Panasonic, Sanyo in talks on possible takeover
http://www.kansascity.com/449/story/879265.html
9 days ago
Panasonic and smaller Japanese rival Sanyo said they are starting talks on a buyout deal that would create one of the world's largest electronics empire as soon as year-end.
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Munich Re: 3Q profit plummets
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9 days ago
Reinsurer Munich Re AG said Friday its net profit for the third-quarter almost disappeared compared to a year go as its investments were hit by the financial crisis, forcing the company to abandon its 2008 target in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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Cutler rallies Broncos past Quinn, Browns 34-30
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9 days ago
Jay Cutler turned Brady Quinn's big night into his own prime-time showcase. Cutler passed for a career-high 447 yards, throwing three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter Thursday night - the last an 11-yarder to Brandon Marshall with 1:14 remaining - to rally the broken Denver Broncos to a 34-30 win over the Cleveland Browns that spoiled Quinn's highly hyped debut as ...
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Calif. gay-marriage ban creates legal uncertainty
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9 days ago
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Thursday over California's new ban on gay marriage, amid deepening political turmoil and legal confusion over who should have the right to wed.
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Neb. officials reviewing affirmative action ban
http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/583755.html
9 days ago
At Southeast Community College, Jose J. Soto may have to change his title: vice president of affirmative action.Nebraska's educational institutions, cities and counties are beginning to scour their programs to see if they violate a ban on affirmative action approved this week by voters.The ban might force Southeast Community College to cease or change its partnership with a national association ...
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Obama's former pastor says media exploited him
http://www.kentucky.com/513/story/583526.html
9 days ago
Barack Obama's former pastor complained Thursday that the media used him as a "weapon of mass destruction" in an attempt to derail Obama's campaign for the presidency.Speaking at a forum about race and religion, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright accused the media of taking out of context videos that showed him cursing the government and accusing it of conspiring against blacks from the pulpit of the ...
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NYC raises red-carpet fees, fines in budget crunch
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9 days ago
Facing alarming budget deficits, the city has come up with some unusual ways to save money and cut costs: Steeper fees for red-carpet events. Higher parking meter rates. Cheaper reflective traffic signs instead of lighted versions.Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has staked his campaign for a third consecutive term next year on his promise to save the city from financial ruin, delivered a budget ...
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Kop this for pure Irish confusion
http://footballpress.wordpress.com/?p=380
9 days ago
By ergosity
... else undesirably foreign, as in, say, Spanish. Just Irish. 100%, top-to-toe, pure, unadulterated, shamrocky, riverdancey, Irish. Never mind that it's about a club that's 100% British.
No, you work it out...
PS: FP posts don't normally get through to the Irish Blogs sports channel unless they mention an English club name. It will be interesting to observe whether 'Liverpool' does the job!
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Review - Ivanov, Donmar West End (Wyndham's Theatre), with Kenneth Branagh
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9 days ago
By Phil (a west end whinger)
... none of the autograph hunters approached the Whingers in the hope of signing the "Web Watch: Can Anyone be a critic?" section of the programme. Devastating.
Footnotes
1. Despite the fact that Andrew currently sports a rakish beard and Phil once grew a rather dashing full set, and that both have both successfully donned titfas (worn at jaunty angles of course) in the past, that's not actually The ...
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UN chief, African leaders discuss Congo crisis
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9 days ago
Regional leaders and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are holding a crisis meeting aimed at ending the latest fighting in eastern Congo.Seven African leaders are attending the African Union summit in Nairobi. Officials hope to get Congo and Rwanda to implement earlier commitments to end eastern Congo's instability and disarm the numerous militia groups in the area.The conflict in eastern Congo ...
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