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FOREX-Dollar near 10-mth high as Fed dove foreshadows QE wind-down
Reuters* San Francisco Fed's Williams say Fed could end QE this year * Dollar index near its July peak * Dollar/yen near 4 1/2-year high, euro/dollar near 6-week low * Aussie pressured the most, implied volatility spikes By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO, May 17...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Foreign Exchange Market, Federal Reserve
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Review: Guy Pearce doesn't fit in strained '33 Postcards'
Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly, in the strained redemption drama "33 Postcards." The movie's awkward mix of familiar setups finds a teenage orphan from China on the sorta-mean streets of Sydney, Australia, inspiring hope in a criminal who...
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Rugby-Waugh backs Smith to face Lions on Wallabies flank
ReutersSYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Former Australia openside flanker Phil Waugh has backed George Smith, his former rival for the Wallabies number seven shirt, to get the nod for the upcoming British and Irish Lions series. Smith retired from international rugby... -
Group finds signs of another gas field off Israeli coast
Reuters* Karish field could hold 2 tcf of natural gas * Argument over gas export rages in Israel By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, May 16 (Reuters) - A U.S.-Israeli group drilling in the eastern Mediterranean has discovered positive signs of another natural gas...Tags: Energy Resources, Israel, Woodside Petroleum Limited, Politics, Environmental Issues
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Video: Clever water stop sign prevents tunnel crashes in Australia
Autoblog.comFiled under: Videos, Australia Faced with truck drivers not heeding warnings when their tractor trailers were too tall to enter the Sydney Harbour Tunnel, officials turned to a company called Laservision to put an end to these costly crashes that were not... -
Project teaches students about global affairs
The Spokesman-ReviewCourtney Owens, a junior at Central Valley High School, can tell you the leader of Nigeria is Goodluck Jonathan. The country's largest export is oil, and they have a 63.9 percent literacy rate. She said 40 percent of Nigerians are Christian and 50 percent...Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Moving overseas a job remedy for nurses
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkBEIJING (China Daily/ANN) -- Nurse Song Yan would have sought a job in another country if not for her family and child. "I work at least nine hours a day and overtime from time to time, and get meager pay," said the veteran nurse who has practiced the...Tags: Collective Contract, Health and Medical Professionals, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Germany
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England play fewer ODIs after next Ashes tour
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - England will play only five one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against Australia after the Ashes series Down Under at the end of the year, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. England played seven one-day internationals and...Tags: Brisbane (Australia), Adelaide (Australia), Melbourne (Australia)
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Australia heaps praise on F-35, says rivals years behind
ReutersBy Rob Taylor CANBERRA, May 16 (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is well on the way to fixing the F-35s performance and helmet problems, Australian military chiefs said on Thursday, rejecting criticism the troubled jet will be overmatched by newer Russian...Tags: Russia, Aerospace Manufacturing, U.S. Air Force, Israel, Lockheed Martin Corp.
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Private equity looks to pounce on cut-price India infrastructure
ReutersBy Indulal PM and Sumeet Chatterjee MUMBAI, May 16 (Reuters) - Private equity investment in Indian infrastructure is poised to pick up following a lengthy dry patch as debt-stressed operators of toll roads and other projects come under pressure from...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Blackstone Group, L.P., Heavy Engineering, Finance, Banking
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Transocean lands more rig work off Australian coast
ReutersMay 15 (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd has found more work off Australia's coast for three rigs at higher rates than before, underlining the importance of emerging oil and gas regions for contract drillers. Transocean, the world's largest offshore rig fleet...Tags: ConocoPhillips, Petroleum Industry
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Scientists say united on global warming, at odds with public view
Reuters* 97 percent of scientists say warming mostly man-made * Public think scientists are more divided - study By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 16 (Reuters) - Ninety-seven percent of scientists say global warming is mainly man-made but a...Tags: Weather, Ecosystems, Global Change, England, Science and Technology
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