, it's your business's lifeline. How you approach sales is therefore pivotal when it comes to making your startup business a success.You must think carefully about the sales journey and how you are going to go about getting your product to market. Ultimately, ...
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Co-operative myths all co-operatives rotate jobs
Staff rotation plays an important role in many lines of work. But, contrary to popular belief, not all co-operatives rotate. Photograph: Tom ...
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Apple shifted golden goose and 64 of 2011 income to Irish shell corporation
Apple shifted "golden goose" and 64% of 2011 income to Irish "shell corporation" By Michael Hennigan, Finfacts founder and editor May 22, 2013 - 7:51 AM ...
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Microsoft Reveals The Xbox One
Microsoft promises the Xbox One will be more than just a game console, but a "living room" with a TV tuner and cable box. Users will be able to switch between watching TV and gaming instantly through the Kinect ...
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Kids Turn to Twitter Shun Facebook Drama
Facebook is losing market share to its quick-messaging rival. Research from the think tank Pew Research Center revealed that 24 percent of online teens use Twitter now, up from 16 percent in 2011. Of the 802 teens aged 12-17 that were surveyed by Pew, 80 percent said that they used social networking sites and one in four online teens are using Twitter, a social network previously perceived as ...
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EU Casts Wider Net for Bank Bonuses
EU regulators confirmed on Tuesday that they will cap bonuses of bankers earning more than 500,000 euros a year and added other conditions to make the pay ceiling harder to smash. The headline figure was leaked last Friday, triggering warnings by banks in the European Union that they may lose staff to other parts of the world, and that London, the bloc's top financial centre, could be ...
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EU Leaders Battle Over Tax Avoidance
Growing concern in Europe about aggressive tax avoidance by high-profile corporations such as Amazon, Google and Apple looks set to steal the agenda at the European Union summit in Brussels. Julia Chatterley has more from the ...
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A new social platform for Microsoft channel partners
Microsoft partner network (MPN) is Microsoft's 'official'body for channel partners. A Microsoft partner is one of the 640,000 companies worldwide that build, sell, or consult with Microsoft products. Most of these companies operate in the small-medium enterprise (SME) space, selling services related to Azure, .NET and SQL, Office 365, and SharePoint. The MPN isn't a revenue ...
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Ghana hires Barclays and Citigroup for bond
By Sudip Roy Wed May 22, 2013 3:18am EDT LONDON, May 22 (IFR) - Ghana has appointed Barclays and Citigroup as lead managers on a planned Eurobond, likely in dollars, according to banking sources away from the deal. The sovereign, which is rated B by Standard & Poor's and B+ by Fitch, would be the latest African sovereign to issue a bond in recent months, following sales by Rwanda, Tanzania ...
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Tax Dodgers Could End Extreme Poverty Twice
People who avoid paying tax by stashing their money in tax havens could have contributed enough to end extreme poverty across the world twice over, a charity has ...
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Factbox Foreign banks in Russia
Russia as an undiscovered country where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained for. To follow is some background about foreign banks in Russia: Austria's biggest ...
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Rolls-Royce wins engine order from U.S. lessor CIT
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Rolls-Royce (RR.L) has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus (EAD.PA) aircraft ordered by U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said on Wednesday. Rolls, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft ...
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Lloyds Expects to Meet Additional Capital Requirements
Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.LN) said Wednesday it expects to meet its additional capital requirements without issuing further equity or additional contingent capital securities, citing the outcome of the Prudential Regulation Authority's (PRA) considerations of the 39% U.K. government-owned bank's capital position.MAIN FACTS:-Says can met requirements through its capital generative ...
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Freeport Indonesia CEO Uncertain When Mining Operations to Resume
PT Freeport Indonesia is uncertain when it will restart operations at its mines in the eastern province of Indonesia after a tunnel collapse in an underground training room last week killed 28 workers, its Chief Executive Rozik Soetjipto said Wednesday."At this moment we [haven't decided] when to resume operations. We are reviewing the safety at all mines, both open pit and ...
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Australia Mining Magnates Lose A$11 Billion as Commodities Fade
After riding the resources boom into the realms of Australia's ultra rich, the wealthiest mining tycoons Down Under have lost more than 11 billion Australian dollars (US$10.77 billion) from their fortunes over the past year as commodity prices have fallen.Hardest hit is the richest Australian of all time, mining heiress Gina Rinehart, with slumping iron-ore prices gouging more than A$7 ...
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Insight No more easy pickings in Russias banking market
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained ...
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Iluka earnings to fall
Iluka Resources says lower prices for its mineral sands will cause a fall in earnings in 2013. But prices have stabilised and demand is increasing, the company's managing director, David Robb, told its annual general meeting. Iluka is a major producer of zircon, used mainly in ceramics, and rutile and synthetic rutile, which are used in paints and plastics. Its key markets are China and ...
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Microsoft cuts five-year deal to upgrade NFLs technology
Envision Peyton Manning sitting on the bench and dissecting the last series from a variety of camera angles on his hand-held device instead of looking at still photos. Imagine Sean Payton holding up a Surface tablet instead of a cardboard playsheet on the sideline.It's coming.The NFL and Microsoft, through its next-generation Xbox device, are combining to upgrade interactive TV viewing of ...
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Iluka earnings to fall
Iluka Resources says lower prices for its mineral sands will cause a fall in earnings in 2013.But prices have stabilised and demand is increasing, the company's managing director, David Robb, told its annual general meeting.Iluka is a major producer of zircon, used mainly in ceramics, and rutile and synthetic rutile, which are used in paints and plastics.Its key markets are China and the ...
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HudBayThompson Creek combo would be earnings monster--Ecclestone
If a HudBay/Thompson Creek combine was achieved the entity would have a significant option on the future of the moly price, contends Hallgarten analyst Christopher ...
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Asian stocks buoyed by Wall Street
Sydney - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a five-and-a-half-year high, while the yen took a defensive stance ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy ...
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ESPN cutting hundreds of jobs - report
New York - ESPN, the sports channel that is Walt Disney’s most profitable unit, is cutting 300 to 400 jobs across the company and closing a small Denver office, a person with knowledge of the cuts ...
Mexico Feature
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Mexico has more to it than drugs and immigration
As Mexico’s image suffers damage abroad due to increasing levels of violence related to the drug crack-down by government, it may be helpful for Mexicans to remember that there is more to their country than drugs and immigration problems with the US. Some facts may be surprising and even shocking, especially to foreigners.
Mexico has been in the news frequently of late as the government carries out a crack-down on drug cartels and organized crime, the country’s murder rate is up, journalists have been killed for investigative reporting on drug gangs and our image internationally has generally been diminished by the tunnel vision of international news providers. Read more
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