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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:42 PM

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 109 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Obama Says Iran Sanctions Moving Forward

A file photo shows the uranium-enrichment complex of Natanz in central Iran in February 2007. (RFE/RL) -- Declaring that the world is 'unified around Iran's misbehavior,' U.S. President Barack Obama said today that a regime of international sanctions ... [Radio Free Europe - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Iran, Sanctions, Uranium, Enrichment

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 64 Documents (in Health)

Michelle Obama

Firms get fit for Michelle Obama

For lunch today, I ate collard greens and sweet potatoes. This may not be your idea of a power meal, or a delicious one. But since Michelle Obama launched her crusade against obesity a few hours ago, I figured this would be a fitting way to honor her ... [Fortune - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Obesity, Michelle Obama, NBC Universal Inc, ARAMARK Corporation, Sodexo SA

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 39 Documents

Barack Obama

Obama: Energy policy must have some old, some new

President Barack Obama approaches the podium to begin the daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Photo Similar stories: • GOP: Obama must change if he wants bipartisanship BALTIMORE ... [Miami Herald - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Energy Policy, Republican Party (US), Pablo Martinez, Baltimore (Maryland, United States)

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 9 hours ago - 75 Documents

Yulia Tymoshenko

Another 'Orange Revolution' unlikely

Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych won a narrow victory in the presidential run-off election Sunday, according to official results. Prime Minister and Orange Revolution co-leader Yulia Tymoshenko said she would stage another Orange Revolution, ... [China Org - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Orange Revolution, Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 121 Documents (in New Business)

Google Inc

Google Buzz Aims to Tap Users' Social Networks

Google has revealed its latest foray into the social space: a tool called Google Buzz that integrates with Gmail. The basic idea is similar to the feed on a Facebook user's home page: Buzz allows a user to see a stream of comments, links, photos, and ... [Technology Review - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Google Inc, Social Networks, Google Wave, Twitter Inc

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 1 hour ago - 47 Documents (in New Business)

NVIDIA Corporation

Nvidia Auto-Switches Notebook GPU To Save Battery Life (NewsFactor)

Nvidia took the wraps off a new notebook technology Tuesday that chooses the best graphics processor for running any given application and then automatically routes the workload to either a Nvidia discrete graphics processor unit (GPU) or an integrated ... [Yahoo! News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: NVIDIA Corporation, Optimus, Battery, Brian Burke, Intel Corporation

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 11 hours ago - 262 Documents

Toyota Prius

Toyota SA says still too early to say if Prius to be recalled

It was too early to say whether local units of the Prius would be included in the international recall of the vehicle, Toyota South Africa said on Tuesday. Spokesman Leo Kok said the company was still waiting for instructions from Toyota in Japan on whether ... [Business Day - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Toyota Prius, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 133 Documents

Steve Butler

C$ rises, bonds fall, on Greek relief talk

* Bonds fall on Greece bailout speculation TORONTO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Canada's currency firmed against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as risk appetite was whetted by reports of European rescue efforts for debt-strapped Greece. Markets were jittery over a ... [Sharenet - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Steve Butler, Greece, Eurozone, US Dollar, Canadian Dollar

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 42 Documents

Fiat Linea

Auto sales fly in January

2:57 IST New Delhi: Carmakers reported their highest-ever monthly sales in the domestic market last month, growing 32% at 145,905 units over 110,300 units in January 2009, according to data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) released ... [DNA India - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Domestic Market, Fiat Linea, Škoda Fabia, Hyundai Sonata

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 42 Documents (in New Business)

GSC Game World

ATI's newest GPU - The Radeon HD 5570

Categories: AMD/ATI, Components, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware Tags: ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc., DirectX, Radeon, GPU, Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5570, Corporate Communications, Video Cards, Performance Management It seems like a week doesn’t go ... [ZDNet - 1 hour ago]

Entities: GSC Game World, Devil May Cry 4, BattleForge, Colin McRae: Dirt 2

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 44 Documents

UBS AG

UBS posts first quarterly profit since Q3 of 2008

ZURICH -- Swiss bank UBS posted its first quarterly net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago but clients withdrew far more money than forecast, signaling he may need more time to steady the ship. UBS, left damaged by the credit crisis ... [Business World - 1 hour ago]

Entities: UBS AG, John Cryan, Kaspar Villiger, Taxes

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 28 Documents

United States Postal Service

Ford Unveils Its Electric Delivery Van

Ford has said as many as one in four cars its sells by 2020 will be electrified. It took a big step toward that goal today when it unveiled an electric delivery van that will be available by the end of this year. The Transit Connect Electric is the ... [Wired: Autopia - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Electric Vehicle, United States Postal Service, Ford Focus

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 31 Documents

Kevin Rudd

Airport security gets $200m boost

Source: The Australian AIRPORT users face full-body scanners and increased delays under Rudd government plans to pump an extra $200 million into airport security over the next four years. Travellers will also encounter more Australian Federal Police, ... [Herald Sun - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Kevin Rudd, Sniffer Dogs, Coalition

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 12 Documents

Nintendo Co LTD

Nintendo Fines New Super Mario Bros. Wii Uploader $1.5 Million

Nintendo of Australia has announced that as a result of a federal court settlement, an Australian will be required to pay $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) to Nintendo for revenue loss after uploading New Super Mario Bros. Wii to the Internet. The Australian ... [Wiire - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Nintendo Co LTD, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Federal Court, Piracy, Nintendo Wii

