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  • China gets blame for intellectual theft China gets blame for intellectual theft

    Intellectual property theft is supposedly costing the United States more than US$300 billion each year. A study in the US has shown this is equivalent to all US exports to Asia. The 11-month study by a Congressional Commission found that software and other product theft was on an unprecedented scale. Commission co-chair Jon Huntsman, the former US ambassador to China, told reporters the ...

  • Venezuela to meet toilet paper demand Venezuela to meet toilet paper demand

    The Venezuelan government has vowed to end a toilet paper shortage in the country. With the commodity in high demand, Venezuela's National Assembly has said it will agree to the importation of 39 million rolls of toilet paper. Toothpaste and soap are also on the Venezuelan shopping list following a chronic shortage brought on by currency controls, which have restricted the landing of ...

  • Powerful women join Forbes list Powerful women join Forbes list

    Forbes has listed the world's most powerful woman for 2013 as Angela Merkel. She has become Forbes' number one for the 8th time. This year the list featured 8 heads of state, including the German Chancellor. Other women listed were two new billionaires to the list, women's clothing designer Tory Burch and Spanx's Sara Blakely, who both own their own companies. They were two of 24 ...

  • Board approves News Corp split into two entities Board approves News Corp split into two entities

    WASHINGTON - Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Friday announced the planned separation of the $76-billion conglomerate into two distinct publicly traded companies, with one to be renamed 21st Century Fox and the publishing firm to retain the News Corp brand. The split has been formally approved by the Board of Directors. The Company announced appointments to the Boards of Directors of both ...

  • Italian watchdog says Vatican Bank has improved Italian watchdog says Vatican Bank has improved

    The Vatican Bank has been the subject of a 10 page report from its newly formed financial watchdog agency. The report has revealed that there were some attempts last year to use the bank to launder money. In 2012 there were six suspicious transaction reports, two of which were passed on to Vatican prosecutors for investigation. Autorita Informazione Finanziaria, the watchdog, was ...


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Devil

Devil

No doubt Devil will receive more than its share of bad press and reviews for one of two reasons (or, more likely, both). First, it was co-produced and developed from a story by M. Night Shyamalan, the first in an apparent series known as The Night Chronicles, which is more than enough ... ...

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  • Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late

    Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...

  • Turkmen capital enters Guinness World Records

    The Turkmen capital of Ashgabat has entered the Guinness World Records for the highest number of white marble buildings in the city. Guinness World Records chief editor Craig Glendale travelled to the former Soviet country to present the certificate Saturday to the mayor of Ashgabat. The certificate names Ashgabat as the "most white-marble city" in the world for its 543 new buildings lined ...

  • Tajikistan blocks YouTube without official explanation

    Tajikistan has blocked YouTube for the third time in less than a year without an official explanation, a representative of the country's internet industry said. The ban was ordered by the governmental Communications Service, said Asomiddin Atoyev, who heads the association of the country's internet service providers. The orders came by email or text message, depending on the provider, Atoyev ...

  • US Air Force launches telecom satellite

    A Delta IV rocket has successfully launched a Wideband Global SATCOM 5 satellite of the US Air Force from Cape Canaveral. The US Air Force's satellite is headed for a geostationary orbit off the east coast of the US and will take several months to reach it, Spaceflightnow.com reported. The launch, conducted by Lockheed Martin-Boeing's joint venture United Launch Alliance, was postponed by a ...

  • African Leaders Condemn Ongoing Use of Cluster Bombs

    Thirty-six African countries have formally condemned the use of cluster bombs and urged all of Africa to join a global ban on the deadly weapons. Delegates at a conference in Lome, Togo say they are gravely concerned about the ongoing use of cluster munitions and the mounting number of victims, including women and children. They say 14 African countries have a cluster bomb problem, ...

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