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Texas Probes Google on Ranking of Search Results
The New York Times
| The Texas attorney general has opened an antitrust investigation into how Google ranks search results, the first United States case to strike at the heart of the company’s main search business. | The issue at hand — referred to as search neutrality — is whether Google manipulates...
Munjals to buy Honda stake in JV
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Munjals to buy Honda stake in JV
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: A series of offmarket transactions will see Japanese auto major Honda exit its 25-year-old joint venture with the Munjals in Hero Honda with the entire deal likely to be wrapped up in the next six months. The deal, which will be executed in two phases, will see the Munjal family - led by ...
Briton among dead in plane crash
The Daily Telegraph
Email A British man was among nine people who died after a light aircraft crashed in New Zealand. . | Advertisement More on New Zealand | Get feed updates UK News | Get feed updates Telegraph TV | Get feed updates News Video | Get feed updates More V...
Europe Takes a Big Step to Avert Economic Crises
The New York Times
| BRUSSELS Boris Roessler/DPA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images | Jean-Claude Trichet will head a new board on systemic risk. | WITH the creation of a clutch of new financial watchdog agencies, the European Union this week took its biggest s...
New Zealand earthquake: state of emergency declared
The Daily Telegraph
A state of emergency has been declared after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch, destroying hundreds of buildings. | Previous of Images Next Isolated cases of looting were reported but police quickly responded by i...
PAYE tax errors force 1.5 million people to repay £1,400
The Daily Telegraph
Almost 1.5 million workers face demands to pay back an average of £1,400 in tax after an error was found in calculations over the past two years. | The error is likely to lead to an overhaul of the entire system. Photo: ALAMY | In total almost six mi...
Toyota Motor Corporation - Car - Cars - Vehicle - Vehicles - Company
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Toyota Starts Phase 2 of Philippine Sustainable Reforestation
Asahi News
| Manila, Philippines, September 3, 2010 -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces it held a signing ceremony here today to mark the start of Phase 2 of the Philippine Penablanca...
Teenagers - Young People
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Gluckman: It is Hard to be a Teenager
Scoop
Friday, 3 September 2010, 2:38 pm | Speech: Liggins Institute | It is Hard to be a Teenager | Sir Peter Gluckman FRS | Keynote address to Alumni and Friends of The University of Au...
Metrobank in Alabang, Philippines
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
Fitch upgrades Metrobank's individual rating
Malaya
BY JIMMY CALAPATI | International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings announced that it has upgraded Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company’s (Metrobank) Individual Rating to C/D fro...
Buying an existing business - sometimes opting out is the right choice
The Examiner
| Over the last week we have been discussing a potential purchase of an existing Sacramento business and after much deliberation, many sleepless nights, and a tad bit of elevated stress levels, my potential partner and I have opted not to purchase th...
Munjals to buy Honda stake in JV
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: A series of offmarket transactions will see Japanese auto major Honda exit its 25-year-old joint venture with the Munjals in Hero Honda with the entire deal likely to be wrapped up in the next six months. The deal, which will be executed i...
GuyWriters presents "Eat Our Shorts"
The Examiner
| Get your tickets now! | Sept 8, 10, 15 & 18 at the SF Fringe festival | After months of planning, casting actors and rehearsing, GuyWriters is set to present "Eat Our Shorts" at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. | Each of the short plays in th...
IMF News
People rush for cover soon after an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.
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Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens US
Khaleej Times
A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people in the second major attack this week and piling pressure on a US-backed govt. | Pakistan's Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast and said it would launch attacks in the United States and Europe "very soon" - repeating a threat to strike West...
Debt
A passer-by looks at an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 265.18 points to close at 9,041.07 in the morning sess
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Shares in Europe and Asia Continue to Slip
The New York Times
| Global equities fell Wednesday, as the strong yen weighed on Tokyo stocks and a downgrade of Ireland’s credit rating reminded investors of the sovereign debt problems in Europe. | In afternoon trading, the Euro Stoxx 50 index, a barometer of euro zone blue chips, slipped 0.4 percent, while the FTSE 100 index in London fell 0.73 percent. The...



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