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 28 Documents

European Union

Germany backs Greek bail-out as EU creates 'economic government'

Wolfgang Schuble, Germany's finance minister, has asked officials to prepare a plan in time for a summit of EU leaders on Thursday, according to reports in the German media. The options include either a loan from EU states or some sort of institutional ... [Telegraph - 1 hour ago]

Entities: European Union, Greece, Germany, Club Med

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 2 hours ago - 42 Documents

Electro Scientific Industries Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

Posted by: gurufocus (IP Logged) Electro Scientific Industries Inc. (ESIO) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2010-01-02. Electro Scientific Industries Inc. has a market cap of $297.1 million; its shares were traded at around $10.83 with and ... [Guru Focus - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Electro Scientific Industries Inc, 10-q, Taxes, Quarterly Report

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 42 Documents

China jails quake activist

A Chinese activist who had been investigating the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake has been sentenced to five years in jail. Tan Zuoren was convicted by a court in the southwestern city of Chengdu of inciting subversion ... [Al Jazeera - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Earthquake, SubVersion, China, Huang Qi, Pu Zhiqiang

First Reported 02/08/2010 - Updated 2 hours ago - 16 Documents

Cisco Systems Inc

Carriers Seek Role In the 'Mobile Home'

Wireless Operators Can Claim the Residential Network Tara Seals The launch of e-readers, the Apple iPad and other embedded mobile broadband devices is set to transform the way users access the Web and personal content at home, as demand for innovative ... [Voice of Network Convergence - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Broadband, 3G, Cisco Systems Inc

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 39 Documents

Deadly avalanches in Afghanistan

More than 60 people are feared dead after a series of avalanches in Afghanistan. Some 20 bodies have been recovered and at least 40 people are still missing. Vehicles were swept into a ravine and people were trapped in their cars in a mountain pass. One ... [EuroNews - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Avalanche, Afghanistan, JavaScript

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 27 Documents

Will the PMâs peace gamble with Pak pay off?

I’ve often wondered as to who runs this country: the big business, the intelligence fraternity, the lunatic political fringe, the media or the government mandated by the electorate?Lately, however, I have a sharper question agitating my tranquil moments: ... [Hindustan Times - 1 hour ago]

Entities: India, Pakistan, Foreign Policy, Pervez Musharraf, Shahrukh Khan

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 30 Documents

Angelina Jolie heads to Haiti

Angelina Jolie has already donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders for Haitian earthquake relief, and now the actress is planning a visit to the devastated nation as a goodwill ambassador with the UN's refugee agency. Jolie was in the Dominican ... [CNN - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Angelina Jolie, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Haiti

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 25 Documents

Obama's Healthcare Summit May Be Just for Show

President Barack Obama's televised dialogue with Republican lawmakers on healthcare, promised for later this month, has the makings of an entertaining exchange. But the differences between the basic Democratic and GOP ideas are stark — and the two sides ... [Moneynews - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Barack Obama, Health Care, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, White House

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 36 Documents

FSA chief executive Sants quits

The future of financial regulation in the UK was today thrown into doubt following the surprise resignation of the boss of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Hector Sants shocked the City by announcing he is stepping down in June from his role as ... [Interactive Investor - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Hector Sants, Financial Services Authority, Ashurst, Credit Suisse First Boston, John McFall

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 45 Documents

DPRK reiterates denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), reiterated on Monday the country's persistent stance to realize the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The sincerity of relevant parties to resume the six-party talks ... [China Org - 3 hours ago]

Entities: North Korea, Korean Peninsula, Workers Party of Korea (KP)

Blogs

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Best Buy billboard: Where VHS players go to shill [CNET News.com - 1 hour ago] Recent posts from Crave Add a Comment(Log in or register) Add a comment Comment SUBMIT Popular discussions on CNET: (124 recent comments) February 7, 2010 6:14 PM ...
Google Buzz Makes Gmail Less Socially Awkward [All Things Digital - 1 hour ago] Can a microblogging twist on Gmail raise Google’s profile in social networking? We’ll soon find out. At an event at company headquarters today, Google announced ...
Canadian cities top World's Most Liveable List ... [Progressive Bloggers - 1 hour ago] The Economic Intelligence Unit, an Economist run think tank, has released it's report on the world's most liveable cities, and Canada has come up with top ranks. ...
Big IT vendors overcomplicating the cloud [CNET News.com - 1 hour ago] Enterprise IT tends to see waves of interest and productivity related to new technologies that ebb and flow with interest from users and developers. Cloud computing ...
CNET News Daily Podcast: Google gets Buzzed, Pr... [CNET News.com - 1 hour ago] A quick rundown of Tuesday's news, including Google's dive into social media with Buzz and more woes for Toyota. ...

Audio/Video

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Egypt Securing Gaza Border [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
U.N.'s Delicate Dance With Iran [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 1 hour ago]
Senator Johnny Isakson on Craig Becker [Senator Johnny Isakson - YouTube Channel - 2 hours ago]
Calling All Bombshells! [Fox News Channel - YouTube - 2 hours ago]
Public Exposures to Toxic Chemcials [Senator Frank Lautenberg - YouTube Channel - 2 hours ago]

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