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Walt Disney Imagineers Drive Innovation Through Video Game Technology
Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure theme parks are open for a full 24 hours today to celebrate Memorial Day weekend and the official start of the summer tourist seasons. As visitors enter these parks, they'll find a lot of new rides and attractions. Many of the innovations behind today's high-tech experiences come from inspiration from ...
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Cambodias Booming New Industry Orphanage Tourism
It's the end of your three week vacation in Southeast Asia. You did good. You managed to hit all the locations on the backpacker's circuit; lounging on the tropical Islands off the Thai Peninsula, experiencing the street food of Bangkok, exploring the temples of Siem Reap, and shopping on the floating markets of the Mekong River. Now, with just a few days left before your flight home, ...
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Brad Pitts World War Z And Why Bad Buzz Doesnt Equal Box Office Bomb
Brad Pitt -starring zombie epic on June 21 and the purpose of this early screening is to attempt to fight back against the tide of 'bad buzz' that has plagued the film for much of the last year. It's a noble effort, and the positive reactions will certainly help the film as its marketing campaign turns the final lap. But the mostly inside baseball on-set turmoil and/or reshoots ...
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10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World
10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World The desire to visit faraway shores (or even those in your own backyard) is so deeply woven into our collective summer psyche that it's practically instinctual. There's just something about feeling sand between your toes, a cold drink in your hand and a warm, salty breeze on your face that simply can't be replicated at a lake house or pool. ...
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World stock markets to grind higher
"This is a classic holiday market reversal," said Neil Shah, a director at London's Edison Investment. When investors and traders return to their desks after the long weekend in the U.S. and the U.K., stocks would continue moving higher, he said. Japan, where the ...
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Five climbers missing on Mount Kanchenjunga worlds 3rd highest peak
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A Nepalese official says five climbers are missing and feared dead on the world's third highest mountain. The five disappeared Monday on Mount Kanchenjunga, and bad weather was preventing a rescue helicopter from reaching the base camp. Mountaineering Department official Dipendra Poudel said Friday the climbers were descending from the summit when they were believed to ...
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Moily refutes CPI leader Dasguptas allegations of favouring Reliance Industries
Strongly refuting allegations of favouring Reliance Industries, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on Friday said the proposed revision in natural gas price will apply to all companies including state-owned ONGC.Moily thrashed CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta's allegations of favouring RIL as "totally false and baseless" and said the proposed increase in natural gas price was being done ...
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China solar companies shun home market in pursuit of margins
(Reuters) - Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month ...
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Fracking threatens to destroy the German beer industry
A 500-year-old beer purity law called the "Reinheitsgebot" is apparently at stake. The "Reinheitsgebot" states that German brewers can only produce beer using malt, hops, yeast and water. The chemicals produced by fracking could, according to the Brauer-Bund beer association, pollute water in the underground wells used by some ...
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Dark clouds over global markets
Uncertainty on the Chinese economy and global monetary policy triggered turmoil in the markets - but we see this as a correction, not the start of a new trend. US Fed signalled that a scaling down of the QE programme has moved closer. PMI figures show that China's upswing is slowing, but probably just temporarily. Pronounced market movements in Japan bring its very accommodative monetary ...
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Microsoft Xbox One a let down says Steven Butts of IGN
One thing's for sure: It's one big gamble for Microsoft. After eight years on the market, Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being replaced. The ...
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This Week in Review Yahoo goes after Tumblr’s cool factor and investigative reporting under fire
it would introduce more ads to Tumblr’s dashboards. A lot of people were immediately skeptical of Yahoo’s ability (or willingness) to keep Tumblr un-screwed-up, including ...
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Ashton Kutcher sheds light on technology industry future
It is not unusual for Hollywood stars to invest in side projects. However, while most celebrities create their own clothing lines, fragrances and recipe books, actor Ashton Kutcher prefers to focus on technology investments. This is really similar to Kutcher's character on his current TV show Two and a Half Men. There, the actor plays a billionaire technology entrepreneur. However, most ...
