Heseltine issues growth challenge

affiliate marketing 31 October 2012 Last updated at 04:55 ETLord Heseltine, the former Conservative party deputy prime minister, has challenged the government to take bolder action to stimulate the economy. affiliate marketing In a new report, commissioned by Downing Street, he says...

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Cuba’s 2nd city without power, water after Sandy

affiliate marketing HAVANA (AP) — Residents of Cuba‘s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as the island’s deadliest storm in seven years, ripping rooftops from homes and toppling power lines.Across the Caribbean, the storm’s death toll rose to 69,...

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Apple software, retail chiefs out in overhaul

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Monday pushed out the powerful head of the company‘s mobile software products group, sources said, in a major management shake-up that also claimed the recently hired chief of the retail stores division.Scott Forstall, a long-time lieutenant of late Apple co-founder...

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Daniel Craig, Bill Murray confirmed for “The Monuments Men”

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Daniel Craig and Bill Murray are joining Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin in George Clooney‘s ‘The Monuments Men,” as previously reported in TheWrap.A rep for George Clooney confirmed the castings to TheWrap. affiliate marketing Blanchett...

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Mammograms: For 1 life saved, 3 women overtreated

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — Breast cancer screening for women over 50 saves lives, an independent panel in Britain has concluded, confirming findings in U.S. and other studies.But that screening comes with a cost: The review found that for every life saved, roughly three other women were overdiagnosed, meaning they were unnecessarily...

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Ted Wechsler: The Next Warren Buffett?

affiliate marketing A knack for finding value in distressed companies is helping Ted Weschler carve out a role at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A) that goes beyond the stockpicking job he was hired for. Since joining Warren Buffett’s company in January, the 51-year-old former hedge fund manager has made a bid for a bankrupt mortgage business,...

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More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans

affiliate marketing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain’s most popular football teams, Barcelona‘s 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands of Catalans in the city at the heart of their separatist movement chanted in unison: “Independence!”More than ever,...

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Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf

affiliate marketing SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Amidst our growing love affair with the tablet, spare a thought for its increasingly shelfbound sibling: the e-reader.Take Taiwan’s E Ink Holdings Inc, which makes most of the monochrome displays for devices such as Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc‘s Nook. After five years of...

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Prowler at Cruise’s home turns out to be neighbor

affiliate marketing BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Police say a security guard at actor Tom Cruise‘s house used a stun gun on a would-be prowler, but the man turned out to be an intoxicated neighbor who may have mistakenly entered the property.Lt. Lincoln Hoshino says the confrontation occurred at Cruise’s Beverly Hills residence about...

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Plant compounds tied to less stomach cancer in women: study

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Getting a moderate amount of plant substances called flavonoids through food may be linked to a lower stomach cancer risk in women – but not in men, according to a European study.The researchers, writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that women with the highest intake of flavonoids...

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