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World champion returns home
See your ad here JACOB Willcox has returned triumphant from Nicar agua after being named the U16 world surfing champion.The 15-year-old local competed in the 2013 Dakine World Junior Surfing Championship and in the finals took on Leonardo Fioravanti of Italy, Jake Marshall of the US and Reo Inaba of Japan.He beat them all with a score of 14.90 and some impressive man oeu vres. "Glad I could ...
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The Genting Group planning art exhibits and dragon dancers — and thats before Resorts World even opens
More gaming news In a 24-hour town where nonstop action on the Strip dictates the pace of business, most resort operators don't spend much time trying to draw vacationers to unopened properties. But that's exactly what the Genting Group plans to do. Hoping to transform an eyesore into a marketing campaign, the Malaysian gaming giant has proposed building exhibits along Las Vegas ...
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City of Knoxville offers annual Business Breakfast
Business owners interested in bidding on contracts worth millions of dollars with the city of Knoxville are invited to the city's annual Business Breakfast, to be offered at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, June 27, at the Knoxville Civic ...
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Finance Ministry’s purchase of currency not to affect rouble rate
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Finance Ministry’s purchase of currency on the market will not affect the rouble exchange rate, the head of the Central Bank of Russia, Sergei Ignatyev, told a State Duma meeting on Wednesday. "We prepared new rules for currency interventions. To supplement the Reserve Fund, the Finance Ministry will buy currency at the Central Bank, while the ...
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2 killed 16 wounded in shell explosion in Egypts Assiut
Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ...
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Open cell business model is a threat to BLU makers says Radiant chairman
The growing adoption of the open cell business model in the LCD panel industry has generated different views on the future of the backlight unit (BLU) sector, said Wang Pen-Jan, chairman of Taiwan-based BLU maker Radiant Opto-Electronics. Panel makers have been shipping more open cells to TV makers and therefore have been reducing their procurement of BLUs. This means BLU makers has less control ...
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Chin-Poon expanding share in global automobile board market
PCB maker Chin-Poon Industrial is expected to further expand its share in the global automobile board market thanks to increasing purchases from Japan-based automakers, according to company president Vincent ...
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World Bank warns global warming woes closing in
The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and ...
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Boeing Dreamliner jet diverted over new concerns
A United Airlines 787 Dreamliner aircraft enroute to Tokyo from Denver made a diversion to Seattle after concerns of a problem with an oil filter, creating further headaches for US manufacturer Boeing and just eight weeks after the aircraft returned to service in the Gulf after being grounded for three ...
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Flydubai set to launch business class cabins
The airline will receive delivery of the first aircraft with a business class cabin in August. All new aircraft subsequently delivered will include business and economy ...
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The World Has Lost A Great Journalist Michael Hastings 1980-2013
Hastings was a fearless reporter. That word is used perhaps a bit too often to describe journalists, but Hastings lived it. He didn’t back down from anyone. ...
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Saudi Tycoon Eyes Moscow as Site for World’s Tallest Building
tallest building by far, Russian Vesti FM radio reported, quoting UAE media. The prince is also considering Shanghai, London and New York as possible locations for the 1600-meter (5,280 feet) skyscraper but the countries interested in hosting the world’s tallest tower would need to offer attractive financing terms, tax breaks and other government support, Alwaleed said, Arabian Business ...
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Worlds displaced people at 18-year high of 45.2 million
A Syrian refugee is shown at a camp in Jordon last year. By the end of 2012, the world had 15.4 million refugees, 937,000 asylum seekers and 28.8 million people who had been forced to flee within the borders of their own countries. (Muhammad ...
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Its a dogs world
MAN'S BEST FRIEND IS EXCLUDED FROM FEW PLACES - THE WORKPLACE TYPICALLY BEING ONE OF THEM.But moves are afoot (or should we say apaw?) to change that. Launched in the United Kingdom in 1996, followed by the U.S. in 1999, Take Your Dog to Work Day is designed to raise awareness about pet adoption, rescue groups and the role dogs play in our lives. Several studies suggest having pets at work ...
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Dreamliner Diverted In Latest Boeing Setback
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner has landed safely after being diverted when pilots were made aware of a potential oil filter problem. In the latest of a series of setbacks for the new model, United Airlines said a Dreamliner on its way to Tokyo from Denver was forced to land in Seattle as a precaution. The planes were only recently returned to the skies after regulators grounded them worldwide due ...
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AUDUSD Trading the Chinese Flash Manufacturing PMI
Chinese Flash Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) is based on a survey of purchasing managers in the manufacturing sector. Respondents are surveyed for their view of the economy and business conditions in China. A reading which is higher than the market forecast is bullish for the Australian ...
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S.Korea media blame Iran for angry World Cup scenes
Iran players celebrate victory over South Korea in a World Cup qualifier in Ulsan, Korea, on Tuesday. South Korean media blamed Iran Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude ...
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Global Gold Demand Reinforced by Asian Consumers
Gold Council published a market update recently, which examines the effect of the recent fall in the gold price.The report also provides new consumer perspectives in India and China on gold price expectations and future purchasing ...
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World Bank zooms in on link between climate change poverty
FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 file photo, children salvage the remains of a failed potato field at a farm in the Laikipia District, of Kenya, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of the capital Nairobi, in the wake of a prolonged drought which wiped out harvests throughout the country. While sea level rise threatens some coastal communities in Africa, the continent faces even bigger ...
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EADS sticks to defence business mulls options CEO
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Lampard targets third World Cup
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has set his sights on representing England at a third FIFA World Cup. Lampard saw his contract extended at Chelsea after a stellar 2012-13 campaign, in which he scored 17 goals in 50 matches in all competitions. The 34-year-old has won 97 caps for England and has targeted a place in Roy Hodgson's squad in Brazil - if they qualify - which could be the final ...
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UPDATE 1-Finlands economy set to shrink as exporters struggle
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:01am EDT By Ritsuko Ando and Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI, June 19 (Reuters) - Finland on Wednesday slashed the outlook for its economy, predicting it will shrink for the year, raising doubts about its reputation as one of the euro zone's healthiest economies. The forecast added to concerns that traditional industries such as paper were losing global competitiveness. The ...
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UAEs oil and gas industry strengthens national economy.
WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM): The UAE planned to increase its crude oil production capacity to 3.5 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2017 to contribute to the stability of global markets and to ensure long-term obligations with consumers, as world oil demand is expected by the national oil industry leaders to increase to 105 million bpd by 2030 and even up to 112 million bpd according to ...
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Leasing firm CIT orders 30 Boeing planes in $3bn deal
LE BOURGET, France (AFP) - Boeing said on Wednesday that US plane leasing firm CIT Aerospace had ordered 30 of its new, medium-haul 737 MAX aircraft in a deal worth $3 billion (2.2 billion euros) at catalogue prices.The planes are due to enter into service from 2019, Jeff Knittel, head of CIT's transportation finance division, told reporters at the Paris Air Show, the world's ...
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