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Exclusive: Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday. Microsoft joins a host of other companies looking at Yahoo, which has a market value of about $20 billion [...]
Oil nears $78 amid hopes of Europe financial fix
BANGKOK — Oil rose to near $78 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid hopes that Europe will contain the debt crisis that has engulfed Greece and threatens to destabilize other countries that use the euro. Benchmark crude for November delivery was up $2.08 to $77.79 a barrel at midafternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on [...]
Apple stumble seen opening door for rivals
TAIPEI/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Rival smartphone makers could exploit a rare letdown by Apple in the launch of its new iPhone 4S model, which failed to wow fans, and grab a bigger share of the most lucrative part of the phone market. However, analysts also noted that Apple’s decision to keep older iPhone models and slash [...]
Highway crash caught on camera
Check out the heart-stopping CCTV footage of a car smashing into two vehicles stopped in the fast lane on a highway in the Argentina capital Buenos Aires. By Yahoo! Maktoob
Rugby Union’s top international scorers ever
Dan Carter (New Zealand) , Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) and Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
Brad Pitt to produce Glee creator’s script
Brad Pitt’s production company will produce Glee creator’s new script. Brad’s company Plan B Entertainment has signed on to produce Ryan Murphy’s screenplay The Normal Heart. Ryan created television shows Nip/Tuck and Glee and also directed 2010 film starring Julia Roberts Eat, Pray, Love. He will direct and serve as producer for The Normal Heart. [...]
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Highway crash caught on camera
Check out the heart-stopping CCTV footage of a car smashing into two vehicles stopped in the fast lane on a highway in the Argentina capital Buenos Aires. By Yahoo! Maktoob
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Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for supernovae work
Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the United States and US-Australian Brian Schmidt won the 2011 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for their research on supernovae, the Nobel jury said. “They have studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae, and discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate,” it said. Provided By:
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Libyan forces plan ‘final’ attack on Sirte
SIRTE, Libya – Bullet-ridden cars carrying terrified, ill and hungry civilians crawled out of Muammar Qadhafis home town on Tuesday as anti-Qadhafi fighters said they were planning a final attack. Government forces who had for three weeks been pinned down by artillery and rocket fire on the eastern edges of Sirte were able to advance [...]
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Exclusive: Microsoft considers bidding for Yahoo
Microsoft Corp is considering a bid for Yahoo Inc, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter and unsuccessful fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Wednesday. Microsoft joins a host of other companies looking at Yahoo, which has a market value of about $20 billion [...]
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Apple stumble seen opening door for rivals
TAIPEI/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Rival smartphone makers could exploit a rare letdown by Apple in the launch of its new iPhone 4S model, which failed to wow fans, and grab a bigger share of the most lucrative part of the phone market. However, analysts also noted that Apple’s decision to keep older iPhone models and slash [...]
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New iPhone expected from Apple on Tuesday
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. is unveiling a new, more powerful version of its wildly popular smartphone — more than a year after it launched the iPhone 4. Last week, Apple Inc. e-mailed invitations to a media event at its headquarters in Cupertino on Tuesday morning. The invite says “let’s talk iPhone,” implying the [...]
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Mallorca reach agreement with Caparros on coaching job
© Reuters Real Mallorca have reached a preliminary agreement with Joaquin Caparros for the former Athletic Bilbao coach to take over from Michael Laudrup, who resigned last week, vice president Llorenc Serra Ferrer said on Monday. Former Denmark international Laudrup quit after clashing with the board over transfer policy. The cash-strapped Balearic Islands club are in [...]
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NHL-Brief profiles of the Eastern Conference teams
© Reuters Following are brief profiles of the 15 teams in the Eastern Conference ahead of the 2011-12 National Hockey League (NHL) season. – - ATLANTIC DIVISION NEW JERSEY DEVILS Head coach: Peter DeBoer 2010-11 Record: 38-39-5 After missing the playoffs for the first time since 1996, the Devils will look forward to having high-scoring Zach [...]
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Five players to watch for in the upcoming season
© Reuters Five players to watch out for during the upcoming National Hockey League (NHL) season. – - SIDNEY CROSBY, PITTSBURGH PENGUINS The hockey spotlight rarely strays from Sidney Crosby and is firmly focused on the Pittsburgh Penguins captain again as the 2011-12 season gets set to begin without him. Crosby may be the NHL’s most [...]
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Gold price October 4 tank by more than $50, oil prices by $2
Gold price on October 4 was down by more than $50 per ounce while oil prices slid by $2. The slide comes after two days of gold’s upward movement Precious metals that went up two days in a row went down again. Notwithstanding the slide in the stock market, both gold and silver registered sharp [...]
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France and Belgium step in as Dexia totters
France and Belgium stepped in Tuesday to guarantee the financing of the troubled cross-border bank Dexia, as its shares plunged spectacularly on reports that it was to be broken up. The governments, shareholders in a bank that specialises in investing local government funds, acted as Dexia faced the threat of becoming the first major European [...]
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Russia capital flight reaches $50 bn
Russia on Tuesday reported $18.7 billion in capital outflows in the third quarter that far outweighed state estimates and underscored the uncertainty gripping the country in recent months. The Central Bank said the poor quarter came on top of $30.6 billion (23 billion euros) that had left Russia between January and June, bringing the nine-month [...]
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