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First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 38 Documents

ECB stops liquidity flow to Greek banks

Source :The European Central Bank has stopped providing liquidity to some Greek banks as they have not been successfully recapitalised, euro zone central bank sources said on Wednesday.The ECB declined to comment on the news, which sent the euro lower ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Sify ]

Entities: European Central Bank, Greece, Athens, Eurozone

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 59 Documents

Office For National Statistics

North East worst UK job figures

The North East has the highest jobless figures in the country, with one in nine adults currently out of work.The number of unemployed people in the region has also risen by 6,000 in the first three months of 2012.The figures fly in the face of overall ... [ Published 2 hours ago by BBC ]

Entities: United Kingdom, Unemployment, Office For National Statistics, Unemployment Rate

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 55 Documents

Ratko Mladic

Mladic defiant at war crimes trial

Ratko Mladic was a shadow of the swaggering general who once “held Sarajevo in the palm of his hand” during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war as his long-awaited genocide trial opened – but he still managed to inflame Bosnia’s festering war wounds with the flick of ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Irish Examiner ]

Entities: Ratko Mladic, Sarajevo, Radovan Karadzic, Crime

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 42 Documents

Convicted murderer handed freedom

A man convicted of a chef's murder has been freed on bail after the prosecution said it would not oppose his appeal against the conviction.Sam Hallam was 18 when he was jailed for life in 2005 for killing Essayas Kassahun, 21, in Clerkenwell, London, ... [ Published 2 hours ago by BBC ]

Entities: Paul May, Murderer, Sam Hallam, Bail

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 28 Documents

Brown University

WATCH: Paralyzed Woman Controls Robot with Her Brain

Cathy Hutchinson hasn’t been able to drink anything without the help of her caregiver in the 15 years since she had a stroke. Now, thanks to new technology detailed today in Nature, she can take a sip of coffee simply by thinking about it.In 2005, Hutchinson ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Time ]

Entities: Robotics, Brown University, Coffee

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 32 Documents

GMHC Supports FDA's Recommendation on Approval of In-Home HIV Test

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY--Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Blood Products Advisory Committee unanimously recommended approval of the first ever in-home rapid HIV test. The product--the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test--is manufactured ... [ Published 1 hour ago by HealthNewsDigest.com ]

Entities: HIV Test, HIV/AIDS, Public Health, Blood Products, OraSure Technologies Inc

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 27 Documents

National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence

NICE approves prostate cancer drug

Drug was previously turned downA drug used to treat advanced stage prostate cancer that was initially turned down by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has now been approved by the body.In new draft guidance published today, ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Health Insurance Magazine ]

Entities: National Institute for Health & Clinical Excell..., Prostate Cancer, Abiraterone, antineoplastic

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 3 hours ago - 32 Documents

UCLA

Sugar decreases brain power, says new study

Sugar is shown being poured out of a box in this undated file photo. (KABC Photo)Tags:health, food, health & foodLOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Sugar subtracts from your IQ, according to new scientific evidence from University of California, Los Angeles res ... [ Published 3 hours ago by KABC Los Angeles ]

Entities: Sugar, Diet, FATTY ACIDS, Memory Loss, UCLA

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 59 Documents

Facebook Inc

The Facebook IPO Timeline

Like Tweet +1 Share Pin It Share If the Facebook IPO were a real person, we certainly wouldn?t blame it for posting braggy status updates. This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade?s most-anticipated ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Mashable ]

Entities: Facebook Inc, IPOs, Sizzler, Surfing, Instagram

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 32 Documents

Nokia Corporation

Android over 50% of smartphone sales as Nokia and RIM feel strain

Samsung and Apple dominate sector but analysts say that turmoil could follow in UK as 22m people prepare to get a new mobile device in the coming 12 monthsAndroid continued its relentless march on the mobile market in the first quarter of 2012, making ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Smartphone, Nokia Corporation, Google Android, Gartner Inc

