Over 1,000 NATO troops launch Afghan offensive
More than 1,000 British, Afghan and US troops launched a fresh offensive in a key battleground of southern Afghanistan on Friday, after President Barack Obama unveiled a new strategy to end...
AFP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 08:11:24 PST 2009
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Corus to cut 1,700 Teesside jobs
Corus said on Friday it would mothball most of its Teesside Cast Products steelmaking site in the new year, with the loss of 1,700 jobs.
CNN,
Fri Dec 04 06:36:12 PST 2009
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GM to drop 1 percent of Chinese operations
DETROIT, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- General Motors Co. said it would sell 1 percent of its Chinese operations to its Chinese partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. for about $85 million.
UPI,
Fri Dec 04 08:18:12 PST 2009
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Stars rally to beat Ducks, 3-1
DALLAS -- James Neal and Steve Ott scored 71 seconds apart early in the third and the Dallas Stars beat Anaheim 3-1 Thursday night, handing the Ducks their seventh straight road loss.
Washington Post,
Thu Dec 03 20:13:35 PST 2009
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MarketWatch First Take: The $1.4 trillion bill for U.K. bailouts comes due
The $1.4 trillion that the British government has spent on aiding banks puts U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown further at risk.
Market Watch,
Fri Dec 04 07:21:18 PST 2009
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U.K. government bank rescue cost $1.4 trillion
British government aid to banks totalls 850 billion pounds ($1.4 trillion), according to a report by the country
Market Watch,
Fri Dec 04 01:25:28 PST 2009
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TSX falls 1 percent as gold price drops
Canada's main stock market index fell 1 percent on Friday morning as a drop in gold prices below $1,180 an ounce hit shares of Barrick Gold and other gold miners.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News,
Fri Dec 04 08:10:00 PST 2009
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Corus to axe 1,700 jobs and mothball Teesside plant
Corus, the steelmaker, announced today that it would cut 1,700 jobs and mothball a plant in Teesside in the new year, bringing the year
Times Online,
Fri Dec 04 07:57:30 PST 2009
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More than 1,000 NATO troops launch Afghan offensive
KABUL: More than 1,000 NATO soldiers, mainly from the United States, launched a major offensive on Friday aimed at clearing insurgents out of a key battleground in southern Afghanistan, the...
Channel NewsAsia,
Fri Dec 04 08:26:01 PST 2009
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Moulson's hat trick lifts Islanders past Thrashers, 4-1
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New York Post,
Fri Dec 04 04:35:47 PST 2009
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Jets' Jones hits 1,000-yard mark for 5th straight season
TORONTO -- Thomas Jones has exceeded 1,000 rushing yards for five straight seasons, which puts him in the company of only two active backs (LaDainian Tomlinson, Stephen Jackson) and in the ...
New York Post,
Fri Dec 04 04:34:34 PST 2009
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TX Text Control 15.1 released
The software component vendor The Imaging Source, recently released the new version, 15.1, of the word processing component family TX Text Control.
dBusinessNews.com,
Fri Dec 04 08:47:04 PST 2009
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1,400 primary schools warned over standards
More than 1,400 primary schools were warned today they could be taken over by successful neighbouring schools if they fail to improve standards in the three R
Independent,
Fri Dec 04 08:50:48 PST 2009
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Toronto gold quoted at C$1,247 bid, C$1,248 sked in mid-morning trading
TORONTO - Gold was quoted at C$1,247 bid (US$1,189) and C$1,248 asked (US$1,190) in mid-morning trading Friday by Travelex Canada Ltd., a major
Canadian Business,
Fri Dec 04 08:06:00 PST 2009
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TSX Venture Exchange is down 8.90 points at 1,452.71 at open Friday
TORONTO - The TSX Venture Exchange stood at 1,452.71 down 8.90 points from Thursday's close. The volume at 10 a.m. ET was at 40.97 million
Canadian Business,
Fri Dec 04 08:06:10 PST 2009
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Overdue utility bills for water, sewers more than $1.3 million in city of Oshkosh
The city mailed 5,434 payment notices to people with overdue utility bills on Oct. 15 - a jump of 14.2 percent from a year ago - that totaled more than $1.9 million.
The Oshkosh Northwestern,
Fri Dec 04 06:23:18 PST 2009
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High-Precision LCR Meter offers 0.1% accuracy.
Model Z8900 LCR meter offers 6 measurement modes at test frequencies of 100 Hz, 120 Hz, 1 KHz, or 10 KHz, with drive voltages of 0.1, 0.3, or 1.0 V and measurement rates to 12/sec. It inclu...
ThomasNet,
Fri Dec 04 05:47:25 PST 2009
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Shelly Palmer: New Survey Says 1/3 Teenagers are 'Sexting': MediaBytes with Shelly...
A new survey reports that 1/3 of teens have engaged in the new form of sexual communication known as 'sexting.' While many are sending...
The Huffington Post,
Fri Dec 04 06:14:18 PST 2009
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Tata Corus to axe 1,700 jobs and mothball British plant
London, Dec 4 (IANS) Corus, the European arm of Tata Steel, said Friday it will cut 1,700 jobs and partially close a plant in Britain's Teesside region in the new year.
MalaysiaNews.net,
Fri Dec 04 06:35:15 PST 2009
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