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World Stocks Lower After Big Sell-Off
World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei, which had led the previous day's losses with a plunge of over 7 percent, seesawed throughout Friday before closing 0.9 percent higher at 14,612.45. In Europe, stocks ...
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Reuters Summit Rating agencies alert to Argentina debt ruling souring economy
Beginning in June, Thomson Reuters News & Insight content will be available exclusively on WestlawNext, as part of its Practitioner Insights offering. On June 21, the Thomson Reuters News & Insight website, iPhone app and newsletters will be discontinued. ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stimulus fears haunt share markets dollar recovers
Fri May 24, 2013 10:16am EDT * Shares tumble worldwide amid concerns about stimulus programs * Dollar recoups losses to trade flat vs euro after U.S. data * Oil set for biggest weekly drop since mid-April By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Global equity markets drifted lower on Friday as investors were beset by worries that central bank stimulus may be curtailed, but the dollar ...
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Steelworkers union hands Caterpillar new South Milwaukee contract proposal
Caterpillar and union officials met for several hours on Thursday and will meet again next week. United Steelworkers Local 1343 presented Caterpillar Inc. with a new labor contract proposal in a meeting Thursday, and the two sides will meet again May 30 to continue negotiations, a local union official said. Thursdays meeting was the first since May 8. That meeting was the first after 803 union ...
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Economic adviser Raymond Spencer wants end to car industry handouts
SOUTH AUSTRALIA's top economic adviser has called for an end to cash handouts to car manufacturers. Asked about the future of the sector a day after Ford revealed it would shut Australian production facilities in 2016, Economic Development Board chairman Raymond Spencer said the fundamental economic shift was now a purely political issue. "I actually supported the Government's ...
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France wont force companies to cap executive pay
PARIS — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici told reporters that he was in discussions with ...
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Torontos executive to deliver statement amid Ford controversy reports
Toronto's executive committee is preparing a statement to assure residents that work at city hall continues despite the mounting controversy surrounding Mayor Rob Ford. According to media reports, the executive committee is expected to release a statement on Friday reassuring residents that the work of city hall will carry on, despite reports of an alleged video where Ford is reported to ...
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China’s textile industry ‘more diversified’
/enpproperty--> Cost rises of labor and raw materials have pushed China's textile industry to become more diversified, Karin Malmstrom, China director of Cotton Council International, the export promotion unit of the National Cotton Council of America, said during a promotion campaign on Friday. "We have noticed some changes in the industry's supply chain in China, as more ...
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May 24 News Autsch Fracking Threatens The German Beer Industry.
German brewers have warned Chancellor Angela Merkel that any law allowing the controversial drilling technique known as fracking could damage the country’s cherished beer industry. The Brauer-Bund beer association is worried that fracking for shale gas, which involves pumping water and chemicals at high pressure into the ground, could pollute water used for brewing and break a ...
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Update Fire damages abandoned building adjoining business spared
EDMONTON - Crews were still putting out hot spots at an abandoned building downtown Friday morning, hours after the blaze threatened to destroy a neighbouring structure.Firefighters were called to 10530 102nd St. around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, and discovered what they initially believed was some garbage on fire out back, said acting district chief Trevor Whyte.Within an hour the building -- which ...
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Dean Brody Serena Ryder Sam Roberts Band among big names set for Stampede’s Coca-Cola Stage
The Stampede's free Coca-Cola Stage will once again be stacked with an eclectic array of national talent this year -- including some, as usual, that's homegrown. Organizers announced the lineup Thursday night during the Covert Concert event at Flames Central, which featured surprise performances from Dean Brody and Down With Webster.Taking the stage this year are artists that run the ...
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Mayor Rob Ford video sellers have disappeared Gawker
Online reaction to Mark Towhey's firing TORONTO - So where are the guys who are trying to sell the notorious alleged Mayor Rob Ford "crack smoking" video? And where is the most sought-after video in Toronto history itself? The guy trying to buy it for $200,000 would like to know. As of right now they, as well as it, have disappeared. "I haven't been in contact with ...
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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans
Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.
Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over a massive coastline. Read more
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