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 102 Documents

Bank of England

BoE expects headline inflation to run above target till mid 2013

LONDON - The Bank of England Wednesday admitted the headline inflation rate would run above target for another 'year or so', reversing the optimistic forecast in February that it would come down to desired level of 2 per cent by yearend."At 3.5 per cent ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Uzbekistan News ]

Entities: Inflation, Bank of England, Monetary Policy Committee, Mervyn King

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 3 hours ago - 48 Documents

High Tech Computer Corp

Apple wants to squelch five Google patents issued to HTC

Apple has fired another shot at HTC in its patent wars with the Taiwanese mobile phone maker.A motion filed by Apple with the U.S. International Trade Commission is seeking to throw out five patents HTC received from Google last year.Part of an ITC document ... [ Published 3 hours ago by CNET News ]

Entities: High Tech Computer Corp, Apple Inc, Patent, Florian Mueller, Google Patents

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 23 Documents

Syria rebels 'buy arms with Gulf and US help'

Analysts say new weapons and American logistical support strengthen uprising, but Assad regime forces remain more cohesive. ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Abu Dhabi National ]

Entities: Syria, Logistic Support

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 27 Documents

100 Powerful Protest Fiascos - To Honor the Toronto G20 Summit Report's Civil Rights Violations (TrendHunter.com)

The Toronto G20 Summit that caused seemingly endless controversy, political lashback and straight-up vandalization of the streets in Toronto now has a new level of contention: the proof that civil rights were violated. With this new knowledge comes a ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Trend Hunter ]

Entities: G20, Civil Rights, Toronto, protest, Powerful

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 1 hour ago - 28 Documents

City principals blast minister over schools shake-up

Otago primary principals yesterday accused Education Minister Hekia Parata of living in a "fantasy world" following a pre-Budget announcement that class sizes are to increase and teachers will come under tougher performance scrutiny.Yesterday morning, ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Otago Daily Times ]

Entities: Hekia Parata, Education, Teaching, Leadership, Principal (education)

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 1 hour ago - 23 Documents

Kenyan police arrest suspect in Mombasa grenade attack

In order to bring you the best possible user experience, this site uses Javascript. If you are seeing this message, it is likely that the Javascript option in your browser is disabled. For optimal viewing of this site, please ensure that Javascript is ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Channel Africa ]

Entities: Mombasa, JavaScript, Arrests

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 26 Documents

Karolos Papoulias

Greece sets June 17 date for new elections

ATHENS Debt-hit Greece Wednesday announced new elections on June 17 with a senior judge being appointed to head a caretaker government to oversee the ballot.Council of State president Panagiotis Pikrammenos, the head of Greece's top administrative court, ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Malaysia News.net ]

Entities: Elections, Greece, Karolos Papoulias, Athens, Senior Judge

First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 21 Documents

Police move against Moscow protesters amid widening crackdown on opposition

" / MOSCOW - Russian police dispersed a protest camp in central Moscow that had become a rallying point for President Vladimir Putin's foes, briefly detaining about 20 activists in a show of force that comes as part of a broadening crackdown on the o ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Alaska Highway News ]

Entities: protest, Moscow, Police

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 40 Documents

Big Mac

If Junk Food Cost 20 Per Cent More, Would That Solve Your Obesity Issues?

Well, not that we?re calling you fat of course, but do you reckon an increase in price would help people curb down on fatty foods? ?Cause those pesky fellas in lab coats have been at it again, and only this time they?re saying that a ?fat tax? should ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Gizmodo ]

Entities: Obesity, Big Mac, Taxes, Health Benefits

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 30 Documents

Protest harks back to state's days of division

About 200 police surrounded Musgrave Park at South Brisbane yesterday to remove tent embassy protesters who had refused to make way for this weekend's annual Greek festival.The ugly eviction, which saw 31 people arrested, coincided with the official opening ... [ Published 2 hours ago by Tasmanian Examiner ]

Entities: protest, Campbell Newman, Sam Watson

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 2 hours ago - 38 Documents

Suspect groom of slain Illinois bride made odd phone call

CHICAGO — A groom whose bride had sought to keep their impending wedding secret from most of her family is wanted on a murder charge after his new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub in her suburban Chicago home just hours after the ceremony, ... [ Published 3 hours ago by News Sentinel ]

Entities: Joseph Ford, Burbank (Illinois, United States), Jaime Lopez

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 4 hours ago - 40 Documents

Why The New F-22 Restrictions Ring Hollow

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has slapped restrictions on the Air Force's prized F-22 fighter fleet amid safety concerns, but insiders say they aren't that confining.Spurred by warnings after nearly a dozen cases of pilots losing consciousness mid-flight, ... [ Published 4 hours ago by US News & World Report ]

Entities: F-22 Raptor, Leon Panetta, Winslow Wheeler, Oxygen, Loren Thompson

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 4 hours ago - 52 Documents

Explosion targets Colombia capital Bogota, 5 dead, 40 injured

In Colombia, 5 people have been confirmed dead after a bomb exploded in the capital Bogota. Around 40 more were injured. The country’s president says it was an assassination attempt and the target was a former interior minister.A bomb blast in Northern ... [ Published 5 hours ago by CNTV ]

Entities: Bogota, Colombia, Bomb, Detonation

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated 7 hours ago - 111 Documents

Greece Teeters Ahead of New Vote

ATHENS A day after Greeces president warned about the possibility of bank runs, Greek political leaders on Wednesday began forming a caretaker government before new elections next month that could lead the rudderless country to exit the euro, a prospect ... [ Published 7 hours ago by New York Times ]

Entities: Greece, Karolos Papoulias, Eurozone

Blogs

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Ungunkable [ Published 47 mins ago by Babbage - The Economist ] WHEN it comes to repelling gunk, Teflon and car wax are among the best materials available. They could, however, be better. A good measure of their lack of stickiness is the angle of contact between them and a drop of water. For car wax this is 90º ...
Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread [ Published 52 mins ago by Talkleft ] I'll be working the rest of the day, here's an open thread, all topics welcome. ...
Freshmen Vote Study: "Just How Tea Party Are Th... [ Published 1 hour ago by Club for Growth Blog ] The Club put out a Freshman Vote Study yesterday, based completely on the scores received by the so-called t yet, feel free to check out our entire 2011 Congressional Scorecard (and prior scorecards) by clicking here. ...
Fuel cells, sidelined but not forgotten at elec... [ Published 1 hour ago by Consumer Reports Cars Blog ] As the spotlight has shifted to battery-powered cars, other promising alternative fuels have been left in the dark. That's especially true for yesterday's transportation stars, fuel-cell vehicles. But that doesn't mean progress has stopped. California ...
Flipboard 1.9 puts emphasis on audio [ Published 1 hour ago by The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) ] p> Flipboard is the "social magazine" for iPad and iPhone that lets users browse their favorite social network sites, feeds and more in a beautiful, magazine-like interface. Version 1.9 was released this week and adds audio to the mix . A new audio ...

Audio/Video

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Hagan Sits Down with NC Business Owners Before ... [ Published 1 hour ago by Senator Kay Hagan - YouTube Channel ]
Keeping Wine Consistently Tasty [ Published 1 hour ago by FOX Business - Video ]
Wining With Family [ Published 1 hour ago by FOX Business - Video ]
Tsipras: Politics in Europe is changing [ Published 1 hour ago by CNN.com - Video ]
President Obama Speaks on Tax Credits for Small... [ Published 1 hour ago by The White House - YouTube ]

Press Releases

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DSCA notified Congress today of a possible Fore... [ Published 1 hour ago by DSCA Home ]
7-Eleven Pioneers Innovative Idea in the Fight ... [ Published 1 hour ago by EON Retail ]
7-Eleven Pioneers Innovative Idea in the Fight ... [ Published 1 hour ago by EON Consumer ]
Fitch to Rate Chase Issuance Trust, Class A (20... [ Published 1 hour ago by Business Wire ]
CEA Hails Unanimous FCC Support of Incentive Au... [ Published 1 hour ago by EON Government & Public Policy ]